Local is lekkerAccording to the latest TVIEC statement, a payment plan has been devised whereby producers who are owed monies by the national broadcaster are to be paid... at last! As a counterpoint to that, however, has been the news that only a fraction of the production work for the next year or so has been accepted by the SABC. That means some companies the production sector could well see payments under the above-mentioned plan being their last, not for a while, but possibly forever. Cutting local productions is a short-term solution with long-term ramifications... apart from company closures and job losses, there will a loss of valuable skills, there will be repeats of programmes, viewer irritation - and, some commentators suggest, a loss of advertising revenue. And that will simply exacerbate the SABC's financial woes (let's not even consider Dali Mpofu's R11 million - or is that R22 million - payout!). If the SABC is “Proudly South African” then here's the time to prove it. Still sticking with local is lekker, have you diarised to attend the following homegrown events? It's almost time for the 13th annual Highway Africa (the largest annual gathering of African journalists interested in journalism and new media preceded by the Digital Citizen Indaba, which focuses on social media); the regional Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards; the 15th annual Pendoring Afrikaans advertising awards; and the 31st annual The Loerie Awards, which honours the best advertising in South Africa, rest of Africa and the Middle East. And then there's the hype around the science fiction film District 9, directed by South African-born director Neill Blomkamp, which continues to grow both internationally and locally, even managing to trend on Twitter currently. Although why the release date for SA is two weeks later than America is anyone's guess. Here's to local is lekker! Simone Puterman & Rod BakerPS In this week's Ornico Ad Showcase, we feature TV ads for Nando's, Fanta, Audi S4, Mazda 3 and MTN, and radio ads for Marriot, Renault Sandero, Tic Tac, Caltex and Castle Lite. 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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 The newly launched 2009 campaign for the South African Guide Dogs Association for the Blind (SAGA), My friend, my eyes, my sunshine, flights two separate but synergised campaigns back to back. Read more >>Advertisement:  [Pam Lamond] The world of work has changed fundamentally. It's a world that seems to quicken at every turn, to bubble with complexity with each new connection we make. Not only that, but we are staring down the barrel of a full-blown global recession. As we take stock of what's led us to this point, it's clear new leadership demands something different. Read more >>2010 FIFA World Cup
 JOHANNESBURG: Government, FIFA, the 2010 Local Organising Committee (LOC) and stakeholders in the industry have gathered in Johannesburg this morning, Monday, 17 August 2009, for the 2010 National Communication Partnership Conference. Read more >> [Dr Nikolaus Eberl] As the continent's top communicators are assembling in Johannesburg to devise ways of maximising branding leverage for country and continent ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, a nation-branding initiative from across the eastern side of the globe is shedding new light on coupling business success stories to destination branding. Read more >> The 2010 FIFA World Cup Ticket Fund was formally unveiled by FIFA and the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa on Friday, 14 August 2009, exactly 300 days before the opening game. A unique initiative in the 80-year history of the World Cup is the allocation of 120 000 complimentary Category 4 tickets to South Africans directly involved with the event and worthy social and development initiatives linked to the tournament. Read more >> [Simangaliso Zwane] Former Bafana Bafana skipper Lucas "Rhooo" Radebe has been named as South African Tourism's 2010 Ambassador to the world. Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk made the announcement on Thursday evening, 13 August 2009, at the launch of the Brand Messaging Book for Tourism in Sandton, Johannesburg. Read more >>Advertising
Along with the just-announced call to enter YoungGuns 2009, there's a revamped awards website, the new Digital Award which looks to recognise emerging and young digital talent - whether they are creating the idea, designing the interface, building the backend or delivering the outcomes - new Media categories and a social networking platform. Read more >>Advertisement:  Bokomo Foods is flighting a new TV commercial from 13 August to 27 September 2009 on M-Net, e.tv and SABC1, 2 and 3, focusing on the company's corporate social investment initiatives (CSI). Read more >> Universal McCann has recently appointed Jim Hytner as president for the EMEA region, tasked with building the UM network across European, Middle Eastern and African territories. Read more >>Silverstone semi-finalist for Boss of the Year 2009The Boss of the Year Award recently announced the 15 semi-finalists, featuring corporate captains, a vice-admiral, a primary school teacher and two professors - and well-known advertising CEO, Renee Silverstone of The Jupiter Drawing Room. Six finalists, selected from this