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Design Indaba 2009 | | 25 to 27 February 2009
Cape Town International Convention Centre | |  |
 [Terry Levin] Inspiration levels at fever pitch, the 1500 privileged delegates of the 2009 Design Indaba once again assembled in the dark to witness the criteria that make up the world's design elite. In order to contextualise the levels of excellence and awesomeness of this conference, we might say that comparing it with most of the design we see around us everyday - like supermarket signage, tourism brochures, pole posters etc - is a bit like comparing a mediocre musician with Bob Dylan. Read more >>
 [Terry Levin] The second day of the Design Indaba took us into a world of giant stickie figures, architecture and Zen... Read more >>
 [Rod Baker] Animation is more than a century old and yet it is only in the last decade or so that is has made it into the mainstream. Read more >>
 [Terry Levin] Design Indaba, Cape Town: As world economies melt down and resources diminish, designers are emerging as the key to maximising resources and identifying new sources of revenue out of nothing. Read more >>
[Terry Levin] More than one presentation praised Design Indaba as one of the world's leading events of its kind. Here are some of the highlights from the first day… Read more >>
[Terry Levin] The open invitation to visit their W+K Delhi offices was the cherry on the top of the presentation by Mohit Jayal and V Sunil on the opening day of the 2009 Design Indaba - repeatedly cited as the most respected and clouty conference of its kind in the world. Read more >>
[Rod Baker] Sean Adams of AdamsMorioka says that while fear is natural, it's simply about protection. Trust in yourself, he reckons. Read more >>
The Loerie Awards 2009
 As we all know, the early bird catches the worm. So, as accommodation bookings for The Loerie Awards to be held in Cape Town from 24 to 27 September have now opened, book now to take advantage of a wide range of facilities in the Loeries village, which has been created around Long Street. Read more >>
Entries into The Loeries 2009 are due soon and the program is underway. Make sure you get your entries in on time, and visit the Travelling Exhibition when it's in your area. Read more >>
Marketing & Media
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] While some multinational companies review their African investments by measures such as shedding jobs and cutting their marketing budgets and even planning to vacate the ‘dark continent' as the global economic downturn takes a nasty turn, LG Electronics looks to South Africa and Africa to expand its horizons and build brand leadership. Read more >>
A leading UK-based information and marketing company offers customer engagement strategies to help marketers stay competitive in today's tough economy. Read more >>
Marketing
Guvon, Plumari in joint ventureManaging Director of Guvon Hotels, Kosie Pansegrouw and Director of The Plumari Group, Leigh Hindshaw, has entered into a Joint Venture for the building and management of a R100 million rand luxury hotel and golf villas at the famous and well-loved Randpark Golf Club, close to Cresta Shopping centre.
2010 FIFA World Cup |  |
2010 FIFA World Cup Mass Mobilisation Roadshow goes to the Eastern CapeThe Department of Sport and Recreation South Africa and the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee of South Africa invite all media to the 2010 Mass Mobilisation and Legacy Road Show, to be held on 27 and 28 February 2009. The venues will be Sauer Park, Aliwal North and Dampie Adams Stadium, Queenstown respectively. Both events will start at 10am. Roadshows will go to all remaining provinces. Their purpose is to popularise South Africa's hosting of both the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup and to get South Africans directly involved in both events. Sport and Recreation Minister Rev Makhenkhesi Stofile will make a keynote speech at the events. The 2010 ambassadors: Phillemon Masinga, Mark Fish, Desiree Ellis and Doctor Khumalo will also be present.
