FIFA sales: sense prevails? At last! It seems that sense has prevailed and the sales of tickets for 2010 will be eased by the governing body - and not before time. According to a report in Bizcommunity.com today, a second participating member associations (PMAs) sales phase is to take place between 9 February and 7 April 2010.But is this enough? Does FIFA need to make more changes [poll]? As far as many people are concerned, buying tickets for the event has been overly difficult; most of us expect to simply go to establishments such as Computicket or some other ticket sales facility, and simply buy the tickets we need. Presumably for its own very good reasons, FIFA's ticketing procedure has been difficult - even for computer-savvy fans. For the many hundreds of thousands of soccer fans unfamiliar with the Internet, however, booking a ticket (assuming they can get the cash to pay for it) must have been well-nigh impossible. This is Africa, not Europe, and if FIFA wants to see local fans attending matches, tickets not only need to be affordable, but the procedure to purchase needs to be as straightforward as possible. If either requirement is lacking, sales will not reach their full potential. Our 2010 Trends series continues this week, and one trend that keeps on recurring, especially visible in the 2010 trends tag cloud, is the continued rise of social media. There's a helluva lot more happening, of course, so go check it out for yourself - and don't forget to add your voice to the debate by commenting! Have a great week! Simone Puterman & Rod BakerPlease 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.Top stories
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 [Terry Levin] As business sectors continue to implode, morph and warp, I'm sure we're all agreed that standing out from the mundane has never been more critical. Here're 10 easy key trends to differentiating yourself, your company, your brand or your region and to achieving enhanced global marketing clout and job creation opportunities. Read more >>Advertisement: [Issa Sikiti da Silva] In the face of alarming environmental pollution and rising planet destruction by ‘reckless' and profit-obsessed global corporates, disgruntled consumers believe the time has come to unleash the ‘People's Green Revolution'. Read more >>  [Walter Pike] The traditional marketing industry is based on two key assumptions. Consumers are ignorant and believe what they are told. Without this advertising can't work nearly, not nearly, as well. Yet we have seen internationally that both those assumptions have proven to be false. 2010 could well be the year the penny drops, but probably not completely. Read more >> [Dion Chang] In a world in flux, what is the impact of the global peak experience of last year? Here are 10 trends for 2010 from the 2010 Flux Trend Review. Read more >> [Prof Roger Sinclair] If marketers are looking for an easy time in this new decade, they must think again. There are three core trends that are irresistibly affecting the way marketers conduct their business; and they are each substantial. Read more >> [Naseem Javed] Miniaturisation, lateralisation, trillionisation, infotoxication, Googlelisation, domainisation, ghettoisation, cybernetisation, frugalisation, globalisation... What are these trends and how will they affect the world this year? Read more >>2010 FIFA World Cup
 FIFA has agreed to create a new participating member associations (PMAs) sales phase between 9 February and 7 April 2010, it announced on Friday, 15 January 2010. Only one such phase had previously been planned, which closed on 13 January 2010. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] For the past five years, human traffickers have been using the 2010 FIFA World Cup as a ‘bait' to lure people to work in South Africa at construction sites and accommodation establishments, as escorts, stadium marshals and many more, a Bizcommunity.com investigation has found. Read more >> The Emerald Resort and Casino in Vanderbijlpark has secured the Swiss Football Association team and an entire entourage of media over the 2010 FIFA World Cup period. The Swiss team will have exclusive occupancy of the Emerald Hotel, while the media contingent will be accommodated at the River Resort Chalets. Read more >> [Bongani Nkosi] An eye-catching minibus with a difference is currently zipping around Johannesburg, South Africa, to teach the public about the history of the beautiful game and build excitement ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off in June 2010. Read more >> With the recent spate of marketers, agencies and media owners receiving a firm rap over the knuckles from FIFA, OHMSA (Out of Home Media South Africa) has found it necessary to remind the industry and marketers of the marketing and advertising guidelines related to the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The 2010 Local Organising Committee (LOC) has expressed concerns about the slow pace of the FIFA World Cup tickets sale in Africa, with less than 150 days to go for the kick-off in South Africa. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] 2010 Local Organising Committee CEO Danny Jordaan has launched a scathing attack on Afro-pessimists, including Hull City manager Phil Brown, Western media and the German Football Federation president, for correlating the Angolan incident with South Africa, expressing doubts about the World Cup's security success, and applying ‘double standards'. Read more >> The FNB World Cup 2010 campaign in December last year used full wrap bus branding on Tractor Transits/CK Outdoor Golden Arrow bus fleet. The buses will remain emblazoned with the creative until the end of the tournament in July 2010. Read more >>Advertising
