On-pack promotion is a great avenue for supporting marketing campaigns running on other media channels, such as on social media, in print or on the radio...
Issued by Pyrotec 2 hours ago
Although the vaccine rollout for healthcare workers has begun, myths and misinformation continue to circulate around its development, efficacy and just how the vaccine will help manage or mitigate the spread of the virus. Lee Callakoppen, principal officer of Bonitas Medical Fund shares 15 facts about the vaccine...
Issued by Bonitas 18 hours ago
The International Air Transport Association has revealed that global passenger traffic fell in March 2021 compared to pre-Covid levels but rose compared to the immediate month prior...
South Africa's health ministry said it had detected the first four cases of a new coronavirus variant that emerged in India and was responsible for a surge of infections and deaths in the Asian country...
Wendell Roelf 23 hours ago
Volkswagen has now updated its Polo Vivo range by adding a special edition called the Mswenko. This derivative is the first-ever Volkswagen with a SA name...
Imran Salie 5 May 2021
Reigniting business travel calls for the tourism and travel industry to consider what will work and what won't when it comes to Covid-19 vaccines and health passports...
Toyota South Africa Motors registered a total of 4,745 units in the light commercial vehicle (LCV) segment, claiming a market share of 43.6%, as well as a total of 3,885 units in the passenger segment with a commensurate market share of 17%...
Insight Survey's latest South African Carbonated Soft Drinks Industry Landscape Report 2021 carefully uncovers the global and local carbonated soft drinks market (including the impact of Covid-19)...
Issued by Insight Survey 3 May 2021
Coronavirus vaccines have been developed and deployed in record time, but as global rollout has progressed, too few doses have been made available in low-income countries...
Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021
Colgate is sharing its packaging technology with competitors as part of its commitment to transform one of the most widely-used forms of plastic packaging...
South Africa's Covid-19 death rate is likely to be three times higher than the official figures
We thought things would be so much better for international air travel by now, though things could be worse for the airlines themselves...
Volodymyr Bilotkach 16 Apr 2021
The world has a Covid-19 vaccine access problem: Almost half of all doses administered so far have been in Europe and North America, while many poorer countries have vaccinated less than than 1% of their populations...
Dalindyebo Shabalala 16 Apr 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged his support for Global Citizen's Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, to draw attention to the need to vaccinate, end Covid-19 and kickstart a global economic recovery...
Issued by OnPoint PR 14 Apr 2021
Thirst Bar Services, in partnership with leading Johannesburg restaurants Gemelli, Mesh and Greenhouse, have launched Gin Your Garden, a unique home entertainment experience like no other...
Issued by Thirst Bar Services 9 Apr 2021
The BMW M3 Competition Sedan and BMW M4 Competition Coupe have been launched in South Africa. Here are the pricing and specs...
Naresh Maharaj 6 Apr 2021
At the end of 2020, there was a strong hope that high levels of vaccination would see humanity finally gain the upper hand over SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19...
Salim Abdool Karim 6 Apr 2021
Scientists are predicting that the social gatherings associated with the Easter weekend will trigger the third wave of Covid-19, just as the country heads into winter. What are the lessons learned from the second wave?
The Covid-19 strain, known as the South African variant, that became dominant in the country towards the end of 2020 may have emerged from the coast of the Eastern Cape after the first wave of pandemic. ..
BMW's most controversial-ever M3 and M4 have been readied for safety-car duty. For once, the Bavarian marque's M-Division is playing good cop...
Winners stand a chance to win R25,000 and have winning designs appear on the brand's packaging...
Malware remains the biggest threat to corporate networks, more costly than any other threat including ransomware and trojans...
John Mc Loughlin 2 Mar 2021
In a webinar hosted by the BroadReach Group, global and African health experts came together to share challenges and solutions around mass Covid-19 immunisation across Africa...
Naresh Maharaj, a member of the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists, reviews and breaks down the all-new and refreshed Audi A4...
Naresh Maharaj 24 Feb 2021
University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers are expected to start a phase one clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine candidate, hAd5 T-cell, later this month...
