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Journalists always have choiceOnce again, Caster Semenya has hit the headlines and it is the opinion of Colleen Lowe Morna that the media is failing Semenya and that, apart from needing to be more ethical in its choices, the media must get out of the armchair and do some real investigative reporting and start asking wider questions. Meanwhile, just over two years since its last makeover and over a year since its multimedia portal was revamped, the Sunday Times and The Times has once again revamped and rebranded its online presence. Now called Times Live, timeslive.co.za replaces the existing web domain of thetimes.co.za. This highlights once again the importance of the functionality and usability of content management systems (CMS), especially in today's media environment, and their impact upon newsroom processes. For those of you wanting to know the results of the survey into the use of social media and other online technology tools by local PR, run by Sentient Communications in conjunction with Bizcommunity.com, you'll find the highlights in Social media - PR's new BFF and more detail in our Reference section in our Library. Many thanks to all the agencies which participated in this study. See you all at Loeries next week! Simone Puterman PS In this week's Ornico Ad Showcase, we feature TV ads for Mazda, M-Net, Avis, Cell C and Liberty Life, and radio ads for Ace, Clorets, MWeb, SuperSport and Vawter. 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
MarketingGet free TED ideas on media, marketing, communication from local speakersSome ideas are worth spreading and some of the best and the freshest in the world are featured in TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conferences. To spread these ideas further, TED has created TEDx (www.ted.com/tedx) - independently organised but licensed TED events. South Africa will produce TEDxNewtown on Friday, 18 September 2009, 8am - 11am, at the Deloitte Auditorium, Woodlands Office Park, Western Service Road, Woodmead, Johannesburg. There are 100 free seats available to hear how the fabric of media, communication and marketing is changing from local speakers Steve Song, Shuttleworth Foundation's telecommunications fellow, and Walter Pike, a new marketing consultant and founder of the AAA Digital Marketing Academy. Sign up at http://tedxnewtown.co.za.Advertisement:  SA Tourism launches campaign's second phase on BBC The second phase of South African Tourism's Journeys destination marketing campaign with BBC World News and BBC.com launches globally today, Friday, 11 September 2009, with the intention of reaching more than 290 million households around the world. Read more >>2010 FIFA World CupAre 2010 host cities doing enough? Part II [Dr Nikolaus Eberl] Recently, this column examined the scope of destination branding for the 2010 host cities and posed the question whether the traditional methodology of coining a tagline and building an advertising campaign around it is enough for yielding maximum branding mileage for 2010 destinations. Read more >>Mossel Bay's 2010 involvement leads to international exposureParaguay, which qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup last week, is to set up its base camp in Mossel Bay, which has training facilities and base camp accommodation for teams and fans. Read more >>Artists of Africa Exhibition launches in SAThe launch of the Artists of Africa Exhibition will be hosted by the City of Johannesburg at the Joburg Theatre, South Africa on Wednesday, 16 September 2009. The pan-African exhibition has been recognised as an official 2010 FIFA World Cup host city event for the City of Johannesburg. Read more >>South Africans confident of 2010 success [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Despite negative reports about the 2010 FIFA World Cup's ‘mediocre' marketing, an independent study has found that 89% of South Africans are well aware of the grandeur of the event and are confident that the soccer feast will be a resounding success, as the focus now shifts to the final draw to be held in Cape Town on 4 December 2009. Read more >>AdvertisingDoes your agency have the balls? Looking to feed your agency's ego with more than a Loerie or two at this month's awards? Sign up your studio's soccer stars for the Masters & Savant Loerie Beach Soccer Tournament! The event will be held on Camps Bay Beach (where else?) on Saturday, 26 September 2009, 11am - 4pm. If you're keen to settle a score with an old enemy, show off the moves you've been practicing for 2010, or just recover from your hangover after Friday night's festivities, then email your team list to soccer@theloerieawards.co.za. For more, go to www.theloerieawards.co.za.Advertisement:  Nombini Mehlomakulu for JWT SA board Nombini Mehlomakulu has been appointed