Cryotherapy: A cool way to recover after exercise

[Nicci Botha] Although often neglected, the important role of recovery in an athletic training regimen is becoming increasingly recognised...

#FreshOnTheShelf: Whistling microwave meals, artisanal rubs, Noble Nectar and flavoured green tea

[Lauren Hartzenberg] In #FreshOnTheShelf, we round up some of our favourite food and beverage products that have hit the retail shelves recently...

A few PR lessons from the world's greatest anti-hero Deadpool

[Francois Rank] Francois Rank gives a few tips on how we as communications professionals can learn from how Deadpool 2 was marketed...

Welcome to a hyper-available South Africa

[Kate Mollett] The imminent arrival of two Microsoft Azure data centres on local shores means organisations across industry sectors are re-evaluating their availability strategies...

Seedstars to open Cape Town Seedspace hub

[Tom Jackson] Global early-stage startups competition Seedstars World is merging with Cape Town-based co-working space Spin Street House to launch Seedspace hub, allowing it to provide hands-on support to the local startup community...

Urban afro millennial 'internet artists' with real influence

[Bonga Mpungose Smanga] Bonga Mpungose identifies the top 3 urban "internet artists" he believes brands need to work with if they want to engage with 18-24 afro millennials on campaigns...

Beat the winter blues with Jazz on the Bay at The41

[Cari Coetzee] The41 in Camps Bay has launched it's once a month Jazz on the Bay offering to help Capetonians battle the winter blues with a fantastic beachfront view, a blazing fireplace, the soulful sounds of live jazz and delicious food paired with some fantastic wines...

Heavy Chef launches new book for entrepreneurs

[Juanita Pienaar] Heavy Chef and Xero have recently launched a book entitled The Heavy Chef Guide to Starting a Business in South Africa. Founder and CEO Fred Roed lets us in on what we can expect from the new book...

#Newsmaker: Good Mourning, Ian Morgan

[Jessica Tennant] Jessica Tennant interviews Cape Town-based filmmaker Ian Morgan on his return from the Sundance Film Festival in London, where he premiered his award-winning short film Good Mourning...

Is Siri sexist?

[Megan Sayle] We rely heavily on systems and tools that are fed by data collected and collated by humans...

Is your network ready for GDPR and PoPI?

[Bryan Hamman] Global and local legislation imposes severe penalties for firms that fail to protect their networks from DDoS attacks...

Burn Media to embark on aggressive growth after deal to go solo - Buckland

[Stephen Timm] The Burn Media Group, a media stable with publications that include Ventureburn and Memeburn, has broken away from M&C Saatchi Abel's digital agency Creative Spark and has embarked upon a new "aggressive" growth curve, says Burn Media's founder Matthew Buckland...

#FairnessFirst: All you need to know to #unstereotype advertising

[Leigh Andrews] The Unstereotype Alliance launched at Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity last year and has just joined Twitter...

Understanding the difference between marketing and public relations

[Minnie-lee Tagwirei] Most people do not know where to draw the line between PR and marketing hence I have constantly found myself trying to distinguish the not so obvious differences between PR and marketing...

#Newsmaker: What's happening on Twitter w/ Barry Collins

[Jessica Tennant] With the Soccer World Cup just around the corner, Barry Collins from Twitter's EMEA HQ in Dublin shares some interesting stats about the football conversation on Twitter...

The future of marketing is data-driven, creative, and people-based

[Shaune Jordaan] Shaune Jordaan argues that, in order to produce real business results, marketing needs to be data-driven, creative, and (most importantly) people-based.

The case for KZN

[Graham Black] Graham Black lists a few reasons why Durban might be the better option when scouting for locations for shooting commercials...

Why a business always needs PR

[Dominique Pienaar] Dominique Pienaar unpacks the importance of PR during uncertain and challenging economic times...

Living creatively

[Unathi Dyani] Unathi Dyani contemplates what it really means to be a creative in the advertising industry...