| |  As you can imagine for a daily news service such as Bizcommunity.com which covers 27 sectors within the broader media, marketing and advertising industry, we get invited to a lot of events, most of an extremely professional nature. Where there remains much improvement for the organisers of media events and the event venues themselves, is in catering to media news provision requirements. Almost without exception – from breakfast presentations to three-day expo’s with seminars and workshops – venues do not make it easy for the media to report from their events. In this age of instant news – where even monthly publications now load daily news on their websites, it is vital that media facilities include – at the most basic level: a simple table and chair with a plug point at the back of the room, near an exit. Journalists need to come and go – we don’t want to disturb paying guests; we need to file instantaneously from events, connected as we are wirelessly to our email or internet sites, so we need plug points and a table and chair to sit at for our laptops. From breakfast presentations at the local five-star hotel to state-of-the-art convention centres – few make provision for the multi-media news team of our current reality which includes reporting directly on laptops, blogging straight from events online, to the next step: fully-fledged production crews with camera’s and sound engineers for podcasting events live or for webinars. Old-style cinema seating with a table no bigger than an A3 notebook with nary a plug point in sight are completely inadequate. The fact that we have to ask organisers of events to set up a table and chair at 99% of the events we cover is utterly ridiculous. This should be at the top of event checklists when media are invited. And I’m not just talking about the older venues built before multi-media interactivity was a possibility – the Cape Town Convention Centre, one of the newest, most beautifully designed venues, makes no provision for the media in its auditoriums. After trying to report from there for a three day international event recently, laptop on the knees wedged on top of a magazine to prevent first degree burns from the heat - one needs intensive physiotherapy to stand upright again!
Happy holidays! Louise Marsland, editor, editor@bizcommunity.com
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Newspaper prestige at annual awards
End of era as Insig closes
Kevin Savage for OFM
All the Mondi Shanduka winners
Raymond Louw - Lifetime Achiever
ISPA membership increases
A decade of upholding media ethics
Pick ‘n Pay PR – blunder or strategy?
Dickie Arbiter live in SA
SA Clio finalists released
Outdoor a waste of marketing money?
Long term rates from SABC TV
Conservative US consumer trends to spread?
Adobe to rock SA creatives
Marketing using social media strategies
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Marketing | | New marketing directory launched
 In an effort to address and help rectify the current status of the marketing industry and turn it on its head, the Journal of Marketing (the official title of the new Marketing Association) has taken the proverbial bull by the horns and, in association with Absa, is publishing the Marketers Red Book – allegedly the country’s first ever comprehensive directory of senior marketing executives.
Critical thinking promotes organisational effectiveness
There’s a new wave in problem solving and organisational effectiveness about to break in South Africa, and those companies prepared to learn to control its power will ride it safely to shore while others risk being caught in the backwash. This is the opinion of Sandy Pullinger, MD of nFold and the organiser of a seminar on critical thinking taking place end of May 2007 in Johannesburg.
Proud to be South African
South Africans are a nation filled with pride. A representative survey of South Africans across the country has found that 91% of us are proud to be South African – 76% of us are ‘very proud’ and 15% are ‘quite proud’. “It’s an astounding and inspiring finding,” says Yvonne Johnston, CEO of the International Marketing Council of South Africa, which is the custodian of Brand South Africa.
First Tuesday to explore face of marketing
“The way we know marketing is drastically changing in an online environment.” This is the word from Vinny Lingham, founder and chief strategy officer of online marketing company IncuBeta, who will be speaking at next month’s First Tuesday networking event in Johannesburg.
Marketing using social media strategies
[Gino Cosme] The Internet affords businesses with new and exciting ways to connect brands with consumer, and one thing businesses should be doing is leveraging existing social media communities to monitor and build a loyal following – all with very little additional marketing spend. [Free download]
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Advertising | | Ogilvy thought leader for Clio special session
NEW YORK: Steve Hayden, vice chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide and legendary creator of some of the most effective and enduring advertising of our time, will lead a special session at the upcoming Clio Festival entitled “The Big Ideal,” focusing on the importance and greater cultural impact of advertising beyond just the idea.
SA Clio finalists released
The finalists for the 48th annual international Clio Awards have been released, and South Africa has seven TV, 15 Print, six Poster, one Billboard, two Innovative Media, one Integrated, one Design and 12 Radio nominations. The complete 2007 Radio Jury was also announced yesterday, Tuesday, 24 April 2007.
Loeries partners with Tourism KZN
The Loerie Awards, which are being held in the South Coast town of Margate in the Zulu Kingdom, are expected to contribute in excess of R5 million in tourism revenue, according to newly announced Loeries partner Tourism KwaZulu-Natal.