 The Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA) is hosting a two-stage workshop this week to review the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Code and its implementation as the deadline for the review process is the 26 February 2010. Read more >>Advertisement:  The beginning of the year is a creative maelstrom of awards and shows - so make sure you have entered your creative work for APEX 2010 and One Show as well. Read more >> It was announced early in January 2010 that BBDO Worldwide has won the 2009 Big Won (previously The Won Report) for the third consecutive year. This report tracks agency performance across all marketing disciplines as measured by the quantity and quality of awards won in a fiscal year. Read more >>It is the last call for entries to two major international advertising award events, the D&AD Awards in England and the Art Directors' Club (ADC) Awards in the US. Read more >>Young Guns blazing soonThe process of selecting the winner of the YoungGuns 2009 Creative Brief winner has been delayed due to the large amount of entries. The winner will be announced before the end of January 2010 and will be the used as the 2010 Call for Entry Campaign.Branding | | Idea Engineers will grow your brand, reputation & business. | |  |
 Woolworths' new brand identity for its Foodmarket was rolled out in time for the festive season at its refurbished store at Constantia Village. The new look will be rolled out across the business over time. Read more >> [Linda Hamman & Daniel Munslow] The field of internal communications is changing globally, as companies realise that without an inside-out brand-building approach, it is impossible to deliver on the external marketing and media campaigns that create the brand promise in the minds of consumers. 2010 is likely to see fundamental changes in internal communications in South Africa. Read more >>Cinema
Having won over 12 festival awards, the South African film ‘Skin' has now been nominated for Best Foreign Film award at the NAACP Image Awards, while Sophie Okonedo, who plays the role of Sandra Laing in the film, has been nominated for the Outstanding Actress award. Read more >>Design
The New York-based Art Directors Club announced its jury on Friday, 14 January 2010, for the 2010 Annual Awards Design programme. Read more >>Advertisement:  [Ruth Cooper] Last night, Thursday, 14 January 2010, Design Indaba and Word of Art hosted the Design Indaba Superstars tryouts at the Woodstock Industrial Centre. Many hopeful creatives settled down with crayons, paint, material and paper to create their own art work that best captured their individuality. Read more >> The Design Indaba Expo, said to be the only 100% South African celebration of the country's best creative talent across all the creative industries - craft, product, industrial, fashion, film, animation, graphic, jewellery, publishing, ceramics, new media and architectural design - will be on show at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, 26-28 February 2010. Rising to the 2010 occasion, this year's expo is gearing up to be the biggest yet. Read more >>Digital | | Your source of digital advertising | |  |
 [Rob Stokes] The Year of the Tiger, 2010, is going to be a beast for those involved in anything digital. Here are my top 10 picks for the changes we'll see this year. No doubt half are obvious and the other half will be wrong, so feel free to add your two cents in the comments. Read more >> [Jonathan Andrews] 2010 is upon us! As we start yet another year with so much to look forward to in South Africa, both online and offline, we'd like to take a look at prospective trends to watch in 2010. Here are our thoughts on what we expect to see over the coming months. Read more >>LONDON: If China Google quits China, then it leaves Yahoo and Baidu as the primary sources for accessing the Chinese search audience. This is according to Warren Cowan, CEO at Greenlight, a UK-based independent search marketing agency. Read more >> [Arthur Goldstuck] The new undersea cables have begun arriving, new fibre-optic networks are being rolled out, and new connectivity technologies are moving from the horizon to the foreground. What does it all mean? Are there spin-offs beyond the telecoms industry? Let's dig deeper. Read more >> The number of South African Internet users has passed the 5-million mark for the first time, finally breaking through the 10% mark in Internet penetration for the country. This is the key finding of the