group in September 2009, will meet a panel of judges on 10 October and the winner will be announced at a banquet lunch on the National Bosses Day, 16 October, in the Montecasino Ballroom. Organised by Dictum Publishers, MTN SA Foundation is the patron and main sponsor of the award, which celebrates its 20th year in 2009. Ogilvy Cape Town has recently won an international project in a three-way pitch held in Casablanca, Morocco for a new global brand under the Coca-Cola umbrella. The new brand is to be revealed during the launch in North and West Africa later this year. Read more >>Loeries updateA small number of Very Important Ego (VIE) tickets are still available (access to all VIP areas throughout the weekend as well as the Mayor's Function on Thursday, 24 September 2009). Due to demand, additional Grand seats have been made available this week 10 - 15 August 2009. Some gallery seats have been held back for educational institutions so if you're a school and still hoping to get your hands on one of these tickets, contact the Loeries office. All tickets can be purchased from Computicket Corporate Sales on +27 (0)11 340 8128, email corporatesales@computicket.com, visit any Computicket outlet or go to www.theloerieawards.co.za.  Gerhard Myburgh, multi-award-winning creative director of The Campaign Palace in Melbourne, Australia, is this year's international judge of the Pendoring advertising awards for outstanding Afrikaans advertising. Read more >>Branding | | Idea Engineers will grow your brand, reputation & business. | |  |
A Brand Messaging Book for Tourism was launched last night, Thursday, 13 August 2009, in Sandton to help everyone who comes into contact with visitors to share an inspirational message about the country as a tourism destination. Read more >>Those attending the Sunday Times Top Brands Awards for 2009 may be in for a surprise this year as bigger brands could be ousted by their smaller competitors. Read more >> Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) unveiled its new brand identity earlier this week, with the objective of heralding a refined strategic direction for the organisation. Read more >>Cinema
MXit subscribers get exclusive opportunity to view AvatarNu Metro Cinemas is exclusively unveiling the first 3D footage of James Cameron's new movie Avatar on Friday, 21 August 2009 at Montecasino, Canal Walk, The Pavilion and Menlyn Park. Free tickets to this event at 6pm, 7pm and 8pm are only available through MXit. “This exclusive footage includes a message from the highly acclaimed director, James Cameron and about 20 minutes of 3D footage from this truly amazing film, which releases worldwide in December 2009,” says Mark Harris, content and marketing head for Nu Metro Cinemas.Banff Mountain Film world tour opens in SAFrom 4-10 September 2009, Cape Union Mart and Ster-Kinekor Theatres will screen the Banff Mountain Film world tour films, which enable viewers to experience the adventure of rock climbing, slack-lining, extreme snowboarding and mountain expeditions through breathtaking cinematography. Participating cinemas are Ster-Kinekor Cavendish, Tygervalley, Sandton, Brooklyn and Gateway, with one screening per day at 8.15pm showcasing all eight films at a total length of approximately two hours. Synopses on the films are available on www.banff.co.za.  Echoing past recession years, the movies continue to flourish as moviegoers seek escape from life in the silver screen. According to figures released by Cinemark yesterday, Wednesday 12 August 2009, that Ster-Kinekor total attendances are up by 779 515 from August 2007 - July 2008 vs August 2008 - July 2009. Read more >>CRM
 [Davina Wertheimer] So why is data the lifeblood of any CRM programme? Find out now in this, the third and final, part to my series on how to develop a successful CRM programme for the ‘new middle class' market. Read more >> [Patrick Deale] Recently, Port Elizabeth-based Virginia Thomas submitted a complaint about an Ina Paarman product to a South African online complaints management and consumer affairs portal. Within a very short space of time, she received a response from the product's owner and brand ambassador, Ina Paarman, herself. Read more >> [Davina Wertheimer] Here is some more advice on how to develop a simple CRM strategy in this, part two, of my simple steps to developing CRM for the ‘new middle class' market. Read more >> [Davina Wertheimer] South Africa, the “Rainbow Nation”, is highly diverse. It is made up of 11 official languages, different races, religions, values, traditions and customs. Our past buoyant economy and socio-political climate have led to a new affluent middle class segment that was previously ignored by mainstream direct communications. So how are marketers now challenged to define and understand this ‘new middle class'? Read more >>Design
Plascon last week announced the winner of its annual architecture and design competition, the Plascon Prism Awards - Chacey Eder (21), a final year Interior Design degree student at Inscape Design College in Houghton, Johannesburg. Read more >>Digital