Long term rates from SABC TV
Last week the SABC launched its first-ever long-term rate card to the advertising Industry. “For the first time in the SABC’s history, advertisers can book airtime within the most sought after and watched TV programmes in South Africa – right up to the end of the year,” explains Strini Naicker, GM: SABC TV Sales.
Creative Circle results for March 2007
The results of the judging of the March 2007 entries are in and the Creative Circle congratulates all those concerned.
Discovery for morrisjones
morrisjones&co announced last week that it has won the Discovery account after a hotly contested four-way pitch. The agency will represent all the divisions within Discovery with an ad spend of R20 million.
New Colgate product sure to be a ‘watershed’ - Mortimer Harvey
 Specialists in organising events, launches, conferences, road shows and exhibitions, Lynne Mackenzie and Partners (LM&P) recently put together a lavish function to launch a new Colgate product internally to sales and marketing staff.
Boom Town helps student fulfil his dreams - Boom Town
 Aspiring graphic designer, Xolani Siyona, a third year student at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), is the recipient of an R8000 bursary from Boom Town Advertising.
Net#work and Mukunda keep it cool - Krishna Smiles Flowers Bloom
 The latest Gree air-conditioning TV commercial is the successful collaboration between director Mukunda at Krishna Smiles - Flowers Bloom and Net#work's Julian Watt, Marianna O’Kelly and Slade Gill.
Boom Town’s approach to BBBEE - Boom Town
 Boom Town’s business director Luvuyo Bangazi, a Boom Town employee for four years, is now a partner to the agency, a role which will see him contributing towards the future development of the agency.
Mukunda shoots new MTN campaign - Krishna Smiles Flowers Bloom
 In an age of YouTube and MySpace and with the advent of 'homemade' ads being flighted at this year’s Superbowl, the new MTN cricket campaign shows a savvy finger on the pulse of global trends.
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[Tracy Robinson] Work is theatre and every business a stage … or is it? You are probably already familiar with the “Experience Economy”; an idea that has been around since 1999. Its original authors, Pine and Gilmour, argued that because of technology and increased competition, consumer expectations had been raised to a degree that could not be met purely through the functional attributes of the offering itself.
Brand Alive seeks consultants - Brand Alive
Brand Alive, the specialist employment branding, talent branding and brand engagement consultancy, has announced a call for specialist consultants to apply to become part of its service provider network.
How do you get style in a bottle? You call in the surgeons. - thebrandsurgery
 A popular sports bar in Pretoria was transformed into a chic Italian café for a night of fashion, elegance and style. The paparazzi were out in full force as thebrandsurgery conceptualised, and co-ordinated the Style in a Bottle event further reinforcing awareness of the extrinsic qualities of Peroni Nastro Azzurro.
SA brands: get real - Added Value
 [Alison Tucker] All around the world, consumers are increasingly looking to brands to help them make a difference across a range of social issues, from animal rights to global warming to poverty and HIV/AIDs. Alison Tucker of brand development and marketing insight company Added Value asks if South African brands are up to the task.
The A - Z of strategic branding - Vega School
Vega Cape Town is hosting a two-day workshop entitled The A-Z of Branding facilitated by Gordon Cook. Cook has lectured strategic marketing planning and strategic execution on two MBA programs and is a regular lecturer to executive and professional management programs at the Graduate School of Business in Cape Town.
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Cinema | | Milestone for SA film - Anant Singh
 FLORIDA, US: This past weekend, Anant Singh received the World Visionary Award, Malcolm McDowell the Career Achievement Award, QOrianka Kilcher the Shooting Star Award, and Margaret O’Brien the The Legend In Film Award at the 12th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival. “I have been making films for 20 years and this is a real milestone for South Africa,” commented Singh. “Global cinema is a very significant business and now my country is finally being recognised. What we have tried to do in South Africa, is to make good quality films, and to think globally, while producing locally. The South African film industry is currently going through its most exciting and vibrant periods in its history, with the full support of all stakeholders and government.”
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CRM | | How customer complaints can boost your business
[Jean Moncrieff] Customer complaints can be good for your business. Here’s how: A customer who takes the time and trouble to complain to you, instead of simply withdrawing her business and complaining to all her friends, is offering you a rare opportunity.
Conservative US consumer trends to spread?
[Chris Moerdyk] Ever since 9/11 and the Enron debacle, consumers in the US have become increasingly wary with politicians and big business and have quite clearly been retreating into their already conservative shells. And while this consumer trend has not noticeably moved beyond the borders of the US, there are other trends that indicate in a different way that consumers are changing the world over.
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Design | | Adobe to rock SA creatives
Adobe Systems announced yesterday, Monday 23 April 2007, that this year’s AdobeLive customer seminar for photographers, web and print designers and advertising professionals will be a rock concert. AdobeLive in Concert 2007 will be presented in association with Apple, HP, the International Society of Typographic Designers and Adobe’s distribution partners towards the end of May 2007 in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
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South Africa’s Internet community continues to organise in pursuit of its objective of liberalising the local telecoms market. Figures supplied recently by the Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (ISPA) reveal that membership grew 23% between February 2006 and February 2007.