Advertising
 [Tshepiso Seopa] CNBC Africa has announced the departure of its sales director, Susie White, who played a major role in implementing the company's sales and marketing strategy. White lead the sales team in Johannesburg, in addition to sales executives based in the offices in Cape Town, Nairobi, Lagos and Abuja. Read more >>
Chairperson, Fran Luckin says, "A slightly leaner month than I was expecting, having braced myself for an onslaught of Clio and One Show and D&Ad hopefuls. Still, a not unhealthy showing overall," while describing the Creative Circle results for January 2009. Read more >>
Cinemark, the South African representative of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, announced the Cannes Lions 2009 Jury members from the South African region, yesterday. Read more >>
Gordon Muller, an independent media consultant, will explain the new 14-segment LSM model at an AMASA meeting in Cape Town, on Wednesday, 4 March. Read more >>
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[Ann Druce] Any junior brand manager can tell you that it is absolutely essential to maintain a consistent brand image, but sometimes even major brands can get out of synch, as Ann Druce of Octarine explains. Read more >>
Advertisement:  Diageo, the global drinks business, yesterday announced that it has reached an agreement with Namibia Breweries to produce and distribute Windhoek beer globally. Read more >>
 [Dr Nikolaus Eberl] The Sydney Olympics is said by the head of Australia's tourism authority to have advanced that country's international tourism brand by a decade. Can South Africa achieve the same result with 2010? Read more >>
Cinema
Despite the adverse economic conditions and an overall growth in cinema advertising of only 0.42%, Popcorn Cinema Advertising's ad revenue is up by 11% in real terms. Read more >>
Japanese films free at Cinema NouveauSouth African audiences will once again have the opportunity to view Japanese cinema during the Japanese Film Festival at Cinema Nouveau sites around the country this month. There are four movies on the line-up for each city and DStv's ANIMAX channel (126) will be participating in this year's festival. The festival will launch at V&A Nouveau in Cape Town from 27 February to 1 March 2009, and then move to Brooklyn Nouveau in Pretoria from 13 to 15 March, before going to Jo'burg's Rosebank Nouveau from 20 to 22 March. Entrance to all the films is free. The films to be shown are:
• A Stranger of Mine
• Breathe In, Breathe Out
• Kamikaze Girls
• Madadayo
Each of the programmed feature films will be preceded by an episode of the highly popular animé series Last Exile.
CRM
“Now, more than ever, companies should be placing greater emphasis on customer care, especially with consumers becoming more discerning as the impact of the global recession hits home and they want value for their money,” says Gerian Miller, senior write at InZalo Communications. Read more >>
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and eblockwatch signed a three-year agreement for the establishment of the SABC Community Alert Service on Friday. Read more >>
 Volkswagen of South Africa has offered a lifeline to 60 disabled young adults by launching a one-year Learnership in End-User Computing, specifically for people with disabilities. Successfully completing the course could lead to full-time employment within the automotive manufacturer's national dealer network. Read more >>
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 [Alastair Teeling-Smith] Four weeks ago we started to experiment with Twitter… and what a few weeks it's been! Read more >>
Education and Training |  |
The AAA and Google have joined forces to offer a training course on AdWords, the online training platform designed to help businesses to use the Web to find new customers. Read more >>
Quirk donates 200 textbooks to the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Read more >>
Magazines
Saltwater Girl chooses cover girlThe hunt for the second annual Saltwater Girl magazine Cover Search competition is over. Cape Town's 16-year-old Louisa Mitchell beat thousands of young hopefuls to claim the cover of the magazine's April Expressions issue. Mitchell was flown to Durban on 23 February for a day of fashion and pampering where she was guided and assisted by professional photographers and fashion stylists throughout her stay. Video footage of Louisa's cover shoot will be available at http://www.swg.co.za
The ABC October-December '08 figures confirm Cosmopolitan's position as the leading English female glossy, as well as increases for House and Leisure and Marie Claire. Read more >>
 [Chris Moerdyk] After falling from its pedestal in the 1990s as one of the country's top business-to-business journals, to something best described as "complete rubbish," Leadership magazine has not only made a comeback but is now something of which its founder, the late Hugh Murray, would be proud. Read more >>
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Primedia Broadcasting, which claims to have been one of the first broadcast media owners to commit to support the work of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA), reports that it has become the first to renew its agreement. Read more >>
The media company announced its financial results for the six months ended 31 December 2008 in Johannesburg, yesterday. Read more >>
Mobile |  |