 [Matthew Buckland] Stephen Newton is South Africa's new Google country manager. An American who has been living in the UK, he's now based in Johannesburg, heading up the local Google office. I asked him 10 questions. Read more >>During the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas this year, All Africa Poker used social media networking tools to communicate with fans with up-to-date news. All Africa used WSOP to launch and test its online communication strategy. Read more >>Direct Marketing
As a result of new streamlined operations, PRIMEDIA@HOME has consolidated its core focus areas to meet market needs and will concentrate solely on precision door-to-door marketing and distribution, using its MarketScan targeting tool, it announced yesterday, Thursday, 13 August 2009. Read more >>Education and Training |  |
Discovery's Marketing Services division and SAB's Marketing Department have both selected Vega to work with and train their marketing departments, Vega announced yesterday, Thursday, 13 August 2009. Read more >>Advertisement:  PARIS & DARMSTADT: The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is organising two study tours in September and October 2009 to the most successful European multimedia newsrooms and to a new ‘hyperlocal' news initiative in the Czech Republic that is reportedly already drawing the attention of publishers everywhere. Read more >>Eventing |  |
South African chefs will be demonstrating their skills and creating "tastes from the township and around the world" at the first Soweto Food Festival in October 2009. The South African Chefs Association (SACA) will also be manning an interactive chef's kitchen. Read more >>Venete Klein, the influential banker, and Carol Weaving, the exhibition and events specialist, won the 2009 Businesswomen's Association (BWA) Businesswoman of the Year Awards in the corporate and entrepreneurial categories respectively, late last week. Read more >> The Oyster Box Hotel, an elegant landmark of Umhlanga Rocks Durban, will reopen on 1 October 2009, under previous GM Wayne Coetzer. Among its attractions are a range of venues for events and conferences. Read more >>Scotland the Brave at MontecasinoWant to see a world-class military tattoo without flying to Edinburgh? Montecasino in Gauteng offers the second SA Tattoo 10-13 September 2009 with local and international military bands, traditional dancers, the South African National Defence Force and the Storici Sbandieratori Della Contrade Di Cori, an Italian folklore act which regularly appears at Vatican official ceremonies the world-famous Edinburgh Tattoo.Magazines |  |
 Bluff magazine South Africa announced late last week that it is looking for 12 'babes' to be the magazine's official ambassadors in 2010. Read more >> Media Nova announced recently that, after a double-tender battle, it has been awarded a three-year contract by Cape Town Tourism to produce and manage the Cape Town Official Visitors' Guide, which will include the all-important 2009/10 editions. Read more >> Bouquet Media, a joint venture between SAWAU (SA Women's Agricultural Union) and Insurance Publications, has been formed to publish the quarterly magazine Bouquet. Read more >>Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Media experts and lobby groups have breathed a sigh of relief as former CEO Dali Mpofu is finally out of the SABC picture - a move, they say, that constitutes one step ahead to start ‘rebuilding' the government-controlled public broadcaster after almost two years of feuding and legal battles. Read more >> [Duncan McLeod] To suggest that MXit itself is somehow “evil” is ludicrous. You can't blame technology for problems in society. Read more >>  NEWSWATCH: The Congress of the People says that the R11 million “golden handshake” to Dali Mpofu insults the broadcaster's employees, reports Mail & Guardian Online. But it gets worse… the total cost to the broadcaster after meeting the legal costs (for both parties) and other inputs, is going to be around R22 million, reports IOL. Read more >>Connect with Highway Africa, DCI onlineShare ideas, expectations, projects and general feedback for next month's Highway Africa 2009 and the Digital Citizen Indaba (DCI) conferences via www.highwayafrica.com, blog http://highwayafrica.wordpress.com, DCI website and blog www.digitalcitizenindaba.com, Twitter profiles @highwayafrica09 and
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Facebook group Friends of Highway Africa.  NEWSWATCH: Bona magazine editor and Soweto TV chairperson, Force Khashane, was gunned down in his home on Wednesday night, 12 August 2009, and died later in a clinic to which he had been taken, reports News24.com. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Soul magazine has recorded the greatest growth at 44% and newspaper The Weekender continues its glorious ascension, while Afrikaans titles have upstaged their English counterparts, according to the Q2 figures released this morning, Thursday, 13 August 2009, by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). [downloads] Read more >>Following close of entries in May to the Vodacom Journalist of the Year 2009, the organisers of the competition report that a record number of entries have been received. As of Wednesday, 12 August 2009, the catalogued entries stand at well over 1300, far exceeding the number of entries received per year since inception. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: The national broadcaster and unions have signed a wage agreement that sees a 10% salary increase across the board - workers will get an immediate 8.5% and a further 1.5% from December 2009. Both are backdated to 1 April, and if the SABC makes an operational profit of R21 million at the end of the 2009/10 financial year, workers will benefit there as well, reports IOL. Read more >>Mobile |  |