Beyond the broadband buzzwords
Broadband is the buzzword of the day: not only has it emerged as the single most important element in making SMEs competitive but more and more individual users are cottoning on to the advantages it has to offer. “Currently, South African users are spoilt for choice when it comes to broadband offerings,” says Jo Melville, MD of Futurex & Equip organiser Exhibitions for Africa.
Brandtag makes the Jamaican jump - Brandtag Advertising
 Brandtag Advertising has taken the plunge into the Jamaican side of life after being given the opportunity to revamp the Cool Runnings website.
Heads going to roll in the digital revolution - Gloo
The rate at which the media landscape is expanding is nothing short of revolutionary and those that cannot get to grips with the resulting changes will be left behind, says Pete Case, creative director of Gloo Digital Design Company.
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Direct Marketing | | Join the freedom rush - Tollreach Mindblast
Hold on to your hats, the freedom rush is coming! 270 000 South African patriots are expected to take to the road and celebrate the 13th anniversary of our country’s first democratic election, and the beginning of the Rainbow Nation.
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Education and Training | | Distance Learning with Cross Media Training Centre - Cross Media Business School
Have you ever wanted to study that course that will get you the final diploma for your career but just can¹t take the time off work to attend? Cross Media Training Centre has created Distance Learning - a correspondence course designed specifically for the people in the printing industry.
Win a spot in Tahiti - CCI Coaching Academy
 Imagine sipping on a cold martini, lying in a hammock strung between two palm trees dangling your feet in the calm Pacific Ocean. Not quite the day you have planned is it? This is no competition – there is enough of that out there – but this is a solution to the industry pressures that face us, especially in the advertising, media and marketing industry.
Keeping creative professionals abreast of technology and their workload - Friends of Design
The release of Adobe’s CS3 creative suite is expected to create a wave of interest in training among cutting-edge advertising agencies, publishing houses and corporates. Well aware of how hard it is to squeeze in training when constantly working to tight deadlines, Friends of Design Academy of Digital Arts has come up with a solution.
Face the media - live on camera! - Janine Lazarus Media Consultancy
You are invited to attend a comprehensive full-day media skills training programme customised for media spokespeople, which will take the basic elements of how to manage the media many steps further. Learn how to handle those 'curved ball' types of questions, cope while in 'the hot seat', and feel a greater level of confidence when interacting with the media in crisis or non-crisis situations.
National Skills and Training Awards recognised excellent trainers - The Skills Portal
 Human resource and training web publication, The Skills Portal, recently presented awards to the top training companies and top trainers in the inaugural National Skills and Training Awards. The awards were the culmination of an online voting process, where 1218 votes were cast by the HR staff who booked the training providers and the employees who actually underwent the training.
The Big Idea - SA Business Hub
 The next series of The Big Idea will be coming to 12 cities across South Africa in May 2007. The Big Idea is a series of practical and interactive conferences and focused workshops sessions that assist existing and potential entrepreneurs in developing and growing your businesses by providing practical advice and support.
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Eventing | | Empowerment drive at Gearhouse - Gearhouse SA
 Ten months have passed since Gearhouse South Africa brought in empowerment partners Andile (Kentse) Mpahlwa, Nkosinathi Biko and Relebogile Moshidi, all partners within Red Coral Investments. The transaction put an end to an arduous search for the right partners and Ofer Lapid is nothing short of delighted with the outcome.
Leading electromedical company appoints Stephanie Moss Solutions - Stephanie Moss Solutions
 The Swiss-based regional headquarters for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India of global leader in medical technology, Medtronic has appointed Stephanie Moss Solutions to produce its annual conference in June this year. Medtronic employs 36000 people worldwide and is a FORTUNE 100 Best Place to Work.
Caution - ''Feel the heat'' - Upstage
 The men of Chippendales are returning to South Africa to strut their stuff and enthrall women with their dance moves and Upstage are the promoters.
Revamp of old Joburg cinema
The Victory Theatre in Houghton Estates, Johannesburg, initially built in 1929 as a cinema and recently revamped to international standards, will be holding its official gala ceremony on 31 May 2007. The proudly South African theatre production Africa Umoja, which has found a permanent home at the theatre after touring 26 countries, will be performing to celebrity and media guests at the opening. The venue offers a 470-seated theatre, a jazz bar and a traditional African restaurant, as well as four-storey car park with full security.
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Exhibitions | | dti thumbs up for SA trade, investment expo
The dti recently signed as a main partner of the Southern Africa Trade & Investment Exhibition (SATIE) in London. The dti will be exhibiting its nine regional development agencies and over 25 SMMEs from a number of different business sectors, including eco-processing and lifestyle, all of which want to export to the UK.