Internet Access in South Africa 2010 study, conducted by World Wide Worx and jointly sponsored by Cisco, released this morning, Thursday, 14 Jan 2010. Read more >> [Jarred Cinman] 2009, by all popular accounts, was an annus horribilis for many businesses throughout the world economy. Fortunately, most South African digital businesses seem to have skirted the worst of it and here are my 10 predictions for 2010 in the digital industry. Read more >> According to Howard Rybko, Syncrony CEO, many South African domain names (websites) are at risk because domain registration details are incorrect. This erroneous information occurs because of administration problems that are glossed over in the rush to register the domain, to get the site live and email up and running. Read more >>Education and Training
During 2009, the ACA and AAA School of Advertising launched an initiative that offered free psychometric testing and career guidance to learners that will continue this year. The next free psychometric testing session will be held in the upcoming weeks. Read more >>Advertisement: The University of the Witwatersrand, in partnership with the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), has developed a part-time course - titled Business Principles of Songwriting and Music Publishing to be offered at Wits from 17 February 2010. SAMRO accredits and moderates the classes. Read more >>Eventing
The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) will launch the second edition of the standards guide - Health and safety at events - requirements at the Development Bank of South Africa in Midrand, Johannesburg, on Thursday, 21 January 2010, at 3.30pm. Read more >> [Karen Ashwin] I'm a firm believer that, due to the dynamics of global economic shift we've experienced, the way we live, work and run our businesses has changed irrevocably - life will truly never be the same again! This holds true for the South African meetings and events industry in 2010. Read more >>Magazines |  |
Inez (Pinkie) Tremble, wine writer and wine educator par excellence, died in Cape Town on 5 January 2010, six weeks short of her 90th birthday. Read more >> According to Contact Media & Communications, Gtribe Magazine is the first of its kind in the world to offer online interactivity in the form of downloadable GPS co-ordinates, it announced Monday 11 January 2010. Read more >> Contact Media & Communications has announced the introduction of a new print and digital magazine, JoziBeat, available from the end of February 2010, and which will be free to the city's taxpaying residents, Johannesburg city suppliers, stakeholders and subsidiaries. Read more >>Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
NEWSWATCH: A Zapiro cartoon from last week, depicting the president, Eugene de Kock, Schabir Shaik and “lady justice”, has been slammed by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), reports IOL. Read more >>Advertisement: [Gordon Utian] The latest change to the ABC rules has generated considerable debate, which in my view is unwarranted and many false statements have been made. To put the record straight, the ABC continues to provide credible circulation data in a form which allows the user to decide what is relevant. Read more >> The National Press Club-Glenrand MIB Newsmaker of the Year for 2009 has been awarded to President Jacob Zuma, for outperforming ANC Youth League president, Julius Malema, athlete Caster Semenya and ex-Springbok rugby captain Joost van der Westhuizen in headlines. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The new SABC board officially took up office last night, Wednesday, 13 January 2009, inheriting an organisation beset by multiple problems including a financial crisis coupled with colossal debts, plus a perception by many of an organisation characterised by a lack of integrity and credibility, poor governance, shabby programming, low morale, political interference and hypocrisy. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: The Audit Bureau of Circulations has relaxed its rules so that copies of magazines and newspapers sold for less than 50% of their cover price can be counted as ABC-endorsed copy sales, but the move may have opened a new front in the battle between the Sunday papers, writes Gill Moodie in Moneyweb. Read more >> Isha Sesay, who hosts Inside Africa, CNN International's weekly look at political, economic, social and cultural affairs and trends in Africa, will co-host the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards, to be held in Kampala Uganda on 29 May 2010. Read more >> [Gisele Wertheim-Aymes] Unquestionably, 2010 will be a more positive year for the South African media, marketing and communications industry, not least of which will be the fruition of many years of passion and commitment to host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Read more >> Entries are now open for the Citadel Words on Money journalism Award 2010 for any report, feature or newsletter published in print or the Internet or broadcast on radio or television between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009. Read more >>Mobile
