Reportedly marking the first occasion in which a radio station has done a live broadcast from a working newspaper newsroom in South Africa, Talk Radio 702's presenter David O'Sullivan was invited by Kevin Ritchie, Saturday Star executive editor, to do his Friday afternoon drive show, 4pm-6pm, as a live broadcast from the newspaper's newsroom recently.
The 2011 MTN Radio Awards were held on Saturday 9 April and over 600 industry luminaries attended this gala event in Sandton. With double the number of both participants and entries across all languages, the stations' work was judged by a diverse panel of industry experts.
Bizcommunity.com's managing editor Simone Puterman (@SimoneBiz) was in the thick of things at the United We Stand parade for Bafana Bafana in Sandton last week, tweeting up a storm in between Vodacom network outages.
Learners at both Carter Primary School and Ekukhanyisweni Primary School were transformed into the greatest fans as Pick 'n Pay and 94.7 Highveld Stereo's Bongani Nxumalo handed out over 2500 official Bafana Bafana fan gear.