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Magazines | | End of era as Insig closes
Media24 announced on Thursday, 26 April 2007, that the final issue of the monthly features magazine Insig will appear on 4 June. “Unfortunately time has caught up with Insig,” said Patricia Scholtemeyer, CEO of Media 24 Magazines, at the announcement.
Reality-style golfing competition
 Now in its second year, Johnnie Walker and Golf Digest have once again teamed up in search of 2007 Johnnie Walker Golf Digest Striding Man, a golfer who demonstrates determination, optimism, courage, resourcefulness, creative thinking, pioneering spirit and contribution to the game of golf. The reality-style competition will be filmed and shown on Super Sport, where the public will vote for their winner by SMS.
The 2007 Saltwater GIRL Model Search has begun! - Saltwater GIRL
 After two successful years of uncovering local talent, the Saltwater GIRL team, along with scouts from M1 Management, will again hit the streets of South Africa in May 2007 in a national search for unconventional beauty.
New addition to the Homemakers Media Holdings family - Homemakers Fair
 Following the success of Durban’s leading direct response magazine, Homemakers Fair, Homemakers Media Holdings is launching a sister publication to Homemakers Fair in the greater Durban area, homeTALK.
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| | | All the Mondi Shanduka winners
 The 2006 Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards saw an unprecedented five winners as joint recipients of South African Story of the Year at the sixth awards ceremony hosted by Mondi Shanduka Newsprint and the Newspaper Association of South Africa in Sandton last night, Wednesday, 25 April 2007. Bruce Cameron walked away as the South African Journalist of the Year.
Raymond Louw - Lifetime Achiever
 Last night, Wednesday, 25 April 2007, at the sixth annual Mondi Shanduka Awards ceremony in Sandton, the newspaper industry not only celebrated the excellence of the newspaper industry as a whole, but paid homage to Raymond Louw, the 2007 recipient of the Mondi Shanduka Lifetime Achievement Award.
A decade of upholding media ethics
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] After 10 years in office, Edwin Henry Linington – the SA press ombudsman – is to quit his post later this year, satisfied to have accomplished his mission: to uphold the highest standards of journalism that are set out in the press code. He spoke exclusively to Bizcommunity.com about his role and the pressures and challenges that come with this job.
Dickie Arbiter live in SA
 Dickie Arbiter, the world-renowned broadcaster, journalist, royal spokesperson, royal commentator and regular contributor to news and documentaries on channels and programmes such as CNN’s Larry King Live, BBC, Sky News, NBC, CBS amd ABC, will be speaking live in South Africa at “Spin and the Media: transparent and ethical media communications and reporting”. The conference, hosted by International Quality and Productivity Centre in partnership with the Broadcast Development Group, will be held in Sandton, Johannesburg, 16 - 18 July 2007.
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| | | Clickatell launches new brand identity - Clickatell
Global mobile messaging company, Clickatell Inc, has unveiled its new brand identity and website, which will reflect the company’s recent expansion and success in the enterprise market.
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The annual Mondi Shanduka Awards for newspaper journalism held last week, Thursday 25 April, also saw newspapers awarded for excellence in all disciplines, from: advertising, print and production, layout and typography, to the balance between the use of pictures and graphics.
Two more KZN papers for NAB
Adding to its bouquet of community newspapers in KwaZulu-Natal, the Newspaper Advertising Bureau (NAB) has been recently appointed to represent two new weekly community newspapers in the Zululand region of KwaZulu-Natal - the North Watch and EShowe Watch.
Look & Listen opens its heart to JIP's CD - Beeld
 JIP, the national weekly youth supplement, has partnered with the Look & Listen music chain to promote its compilation CD to South Africa's youth market. Rockhart features more than 20 tracks from exciting local artists and bands.
Fever 'takes over' Heralds - Sky Blue Media
The South Coast Fever’s consistent and phenomenal growth together with its dominant distribution figure over other Hibiscus Coast publications, shows that this top-quality, free community newspaper has a significant advantage over sold newspapers on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.
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Online Media | | Columnist competition highlights users’ voices
News24’s columnist competition, which has been running since mid-March 2007 and closes end of April, has been aimed at discovering new writing talent, with the winning entry to receive a six-month column-writing contract with News24 worth R6000.
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[Mike Abel & Peter Badenhorst] Unlike David Ogilvy, we happen to quite like outdoor advertising. In the right place and time, it can be rewarding, clever and can even sell! It is not always urban pollution. But we’re beginning to change our opinion on this.
Graffiti gets Sable Square on the go in branded London taxi cab - Graffiti
 To generate hype and excitement around the launch of Cape Town’s newest shopping experience, the marketing team of Sable Square Outlet Shopping Village in Century City called upon vehicle branding specialists, Graffiti, to provide them with a branded London Taxi Cab to take to the streets and announce the arrival of South Africa’s first retail outlet shopping village.