as a non-executive director of JWT South Africa, the ad agency announced on Friday, 11 September 2009. Mehlomakulu is the MD of Mehlomakulu Investment Holdings, a BBBEE company with interests in the telecommunications, mining, media, leisure and hospitality and retail industries. Read more >>The big challenge for ad agencies [Chris Moerdyk] There is an enormous opportunity for the advertising agency with even the vaguest semblance of balls. Read more >>Design Cube campaign for ADC NissanNEW YORK: The Art Directors Club (ADC) and Nissan North America last week announced a partnership to launch the inaugural ADC-Nissan Student Brief Competition. It is open globally to students currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate-level programs in advertising, graphic design, photography, illustration and new media. Read more >>Eminent advertising expert to keynote at MIPCOMPARIS, FRANCE: The advertising keynote address at the 25th MIPCOM entertainment content market, Cannes, 5-9 October 2009, entitled “Contagious Ideas that Change the Conversation”, will be delivered by Richard Pinder, COO for Publicis Worldwide. Read more >>Another YoungGun of the Month for SA The latest winners for YoungGun June and July 2009 have just been released and the July Professional award goes to Sanjiv Mistry and Prabashan G Pather from Ogilvy South Africa for Volkswagen - Biker Gang. Read more >>One Club rules on scam ads NEW YORK: Kevin Swanepoel, president of The One Club, earlier this week announced stringent new rules for the 2010 One Show to avoid ‘fake ads'. This follows the controversy surrounding DDB Brazil's Tsunami Ad, which has since been stripped of its merit award. Read more >>Campaign to break on, off screen via soapie Becoming part of a fictional ad agency's campaign is allowing Capitec Bank to blur the line between reality TV and actuality. Tonight, Wednesday, 9 September 2009, its real-life advertising campaign will be revealed on soapie Generations to seven million viewers. [video] Read more >>Public edition for D&AD Annual once again LONDON: The London Design Festival, 22 September 2009, will see the launch on the Member's edition of the 2009 D&AD Annual, containing the best creative work of the year. And, for the first time, D&AD has entered into a partnership with Taschen to publish an edition in early 2010 that aims to promote the best creative work to the widest audience. Read more >>Online leading ad spend revival [Chris Moerdyk] Online seems to be leading ad spend out of the recession doldrums in South Africa, with significant increases in revenue finding their way through Internet portals. In July this year, for example, Bizcommunity.com recorded an all-time high in terms of gross revenue since its launch almost 10 years ago. Read more >>
Primedia's Unlimited aspect enhanced in new CI Building on its reputation for innovation and imagination, Primedia Unlimited yesterday, Thursday, 10 September 2009, revealed its new identity intended to symbolise Primedia Unlimited's unfettered, can-do marketing attitude and client-orientated thinking. Read more >>Advertisement:  New brand campaign from Hollard “gets you” Hollard's new brand campaign from Mortimer Harvey went live last week with the slogan ‘We get you'. It is intended to live up to the company's irreverent label and bring a touch of fun into insurance. Read more >>Make.believe with Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson late last week confirmed its adoption of the newly announced Sony brand message ‘make.believe' in all consumer communication in order to reinforce its entertainment credentials and collaboration with the Sony Group. Read more >>CinemaOpera at the Met with Cinema NouveauCinema Nouveau brings opera from the New York Metropolitan Opera House (Met) to the big screen in November 2009 until May 2010, with its third season of filmed stage productions. Highlights include Puccini's Tosca and Turandot, Verdi's Aïda (in which internationally acclaimed SA tenor Johan Botha features as Radamès) and Bizet's Carmen. In addition, Verdi's Simon Boccanegra features a rare appearance by Plácido Domingo, one of the world's great tenors. “If the popularity of the preceding seasons is any indication, then we are delighted that audiences have embraced the genre and we will continue to bring operas to screens around the country,” comments Dr Raksha Singh, national marketing manager for Cinema Nouveau. For titles and screening dates, go to www.sterkinekor.com.CRMNew Ster-Kinekor Absa partnership offers rewardsJoining Discovery and Edgars, Absa clients are the latest to get benefits from Ster-Kinekor. It announced on Wednesday, 9 September 2009, that moviegoers get a 10% discount every time they use their Absa debit, cheque or credit card to pay for movie tickets at any Self-Service Terminal (SST) inside