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TOTAL South Africa held its annual Stakeholder Appreciation Day on Thursday, 31 October 2013 at the Peaconwood Golf Estate.

Advertising agency Blueprint SA, in partnership with O'Brian advertising agency and Elements advertising agency, recently hosted the Jacob G. Zuma Foundation fundraising dinner at Michelangelo Hotel in Sandton.

The Sunday Times Top 100 Companies, which acknowledges the best-performing businesses on the JSE based on shareholder returns over the past five years, has announced the 2013 winners at the award banquet held on Tuesday night at the Sandton Convention Centre.

Hosted by Luma Animation, five industry experts got together to discuss where animation in South Africa is heading, what's working and what's not working and where local animators should be focused towards.

The 12th Black Business Quarterly (BBQ) Awards - South Africa's longest running economic transformation business awards - took place on 25 October at Emperors Palace.

The shortlist for the Bookmarks Awards have been announced. All the winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 14 November at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town.

The Cinemark 2013 Cannes Lions Winners Showreel event held recently at Cinema Nouveau, Cedar Square, Fourways, saw top industry players from the South African world of creativity and advertising experiencing Cannes style gaming, sultry jazz singer Hannah Foster, astonishing Adage performers, a surprise diamond giveaway and the highlight of the evening - the screening of the 2013 Cannes Lions winners reel!.

VIP Sky Bar saw its official launch on Friday, 11 October, 2013, which kicked off the first of a series of rooftop day/night parties, driven by live artists such as Lady M, Ricky Botsis, Shaun Baskind and Shane Renew.

'Fathers Heart', a community orientated film that exposes the deprived mindsets of youth in the local community.

"Jo'burg a-r-e you ready?" screeched spirited front-woman Skin to a sea of 11,000 indie rockers at Friday's Vodacom In the City in downtown Jo'burg's Mary Fitzgerald Square. As Cass' bass-beat pulsed through the bodies of the sweat-streaked fans, the air was filled with thousands of cellphones held up to capture Skunk Anansie's long-awaited return to South Africa. As the unofficial headline act of the evening, they thrilled the crowds with Skin's crowd surfing, cementing the iconic British band's performance as one of the best ever seen in SA....

Last Thursday, 10 October 2013, PR-Net invited a few top bloggers and online magazines to share how they'd like to work with the PR industry and explain, if payment is demanded, what kind of audience they can deliver. Participating blogs included 2OceansVibe, Food & The Fabulous, Cape Town Magazine.com, My City By Night and SleekGeek.