 [Alexander Gregori] When it comes to opportunities in African markets the general official attitude persistent among governments, corporates and investors is one of doom and gloom. Unstable political and economic situations, military coups, corruption and poverty, paired with vast country spaces and small populations (compared to for example India or China) are often used as arguments against taking Africa seriously. Read more >>Vodacom yesterday, Thursday, 14 August 2009, launched Betavine, an open mobile application community that encourages developers to experiment with widget technology, in South Africa. To encourage creativity and experimentation with the Betavine technology, the network operator will host a 'Dawn of the Living Widgets' competition on Saturday 5 September at Vodaworld, Midrand. Read more >>Register now for The Thinking Mobile Conference SeriesRegistration is open for The Thinking Mobile Conference Series. It's 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. Bizcommunity.com is a media partner. For more, go to www.mobilemarketingwinners.com. Newspapers |  |
 NEWSWATCH: The Mail & Guardian has won in a case it brought before the Constitutional Court, reports IOL; M&G journalist Stefaans Brümmer had requested information from the Department of Social Development regarding the Oilgate scandal and had been refused. Read more >> PARIS: Maeve Donovan, MD of The Irish Times, Ben Hammersley, a journalist and ‘technologist' at Wired Magazine, and Rainer Esser, MD of Die Zeit, have joined the programme of the ‘Managing the Crisis' conference, to be held at the Frontline Media Club in London on 28-29 September 2009. Read more >>Online Media
 24.com today, Wednesday, 12 August 2009, launched Nuus24.com, the Afrikaans version of online breaking news site News24com. The new site will follow News24's tried and tested formula of publishing breaking news and giving a voice to its growing community. Read more >>Advertisement: Production
 Following a meeting with the SABC around payments, the Television Industry Emergency Coalition (TVIEC) today, Monday, 17 August 2009, said a proposed payment schedule, which takes cognisance of the SABC's cash flow situation, has been put forward, as well as a set of underlying principles that will govern the payments schedule. [download] Read more >> The Television Industry Emergency Coalition (TVIEC) is up in arms at the SABC's intentions to freeze, cancel and delay various local productions in order to cut costs. According to a statement issued today, Friday 14 August 2009, barely a quarter of the productions due to be incepted (taken in) in April are going ahead. Meanwhile, local TV producer Michael Lee is on the fourth day of a hunger strike such “callousness” Read more >> According to a statement from the Television Industry Emergency Coalition (TVIEC) yesterday, Wednesday, 12 August 2009,, the SABC appears to have delayed or cancelled local productions and has not called for Request for Proposals (RFP) for 2010. Read more >>Public Relations |  |
Catch the pressDo you want to get more from your press releases and media liaison? The answers may well be in the newly released book, Surviving the SA Media, subtitled Building Bridges to Make the Media More Accessible. Written by journalist Marion Scher after two years of research, it offers not only advice on how to deal with print and electronic media but also has input from South African newspaper and magazine editors, radio and television producers and other communications experts. It releases to major booksellers through Knowledge Resources on Friday, 14 August 2009. Radio |  |
 Some Broadcast, Electronic, Media & Allied Workers Union (BEMAWU) staff members at Lotus fm have indicated their intention to embark on an industrial action next Tuesday, 18 August 2009. Read more >> As of 31 August 2009, the afternoon drive on 94.7 Highveld Stereo will be presented by Revin John, replacing Alex Jay who will move to the mid-morning slot, and Mark Pilgrim will return to his weekend shows, the radio station announced yesterday afternoon, Thursday 13 August. Read more >> According to the latest SAARF RAMS release - RAMS August 2009 - the community radio sector has done it again, posting year-on-year increases for the sixth survey in a row since the August 2008 release. Read more >>Recruitment | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
Online recruitment in South Africa is a rapidly growing industry that offers both employers and employees rapid access to information. CareerJunction Index (CJI) has recently launched three Job Reports covering the IT, engineering and finance professions. Read more >>Advertisement: Research |  |
 [Janine Erasmus] The 57th session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) takes place at the International Convention Centre in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, from 16 - 22 August 2009, under the theme, "Statistics: Our past, present and future". This is the first time in the ISI's 122-year-old history that the gathering takes place on sub-Saharan African soil. Read more >>Datamonitor Group, London, announced the integration of its three technology businesses to combine approximately 350 business and 150 ICT analysts under the Ovum brand from 1 September 2009. At the same time, it will launch two new research services, Ovum Technology and Industries Knowledge Centre and Ovum Enterprise IT Knowledge Centre. Read more >>Retail