cinema complexes. Read more >>Advertisement:  DesignSA design consultancy goes Latin The President, the award-winning South African publishing and design consultancy, has recently opened up an office in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. Read more >>Design a book cover for Penguin African Writers series The Penguin African Writers series, launched in 2009, showcases writing from Africa for contemporary readers in Africa and the rest of the world. In 2010 it is expanding the series and is a calling for submissions for artwork to be used on the covers of the forthcoming titles. Read more >>Lisbon welcomes Design Indaba LISBON, PORTUGAL: Design Indaba is presenting a creative case study of South Africa in both exhibition and debate format as guests of ExperimentaDesign Lisbon in Portugal, 9 September - 8 November 2009. As part of the Open Talk debates, running 9-13 September, Design Indaba founder and host Ravi Naidoo will examine what the world can learn from SA's 14-year revolution; designers Gaby de Abreu (Switch), Nathan Reddy (Grid) and Nkhensani Nkosi (Stoned Cherrie) will join him on the panel. Read more >>Get Foozi creative in design challenge The Great Foozi Agency Challenge is both a design and gameplaying competition which encourages all media, advertising and design agencies to design branding for a Foozi table and/or enter their team in the Foozi Doubles Team-Play tournament. Sponsored by Foozi, together with online media partner Bizcommunity.com, the competition will culminate in an evening of creativity, fun and sportsmanship at News Café, Fourways, Johannesburg, on 15 October 2009. Read more >>DigitalSocial media - PR's new BFF PR & SOCIAL MEDIA: “Most PR agencies think social media will be incredibly important in PR; most think that they're already pretty hot at it; [and] probably a third or a half are actually really using it.” This is a condensed version of the major findings of the recent study into the use of social media and other online technology tools by local PR agencies, conducted by Sentient Communication in partnership with Bizcommunity.com. Read more >>Advertisement:  Enter social media, mobile tech for NGO Web AwardsThe closing date for South African NGOs to enter the fourth NGO Web Awards, organised by the Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT), is Monday, 21 September 2009. The awards raise awareness about the benefits of having a web presence among South African NGOs. Read more >>Making the most of Google Content Network [Stephen Newton] Just like Greece disrupted the traditional order and beat one of the favourites, Portugal, to win the 2004 European Football Championships, so too smaller businesses in South Africa will be able to disrupt the normal state of affairs and play a major marketing role in the lead up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. And the reason is digital marketing. Read more >>New online games summit at MIPCOMPARIS, FRANCE: Forming part of the MIPCOM exhibition taking place in Cannes, 5-9 October 2009, will be the inaugural Games2TV2Games Summit on Monday 5 October, a new global stage for buying, licensing, creating and commissioning online games. Read more >>Call to enter Bookmarks Entries for the second Bookmarks Awards close on 25 September 2009, so agencies and creatives are urged to get their best of digital campaigns or executions in as soon as possible. Read more >>Raising Africa's digital dialects The following article, "Raising Africa's digital dialects" is taken from Open Source - a daily paper produced during the Highway Africa Conference reporting on the various projects presented and the issues discussed during the panels at the event. Highway Africa concluded yesterday, 8 September, 2009 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Read more >>Cables to kick-start Africa's broadband era - Pyramid ResearchCAMBRIDGE: Total broadband adoption in Africa will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28% through 2013 as new undersea cables boost Africa's international bandwidth, reducing the number of coastal countries without any cable access from 19 to one, according to a new report from Pyramid Research, the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network. Read more >>Direct MarketingLevel 1 BEE rating for direct marketing agencyDirect marketing specialist agency Computer Facilities has been rated as a Level 1 contributor to BEE. It has a 135% procurement recognition level, as verified by the National Empowerment Rating Agency, a member of ABVA, and an employee trust, Kgatelo Pele Trust, holds 49% share of the business. Computer Facilities is part of the direct marketing teams of some of South Africa's biggest blue chips, including Absa (multiple divisions), Cell C Connect, JD Group, Nedbank (multiple divisions), RCI and SARS.
