Banks take the Web 2.0 routeSouth African banks have generally never been slow to embrace new technology, with the result that the average South African is probably more adept at doing transactions and other banking business online and on their mobiles than bank customers in many other countries. Where members of the public have sometimes had issues, however, is in the ease - or lack thereof - of use of the banks' sites, and the communication - or perceived lack thereof - from the banks to their customers. Here's hoping the new directions taken by Standard Bank (which late last week repositioned itself to be “Moving Forward” and launched an internal staff corporate social network) and First National Bank (which this past weekend went live with a revamped transaction website), and the use of Web 2.0, will achieve their aims - let's face it, we'd all rather like our banks than grit our teeth and rank contact with them right up there with a visit to the dentist. And a round of applause is due to the five South Africans who won awards in the 2009 CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Awards and the two South Africans who were awarded commendations. Well done to all of you! Have a great week! The biz editorial team: Simone Puterman & Rod BakerPS The Seacom switchover actually happens this Thursday, 23 July 2009. Go go go, go Seacom go! PPS In this week's Ornico Ad Showcase, we feature TV ads for McDonalds, Simba, Telkom Charity Cup, Fedhealth and De Broglio Attorneys, and radio ads for GrandPa, KFC, Renault, Virgin Active and Wimpy. Please send all marketing and media news to marketingnews@bizcommunity.com and opinion pieces to contributors@bizcommunity.com. Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive or on our editorial blog: http://blog.bizcommunity.com.Top stories
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SABC prepares Mandela Day broadcastPreparations have been finalized for a special broadcast on SABC television and radio platforms. Viewers will be able to see Nelson Mandela receiving eminent guests at his Houghton home and listeners will be able to tune in to catch the action. Included in the broadcast package will be live crossings to other centres of the world including New York and Brussels. Television viewers can catch the broadcast on SABC 2 starting with Weekend Live between 7am and 8am on Saturday morning while listeners can tune in to ongoing radio coverage on SAFM and Umhlobo We Nene. NEWSWATCH: Workers have apparently rejected the SABC offer and are sticking to their guns, reports IOL, which also reports that Acting President Kgalema Motlanthe has appointed the interim board for the next six months and has confidence in it; that is not a view shared by all. Read more >>Marketing
MASA AGM date announced; 2008 financials releasedThe Marketing Association of South Africa 2009 Annual General Meeting will be held at The Bryanston Country Club, 63 Bryanston Drive, Bryanston on 6 August 2009 at 2pm. The association has also announced that the audited financial statements for 2008 are now available on the website. Go to www.marketingsa.co.za for more information. Advertisement: 2010 FIFA World Cup
 The application process for the 2010 FIFA World Cup volunteer programme opens today, Monday 20 July 2009. A total of 15 000 volunteers are required and will be selected from South Africa, the continent and the rest of the world. Read more >> [Dr Nikolaus Eberl] Following the FIFA Confederations Cup, a visitor satisfaction survey commissioned by Cape Town Tourism revealed that out of 323 international visitors canvassed only one said he would not recommend South Africa as a holiday destination. 3.68% of respondents answered ‘maybe', resulting into an aggregate brand advocacy score of 96% for destination South Africa. Read more >>Highway Africa, the largest annual gathering of African journalists interested in journalism and new media, will take place 6 - 8 September 2009 at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. The theme for this year's event is 'Reporting Africa - 2010, Development and Democracy'. Read more >> With less than a year to go before kick-off to the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, safety and security issues around the world's showcase sporting event have claimed centre stage and have come under the spotlight. In Durban, a joint initiative has been established to boost safety and security during the tournament. Read more >>[Julius Baumann] Queensgate Hotels & Leisure expects to report sharply higher earnings per share in the next two financial years as its hospitality business recovers and gets a boost from the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Read more >> Advertising