Stuttafords has embarked on a restructuring that will include the closure of some stores, as well as the refurbishment of others, in order to align itself with international department store sizes and standards. Read more >> The 75 000m² Mall of the North regional shopping centre in the provincial capital of Limpopo, Polokwane, is fast attracting tenants and 85% of space is subscribed for to date. Read more >>Sales
BBC Worldwide to represent lonelyplanet.comBBC Worldwide will use its global online advertising expertise to sell Lonely Planet's online inventory around the world. The site, lonelyplanet.com, was re-launched last year and recently won Best Travel Site of the Year in The Webby People's Voice Awards. The website features guidebook content, images, videos and maps covering over 8000 destinations, as well as the ability to book, hotels, flights and a range of other services. The new arrangement, announced Tuesday, 11 August 2009, covers all territories aside from North America and Australia, and follows the recent announcement that BBC Worldwide will manage the travel brand's UK online sales.Sponsorship
loveLife, Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED) and Barloworld have collaborated to streamline loveLife's youth development programme. The initiative, known as Connected!, will receive a grant of R1 million over three years from Barloworld, with the contribution for the first year matched by DED, it was announced yesterday, Thursday, 13 August 2009. Read more >>Youth Marketing
PARIS & DARMSTADT: New research about adolescent preferences in newspaper news sites confirms what every parent knows - they resent being talked down to. Results will be presented at the World Young Reader Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, 27-30 September 2009, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. Read more >> [Gwen Watkins] Last week’s media preview of District 9, the new South African sci-fi film, left most of us quite shattered. Not expecting such a performance or to be so engrossed, the film may draw on recognised genres but it delivers the shock and uncomfortable recognition that Paul Verhoeven used to deliver. [video] Read more >> Marketing
 ‘Green' is the new ‘black' and it has become quite fashionable to be eco-friendly lately. However, beneath this trend lies a much more serious, multi-faceted issue - that of being sustainable. Read more >>Branding
 Jeunesse Park, founder, fundraiser and marketer of Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA), International Advisory Board member for OgilvyEarth and expert on carbon footprints and eco-branding, is set to address delegates at the upcoming Brands & Branding for Good Conference. Read more >> [Anthony Swart] Less is more. So say mono brand proponents who've been keeping a close eye on the back page of the business press. Ford has streamlined its market-specific manufacturing platforms and model names, while Aviva's decision to ditch the longstanding Norwich Union and rebrand as the parent company is telling. Read more >>With the investment in additional staff and the expansion of their in-house facilities, November 1 has moved into bigger facilities in Johannesburg. Read more >> [Desiree Gullan] Today's brand strategies have to include methods to engage with your consumers by capturing their hearts, minds and conversations throughout the purchase and relationship cycle, while remaining brand-centric at every touch point. Read more >>Cinema
Following the release of Ice Age 3 and Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, Nu Metro has broken its all-time daily attendance records twice in one month. Read more >>CSI
 Integrated brand agency, Activate, recently joined hands with Project O, an orphan support organisation working with AIDS orphans in Valley of a Thousand Hills. This charity endeavours to help child-headed households that exist due to the AIDS epidemic here in Africa. Read more >> As part of their contribution to the community, MSCSPORTS adopted a school in Soweto, called Seana Marena, and for the past three years they have been working with the school to make a positive and sustainable difference in the lives of the pupils. Read more >>Digital
 digiVOX, in partnership with Popimedia, launched iBurst's “Dial Up is Dead” competition. To give the campaign a kick start, digiVOX made various online media buys, including targeted banner placements, together with age and location targeted social ads on Facebook. Read more >>Southern Africa Direct is helping travel-related websites in southern Africa to improve their search engine ranking by offering free web links. Read more >> In the next episode of The Digital Edge we take a look at some South African websites that retain a blog style layout while at the same time are offering progressively more and more professional content by providing a platform for young journalists and writers. Read more >> British American Tobacco South Africa augmented their classy euro-chic stand with some powerful technology at this year's Shell Select Convenience Retail Conference 09. Read more >>FLUX harnessed various technological media to implement an interactive competition for candidates wishing to be considered for a full-time MBA scholarship at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). Read more >>Each year, FLUX redesigns the Moments in Time website to reflect the theme of the organisation's calendar for the following year. Hosting and sponsoring the technical development and creative design of the website is one of FLUX's many corporate social investment initiatives. Read more >>Education and Training