Loeries Expo travels to PotchThe SABC-sponsored Loeries Travelling Exhibition will be at the North West University (Potchefstroom Campus), 14 - 18 September 2009 and the Aardklop National Arts Festival, 29 September - 4 October. It will be part of the Creative Quotient (CQ) Festival arranged by NWU's graphic design department. “This will be the third year that NWU has hosted the exhibition,” notes Wessie van der Westhuizen, NWU lecturer in graphic design. “It's important that more and more individuals be informed about the South African brand communications industry.”Advertisement: 
Grand finale for Mr Gay South AfricaThe venue for the grand finale of Mr Gay South Africa 2009 will be the Opera House State Theatre, Pretoria, on 28 November 2009. Tickets will go on sale on 1 October at Computicket. The last two regional finals to be held are in KwaZulu-Natal on 12 September at Durban View Gay Guesthouse at 8pm and Gauteng and the northern provinces on 18 September at Vacca Matta, Montecasino in Fourways, Johannesburg. Contestants can still enter on www.mrgaysouthafrica.co.za and the winners of the Eastern Cape, Western & Northern Cape and Free State finals may be viewed on www.mrgaysouthafrica.co.za/contestants.html.Advertisement: 
Website revamp for FIPPThe International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) announced the launch of its revamped website earlier this week. Designed by Primaxial, it is supposed to offer a more dynamic, effective and usable resource to FIPP members and the international magazine publishing community it serves. Read more >>NG Traveller goes local with SA editionAlso riding the Tourism Month train this September has been National Geographic Traveller, which launched its local South African edition earlier this week after an excellent readers' response to pilot issues. It will be published quarterly by 8 Ink Media, a Media24 company. Read more >>
Media is failing Semenya [Colleen Lowe Morna] Amid the renewed frenzy over Caster Semenya's sex [not gender] following a story leaked to an Australian journalist that she is intersexed, a small fact went unnoticed. Days after the makeover by You magazine that had Semenya seemingly looking relaxed and glamorous, a frightened young athlete had gone into hiding, missing her weekend cross country competition in Pretoria - sacrificed first by incompetent sports officials, and next by the media. Read more >>Deadline for attendance at Community Radio media reflectionThe deadline to apply for attendance to the National Community Radio Forum (NCRF) and Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) Community Media Reflection, to be held early in October, is Tuesday, 15 September 2009. Read more >>Legal Journalist of the Year deadline extendedDue to the postal strike, the deadline for the Webber Wentzel Legal Journalist of the Year award has been extended to 5pm on Wednesday, 23 September 2009. It is open to any journalist reporting on any legal issues in print, online (including blogs) or broadcast media in South Africa. Download the full details and entry requirements. Direct all queries and material to Christine Makama on Christine.Makama@WebberWentzel.com.MTN partners with Africa the Good News The MTN Group this week announced its partnership with Africa - The Good News. Published by SA the Good News, Africa - The Good News is an online publication that aims to tell positive African stories from an African perspective. Read more >>Telling their own stories [Thandeka Mapi and Gabi Falanga] Bambara, Lingala, Fula, isiZulu and Swahili: no, they're not names of pan-African Highway Africa delegates, but five of the nine African languages used on a new blogging platform called Maneno. The project started a year ago and is run by six people from different countries, spanning from Cameroon to America. Read more >>Book for Sanlam Community Press Awards, training seminarThe annual Sanlam Community Press Awards, preceded by the Sanlam Forum National training seminar, will be held on Friday, 18 September 2009, at the Kgotla Room, Indaba Hotel outside Fourways, Johannesburg. Community newspaper publishers, managers, journalists and photographers from all over South Africa and Namibia (Walvis Bay and Swakopmund) are expected to attend. Read more >>SABC responds to Sunday Times, Times The SABC yesterday, Monday, 7 September 2009, responded to two articles published in the Sunday Times and in yesterday's edition of The Times, stating that no decision has been taken on the filling of the key position of COO and that statements that Mvuzo Mbebe would be replacing Charlotte Mampane, in her acting capacity, are inaccurate. Read more >>SABC hunger strikers call press conferenceMichael Lee and his fellow hunger strikers will be holding a press conference on Wednesday, 9 September 2009, at 10am at Atlas Studios, Milpark, Johannesburg, to give statements and discuss their motivations. Photographers will also be given the opportunity to document the strikers. Read more >>
Turning feature phones into smart phonesYesterday, Thursday, 10 September 2009, Blue Label Telecoms launched mibli in the South African market, a java-based mobile application consisting of a suite of applications that turns feature phones into smart phones. It is powered by Microsoft OneApp. Read more >>Advertisement:  Dawn of the Living Widgets winners After a marathon six-hour contest this past weekend, Vodacom announced the winners of its very first ‘Dawn of the Living Widgets'. A four-man team from S3 Solutions scooped R50 000 for developing a 2010 FIFA World Cup widget which counts down the days and hours left until kick-off of the first match next year. Read more >>Online MediaNew Sunday Times, Times site goes live [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Avusa Media's Sunday Times and The Times website has officially been replaced today, Monday, 14 September 2009, by Timeslive.co.za - the new repository for print and online content that plans to compete for breaking news as well. [video] Read more >>