 [Herman Manson] Old Mutual is out to pitch in early August 2009 but incumbent account holder Ogilvy Cape Town won't be holding its breath against Net#work BBDO, DDB South Africa, Lowe Bull and Draftfcb. Read more >>Advertisement:  A survey conducted by The Nielsen Company on behalf of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) in March-April 2009 has found that 70% of consumers agree that advertising contributes to economic growth, the WFA announced earlier this week. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] As the global recession continues to inflict incalculable damage to media businesses around the world, Cable News Network (CNN) says that it is coping well so far and remains optimistic and committed to keeping its product ahead of the game, bearing in mind that content is always king. Rani R Raad, CNN International senior VP in charge of advertising sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa, spoke exclusively to Bizcommunity.com ahead of his arrival tomorrow, Friday, 17 July 2009, in South Africa ahead of the 2009 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of Year Awards in Durban this weekend. Read more >>Pendoring deadline extended The deadline for entries into the Pendoring Advertising Awards 2009 has been extended until 3 August 2009, but the organisers say there will be further extensions and no entries will be accepted after that date. A cash prize of R6000 is up for grabs in each category and the overall student winner walks away with a study bursary to the value of R10 000. The Prestige Prize winner wins an overseas trip to the value of R25 000. Go to www.pendoring.co.za for more information. The global recession is having some effect on mobile advertisers, but mobile advertising continues its strong overall growth, said the results of BuzzCity's quarterly Global Mobile Advertising Index, yesterday, Tuesday, 14 July 2009. The company is a global provider of wireless communities and consumer services. Read more >> [Karabelo Mokoena] Within the advertising industry, great importance is placed upon being able to effectively communicate with your clients' target market. Whether it's an exercise the agency undertakes or the company themselves, there is a lot of money that is spent on research with the aim of finding out exactly who you should primarily be targeting with your communication. Read more >>The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa this week upheld a complaint by Bliss Chemicals, manufacturers of MAQ washing powder, regarding two claims on the packaging of Unilever product Sunlight Washing Powder. Read more >>Branding | | Idea Engineers will grow your brand, reputation & business. | |  |
[Darren Olivier] Thinking of taking your business international? Take a moment to consider the latest brand blunder caused by the name the new joint venture between Russian energy giant Gazprom and the Nigerian state oil company - to be called NIGAZ, and then contact your branding advisors. Read more >> Advertisement: [Simone Puterman] Standard Bank is no longer "Inspired. Motivated. Involved" but "Moving Forward" with its first integrated global and in-country advertising campaign to support the group's growth in emerging markets, it announced yesterday afternoon, Thursday, 16 July 2009. The bank has also developed an internal social network site, BlueConnection, to enables employees worldwide to connect with each other using features common to Twitter and Facebook. [multimedia] Read more >>  Gestetner South Africa has changed its name to Ricoh South Africa as part of its plans to rebrand its direct operations across all subsidiaries, the company announced on Wednesday, 15 July 2009. Read more >>CRM
 [John Boe] Rendering exceptional customer service is both a responsibility and a smart business decision. Unfortunately, far too many salespeople view customer service as an administrative burden that takes them away from making a sale. Read more >>CSI
Project "Radio Horizon" is for learners at Athlone School for the Blind, to give them opportunities for work in a radio station for the sight impaired, but funding is urgently required. “Platinum” and “Diamond” donors are urgently sought, the school announced recently. Read more >>Design |  |
 The annual Makhulu Polane t-shirt design competition is open for entries from Thursday, 16 July 2009. This local initiative was started by Big Blue in 2006 in a quest to discover and support fresh home-grown talent. Read more >>Advertisement:  The new Mall of the North centre will serve not only the people of Polokwane and Limpopo, but Botswana and Zimbabwe too. It will also incorporate elements of natural design, texture and local materials. Read more >>Eventing |  |
 The organisers of this year's Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival, held 3 - 12 July 2009, have declared this year's event a great success. Read more >>Advertisement: This Saturday, 18 July 2009 has been declared Nelson Mandela Day in celebration of the former President's 91st birthday. People around the world will be encouraged to dedicate 67 minutes of their time to do community work to honour the event. Read more >>This Sunday, 19 July 2009, will see the 2009 WesBank Street Race, Soweto - apparently the first-ever street race to be held in a township. Grandstands have been erected to accommodate the motor racing enthusiasts. Read more >>Exhibitions |  |