Markex has the Right Stuff - Right Stuff
 Right Stuff will be exhibiting at Markex from 5 - 7 June 2007 at the Sandton Convention Centre. They will have several items of our product range on display, including their latest and very popular Popbrella, Pop Right Open, Right Banner and Dart Ad.
Off The Wall brightens up Soweto with Pick ’n Pay Hypermarkets - Off The Wall
 With Pick ’n Pay Hypermarkets' recent move into Soweto, specific train stations were identified by Off The Wall within the catchment area where strategic billboards were placed to captivate the local communities and inform them of the opening of the ‘Evolution’ concept store in Maponja Mall in Soweto.
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Production | | A coup for South African advertising - Velocity Films
 When Anton Visser, one of Velocity Films most recently appointed directors, decided to turn the Newlands Forest area and lake on a farm called Applethwaite into a full service Virgin Active Gym, his task of striking a balance between pulling off a beautiful look and still maintaining a feeling of authenticity became a true reality.
SA filmmaker wins green journalist award
Last month in Hollywood, US, independent filmmaker Bart Smithers walked away with the Brigitte Bardot award for best film or television production in the international category of the Genesis awards for environmental awareness journalism and media creation. The award-winning film “Hunters Become Hunted”, which was flighted on SABC 2’s 50/50, documents the attempts of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to halt the Japanese whaling fleet from fishing illegally in the Antarctic during its 2005/6 campaign.
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| | | Pick ‘n Pay PR – blunder or strategy?
[Chris Moerdyk] Pick 'n Pay's PR is usually quite superb. Always coming out on the side of the consumer and as a tireless crusader against high prices. But, did it blunder this week by making such a powerful statement on e.tv news about pending prices increases or was it part of a very clever strategy?
First Tribute Forum in Cape Town - ChatROOM
Tribute magazine, which relaunched in September 2006, after a three year absence recently hosted its first ever Tribute Forum in Cape Town.
Mitigating a media crisis - Janine Lazarus Media Consultancy
Recently, I got call from a contact in the corporate arena who had been appointed as communications executive of a well-known local organisation. Desperate for some advice, he told me about the threat to his company from a newspaper story about to publish.
Two more Loeries media partners
Full service PR agency Magna Carta has been appointed by The Loerie Awards to run the media relations campaign for the Loeries season, including communicating with local media, as well as agencies and media in Africa and the Middle East and managing the new media centre for the festival weekend. Newsclip Media Monitoring will provide media monitoring services across broadcast, online and print media.
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 Central South African radio station OFM has signed broadcasting legend Kevin Savage to host the weekend mid-morning slot 9am – 1pm, as well as Lindsay Batteson to co-host the youth show with Divan de le Guerre, weeknights, 9pm until midnight. Savage and Batteson join the station on 1 May 2007.
Sensual new voice making waves
DJ Sexa has been injecting a sensual new energy into the lifestyle of East Coast Radio’s weekend listeners since she joined Rowan Clelland on the Global Hot Hits on Saturdays and the Top 20 chart on Sundays on 14 April 2007. When she is not behind the microphone, the former iGagasi drive-time jockette is also known as Jacqueline Strydom.
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| | | Are salaries for digital designers market-related? - Ad Talent
[Sandra Benskin, Creative Consultant, Ad Talent] Where have all the good middle-weight web designers and developers gone? We all know about the ‘brain drain’ that sucked South Africa dry of talent during the '80s and '90s. Although many complain about the negative impact it has had on our resources, what is interesting to note is the positive effect it has had on SA’s entrepreneurial spirit.
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| | | c.i.a. founding director comes home - Consumer Insight Agency
Craig Irving, the founding director of Cape-based market researchers, the Consumer Insight Agency (c.i.a.), is immigrating back to South Africa in August 2007 after a three-year sojourn in Sydney, Australia, citing a longing for the texture and complexity of home as the main reasons for his return.
Digital communications and the future of advertising - African Response
Digital communication is driving social transformation and this has implications for the future of advertising. This is according to Steve Garton, Global Head of Media at Synovate. African Response hosted Steve’s visit to South Africa last month when he spoke at the very successful SAARF Symposium.
Local is ‘lekka’ when benchmarking human capital practices - CRF South Africa
As a South African organisation, are you proactively implementing strategies and conducting the necessary research to retain your talent? If not, perhaps research from The South African Graduate Recruitment Association (SAGRA) will provide the impetus for some action.
Rural and Urban Women: views, perceptions and characteristics - Markinor
A recent public opinion survey highlights vast differences between the living standards and income patterns of rural and urban women in South Africa.
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Retail | | Anti-crime team targets shopping centre attacks
The spate of shopping mall sieges by criminal gangs is receiving attention from a business and retail collaboration that has resulted in the appointment of a crime research expert to devise specific strategies to target this crime genre.