Talking frame now use mainsPrimedia Unlimited subsidiary TLC has recently reengineered its washroom talking frame, which is launched in 2006, to include an electric power supply, doing away with the need for batteries while also enhancing the sound quality of the audio component. According to Brett Tucker, TLC national sales manager, the electric talking frame is already available in cinema washrooms across the country. "TLC is excited to also soon be expanding the concept to our other high-traffic venues," he adds.ProductionEddie Mbalo makes final Boss of the Year shortlistEddie Mbalo, National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) CEO, is one of the six finalists, selected from a shortlist of 15 semi-finalists, for the 2009 Boss of the Year Award. Organised by Dictum Publishers, the award will be announced at a banquet lunch on National Bosses Day, Friday, 16 October 2009, in the Montecasino Ballroom, Montecasino, Fourways, Gauteng. Read more >>SA animated/live action show for Cartoon NetworkThe start of production on a new animated and live action show, Cartoon Network Dance Club, which features South African children and dancers, was announced by Turner Broadcasting Systems (TBS) yesterday, Thursday 10 September 2009. It will premiere on Cartoon Network in November 2009. Read more >>SABC-TVIEC local content ‘war' turns nasty [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Accusations, counter-accusations, hunger strike, protests, name-calling, defiance, denialism, late payments, delayed procurement, deferrals and axing. These are just some of the fundamental characteristics of the local content ‘battle for survival' currently being fought between the SABC and the TV Industry Emergency Coalition (TVIEC). And it is turning nastier day after day. Read more >>SABC local content hunger strike gets ‘hungrier'[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The Television Industry Emergency Coalition (TVIEC)'s struggle against the SABC for the ‘restoration' of local content continues, but victory is far from certain. Three more people, all women, have gone on hunger strike recently to join the campaign, started by Michael Lee 31 days ago, to highlight what he calls the SABC's ‘injustice and inhumanity'. Read more >>PromotionsSocial media in the marketing mixSocial media tools such as Twitter and Facebook are being used to captivate new customers in two separate online campaigns this month, one by Bushmills South Africa and the other by Digital Planet. Read more >>
King Report III discussed at 2009 IABC conference Lindi Engelbrecht, chief executive of the Institute of Directors (IoD), will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2009 IABC Africa conference to be held 8 - 9 October 2009 at Kievits Kroon Country Estate and Spa, Gauteng, South Africa. She will discuss the impact of the King Report III on the communication profession and the fundamentals around engaging stakeholders and the consequent business impact. Read more >>
New breakfast host for Capricorn FM Mpho Maumela will make her debut as the Ashifa Breakfast Show host on Capricorn FM, Limpopo, on Monday, 14 September 2009. “We are delighted to be able to attract fresh personalities like Mpho and we are proud to be introducing her to the commercial radio world,” says Simphiwe Mdlalose, CEO and station manager. Read more >>Lotus FM station manager quits Following her suspension by the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) Radio management, Lotus FM station manager Gail Samuels resigned beginning of the week. The SABC has confirmed that it has accepted her resignation and, because of it, has no intention in pursuing allegations levelled against her. Read more >>
SA's naughty research shows Gauteng has more sexThe annual Sexpo Survey, which examines some of South Africa's naughtier traits, was released yesterday, Monday, 7 September 2009. The research, conducted online, sampled around 3000 respondents, mostly between 25-40 years with 45% being women. Read more >>RetailCan Collect-a-Can beat its own record? In the month of October 2009, Collect-a-Can hopes to break its 2007 Guinness World Record for ‘The Most Steel Cans Collected in One Month'. It is calling on all schools to register at their nearest Collect-a-Can branch. Read more >>Advertisement:  Edgars - 80 years of 'firsts' in retail Brothers Morris and Eli Ross opened Edgars (named for Swan and Edgar of Piccadilly London) in Joubert Street Johannesburg on 6 September 1929 and Eli Ross is credited with being the first to offer ‘six-months-to-pay' credit during a spring sale. Read more >>CANSA rejects Canola Oil chain emailThe Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) has rejected the chain email regarding Canola oil as false and has asked members of the public to reject and delete the fraudulent email and not pass it on. Read more >>SponsorshipHelping make the Loeries fly The Loerie Awards, designed to improve the quality of advertising work being produced locally and promote creativity in brand communication, would not be possible without its various sponsors and partners. “...