A 2019 Tesla Model S vehicle that 'no one' appeared to be driving crashed late Saturday in the United States...
In an about-turn, DEFF has refused environmental authorisation for a controversial wind farm in the mountains near Uitenhage...
John Yeld 24 Mar 2021
Founder, managing director and thought leader, Wayne Flemming from Brandtruth// DGTL writes; "The internet lasts forever, but can your brand's reputation?..."
Wayne Flemming 11 Sep 2020
It is always going to be a strange week when Tiger King appears and Bill Withers disappears...
Damon Stapleton 13 Apr 2020
Fender-benders, minor accidents and car clashes are often more of a frustration or ordeal after they happen..
Bertus Visser 3 Mar 2020
Over US$33bn was invested in mobility tech last year in response to claims it will transform our lives. Based on what we have seen so far, which of these promised solutions will be delivered?
Neil G Sipe 24 Feb 2020
My favourite session of Cape Town Startup Week 2019 was the Raw series workshop featuring SA entrepreneurs Siya Beyile and Vincent Manzini, AKA 'Sir Vincent' on the power of personal branding for entrepreneurs. Here's what you missed...
Leigh Andrews 12 Dec 2019
Road fatalities are often highlighted when public figures are killed, or during the festive season and holidays such as Easter. A sad reality is that April is not one of the worst months on our roads despite the number of fatalities - it stands in seventh place when compared to the other months of the year...
Jan Coetzee 28 Oct 2019
A new feature on OFM, broadcast on Thursdays during Enriko Klopper's show, OFM Nights, is called Own It and focuses on those brave souls who face life head-on despite their physical challenges...
Issued by OFM Radio 28 Aug 2019
Activist, medical practitioner, and owner of Motheo Construction Dr Thandi Cynthia Ndlovu has passed away following a car crash over the weekend while she was on her way to a funeral in Rustenburg.
There's been a rise in recent years of biomedical engineering techniques that can restore lost tissue and bone. If you've been in a car crash, for instance, there are ways to restore or repair the lost body part or damaged tissues...
Franca Nneka Alaribe & Keolebogile Shirley Motaung 13 Aug 2019
Talent. It's one of those words. Like the word, creativity. Everybody nods and agrees that you need it. These days, everybody, says they need talent desperately. What is also perhaps true, is that the changing structure of our business, from consultants to in-house agencies and everything in between means all sorts of people are perhaps figuring out what this word actually means for the first time...
Damon Stapleton 25 Jun 2019
Shockvertising. How far is too far? Are shock ads effective in changing consumer behaviour or, is shocking people simply off-putting?...
Zubeida Goolam 29 Jan 2019
There is an adage in advertising that says nothing kills a bad product faster than good advertising. Of course, that is assuming the product actually exists...
Damon Stapleton 29 Jan 2019
On Thursday, 10 January 2019, Twitter went into a frenzy over what appeared to be Nomuzi "Moozlie" Mabena in a car crash captured on InstaLive...
Sheila Afari 22 Jan 2019
People first engage with people and brands for many reasons related to the first-impression they create - but they stay engaged when there is recognition of, and comfort in the VALUES of those people and brands...
Nick Grubb 15 Jan 2019
Misleading advertising will always get an Onion - and so will you, e-toll collecting agency ETC, for your dishonest and threatening campaign...
Brendan Seery 11 Dec 2018
Many Americans hold beliefs about the flu vaccine that are at odds with the best available scientific evidence...
Matthew Motta and Dominik Stecula 7 Dec 2018
Daily Maverick publisher and CEO Styli Charalambous explains their recent pivot to a reader revenue model, and how you can further support their independent investigative journalism with the added bonus of free Uber trips...
Leigh Andrews 19 Nov 2018
Shirley Zinn's is a Cinderella story. A tale of a tenacious woman, who rose above the poverty of the Cape Flats to ivy-league lecture halls and the boardrooms of some of South Africa's biggest enterprises...
Nicci Botha 27 Aug 2018
Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is the second most congested city in the world. To reduce congestion, Nairobi County has proposed car-free Wednesdays and Saturdays in two of the busiest parts of the city...
Haneen Khreis and Mark Nieuwenhuijsen 10 Jul 2018
Less than 10% of South African families use child car seats. That's according to the AA. Parents and caretakers of infants should be aware that since May 2015, it is illegal to have a child under the age of three unrestrained in your vehicle...