Retailers must pressure manufacturers to stop insulting SA consumers
[Chris Moerdyk] It is fascinating watching South African consumers slowly but surely casting aside their apathy and demanding good quality and service. One hopes that business is keeping an eye on this transformation because, given the vagaries of consumerism, things don’t happen slowly but surely, they change overnight and suddenly, all that cutting of corners that errant shops and service providers thought they were getting away with, leap out and bite them on the bum.
Shopping centre council programme to assist small retailers
Ailing or under-performing small to medium retail businesses operating in shopping centres stand to benefit from a business advisory project specifically designed to assist them that kicked off last week under the aegis of the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC), which is funding the project.
May is the month to celebrate local writing as Exclusive Books announces Homebru 2007 - Exclusive Books
May is the month to put local publishing on the radar as Exclusive Books announces its Homebru listing of good “Home-Grown” titles for 2007. Homebru is throws a spotlight onto a cross section of superb, locally-published books and challenges the reading public to experiment with ways of writing and perspectives on the world.
Nestlé Nutren Junior – complete liquid nutrition for children - RedCube Agency
 With food production methods in today’s world and the tendency of eating fast food meals due to time constraints, consumers are constantly asking themselves, “Are my children getting the nutrients they need to ensure that they grow healthy and strong?”
Another vintage port
Allesverloren Estate recently released its first vintage reserve port, the full-bodied Allesverloren Vintage Reserve Port 1997 – a blend of Tinta Barocca (20%), Souzao (20%), Pontac (20%) and Malvasia Rey, Tinta Röriz, Tinta Francisca and Touriga Naçional. The port retails at around R220 per bottle and is available at leading wine outlets countrywide, the estate and from the Vinotèque at the Bergkelder.
Labels to show country of origin
“Retailers will, from now on, be required to attach permanently and prominently a label with the country in which a product was produced or made; an indication where a South African textile manufacturer has used imported griege fabric to produce dyed, printed or finished fabric; and whether such fabric has been dyed, printed or finished in SA from imported fabric,” reports Business Day. For more, click here.
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| | | Join the Hug-A-Thon Sandton street march - Variety Club South Africa
 Don’t be surprised or shocked if total strangers and celebrities rush up to you, and give you a hug for no reason! It’s all part of the feel-good nationwide Hug-A-Thon Campaign run by Variety, the Children’s Charity, in aid of the Variety Water Relief Campaign.
Sanlam SA Fashion Week a great success for sponsors - Kaelo Worldwide Media
The recent Sanlam SA Fashion Week Autumn Winter collections, held in March 2007 at Museum Afrika in vibrant Newtown, proved to be a great success for a number of brands associated with the stylish event.
Keeping it pure and green
Appletiser, in conjunction with Elle, will be hosting two Elle Green reader lunches to promote the launch of the Green Issue, as well as the new look Elle magazine. In 2006, Elle USA published its first Green Issue, which focused almost entirely on environmental matters. Following on from its success, the international Elle network (39 publications) is each publishing its own. Keeping to the theme of all things pure and natural, Appletiser is involved as a sponsor for the South African issue, which will hits the streets mid-April 2007.
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| | | SABC Education doccie wins international award
The winners of Stories from the Field, the Third Annual United Nations Documentary Film Festival, were recently announced in New York, and SABC Education’s Ingenious Africa: Sustaining Africa (episode five) walked off with the Bronze Award.
Investigating Mugabe’s diamonds - e.tv
 International diamond experts have dubbed it the biggest diamond rush in history. In the midst of political and economic turmoil, Zimbabwe has recently discovered diamonds. Third Degree producer Peter Moyo spent two weeks in Zimbabwe investigating this illicit trade.
Telkom pay-TV to rival DStv?
Naspers’ DStv may soon be facing competition from a cheap pay-TV service from Telkom Media, which is majority-owned by Telkom, reports IOL Technology. For more, click here.