[W]e have fantastic support from many companies, both financial as well as in the provision of services, without which we could never achieve our goals,” says Andrew Human, CEO of The Loerie Awards. Read more >>TVMedia planners need to rerun Vuzu viewing dataTelmar has reflected gaps in viewing data for Vuzu, the recently launched DStv youth entertainment channel. The gaps are from inception (1 July) to 25 July 2009 and 3-9 August 2009, but have been corrected and re-populated with Telmar's release of Week 0963 on 7 September."If media planners have used these dates as source period in planning on Vuzu, they must please ensure they rerun their plans once Week 0963 has been uploaded on their systems for accurate projections," says Oracle Airtime Sale's Annelie Hattingh from the strategy and research division. Vuzu is an interactive channel incorporating 21st century global technology and trends in social media. It provides an international platform for young people to access premium content on their phones, televisions and PCs.Youth MarketingFood advertising to kids down 93% in EU - reportBRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Accenture Media Services today, Friday, 11 September 2009, is presenting figures to the European Commission which show the extent to which companies have voluntarily restricted the foods they advertise to under-12s altogether or only to ‘better for you' options. According to the data, the food industry has significantly changed the types of products it advertises to children across the EU. Read more >>World Literacy Day reintroduces serials PARIS, FRANCE & DARMSTADT, GERMANY: The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is providing the world's newspapers with an eight-part serialised story for publication around International Literacy Day, yesterday, Tuesday, 8 September 2009, to help parents and teachers instil a love of reading in young people. Read more >>How to predict the future - looking back to look ahead [Dr Graeme Codrington] In a turbulent world, it is more necessary than ever to have some means of anticipating what the future will be. Anticipating – and responding to – future customer demand, industry competition, legislative constraints, resource availability, labour supply, and all manner of other changes, is an absolutely critical task for every organisation everywhere. Read more >>
Marketing & MediaLatest online stats reveal that local really is lekker - Online Publishers AssociationThere was a time when South Africans ignored local content in favour of international content, when anything ‘homegrown' was deemed substandard when compared to anything from European or American descent. That time has past. Read more >>MarketingCareers SA audited by the ABC - CRF South Africa Careers SA has become South Africa's only ABC audited graduate career guide while the publication's website has reached 80,000 page impressions per month. Read more >>2010 FIFA World CupFresh stories from Africa on the road to 2010 and the World Cup - Africa Media Online This month not only saw the first African qualification for Africa's first FIFA World Cup, but the first of what will be hundreds of multilingual articles, photographs and audio recordings made available through an ambitious programme to help the rest of the world see through African eyes. Read more >>AdvertisingTropika signs on for more of the remarkable - Stimulii Spurred on by the success of last year's Tropika Island of Treasure in Mauritius, Tropika has once again teamed up with Stimulii and will this year be taking the celebrities and winning contestants to the spice island paradise of Zanzibar. Read more >>BrandingCastle United's Ultimate Game - in a league of its own! - 34 SAB's Castle United Ultimate Game has overcome the difficulties of reaching the diverse South African target market through an innovative mobile internet entry platform. Read more >>Who's afraid of a little client recognition? - icandi COMMUNICATIONS icandi COMMUNICATIONS has been busy on a number of exciting projects and their work has won awards at the Swaziland International Trade Fair and the SA Publication Awards. Read more >>CRMMirna Wessels appointed Managing Director for Conexus - ConexusMirna Wessels has been appointed Managing Director of Conexus, an award-winning outsourced call centre company. She was previously Business Strategy Director at Synovate in South Africa, a top ten global research company. Read more >>Maximizer Software named CRM market leader sixth year running - Maximizer SoftwareMaximizer Software , a provider of simple, accessible customer relationship management (CRM) and mobile CRM solutions, has been named a leader in CRM magazine's 2009 Market Leader Awards for Small-Business Suite CRM for the sixth consecutive year. Read more >>DesignWrap2theMax winning entry for August 2009 - Roland 2theMax The winner of the August 2009 round of the Wrap2theMax vehicle wrap design competition is local designer Marcel du Preez. He wins this round based on his imaginative submission for the 350.org movement for the International Day of Climate Control. Read more >>DigitalCosmopolitan sign on with 365 Digital - 365 DigitalCosmopolitan magazine has chosen 365 Digital to handle their online campaign management and to deliver advertising on the site through the ADTECH Helios IQ ad server. Read more >>Facebook image theft prevention - five tips for