The Shame of Fools
Whoever did the “Quad Squad” campaign; you deserve to be in a wheelchair. Who in their right mind takes a project like National Disabled Day and turns it into something resembling a lucky packet competition? 10 Mar 2004
Patronising Holcim Ad
A real squirming-with-shame ad in which the sum total of a young man's ambition seems to be laying bricks with Holcim cement. 4 Mar 2004
Sasol Milk Bottles
Highly watchable and entertaining ad but does it sell fictitious milk bottles or does it build the brand? 3 Mar 2004
Oscar Blunder...Who's to blame?
So, watching the four-hour long Oscar last night was great. It all ended in a glorious Charlize winning, and also Peter Jackson winning best director, making it a first for a Fantasy Film. 1 Mar 2004
The Tastic ad with the Daschund
Can the ASA really take complaints about this one seriously? 2 Feb 2004
Fast foods and obesity
Fast food consumption went up in the nineties in line with the increase in obesity and diabetes. 1 Feb 2004
Healthcare Advertising - you should be paying attention
As a highly-specialised form of advertising, why does healthcare advertising and the important role it plays in educating and influencing remain the poor cousin of mainstream advertising? 20 Jan 2004
Open markets in SA
Are you happy with this monopoly system driving the country's economy, or do we need open markets? We should vote for politicians who will give competition a run in this country. 15 Jan 2004
Bank on South Africa
FNB have a new campaign promoting South Africa with reasons to bank on our country. 13 Jan 2004
Do these 'feel-good' ads really inspire goodwill?
The latest Shell ad lauds Shell's Public Affairs manager for his involvement in developmental and educational projects in Southern Africa. 8 Jan 2004
TV slots and dodgy advertising
What must be arguably THE WORST ad on TV at the moment!! There is an ad that I have seen a few times now on the telly. It is for some funny sweet manufacturer and involves two minutes or so of a kid dressed up as a ringmaster droning on about various examples of sweets. 4 Jan 2004
The new Cell-C campaign
Am I the only one out there who thinks that NO-ONE talks like they do in these ads? Not even the age group projected in the campaign knows what's going on! 16 Dec 2003
What's up with retail ads in general?
Sure, you get some good ads - retail - but why are most so crap, that they totally put you off a product. 18 Nov 2003
Original ideas
Is it really true that great minds think alike or is it just that great ideas are adopted over and over again. 10 Nov 2003
New DROS commercial - completely inappropriate voice-over
Has anybody seen the new Dros Restaurants commercial in which the people (and the restaurant chain) are portrayed as fiercely patriotic South Africans? 6 Nov 2003
Holding advertising accountable
If advertising is to be seen as an investment and not an expense, surely agencies should do more to show evidence of the link between their work and their client's business imperatives. 16 Oct 2003
Is advertising becoming more of a science than an art?
With more and more people from a non-art and -design background such as social and cultural sciences being employed in the advertising industry, has advertising become more of a science using experiments and cultural/social research to observe and scrutinise a target audience's interests, as opposed to witty, snappy, memorable copylines and imagery? 6 Oct 2003
Shouldn't the Loeries be a non-profit organization?
Where does all the money go? Should it be used for development projects or helping deserving winners with entry fees for international awards instead of going into the MFSA's coffers? 3 Oct 2003
Agency pitches
As a smaller agency, how does one get to hear of work out for pitch, or indeed new clients looking for world class agency's to handle their accounts. 26 Sep 2003
Bad Planning
"Why, am I as an avid English Football fan who is, let's face it, in all likelihood English speaking, subjected to ads at half-time promoting sokkie treffers and Bok jol? What are these idiots thinking?" 22 Sep 2003
Freelancing & 'intellectual property'
How do creatives, without the benefit of agency backing, 'protect' their creative from shady clients? 28 Aug 2003
Should gambling ads be banned?
The National Gambling Bill was tabled in parliament on Wednesday. Among other things, it proposes a ban on casino advertising. 20 Aug 2003
Two Faced Brand Identities
Why do brands sell a lifestyle they don't support? 21 Jul 2003
Strategic Planning
With the outflow of experience from SA, clients are placing junior staff (unfairly) into senior marketing positions. 6 Jul 2003
The ARA and alcohol advertising
The Industry Association for Responsible Alcohol Use (ARA), comprising the major alcohol-producing companies of South Africa, has stated their position on alcohol advertising on their website, www.ara.co.za. 30 Jun 2003
5FM TV campaign ''Go With It''
With 5FM's latest campaign "GO WITH IT", who actually goes with it? 23 Jun 2003
Continued lowering standards for black radio advertisements
Myself and other people that fall within this market have really been offended by the lack of dedication by radio producers and audio directors from ad agencies. 19 Jun 2003
Is Dulux pushing it?
In the latest Dulux advert, a photo of Happy Sindane - the teenager who claims he was abducted from a white family and raised in a township - appears above the tagline: "Any colour you can think of". 18 Jun 2003
Transform or abandon the Loeries
Jabu Mabuza, chairman of the Marketing Federation of South Africa, has called on the industry to transform or abandon the Loeries. 13 Jun 2003