 The fifth annual Standard Bank Soweto Wine Festival is only a few weeks away. It will be held on 4 - 5 September 2009 at Soweto Campus, University of Johannesburg. The “black middle-class audience is worth R180 billion plus and, in the future, will constitute around 70% of their consumers”, a festival spokesman said on Friday, 17 July 2009. Read more >>In one of the first partnerships of its kind, Port Elizabeth shopping centre, Moffett on Main, will be hosting the second bi-ennial South African Automotive Week (SAAW) international trade show and convention, from 7 - 10 October 2009. The national event is one of the biggest of its kind in the country, and has outgrown existing conference and convention facilities in Port Elizabeth, according to show director Andrew Binning of Inkanyezi Events. Read more >>Magazines |  |
Energy publication editor up for awardMarlene van Rooyen, editor of 25 Degrees in Africa, has been nominated for the “SANEA Energy Journalism Award” for the Africa energy publication which she “initiated, researched and developed from scratch to become a leader in its industry” according to her citation. In addition, the magazine this month launched a new website, www.25degrees.net, with what it says is “a unique focus on Africa, energy and the environment”.  Brendan Cooper has been appointed editor of Sports Illustrated South Africa, the magazine announced today, Thursday, 16 July 2009. Read more >> South Africa's weekly glossy celebrity magazine, heat, has undergone a redesign that includes fonts and layouts, and has included more entertaining content, the editor-in-chief announced yesterday, Wednesday, 15 July 2009. Read more >> National Geographic Kids has launched the NG Kids Young Chefs Competition, which is sponsored by Panarottis Pizza Pasta Restaurants, and hopes to get youngsters sending in their favourite recipes, the magazine announced yesterday, Wednesday, 15 July 2009. Read more >> Entries for seventeen magazine's 2009 Top Teen Achiever Awards are open to find SA's most talented teens, the magazine announced on Monday, 13 July 2009. Read more >> The 2009 Tabbie Awards featured just shy of 500 entries, with nominations coming from the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, France, China, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Germany and India. Judges were once again impressed by the quality of the submissions; the results were announced on 14 July 2009. Read more >> Five of South Africa's most talented and beautiful sportswomen will be appearing in the August 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated feature Beauties of Sport. Read more >>Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
 The SABC says in a statement issued on Saturday that the tone of the Mail & Guardian article 'No conflict,' strategy boss insists' published the previous day, Friday 17 July 2009, was to discredit the corporation's head of group strategy Sipho Sithole. The broadcaster also accuses the newspapers of using its (the SABC's) responses selectively and in some instances out of context. Read more >>Advertisement:  Dual category winner, Johan-Allan Namu, from Kenya, scooped the CNN/Multichoice African Journalist of the year 2009 award in Durban at the weekend in an event that was transmitted live to the continent. Read more >>NEWSWATCH: The Irish company Independent News & Media owns a range of South African newspapers and might be announcing this coming Friday, 24 July 2009, that it is bankrupt. Gill Moodie, writing in Moneyweb, has a look at the South African operation. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: In April, a number of workers at Paarl Print died in a devastating fire, now the company is to retrench more workers, reports IOL, and in an attempt to avoid any backlash of the sort that followed the sale of Vodacom shares to Vodafone, ICASA has announced that it will open the proposed sale of Telkom Media to a Chinese-led consortium to public discussion, reports Business Report. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: Cape Town and Johannesburg have seen union pickets outside the broadcaster's offices, and now the protest has reached Polokwane, reports the Limpopo Informant. Read more >>Highway Africa has a limited number of scholarships available for practising African journalists who focus on ICT reporting. The event will take place 6 - 8 September 2009 at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. The deadline for application submissions is today, Wednesday, 15 July 2009. Read more >>Two South Africans, Glynis Horning and Metzi van der Merwe, are among 10 recipients of the twelfth annual Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, named last week by the Mental Health Programme of The Carter Centre in Atlanta, Georgia. Read more >> The NEPAD Business Foundation for Africa (NBF) recently established a new sector in the organisation for media and communications. It is headed up by Sharon Penhallrick, MD of Telmar SPC. The Media and Communications sector was set up in order to communicate the NBF's activities more successfully. Read more >> [Chris Moerdyk] Never before has there been so much interest in the nomination process for a new SABC board amid demands from many sectors to make the process a lot more transparent. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: It's bad news, and good news… At the SABC, the unions have given management an ultimatum, reports Mail & Guardian Online, and the good news, the 2010 strike - marred by intimidation - is set to end, reports Eyewitness News. Read more >> Without a strong, independent regulator to ensure the public broadcaster fulfils its licensing conditions and public mandate, only Parliament and the Department of Communications can call the SABC to account — and both of these institutions are dominated by the ruling party. Read more >>Mobile |  |
[Sean Pashley] At the end of June 2009 Google announced the launch of Google SMS in partnership with MTN Uganda. The Google SMS offering is a suite of mobile applications, which provide access (via SMS) to information on a variety of topics such as weather, news, agricultural tips etc. In addition, the product includes Google Trader, which is effectively a marketplace where people can, in their own words, sell a variety of products such as cars, crops, jobs and much more. Ultimately, Google will expand the offering into a variety of African territories. Read more >>  There are now more than 14 million registered international MXit users, but the mobile social networking and instant messaging company plans to “become one of the biggest mobile social network and IMs” it stated earlier this week. Read more >>Register now for the Thinking Mobile Conference SeriesRegistration is open for The Thinking Mobil Conference Series, a meeting place for business communicators who need to focus not on “techno” language but on concrete and tangible applications. This is the place where you will walk away armed with knowledge that will enable you to confidently strategise around mobile. Who should attend? Brand managers, event organisers and managers, marketing, communication and PR experts, business owners, business experts and coaches, NGOs. For more information go to mobilemarketingwinners.com/. Online Media
New “online home” for Nando'sNando's now has a fully interactive website - www.nandos.co.za - which has been taken from static to flash, using graphics and informative content. The site also encourages visitors to join the Nando's Fan Club. “With the renovation undertaken for our original online home, we hope to provide our visitors with an experience that is visually and interactively engaging,” said Julian Bryant, Nando's marketing director. Advertisement: CNN International's TASK Group announced on July 14 2009 its exclusive content-sharing partnership with leading global travel industry website eTurboNews. Read more >>Out Of Home |  |
 Mall advertising specialist Primall Media was recently chosen to launch Motorola's new VE66 model cellphone, which is especially useful in noisy environments. Hence the company chose the hustle and bustle of various top South African shopping malls to do so. Read more >>Promotions
SA family wins US trip with AstrosWillem Barnard and his family will soon be jetting off to the US to experience the excitement of space travel up close and personal. The trip includes tickets to visit the Epcot Centre at Disney World and the Kennedy Space Centre. Willem became the top-rated player of the Astros Incredible Space Race game, which could be downloaded onto any WAP-enabled mobile phone by SMSing the unique code inside any specially marked pack of Astros to the number provided.Advertisement: Public Relations |  |
 A successful working relationship is built around trust, communication and mutual respect; in order for the relationship to flourish, both parties need to buy into each other's strategies. The relationship between a client and a PR agency is no different, but how does one ensure that both parties are able to deliver on what is expected? Read more >> [Ronelle Bester] There is a saying that goes, “Often one who does too much does too little”. The same can be said for public relations (PR) execs trying to service clients across a broad range of industries. Read more >>Radio |  |
 The SABC responded with a statement on Friday 17 July 2009 on demands by Bemawu (Broadcast, Electronic, Media & Allied Workers Union) that the Lotus FM station manager Gail Samuels be removed or redeployed and that her disciplinary hearing be reviewed. Read more >>The New York Times Co, which has been seeking to raise cash to pay down its debt, recently announced plans to sell a New York City radio station for US$45 million. Read more >>OFM might give away a millionSmiley du Plessis, rude customs official of the Pack your Bags competition on OFM, has had a change of heart and might just give away R1 million this coming week. For the past week listeners entered the station's first Pack your Bags competition, hoping to walk away with R500 000. However, Smiley stood his ground and to date only gave away R23 000 on-air and R5 000 online. For more information, go to www.ofm.co.za. Retail