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| | Events to diarise | Final Cut Pro 101 Soho Editors - Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2 May
In this course you learn to perform basic editing functions while familiarising yourself with the user interface with topics including basic setup, adjusting and customising preferences and settings. | | | Editor’s forum - Johannesburg, 3 May
The Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) is hosting an editor’s forum where the audience will have the opportunity to gain interesting insights into current affairs and engage in critical debate. | | | Short story writing course SA Writers College - Countrywide, 5 May / Countrywide, 12 May
This nine-module online course can be completed at your own pace, and provides rigorous training in short story writing skills, plus get the chance to produce at least one publishable short story. | | | Freelance journalism course SA Writers College - Countrywide, 5 May / Countrywide, 11 May
From leads and features to interviewing skills, this online journalism course teaches you everything you need to know to write articles for newspapers. | | | Freehand to InDesign migration Friends of Design - Academy of Digital Design - Cape Town, 7 May
Gain in-depth knowledge of the application and the management of complex documents without stunting your existing work flow, with this six-lesson course in InDesign. | | | DTP - Adobe InDesign CS2 AAA School of Advertising Cape Town - Cape Town, 8 May
Upon completion of this course you will be able to combine extraordinary production power with creative freedom and innovative cross-media support. | | | Magazine journalism course SA Writers College - Countrywide, 8 May / Countrywide, 13 May
This ten-module online course in magazine journalism offers rigorous training by well-known journalist and two-time Mondi award nominee, Karin Schimke. | | | Marketing a consulting practice REPUCOMM - Johannesburg, 9 May
This one-day programme will help you to build a formidable reputation in the market and workplace, one that will attract customers to you using the latest research on what works in professional services and consultancy marketing. | | | The protection of personal information Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Johannesburg - Johannesburg, 9 May
The presentation will highlight data processing consent requirements, exceptions to the consent requirements that may be applied to direct customer communications or challenged on constitutional grounds among other interesting topics. | | | Web design evening course Friends of Design - Academy of Digital Design - Cape Town, 14 May
This three-month course presents the basics of foundational web technology and enables you to create your own functional pages, followed by integrating sound, video and basic flash animations to create media rich websites. | | |
| | Upcoming events | Weapon of mass persuasion The Write Co - Sandton, 30 April Decor/Design workshop - Cape Town, 30 April Apple Mac computer training Creative Planet - Linden, 1 May E-hotelier: the master-class in hotel e-marketing Britefire - Cape Town, 2 May Entertainment law UJ - Johannesburg, 2 May Web development basic DanTal Training - Cape Town, 2 May Be brilliant @ web-leveraged advertising and PR Britefire - Cape Town, 2 May Promotional strategy IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Johannesburg, 2 May Freehand to InDesign migration Friends of Design - Academy of Digital Design - Cape Town, 2 May Creative negotiation skills Maurice Kerrigan (Pty) Ltd - Johannesburg, 3 May | More... Submit an event | | |
| | Jobs offered | Specialising in Media Sales, Advertising
and Marketing placements |  |
| Direct and Online Marketing and Customer Liaison - Sandton
Lexus South Africa requires a direct marketing and CRM specialist to join their dynamic marketing team. read more
| Project Manager - Sandton
Clarity is looking for a project manager that has three years experience in web projects. If you enjoy pushing the boundaries of the internet - this one's for you. read more
| Strategic Market Analyst/Senior Researcher - Johannesburg
This high level position requires a combination of statistical analysis and strategic marketing ability. read more
| Strategic Planner - Mid-weight - Johannesburg - Sandton
Ad agency. 3-5 years exp. Lateral, creative thinker with marketing qualification. Varied mix of accounts. AA pref - not essential. Wonderful career opportunity. read more
| Account Director - Advertising - Jhb - Northern Suburbs
International ad agency. Salary - R36000.00pm, cost to co. Competent, professional for career building position. Min seven years experience. Work with top professionals. read more
| Business Unit Director - AA - Sandton
Manage client media portfolio and ongoing liaison, construct major financial reconciliations for clients and provide strategic direction and creative media input etc. read more
| Senior Research Account Manager - Cape Town
Established research house, requires a senior account manager. Project planning, client management, presentation, analysis, etc. Quantitative/qualitative essential, particularly qualitative. read more
| Business/Commercial Manager - Cape Town
Leading research house requires a strategic business executive. Develop existing clients. Deliver on profitability. Offer strategic and professional marketing insights. Numerate. Sound qualitative/quantitative knowledge. read more
| Sales Executive - Fourways
Advertising sales executive position available immediately for a monthly consumer motoring magazine in Gauteng. read more
| Online Manager - Cape Town
Online is the fastest growing media spend in the UK and very soon South Africa. Manage our online revenue past our print revenue by working with our industry leading partners. read more
| Sales Executive - Sandton
Exciting sales position within the fast growing IT security sector. Product training offered but strong general IT sales skills are required. read more
| Business Director - Johannesburg
An opportunity to lead a team and manage client expectations. The incumbent's main responsibility is to lead, direct and manage a team of buyers, implementation planners and strategists. read more
| Production Accounts - Cape Town
A dynamic, small agency seeks a passionate, energetic and enthusiastic person to join their team. We need a driven candidate, who will be dedicated to managing the production accounts department. read more