 Rescue South Africa (RSA), the official South African disaster response team, has received R1.5 million from Vodacom, through its Foundation, to be used towards the cost of the flight for its 40-man team and 9 tons of rescue equipment leaving for Haiti, following the earthquake that has devastated that country. Read more >> [Eddie Groenewald] This year is set to be a big year for the country because of the 2010 FIFA World Cup coming to South Africa. But it's also big, given the country is coming out of a recession. Cost-cutting and optimisation are key for companies this year, and mobile technology provides a number of ways for companies to improve efficiencies, while reducing costs. Read more >>Trudon, Chevron warn of SMS scamA scam SMS message, purportedly from Chevron UK and Trudon Mobile, has been denounced as a fraud by both parties and reported to the police in both the UK and South Africa. The message promises recipients that they have won R1 million from the UK. "This is a scam and Trudon has nothing to do with this so-called sponsorship," says Lionel Smith, GM marketing for Trudon, publishers of Yellow Pages and owners of Trudon Mobile.Newspapers
 WAN-IFRA has announced the appointment of Christoph Riess as the new group chief executive of the WAN-IFRA industry representative body. The appointment will take effect from 1 February 2010. Read more >> The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum have called on the Iranian government to release all jailed journalists and end its crackdown on the media that began after the disputed 2009 election. Read more >> The IFRA Expo 2010, scheduled for 4-6 October 2010 in Hamburg, Germany, is designed to offer an abundance of innovations, a WAN-IFRA report stated yesterday, Tuesday, 12 January 2010. Read more >>Out Of Home |  |
 Due to the overwhelming response from media owners and creative agencies, the OHMSA Awards organising committee has decided to extend the submission date for entries to Monday, 18 January 2010. Read more >> Soft Sheen Carson's antiperspirant deodorant, Sadie, will focus exclusively in TLC's fashion fitting room holdings in Ackerman's stores for February, March and April 2010. It has already flighted in October 2009 in Jet stores. Read more >>Production
Big Fish in big pondThe BBC for its My Country series has selected three documentaries directed and produced by the Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking Productions. My Country South Africa will air on DStv channel 400 on 16 and 17 January 2010. The three films are God Loves Sinners, produced and directed by Nami Mhlongo; Soul Train produced and directed by Thabo Bruno Mokoena and Spiderman and Romeo produced and directed by Sifiso Khanyile.Public Relations |  |
 [Ronelle Bester] The continued rise of online media and the corresponding decline of print means that PR is evolving. This, coupled with static PR budgets and high client expectations, means that we will need to be more creative this coming year. Here is my view on some of the trends for 2010. Read more >>Rosemary Hare Public Relations, established in 1983, has sold 25% of its shareholding to Ehrenberg Kommunikation, an established European public relations consultancy specialising in tourism. Read more >>Radio |  |
 For two children the first week at school was more than memorable; it was spectacular - as both won helicopter rides to school courtesy of radio stations Heart 104.9FM and OFM. Read more >> Kfm late yesterday, Thursday, 14 January 2010, announced a number of changes to its weekday offering… Lee Downs will take over the afternoon drive show, while Richard Hardiman will move to the lunchtime slot and Charmaine Noy will focus on her role in the breakfast show. Read more >> Bob Skinstad will host a sports lifestyle show on 94.7 Highveld Stereo and 94.5 Kfm on Saturday mornings from 8am to 9am, starting Saturday, 16 January 2010. The former Springbok rugby captain and well-known sports presenter will welcome celebrity guests on the show and the banter, music, discussions and listener interaction will relate to them each week. Read more >> New members have been elected to the board of the National Community Radio Forum (NCRF). Read more >>Recruitment | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
Ruwayne Kock and Dr Kent McNamara of the Human Resource Practice conducted a pilot survey in 2009 to determine the levels of employee engagement within South African organisations. Their research, released late last year, found that 31% of South African employees younger than 30 were disengaged and undecided on their connection to their job and organisation. Read more >> In a two-year long survey conducted by Jack Hammer Executive Headhunters among some 3500 executives in South Africa, it was found that IT professionals, like their industry, are usually open to change, with 99% willing to consider a competitive career option. Read more >>Retail