[Kgomotso Mathe] Retail stocks yesterday, 15 July 2009, shrugged off poor Statistics SA figures on sales, with investors remaining optimistic that next year will yield positive returns though the rest of this year will stay in negative territory. Read more >> A new report from independent market analyst Datamonitor identifies sustainable packaging as a growing consumer issue, revealing that, although sustainable packaging is not yet a primary motivator of purchases, it is becoming a consumer expectation. Read more >> The R1.77 billion first phase of Sandton City shopping centre's repositioning is gathering momentum, as demolition has wrapped up and bulk earthworks gets underway at what some claim to be South Africa's premier retail destination. Read more >>Despite the record majority of respondents to the Bureau for Economic Research's retail trade survey reporting lower sales volumes, confidence in both the retail and wholesale sectors remained under pressure with wholesale confidence increasing from 31 to 36 index points and retail confidence dropping from 52 to 47 index points. Read more >>Sponsorship
 Discovery Invest has signed a three year contract with Synchronised Marketing & Event Agency as primary sponsor of the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit. This year's event will be taking place on 22 July 2009 at the Sandton Convention Centre. Read more >> Amarula announced on Thursday, 16 July 2009, that it plans to continue sponsorship for the third year in a row of the Channel O Music Video Awards which will be staged at Carnival City, Johannesburg, South Africa on 29 October 2009. The awards aims to identify both performers and copyright owners in Africa that have made a substantial contribution to African music. Read more >> Aware of the dependence of non-profit organisations on media exposure and awareness for fundraising, Newsclip stated yesterday, Wednesday, 15 July 2009, that it will provide monitoring services to The Sunflower Fund for the next 12 months. Read more >>TV
Babies R Us launches reality show Babies R Us, the Toys R Us infant division, is launching a new TV reality show with parenting and pregnancy expert Sister Lilian. The show, which will be filmed in parents' homes, will focus on different problem areas. After going into a parent's home to address a particular problem, Sister Lilian will revisit the home after a week or two to assess if her recommendations are working. At the end of each show, all participating parents will get an opportunity for a 30-second dash in a Babies R Us at Toys R Us store to grab as many products as they can. The show will be broadcast on SABC2 on Saturday mornings at 8.30am, 29 August - 24 October 2009. Youth Marketing
 Mahmoud Bouneb, executive general manager of the Pan-Arab, Al Jazeera Children's Channel (JCC), will give the MIPJUNIOR closing keynote on Sunday 4 October. The 17th edition of MIPJUNIOR, the world's showcase for children's and youth programming screenings, will be held on the 3-4 October at the Intercontinental Carlton Hotel, Cannes. Read more >> [Gisele Wertheim-Aymes] For the past eight months, several teams at FNB have been involved in a challenging project: the revitalisation of our transaction website, www.fnb.co.za. Once again, it proved that that working together in a collaborative team framework produces a better result than that of any individual effort to make helpfulness a reality. Read more >> Marketing
 Egg Marketing & Communications, specialists in the children's and family industry, recently participated in a creative pitch for the Disney Channel, an affiliate of Walt Disney Television International. Read more >>Employee engagement specialists Actuate have introduced two new services to their range of offerings: newsletters and training. Read more >>The City of Tshwane is the first of South Africa's 2010 FIFA World Cup host cities to launch an international television advertising campaign welcoming tourists. Read more >>The Marketing Legislation Seminar is around the corner, taking place on the 29th July 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Johannesburg. Knowledge Resources has invited top legal experts to discuss the latest legal and regulatory developments affecting marketing and advertising. Read more >> During the FIFA Confederations Cup the fans and general public needed to be informed about transportation routes, fixture guides, host cities and safety precautions. The Z-CARD format was the means of communication used by several host cities, sponsors and marketers. Read more >>Advertising