protecting your visual identity - Holton & AssociatesWeb 2.0 applications in general and social networking applications in particular are no longer just some friendly platforms for sharing news about the most recent project one could have, but also the ideal place for data and identity theft. Read more >>Save the date for next year's Habari Digital Symposium - Habari Media Digital SymposiumNext year's Digital Symposium will take place on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 February 2010 at Spier Wine Estate. Read more >>[The Digital Edge] Piracy online - Cambrient In the next episode of The Digital Edge we investigate the issue of online piracy. Who doesn't copy music, TV series and films from the countless available sources on the Internet? It's free and it's simple - but it's also a crime. Read more >>Digital Fire: why we like the recession - Digital Fire[Thomas Boyd] Ad waffle. Smoke and mirrors. Over-promise and under-delivery. Lack of market knowledge and dare I say it laziness. I see quite a bit of it in the South African advertising and marketing place. In my opinion the recession is a good thing for marketing and advertising in this country. Read more >>Optima's new website makes the most of start-up enterprise software - FLUXOptima, a specialist skills enhancement provider and member of the GroFin Group, has launched its website using a professional content management solution which has been customised for small businesses. Read more >>Are you sharing your emails with social networks? - LOW FAT Internet & Email MarketingWith social networks being at the pinnacle of taking your PR viral, it is essential that the recipients of your emails/newsletters are able to share them with their friends and business contacts. Read more >>EventingLiquidChefs UK - Summer '09 done the right way - LiquidChefsThe summer of 2009 has seen LiquidChefs provide stylish bar staff and service to some of London and Europe's most talked-about events. Read more >>Ice sculptures for the 2010 FIFA World Cup - Ice Art Being well prepared with your creative ideas ahead of time is a must. Ice Art has already started taking ice sculpture bookings for a variety of applications for pre- and post-match functions and corporate themed events for the 2010 FIFA World Cup period. Read more >>6th Annual HR Africa Summit - IIR Training The 6th Annual HR Africa Summit, taking place on 23, 24, 25 and 26 November 2009 at Vodaworld in Midrand, has been specially developed to provide an interactive space that will expose HR practitioners to innovative and practical HR approaches for times of challenge and change. Read more >>
Get your pre-pregnancy figure back - Baba Indaba The Cherished Belly Belt is an abdominal wrap which is worn post-pregnancy to encourage the stomach back to its original shape. Cherished Belly will be exhibiting at the Johannesburg SABC Education Baba Indaba at the Sandton Convention Centre from 23 - 25 October 2009. Read more >>Advertisement:  New curvilinear shell scheme design by 3D Deco - 3D Deco Tired of that boxed shell scheme? Try something different this spring from 3D Deco - a curvilinear C-shape expo stand that works like Lego. Read more >>Fourteenth Cape HOMEMAKERS Expo again a roaring success - HOMEMAKERS The fourteenth Cape HOMEMAKERS Expo, which took place at the CTICC over the weekend of 3 to 6 September, was again a roaring success with the more than 330 exhibitors attracting over 31 000 visitors. Read more >>Give your mind, body and soul a boost at Look and Feel Good Expo - Biz Events From talks by the Mars/Venus relationship guru to workshops on meditation, yoga and life skills, the Look and Feel Good Expo, taking place at Johannesburg's Coca-Cola dome from 9 to 11 October 2009, offers an array of activities designed to enhance your physical and mental wellbeing. Read more >>MagazinesWomen's Health South Africa announces launch of interactive website - Women's Health Women's Health South Africa, the new healthy lifestyle magazine published by Touchline Media in partnership with Rodale Inc., has announced the launch of its fully functional and interactive website. Read more >>TRUE LOVE BRIDE - on sale now! - Thought24 TRUE LOVE BRIDE is an annual magazine created especially for brides-to-be who are planning that all-important day in their lives. Read more >>Can publishers really 'go green'? - Thought24 Thought24 publishes South Africa's most successful black female titles, TRUE LOVE, Real, Move!, and the newly launched Move! Parent. Combined they sell an average of 650 000 copies a month. So how does a publisher of this scale really “go green”? Read more >>Running and cycling among top performers in health and wellness industry - Runner's World Figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa (ABC) show Touchline Media's Runner's World and Bicycling magazines both posting a healthy increase in circulation for the second quarter of 2009. Read more >>The Edgars Club magazine celebrates 80 years of fashion - and a new look - New Media Publishing South Africans will be celebrating Edgars' 80th birthday in style this September with a special edition of the Edgars Club magazine, which is a celebration of everything Edgars has been in the lives of South Africans over the past 80 years. Read more >>MediaNominations now open for the 2009 Top Women Awards - Topco Media Topco Media, in association with the Top Women in Business and Government publication, invites you to submit nominations for the 6th annual Top Women Awards (TWA) that