Jason Snyman 20 Jun 2018
This is one of my favourite pictures of New York. It shows the density of the place. As I am taking a picture of the graffiti, in that split second of focusing, a yellow cab and a man on a motorised wheelchair drifted into frame...
Damon Stapleton 8 May 2018
There's no reason why South African agencies can't compete in the PR category at Cannes Lions...
Dan Pinch 19 Apr 2018
Driverless cars - autonomous vehicles - are coming. The topic is a constant presence in media; The New York Times Magazine recently devoted most of an issue to it...
Jim Sallis 11 Jan 2018
To say that the most entertaining slice of television during the Springbok-Ireland game was an advertisement is not so much a compliment for a clever piece of creative marketing inspiration as it is an indictment of how badly the Boks played...
Brendan Seery 21 Nov 2017
Cannes is not just gongs, gutter bars and gallons of rosé wine. It's the industry's annual temperature check, the optimum chance to get a bird's-eye view of what we do, what's working, what's not, and how (not to mention if) we keep ourselves relevant...
Eoin Welsh, Issued by Havas Johannesburg 4 Jul 2017
Before I Fall, The Gifted, The Mummy, The Whole Truth, Toni Erdmann and Der Rosenkavalier open at the local cinema this weekend.
Daniel Dercksen 9 Jun 2017
‘Meet Graham', from Clemenger BBDO Melbourne's Public Service Announcement for client Transport Accident Commission Victoria was awarded the 2017 ‘Best of Show Award' at the New York Festivals International Advertising Awards...
The death of a business is not like a car crash and as sudden as many tend to presume, but disasters do happen whether you are prepared for them or not...
Matt Brown 19 May 2017
The festive season has not been kind to the country's largest insurers...
Moyagabo Maake 10 Jan 2017
South Africa's roads will carry several stories as people embark on their journeys this festive season, and the Road Accident Fund (RAF) is committed to ensuring these stories get told...
Issued by Mortimer Harvey 19 Dec 2016
Raphael Tenthani Centre for Media Excellence launched for regular convening, training, mentorship and research...
We may have just seen a major player in the drive towards autonomous cars apply screeching brakes...
Siraj Ahmed Shaikh 24 Oct 2016
Tesla will build self-driving technology into all the electric cars it makes, running it in "shadow" mode to gather data on whether it is safer...
#TRENDING: A brilliant social media advertising campaign from Canada which made Americans cry, reports Louise Marsland...
Louise Marsland 19 Oct 2016
Germany said it was still investigating the operation of the autopilot system on cars made by electric automaker Tesla, as German media reported an internal ministerial report called it "dangerous"...
Thousands of doctors will from this week wear armbands to indicate how long a shift they have worked...
Many years ago, I worked with a truly great global creative director. Let's call him John. ...
Damon Stapleton 10 Aug 2016
New research has found most people think driverless cars programmed to sacrifice their passengers for the greater good are a good idea...
Sophie Moore 6 Jul 2016
South Africa's creative heavyweights, Jason Xenopoulos, Peter Khoury, Mariana O'Kelly and Brett Morris are this year's iDidTht.com SA Cannes Predictors Panel...
Luckily no one was injured when one of Google's self-driving cars recently crashed itself into a bus as it pulled out at a junction. The car was only travelling at 2mph, after all...
Joseph Savirimuthu 7 Mar 2016
Ctrack will continue its partnership with Arrive Alive, making 2016 the thirteenth consecutive year the two companies will be working together...
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In this ultra-connected, real time world, death was streamed live this week in two significant game changing events: via Periscope from the Bangkok bomb blast by an eyewitness; and by the murderer who killed two journalists live on breakfast TV in the US...
Louise Marsland 28 Aug 2015
A software glitch that allows hackers to commandeer a Jeep Cherokee while on the move is just a glimpse of dangers on the road ahead for the Internet of Things...
What is a creative department? It is kind of a stupid name. A bit like 'art regiment' or 'idea navy'. Actually, I quite like idea navy...
Damon Stapleton 14 Jul 2015
Continental Tyre South Africa fully supports the introduction of new child seat regulations for South Africa and says it's an important step towards reducing traffic-related injuries and deaths...