 Hot on the heels of its television commercial paying tribute to South Africa's soccer fans and urging them to positively demonstrate their support for Bafana Bafana during the Confederations Cup, Vodacom and Draftfcb Johannesburg have launched another exciting soccer ad. Read more >> After mainly focussing on a below-the-line and a print marketing strategy, Brother SA, Black Khaki Advertising and The Media Shop got together and decided it was time to take the brand to the national air-waves of television and radio. Read more >>Branding
 Absa has launched a new logo to energise and renew the identity of its long standing sponsorship of South Africa's premier domestic rugby tournament, the Absa Currie Cup. Read more >>The cultural shift being driven by the onset of one of the worst global financial crises in recent history demands that major brands fundamentally reassess their point of view if they want to maintain their leadership positions in the years ahead. Read more >> Foozi congratulates Stephen Capelo, the winner of its SMS competition. Much to his delight Capelo won, and was recently presented with, his own branded Foozi table. Read more >>[Lisa Steingold] With resources becoming increasingly scarce and with escalating pressure from stakeholders to deliver on promises and provide meaningful experiences, brands of the future will need to embrace creativity and to innovate continuously in order to remain sustainable. Read more >>  Boomtown Strategic Branding Agency has offered six students of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) the opportunity of fulfilling internships in their respective fields. Read more >>Cinema
 From the US immigration struggle, finding love in Greece or going on an adventure with a little boy to find his donkey, make sure to book your tickets for these hot films hitting the big screen in July. Read more >>CRM
 Maximizer Software, a provider of simple, accessible CRM solutions, will run a series of seminars in South Africa that will guide business executives through everything they need to know about Mobile CRM. The first free half-day morning seminar will be held at the Protea Hotel, Midrand on Wednesday, 22nd July. Read more >>Design
Eran Eyal, co-founder of Springleap.com, is disappointed at the low number of entries into the Pure Imagination Bursary Competition due to educators being blatantly uninterested in informing the learners about the opportunity to win bursaries worth R250 000. Read more >> Great Stock! photo library has added the IndiaPictures collection to its searchable image website. The royalty-free collection joins the almost two million images available on the site, and is an easy way to source excellent images of this important country. Read more >>Digital
The real-world social resonance on popular networking utilities is the perfect promotion tool. With technology developing at such a rapid rate, a deeper integration of popular social utilities into casual gaming is just what is needed. Read more >> In this episode of The Digital Edge we take an educational look into the requirements of how to create a great online PR campaign. Read more >> Realmdigital has launched the new Travel Platform 4.0 software which integrates with a variety of online services and offers a holistic package for all industry types, no matter what the requirements. Read more >> KREW Interactive has launched the new promotional website for Kellogg's Rice Krispies ‘Make Music In Your Bowl' campaign. The website supports the through-the-line campaign messages and is designed to capture the fun and excitement of making music in your cereal bowl with Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Read more >>Direct Marketing
 Created and managed by promotional and tactical direct marketing specialist Habari Direct, Knorr's summer sales promotion had the two-pronged goal of improving brand awareness and increasing sales. It over-achieved on all fronts. Read more >>Education and Training |  |
 The UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) is relaunching its flagship leadership development programme this August in a bid to give executives and leaders new tools to lead in the unprecedented economic times. Read more >>One of the top international qualifications in business management, consisting of the World Executive Education Alliance (WEEA) programme, will soon be available locally to South African business leaders and executives for the first time. Read more >>Artists as entrepreneurs are becoming more business savvy and finding new ways of sustaining their artistic livelihoods - the UCT Graduate School of Business is this August running a course specifically-tailored to help local artists find their business feet. Read more >>Eventing