will take place at the Wanderers Ballroom in Illovo, Johannesburg on 18 November 2009. Read more >>MobileNokia launches 'Comes with Music' in South Africa - NokiaNokia has announced that 'Comes with Music', a pioneering digital entertainment service which offers consumers a year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalogue, is now available in South Africa. Read more >>Out Of HomeTic Tac tumbles outdoor - INM Outdoor The signature Tic Tac breath freshener packaging has transferred its iconic shake, rattle and click dispensing functionality onto INM Outdoors' Citilite range. Read more >>PrintingCalendars, diaries and Filofax season is here again! - Printers of DistinctionUsing calendar printing in your marketing campaign can produce better results than most other giveaways and is much easier to distribute. A calendar imprinted with your company name and logo establishes your image to the customer and everyone else that sees it hanging on the wall. Read more >>ProductionOrchid? Or not? You decide... - Giant Films In the same week that the new Castrol ‘Cholestrol' ad was panned on Cape Talk, the spot received the Orchid of the week in The Argus' media and marketing column. Read more >>VWV captures a moment in time - VWV Productions VWV Group has been commissioned by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals for the second consecutive year to produce a documentary to accompany its 2010 Moments in Time calendar project. The 30-minute DVD features 13 seemingly ordinary South Africans living with cancer. Read more >>MTV's best new artist, Tokio Hotel selects South African director - Wicked Pixels (Pty) Ltd European pop rock sensation, Tokio Hotel, winner of Best New Artist at the American MTV Video Music Awards, selected South African director, Craig Wessels of Wicked Pixels to create the music video for their latest hit, ‘Automatic'. Read more >>Frieze Films' Malo 8 brings Mavis to life for DStv Compact - Frieze Films Mavis - the heroine of DStv Compact's two new television commercials - is set to entertain and encourage all newcomers to the extensive offerings of the compact DStv package. Destined to bring a smile to your face, Mavis is adeptly brought to life by the talented Malo 8 from Frieze Films. Read more >>Soweto music industry entrepreneur scoops Incubator Mentorship - BASAA Soweto-based entrepreneur has scooped the R25 000 Entrepreneurship Incubator Mentorship which was up for grabs at the recent Hands On Mic Off! workshops presented by Business and Arts South Africa and the National Arts Festival at the Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition. Read more >>Public RelationsLivewired Communications Cape Town wins top telecoms account - Livewired CommunicationsAastra Telecom South Africa, a top developer, supplier and marketer of Internet Protocol-based as well as traditional communications networking products and systems, has awarded their PR account to Livewired Communications Cape Town. Read more >>Activate Communications secures Sunsilk account - Activate Communications Activate Communications has once again joined forces with Sunsilk as the public relations agency behind Unilever's hair care brand, Sunsilk Professional. Read more >>ResearchSynovate introduces 'always on' research - SynovateSynovate has introduced Synovate Community Panels, an online solution that allows companies to reach customers directly for research purposes, and which also quickly and cost-effectively integrates qualitative and quantitative research with unique applications. Read more >>SponsorshipInterview with Kuben Pillay - Primedia's new CEO - Megapro Marketing Kuben Pillay was surprised when Primedia CEO William Kirsh came to him two weeks ago to say he wanted a quick, seamless exit from the group. The prospect had been under discussion for a year but Kirsh was attached to the group he'd founded and no timeframes were in place. Read more >>Youth MarketingThe new rules of youth engagement - what every marketer needs to know - Youth DynamixYouth Dynamix will be hosting a breakfast summit on 30 September 2009 where, in the light of tighter international legislation, the new rules of the youth marketing game will be examined. 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Just Jinjer tear up the Grand Arena MUSIC [Ruth Cooper] The Heineken AMP Productions concert with aKING, Flat Stanley and Just Jinjer at the Grand Arena aimed to promote SA bands and produce a concert on an international level. Instigated by classic SA rockers Flat Stanley and, supported by the recently returned from the States and veteran SA muso's, Just Jinjer and, the relatively newer kids on the block, aKING, Saturday's concert for the most part achieved this. All the dance talent at the Baxter THEATRE [Debbie Hathway] The fifth Baxter Dance Festival got off to a rousing start last night, featuring a wealth of talent from Cape Town and Namaqualand. The Baxter Theatre was packed with dance aficionados, who gave due appreciation for the performers and choreographers making the most of this annual platform for their skill. Mark Sampson Feels Funny at Theatre on the Bay... OTHER [Kershin Padayachee] ...and thanks to him, so do I. It's been a year and a bit since we last caught Marks show at the Masque theatre in Muizenberg. True to his word, each show remains genuinely different from the next. With the outcome based largely on the audience interaction and the roll of two large inflatable dice.
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