MTN has kicked off its own 2010 World Cup campaign with a new television commercial and the launch of a new loyalty programme. Lucky customers can walk away with match tickets. Read more >>
Earlier this month, Newsclip held the first of its quarterly GP.Net networking breakfasts for 2009 at the Bryanston Country Club in Johannesburg, and it covered mobile trends for 2009. Read more >>
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 New Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) figures released late last week show an increase of almost 8% for South Africa's daily national newspaper, The Times. In contrast, almost 70% of South African daily newspapers experienced circulation declines in the same period. Read more >>
Online Media
Masie leaves Google SAStafford Masie, who was hired by the internet giant in 2007 to establish and lead the company's business development in South Africa, has resigned after just over 18 months in the position. It was created for him with the aim of expanding the company's strategic partnerships in southern Africa as well as its advertising and applications business in South Africa. Masie gave as a reason a desire to spend more time with his family. Meanwhile, the company says it will now look for a replacement for Masie, who will leave at the end of April. Source: ITWeb
 As previously reported on this site, The Times has launched www.saelections.co.za to give full coverage to SA's general election, which will be held on Wednesday, 22 April 2009. Read more >>
Production
The new 30-second Castle Lite commercial, from Ogilvy Cape Town, has been aired across all SABC as well as DSTV channels from December 2008. It shows the combination of ambition and new conceptual messaging, added to the brand's big idea; Making The Right Choice. Read more >>
 Alastair McLarty, an integral, talented cameraman who always went above and beyond his commitment to filming “D.I.Y Met Riaan”, and “Wild Ltd” on SABC2, passed away suddenly on Friday 20 February 2009 at 4.45pm. Read more >>
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An appeal lodged by the Forum of Black Journalists (FBJ) has been dismissed by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). Read more >>
Research |  |
Despite the global recognition of the importance of environmentally responsible business practises, a large number of companies in South Africa are not implementing sustainable strategies as a key performance indicator. This is according to the results of a recent study - the Supply Chain Intelligence Report (SCIR) 2009. Read more >>
The 2009 edition of what is claimed to be South Africa's most authoritative and established supply chain research study, supplychainforesight, has been launched this week - and it contains some encouraging conclusions. Read more >>
Merkle, the American database marketing agency, has released its 2009 “View from the Inbox” e-mail marketing report, which is conducted in conjunction with the national survey-research firm Harris Interactive. Read more >>
 [Barbara Cooke] A short exposé of a practice that has caused so much confusion in reading cross-tabs; a practice that is misunderstood and wrongly applied in so many instances that it just has to be put right once and for all. Read more >>
Retail services
[Monica Laganparsad] As the credit crunch creeps into the lives of consumers, advertising agencies have taken on the challenge of marketing products in the global recession. Read more >>
Sponsorship
 Clayton-Emil Coutriers is the first winner of the House and Leisure Green Designers at Woolworths competition. Read more >>
The Business Day-BASA Awards are designed to bring South Africa's business and creative communities together. Entries are now open for the 2009 awards. Read more >>
Port Elizabeth firm sponsors local football clubPort Elizabeth-based General Petroleum Installations (GPI) announced, earlier this week, that it has entered into a sponsorship agreement with the Swartkops Football Club, one of the oldest in the Eastern Cape. The company will sponsor the playing kit and equipment needed by the club and will assist in the refurbishment and maintenance of the club's grounds. GPI's GM, Ed Holloway, pointed out that as the company's workshop facility is based in Swartkops, the decision to sponsor the club was a logical extension of the firm's social responsibility program. “This is our way of putting something back into the local community which supplies the majority of our workforce. With so much emphasis on sponsorship for professional clubs in the run up to 2010 it is important not to forget our community-based amateur clubs”. The sponsorship, which extends to July 2010, will see the club's senior side competing as the GPI Giants.
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At the end of 2008, viewers of SABC2's Eastern Mosaic were invited to participate in the selection of new additions to the presenter team. Read more >>
SABC to withdraw complaint against AZAPOThe SABC has announced that it will withdrawn its complaint to the police against the political party Azapo. The complaint was initially lodged following Azapo supporters' disruption of SABC News Sunday night's election debate, which was broadcast on SABC2. The corporation has decided instead to engage with Azapo's leadership to ensure that no similar incidents happen in the future. The SABC says it will continue to be what it feels is fair and balanced in its coverage of the election, guided by its internal election pledge and the rules laid down by ICASA and the IEC.