Michael Cherry 19 Feb 2021
While the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine has signified the first signs of light at the end of the tunnel, the reality is that this public health crisis is still far from over...
Chris Sullivan 18 Feb 2021
The recent appearance of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus causing Covid-19 infections), that may be associated with increased transmission of the virus and disease severity...
Ed Rybicki, Anna-Lise Williamson, Don Cowan & Stephanie G Burton 17 Feb 2021
The new global strategy, Reimagine, is designed to create a new benchmark in environmental, societal and community impact for a luxury business, will see Land Rover welcome six pure electric variants in the next five years.
Where do South Africans spend their money when times are tough? Which segments are in decline? Which models are rising stars? Details sales statistics provided by Lightstone Auto provides the answers...
Hannes Oosthuizen 12 Feb 2021
From February 15, people travelling to the UK from a country on the UK's travel-ban list will be required to quarantine in a government-approved hotel for ten days...
There's now another dimension to the race to get people vaccinated. The coronavirus is mutating, potentially making current vaccines less effective against it...
Rob Reddick 8 Feb 2021
...And how to get to the right questions, and the right spend!
Allan Dickson 5 Feb 2021
Worldwide, 2020 was the worst year in history for air travel demand. Bookings for future travel made in January 2021 were down 70% compared to a year ago, putting further pressure on airline cash positions and potentially impacting the timing of the expected recovery...
Twenty-twenty was one of the worst years for air cargo demand since performance monitoring began in 1990...
News reports on mutated, more virulant, strains of the virus most likely conjures movie-like images of an invisible, indestructible enemy causing massive disruption. The reality is fortunately much less dramatic...
Felicity Burt, Dominique Goedhals & Sabeeha Vawda 4 Feb 2021
To fast track the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a broad range of candidate Covid-19 vaccines are being investigated...
Ina Skosana 2 Feb 2021
Covid-19 is deepening global food insecurity, as the pandemic's economic impact adds to existing challenges...
Jules Siedenburg and John Paul Cauchi 26 Jan 2021
Late last year the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) led by the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (Krisp) identified a rapidly spreading new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19...
Willem Hanekom & Tulio de Oliveira 25 Jan 2021
Vaccines for Covid-19 are generating a lot of talk. To shed some light on which vaccines are available for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and how the process will work...
Ina Skosana & Ozayr Patel 19 Jan 2021
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, many doctors, researchers, journalists and public health officials spent considerable energy describing how the SARS-CoV-2 virus was not "just another flu"...
James Stent 18 Jan 2021
ONE54 South Africa disrupts the healthy drinks category with the launch of a premium and African-centric innovation, A1 Fruit Water...
SAB has had to stop using the non-compliant labels and remove or withdraw all marketing and advertising in respect of their Brutal Fruit products...
In #FreshOnTheShelf, we round up our pick of food and beverage products that have hit the shelves recently...
Lauren Hartzenberg 14 Dec 2020
Reacting to the growing demand for alcohol-free drinks, Bavaria has expanded its range of 0.0% malt beverages to include a new affordable 500ml can...
This week, Bronwyn Williams has been reading Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events by Nobel Prize winner, Robert J. Shiller...
Bronwyn Williams 20 Nov 2020
I sat in the drivers' seat for a long drive with this new vehicle, and I can confidently say that there is nothing small about the Mini Countryman...
Naresh Maharaj 19 Nov 2020
Put your Anzupp for Brand Factor! When our client, Healthguard Hygiene UK, saw an opportunity to launch a new B2C hand sanitiser brand, they turned to Brand Factor to create the magic...
Issued by Brand Factor 12 Nov 2020
In #FreshOnTheShelf, we round up our pick of food and beverage products that have hit the shelves recently...
Lauren Hartzenberg 11 Nov 2020
The Audi A6 40 TDI S Line, now in its eighth generation, is classy with smoothly contoured lines. Here's all you need to know about the new version...
Naresh Maharaj 10 Nov 2020