 System Solutions has been awarded a R39-million contract by the City of Johannesburg to supply and install a High Definition IPTV digital signage video distribution system and two large-format, high-resolution outdoor LED screens at the brand-new flagship Soccer City Stadium. Read more >> Launch Factory Experiential's new Branded Properties division creates unique experiences by finding a gap in the market. “Miller Rock the Boat” is a Branded Property that creates an alternative marketing opportunity, using a ‘youth cruise' as the platform. Read more >>In the last few weeks the world as we know it has changed. These critically important developments are a core of Futurist Daniel Silke's new presentation entitled “Global change 2020: The world's new direction for the next decade and beyond!”. Read more >> Oasys Innovations, a leading supplier of infrastructure for the exhibitions and events industry, was responsible for supplying electrical infrastructure for the tenth consecutive year at the Vodacom Durban July held at the Greyville Racecourse on 4 July 2009. Read more >>Conference Speakers International has been one of the world's leading speaker bureaus for over two decades, specialising in the provision of motivational speakers, keynote speakers, inspirational speakers or leading communicators in general. Read more >>With the theme of “Yebo Siyakwazi” (Yes we can), Collyer Lessick was approached by Teba Bank to plan, organise and implement their Teba Bank Leadership Summit recently held at the Southern Sun in Sandton. Read more >>Angola, the second fastest growing economy in Africa, invites you to do business in sectors such as tourism and hotels, infrastructure development and management, oil and gas - just to name the few... Read more >>Exhibitions
 International colour guru Lee Eiseman knows much about the history, psychology and application of colour. She constantly updates the dynamics of colour and how it responds to the pop culture, the economy and world events. Read more >> Organisers of the Your Child Kids Expo, in partnership with Media24, National Geographic Kids, Peugeot, Koowee and Jungle Beat have declared ‘open season' on floor space at this first ever family and kids inspired expo in South Africa. Read more >>Magazines
 Afrikaans-speaking women can look forward to the launch of a new magazine, Kuier, that aims to inspire, motivate and equip readers to empower themselves. Read more >>Media
Maxell's professional discs for XDCAM achieve a high data transfer rate and long recording time through blue-violet laser technology. For more on Maxell see them at Mediatech Africa 2009, 23-25 July at the Coca-Cola dome. Read more >>Spescom Media IT has expanded its portfolio to include professional services which offer insight into equipment available, their associated running costs, and impact on people, existing systems, processes and workflows. Speak to Spescom at Mediatech Africa 2009, 23-25 July, at the Coca-Cola dome. Read more >>Jess Goedhals, general manager for Sony Broadcast South Africa, says the Mediatech Africa trade fair will act as the bridge for South Africa's swing into high definition. Read more >>BSE has modernised its range of FM transmitter equipment to include digital displays. The new digital enhancements will be on show at Mediatech Africa 2009, 23-25 July at the Coca-Cola dome. Read more >>Local group Hi Tech Systems will be showcasing their award-winning asigN application control system at the Mediatech Africa expo. The system allows the equipment operator to have a robust hardware panel to control a variety of applications on multiple computers. Read more >>This year at the Mediatech Africa trade fair Matrix Sound will showcase the LR7, a passive two-way line-source loudspeaker system used as a vertical array in either stacked or flown configuration for both portable and permanent installations. Read more >>Mobile
 Nokia has launched the South African Calling All Innovators competition, a contest for developers to create locally relevant, best-of-breed mobile applications for South Africans. Read more >>Out Of Home
In order to enhance Face 2 Face's brand essence and positioning within the Bottom of the Pyramid {BOP} market and in conjunction with various stakeholders, the decision was taken to relaunch the brand and payoff line with a new look-and-feel. Read more >> POP Outdoor has been targeting malls in KwaZulu-Natal and are now able to offer agencies and clients coverage at a further two key malls on its billboard structures. Read more >> As part of a large-scale, national advertising campaign surrounding the launch of its new 24/7 restaurant offering, McDonald's has expanded upon its mobile branding campaign to incorporate 20 mini cabs designed and branded by vehicle branding specialist, Graffiti. Read more >>Production
 A humorous, informative and eye-catching ad campaign, derived by Draftfcb and broadcast during a season of e.tv's popular ‘Ripley's Believe It or Not' gave Sphere the opportunity to showcase their talents at character animation. Read more >>Promotions
 Tasking activations agency, Offlimit Communication, to come up with something fresh to build brand awareness, Nando's was looking to push the envelope and bring something new to the floor. Read more >>Radio
 East Coast Radio's exhibition stand at the recent House & Garden Show was made of 90% recycled materials and designed to promote important educational messages about how visitors could play an active role in saving the environment. Read more >>
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