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Design Indaba 2009
 For the first time this year, Design Indaba Expo will be hosting two Pecha Kucha sessions. Pecha Kucha means “chit-chat” in Japanese. Join us in the fashion arena at 5pm on Friday and Saturday for a drink and a bit of natter. Read more >>
 The SOUTH Exhibition, launching at the Design Indaba Expo from 27 February to 1 March, celebrates 22 legendary creative icons that have been at the pole of this upswing over the past few years. Read more >>
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup is fast approaching. How will you get involved in this momentous event? It's the biggest sporting event ever to hit South Africa, and if you want to be in the thick of it, here's what to do... Read more >>
Advertising
 In a worldwide agency message via teleconference, Wunderman chairman and CEO Daniel Morel cited two legends of advertising in looking ahead to 2009. Read more >>
 Vodacom has embarked on an ambitious and far-reaching fully integrated marketing campaign to leverage its sponsorship investment in South African rugby. Read more >>
Lewis Group Limited, the blue chip JSE listed furniture retailer which operates the Lewis, Best Home & Electric and Lifestyle Living chains, has appointed Salient Strategic Advertising & Design to handle the development of all its advertising communications work. Read more >>
Branding
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Franchise Association of Southern Africa (FASA) is proud to present the 2009 Franchising Convention which will be taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre from the 2 - 4 April 2009. Read more >>
 [Michael Lawrence] In business, a day seldom goes by without the word “strategy” being bandied about, particularly if you work with brands. The same goes for “insight”, the grail of 21st century marketing and, lately, the hottest word in the industry. Why then, do these fundamentals so often get in the way of successful marketing? Read more >>
CRM
Alstom John Thompson (AJT), a subsidiary of Alstom Electrical Industries (Pty) Ltd, has deployed Maximizer CRM 10.5 licenses at its Package Boiler division to assist key sales executives in generating and coordinating new plant sales between its export and local market departments located in Cape Town, Gauteng and Natal. Read more >>
Enabling one-click, one-touch access to critical customer and sales information, Maximizer Software, a provider of simple, accessible CRM solutions, has debuted Maximizer CRM 10.5 Freedom for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion. Read more >>
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 The modern, technologically savvy African of today is the focus of a new product being launched by Africa Media Online, the South African company that specialises in giving African photographers a voice and an opportunity to tell Africa's story. Read more >>
Digital
 The Deloitte Tax Management Consulting website was possibly one of the most technically challenging projects that the longtail team has undertaken. Together with Luisa Mazinter from The Marketing Site, the design team (Pixel8 Studios) was involved from initial concept, storyboarding, flash animation to the actual web interface design. Read more >>
The Programme in Online Marketing Strategy will be run by University of Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development (USB ED) in conjunction with e-marketing strategy firm Britefire. Read more >>
Stonewall+, the digital marketing agency, enjoyed an impressive start to 2009 with significant accounts moving to the agency. Read more >>
Direct Marketing
Knowledge Resources is happy to announce that the programme for the Direct Marketing 2009 Conference has been finalised and that it includes cutting-edge topics, future trends, innovative ideas, research updates and great networking opportunities. Make sure you reserve your seat today. Read more >>
Education and Training
Plain language consulting and training firm, Simplified, has helped equip Allan Gray staff with the plain English skills necessary to make the investment firm's documents and communications more accessible to its investors. Read more >>
Creative think-tank and writing school, HeadSpark, is to launch a unique workshop for aspiring authors who have novels in progress or ready for submission... or for those who plan to! Read more >>
Better and cheaper internet bandwidth will soon provide South African companies with a chance at new business opportunities and technology. The internet and online communication is considered to be an important driving force in the global economy. Read more >>
Eventing |  |
 Thirst Bar Services have not slowed down this summer with events countrywide through our JHB, Cape Town and our new Durban office, Thirst are setting the pace in the mobile bar industry. Read more >>
 The Birthday Party, The Wedding Party, The Engagement - VO makes the party! Read more >>
 Last week saw LiquidChefs put on another star-studded performance at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland, considered one of the most high profile events on the social calendar worldwide. Read more >>
Exhibitions |  |
 Following a thorough investigation into the supply competence of Oasys Innovations, the company has revealed an insight to some of its stock items as an indicator that projects of any magnitude can be accommodated by its five activation companies, either as individual units or as a collective solution. Read more >>
Advertisement:  Home owners voted with their feet against the recession at the recent Johannesburg HOMEMAKERS Expo (19 to 22 February 2009). As one of the country's biggest and also the first major consumer show of the year nationally, the Johannesburg HOMEMAKERS Expo has announced only a 7% drop in visitors compared to last year. Read more >>
 The Mega Media Expo concentrates on advertising mediums available to marketers and media buyers and includes exhibitors like The Citizen, BizCommunity, AdReach, Media24, Alive Advertising, Foozi and others. Read more >>