| Senior Executive Secretary - Radio - Johannesburg
Manage GM’s daily activities through efficient management of office and diary and overall co-ordination of division. Travel arrangements, presentations and reports, minutes of meetings. read more
| Media Strategy - Team Leader - Radio - Cape Town
Synergise the efforts of radio sales strategic media unit nationally to provide strategic client support in terms of intelligent information to radio sales and ensure revenue targets delivered. read more
| Direct Radio Sales Executives - Johannesburg
Experienced media sales exec with a passion for radio. Sell radio airtime to client direct. Successful media sales track record secures. Excellent commission structure. read more
| Credit Controller - Cape Town
Fed up with counting the beans? Fancy counting the cash? Media Nova, publishers of The Property Magazine, are expanding their finance department. read more
| Account Executive - Special Projects - Cape Town or Gauteng
Working nationally across multiple projects, from photoshoots to special features and supplements you will handle the entire client interaction. read more
| Web Developer - Junior-mid - Johannesburg
Web developers required to develop and maintain cutting-edge web applications for a leading company. read more
| Graphic Designer - Junior–mid - Johannesburg
Are you young, dynamic and creative? Do you have experience in packaging design and corporate identities? Are you able to work a brief from start to completion? read more
| Layout Artist - Junior-medium - Johannesburg
Layout artist/typesetter required for small studio in the north, experience in layout of publications and books a must. Knowledge of Freehand, Photoshop and InDesign essential. read more
| DTP Operators - Junior-medium - Johannesburg
Candidates must be able to cope under pressure, be able to handle all aspects of DTP, have a strong understanding of the print process, and be fluent in Quark, Freehand, and Photoshop. read more
| Web Designers - Junior-mid - Johannesburg
Our client a leading web design company is looking for incredibly capable, creative, conceptual web designers to work on top notch accounts. read more
| Marketing Manager - IT Solutions Net. Integration - Johannesburg North
Dynamic individual needed to manage IT Solutions Network Integration. read more
| Solutions Marketing Manager - IT - Bryanston
Leading international systems integrator is looking for senior marketing managers to market to key lines of business around the world. read more
| Marketing Graduate - Cape Town
Johnson & Johnson are looking for a marketing graduate to join their marketing team - initially based in East London for six months training before moving to Cape Town. read more
| High-end Web Developer - Sandton
Are you addicted to the limitless boundaries of the internet? We are looking for a high-end web developer with at least four years experience in the web industry. read more
| Freelance Graphic/Web Designer - Cape Town Only
My client, a catalogue marketer with an in-house advertising department is looking for a mid/senior freelance graphic/web designer to work on an on-going ad hoc basis. read more
| Marketing and Sales Director - FMCG - Johannesburg
A dynamic executive is required to manage the entire sales and marketing function within an FMCG environment. read more
| Brand Development Manager - Stellenbosch
Exciting opportunity within a corporate environment for a brand development manager, to develop and implement a corporate brand strategy, implement and maintain corporate brand policies and much more. read more
| PR Account Executive - Johannesburg
Small PR consultancy with clients in the hospitality and entertainment sector seeks dynamic individual with strong writing skills and media relations experience. read more
| Brand Marketing Specialist - CapeTown
Worked on big name brands? An excellent opportunity exists with one of our corporate clients.
In this position you will be responsible for managing and optimising the media budget (ATL)
spend. read more
| Business Analyst - Cape Town
Business analyst who can project manage. Very performance driven, high learning orientation, flexible with ability to lead diverse teams during project roll outs. Ideal candidate will have an ICT background. read more
| Brand Manager - Bosun Brick - Johannesburg
Minimum five years experience in advertising and marketing - strategic brand development and campaign delivery. Should have experience in construction and technical environment. Motivated, progressive thinker. read more
| Associate Publisher - Cape Town City
Fed up watching your boss collect the PICA awards? If you're even invited? Promised the earth - tomorrow? Your next PICA award awaits you - so what are you waiting for? read more
| Regional Advertising Sales Manager - Umhlanga
Media Nova, publishers of The Property Magazine, have a senior vacancy for you in KZN. If you fancy an exciting and rewarding change from your current role then send CV. read more
| Production Co-ordinator/PA - Cape Town
Production co-ordinator/personal assistant needed in small production company. Young, keen, energetic and committed all-rounder needed to run office and set up shoots. Film school graduate preferred. read more
| Project Manager - Rivonia
A project manager for all production aspects of a vehicle manufacturer marketing/event account, including but not limited to events, launches, graphic design, branding production etc. read more
| Marketing Manager - Health and Beauty - Pretoria
Supervise a number of brand managers and assistants, providing guidance, training and support, so as to maximise both the short and long term financial performance etc. read more
| Business Development Administrator - Sandton
Wings Corporate Travel requires a motivated individual to join the business development department as a junior administrator. The individual would work closely with the head of department, business development - global. read more
| Still Photographer/Video Camera Person - Rivonia
tchbonisa requires the services of a traditional photographer who is also a video camera person. The photographic requirements include commercial, industrial, technical, events and video on a corporate level. read more
| General Manager - Angola
Leading out of home media company needs a general manager for their Angola office. read more
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