Two weeks after Celtel rebranded to Zain, another telecommunication company, Telkom Kenya, has joined the band wagon and unveiled its new look. According to Telkom Kenya, the rebranding symbolises the company's changes internally in terms of strategy, operation and organisation. 14 Aug 2008
There are two ways of looking at the latest ANC version of the Broadcasting Amendment Bill that will allow Parliament to fire the whole SABC board without any sort of due process. One would be to take an idealistic approach and the other to just be pragmatic about it all. 14 Aug 2008
Music lovers, musicians and revelers need to head for the Tafelberg Tavern in Gardens, Cape Town, for Zimfest '08 on 6 September 2008. The festival is based on a simple concept - plenty of excellent music by South African bands will entertain party-goers and the proceeds will go toward humanitarian efforts on behalf on the people of Zimbabwe, living in South Africa. 14 Aug 2008
The Africa Convention endeavors to bring together Africans from all corners of the Diasporas - engaging sisters and brothers from all communities, denominations and social strata, in celebration and honour of the African continent. The convention will be held from 28-31 August 2008 at the Hilton Universal City Hotel in Hollywood - California. 14 Aug 2008
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) is opening its doors and welcoming all interested parties to attend a significant milestone in the history of the association: its 61st AGM. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, 26 August 2008, at the historic venue of Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, Johannesburg. 14 Aug 2008
Johannesburg: The temporary shelters set up to house displaced foreign national are not sustainable and the Gauteng Provincial Government will proceed with its plan to close the shelters on Friday, 15 August 2008. 14 Aug 2008
Harare: Abigail Mukurazhizha, 35, a stockbroker in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, was among the scores of people jostling each other to buy a copy of The Herald, the official newspaper, with the headline proclaiming "Deal Sealed" above a story on the crucial talks to resolve the political crisis. 14 Aug 2008
Soweto's backyard radio - Jozi Fm - is no longer only available to audiences in the south western townships. At the beginning of August 2008, the station was added to Multichoice's Dstv platform, allowing South Africans throughout the country to listen to one of the biggest community radio stations in the country. 14 Aug 2008
On Tuesday, 19 August 2008, The Star newspaper will be going national with an upgraded version of its lifestyle section Verve. Printed on a high quality Envapost paper, the new tabloid supplement Verve Magazine will be available every last Tuesday of the month on a monthly basis and will be inserted into The Star's sister publications Pretoria News, Cape Argus and The Daily News in Kwazulu-Natal. 14 Aug 2008
Government's management of the recent xenophobic violence should be a lesson to corporate South Africa about proactive reputation management. Its tardy response to managing the xenophobic violence and the resulting media backlash is an example of how ineffective stakeholder management - often seen as a non-core management function - could tarnish an organisation's reputation. 14 Aug 2008
In my opinion, Google is a great brand. My views contrast with those of brand consultant Patrick Carmody, who, in a recent article here on Bizcommunity, states that Google is not a strong brand at all but is merely “the name of a phenomenal search engine” and that it could easily be replaced by another as in the new connected world “we are loyal to a value delivery system, not a brand”. 14 Aug 2008
Marketing through a mother's toddlers, tweens and/or teens is an effective way to capture the buying power of the mom market. It is a successful marketing strategy because it can be used with any stage of motherhood. It plays to a mother's desire to make her children happy. 14 Aug 2008
The South African Institute of Architects (SAIA) has won the bid to host the XXV International Union of Architects (UIA) Congress 2014 in Durban, making it the first African city to host the congress since Egypt more than 30 years ago. The announcement was made during the XXIII UIA Congress and General Assembly last month at the Lingotto conference centre in Turin. 14 Aug 2008
Primedia Broadcasting's podcast radio features have become incredibly popular with listeners - so much so, in fact, that the company has recorded more than one million downloads of its content through podcasting in the first seven months of 2008 alone. 14 Aug 2008
Zaida Enver of Kagiso Exhibitions and Events (KEE) confirmed earlier this week that Car magazine will publish the Official Souvenir Programme for the Johannesburg International Motor Show (JIMS), following a recent announcement that Cars in Action would publish the programme. 14 Aug 2008
Top-level business and political leaders Jacob Zuma, Cheryl Carolus, Jody Kollapen, Wendy Luhabe, Siphiwe Nzimande, Zola Skweyiya and Cyril Ramaphosa are part of the lineup of speakers who will address delegates at the Action for a Safe South Africa Convention to be held end of August 2008 in Johannesburg. 14 Aug 2008
The first, star-studded MTV Africa Music Awards will take place at the Velodrome, Abuja, Nigeria on Saturday, 22 November 2008, in front of thousands of musicians, celebrities, media and music fans in a two-hour TV spectacular, combining performances from top African and international stars with award presentations and an international superstar host. 13 Aug 2008
The Portfolio Committee on Communications might vote on amendments to the Broadcasting Act today, Wednesday, 13 August 2008. The ruling party is expected to submit its latest proposals on the amendments. 13 Aug 2008
Enter your wildlife, travel and/or cultural productions, and stand a chance of walking away with a ROSCAR (Rhino sculpture) Award. 13 Aug 2008
The Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited (ZAMTEL) has announced that it has started its plans of rolling out a metropolitan optical fibre network which will provide new broadband services to Capital Lusaka's corporate customers. 13 Aug 2008