 Africa's advertising and media showcase, Mega Media Expo, is coming to the Sandton Convention Centre on 4 and 5 March. Apart from the expo, the event also aims to educate. Visitors can attend short 30-minute workshops on interesting topics such as Harry Trisos' talk on Mobile, The 7th Mass Media. Read more >>
 Africa's advertising and media showcase, Mega Media Expo, is coming to the Sandton Convention Centre on 4 and 5 March. This will be the second Mega Media Expo, after its successful launch in Cape Town last year. Read more >>
Magazines
 8 Ink Media has posted strong fourth quarter 08 circulation figures for its leading youth titles, seventeen and National Geographic Kids, as confirmed at the ABC breakfast on Thursday, 26 February 2009. Read more >>
 The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has selected Avusa Media Limited to publish the 2009 Official Lions Tour Guide. The project will be run under Avusa Magazine Division, which produces over 40 market-leading magazines, including several of South African and international sports titles. Read more >>
Media
Many of Intranews Media Management's clients will recently have been lucky enough to receive a branded ‘BunchiBag', the result of a collaboration between Intranews and Isiyalu Fashions of Soweto. Read more >>
[Gerian Miller] Now more than ever companies should be placing greater emphasis on customer care, especially with consumers becoming more discerning as the impact of the global recession hits home and they want value for their money. Read more >>
Newspapers
 The gold price, the Dow Jones, CPI, PPI, GDP, forex rates - finance and business terminology confuses many of us and the situation becomes a minefield when trying to understand how all the factors work together to influence our personal situation. Read more >>
Online Media
[Diane Charton] The online advertising market is enjoying growth and progress across South Africa and the rest of the world, in spite of deepening gloom about the state of the global economy. We can expect to see even more growth, as marketers start to use online more aggressively as part of their marketing mix. Read more >>
MEDIAS spearheads a campaign to promote the strategic and effective use of video for web and mobile environments. Read more >>
 Habari Direct, the tactical below-the-line marketing agency, celebrated a successful 2008 by flying key members of the team to New York in December. Read more >>
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 FIFA's exclusive financial services partner, Visa, is drawing attention to its association with the world's biggest sporting event by ensuring that visitors to Cape Town have little doubt as to which method of payment to use when visiting South Africa's shores. Read more >>
Production
The recent move from agency open plan floor to production house office has seen Dani Hynes (née Vlismas) go from freelance copywriter and creative director to director. So even though she is the newest addition to the Fresh Eye stable, she has been in the advertising industry for years. Never mind how many. Read more >>
 Trevor Clarence manages to blend beauty and comedy in a fresh new spot for Cell C and Net#work BBDO. Through the booming voice of Mama C, everyone is talking about Woza Wheneva. The epic commercial was shot in two cities, over four days, nine scenes, eight locations, 55 crew members and 96 on-camera artists. Read more >>
 The new Edgars Denim brands commercial is the first of many for Edgars' new positioning. Conceptualised by Jupiter Drawing Room and directed by Bevan Cullinan from Fresh Eye Film Productions, the commercial, shot on location in downtown Johannesburg, utilises more street credibility and denim brand fashion grit. Read more >>
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 SAB recently held the semi-finals for the Hansa Marzen Gold - 1 Marzen 1 Million competition. With the overwhelming response from the radio campaign, 70 contestants were selected from each region to take part in the semi-finals activation. Read more >>
Radio
 The reality of the maturing South African radio landscape is that “you simply cannot be everything to everyone - there is a place for everyone and everyone has their place.” Read more >>
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A significant number of SA employers are committed to bring conversion within their companies in the next three years. According to the BEST Employers survey 2008/9, the country's average of female executive management staff is 25%, with an aim to increase it to 33% in the coming years. Read more >>
Research
 Vision Africa, the leading research company in Namibia, recently donated N$6000.00 towards the community of Okatjali to assist them in building a kindergarten in their remote village of Onamayongo. Read more >>
Retail
 The whole of South Africa, in particular the hospitality sector, is gearing up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Where visitors stay, is where they will be in direct contact with the essence of South Africa, therefore it is good to know that the FIFA inspection team described the hospitality sector in South Africa as “first-rate". Read more >>
 Tyger Valley Centre teamed up with Missing Children SA not only to celebrate their second birthday, but most importantly to help educate people on how they can protect their children against child abductions. Read more >>
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Tracer CQM has released a new version of its mobile sales tool of the same name. It installs itself automatically and loads updates as soon as they become available, ensuring that mobile sales teams have access to new features and functionality immediately. Read more >>
Are you in sales? Do you want to know what drives South Africa's top sales performers? Then join SALESGURU and five extraordinary sales leaders in unearthing the secrets of top sales performers. Read more >>
Youth Marketing |  |
 HDI Youth Marketeers helped Pick n Pay set up the Pick n Pay School Club in 2003 to create much-needed teaching material for teachers and schools. Read more >>
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