 Jill Jacques, Maggie Fikkert, Tracy Going, Angela Makholwa, Gail Schimmel and Sandy Goulding have recently had books published. Read more >>Concept has just finished delivering a one-week drawing course and a four-week course in computer graphics for 50 candidates selected for the first phase of a scarce skills project. Read more >>Eventing
 The Imagine Events team got a phone call from Manette of the Tygerbear Foundation. She needed their help to transform the stage into an enchanted garden. Read more >> 3D Deco's latest innovation in stretch fabric costumes works symbiotically with intelligent lighting to create an array of special FX and liquid flowing movements. Read more >>The Republic of Malawi invites you to do business in prioritised sectors such as manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, mining, financial services, and many more investment opportunities in all emerging economic sectors... Read more >> Echo was responsible for capturing the sophistication and master craftsmanship of Mont Blanc at their Father's Day event held on 18 June 2009 at the Mont Blanc Boutique Store in the V&A Waterfont in Cape Town. Read more >> Portable Floors have a unique system of interlocking latches, enabling floor laying and take-up times to be reduced to a fraction of the normal time, thus saving labour costs. Read more >>Exhibitions |  |
 The SABC Education Baba Indaba has partnered with research house, Kaufman Levin Associates (KLA), it was announced at the recent Cape Town Baba Indaba. Read more >>The Wedding Expo and its exhibitors are partnering to make one lucky bride-to-be's dream come true with the all-new Win a Wedding competition. Read more >> It is important for corporate gifts to have have meaning beyond being a pure branding exercise. The women at the Thusanang Sewing Centre in Soweto create bags, table clothes, table mats and coaster sets - all ideal for corporate gifts with a purpose. Read more >>Magazines
 In August, CLASSICFEEL joins in our country's Women's Month celebrations by highlighting some of the inspiring ladies in the world of arts and culture. Read more >>Mobile
With over one million accounts activated in just over six months, Ovi Mail is quickly establishing itself as the email account for the developing world. Read more >>Businesses confidence in SMS messaging continues to increase as messaging industry revenues are forecasted to grow despite the global downturn in the markets. This was the general consensus voiced at the 2009 Global Messaging congress held recently in London. Read more >>Online Media
These days it is not enough to just have a website. An SEO strategy will put the roadmap in place to ensure that your website gets the exposure it deserves on the Internet. Read more >>Even South Africans who have never used the internet for transactions that involve money can now confidently trade with other people on bidorbuy, with the help of a book recently published by Zebra Press. Read more >>Printing
Calendars of Distinction's highly qualified sales personnel, together with the expertise and creativity of their graphic department, can assist you to design a customised calendar that is completely unique to your company. Read more >>Production
 Jeremey Holden of Riverstone Films' animation live-action commercial for Neotel was recently awarded a gold at the Midsummer Awards in London. Read more >>Refinery is where it's at when it comes to post-production, boasting state-of-the-art equipment and some of the most talented VFX operators from around the country. Read more >> Having recently completed a huge period commercial with five shoot days in three different cities for Europcar, Trevor Clarence thought he was taking it easy with a simple 'one shot in a studio' commercial for Wimpy and Metropolitan Republic. Read more >>Promotions
 With the recent release of the 2009 Transformer movie and accompanying Xbox 360 game, Grapevine Media distributed 60% of 100 000 postcards through their postcard stands and 40% via handouts. The response was three times the media average. Read more >>Radio
 Central South African radio station, OFM, will be conducting a regional search for new on-air talent during their On-Air 2009 auditions. If the judges like what they hear, one lucky entrant could win a contract to be part of the OFM team. Read more >>Sponsorship
Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) has announced the nominees for the 12th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American - highlighting South Africa's top arts and culture events supported by sponsorship from local business. Read more >>
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