The benchmark research on the supply chain industry, supplychainforesight, will release its 2010 findings with its core theme of supply chain innovation for recovery and growth in early 2010. Initial indications are that the country's major industries are taking an optimistic and strategically positive view of the ways in which South Africa's supply chains will enable recovery from the recession. Read more >>Sales
 Primedia Unlimited announced late last week that Louise Birkner (de Winnaar) has been appointed as the company's group sales manager. Read more >>The South African chapter of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) will hold a forum on bid management entitled, Guerrillas in the Midst - and other bid management war stories at Harrowdene Office Park, Woodmead, Sandton at 5.30pm on 17 February 2010. Read more >>Sponsorship
The DRA Group, a privately owned South African professional engineering company and one of the largest project management enterprises in the African minerals industry, has pledged R3.8 million over two years to Shanduka Black Umbrellas which will allow the programme to open a new branch in Pretoria/Tshwane this year. Read more >>New warm-up series gets sponsorNeo Africa has sponsored the new warm-up series to the Vodacom Super 14 Tournament. Known as the Neo Africa Tri-Series, they will take place at Newlands Cape Town on 23, 26, 29 January 2010. "As leaders in innovation in IT and consulting, we are very excited to be bringing the Cape public a new series of wonderful action-packed rugby Super Rugby,” said Neo Africa's CEO, Vivien Natasen. It is also a national supporter of the FIFA World Cup and sponsors four of the country's top boxers.TV
Reed Midem appoints new entertainment directorReed Midem announced late last week the appointment of Anne de Kerckhove in a newly created post as the entertainment division's director. De Kerckhove will oversee MIPTV, MIPCOM, MIPJunior and MIPDOC television events and its music industry tradeshow, Midem. She will also head new business developments, including acquisitions, in the entertainment domain. The MTN Ekasi TV sites are screening the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola games live. The first permanent big screen TV went up in Diepsloot in December 2007 and the project now consists of 19 sites across the country. Read more >>Youth Marketing
 [Jason Levin] As the recession subsides into the euphoria of 2010, what trends will we see play out among South Africa's sharpest critics - the youth? The 2010 FIFA World Cup will take centre stage, but that stage will be shared with service demands, tech saturation and ad aversion. How can brands aiming to impress under-23s live up to these evolving expectations? Read more >> [Abey Mokgwatsane] I want to tell you about an experience I had post our production of the Confederations Cup opening and closing ceremonies last year. Approximately 800 kids from eight Gauteng schools volunteered their time to perform at the ceremonies, and to thank them for being such an important part of our history, we went on a ‘thank you’ road-trip visiting the pupils at each of their schools. Read more >> Marketing & Media
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Hulya Balikci, a marketing graduate completing her honours year, recently spent an eventful and stimulating month as an intern at Strats Inc. Read more >>Advertising
 Draftfcb Cape Town has launched a new in-store point-of-sale and print advertising campaign for iconic South African designer, Carrol Boyes, to showcase her six new pewter tableware ranges. Read more >> Draftfcb Impact in Cape Town has utilised magazines in an innovative manner to demonstrate the benefits of client Santam's new short-term insurance products. Read more >>Branding
Join industry experts at a one-day seminar focused on the latest trends and new developments in Branded Entertainment, hosted by Knowledge Resources on 24 March 2010, in Johannesburg. Read more >> Full-service brand agency, Rogue, has recently completed the first stages of brand evolution for client, Netcash. Read more >>Design
Greenside Design Center is offering the opportunity to start Honours Degree coursework in 2010 instead of 2011. Interested individuals are invited to attend a special ‘GDC Honours 2010' presentation. Read more >> Zambezi Beverages has just launched its new packaging for Ice Age spring water and the response from the market has exceeded expectations. Red Rocket was the agency commissioned to redesign the packs which now carry graphics that reflect the brand's crisp, refreshing benefits. Read more >>Digital
 With the South African digital landscape still being highly dominated by white males this episode of The Digital Edge takes a look at some of the women that are pushing the industry forward despite this obvious bias. Read more >>Stonewall+ digital marketing agency has created a website for MTV base which is directly linked to their new TV show and forms part of a worldwide movement to encourage young people to change their sexual and social behaviour, especially in the face of the HIV/AIDS onslaught in southern Africa. Read more >> Cogniscent of the need to keep abreast of ever-changing technology, Ramsay Media has replaced their original ad server in favour of ADTECH's Helios IQ from 365 Digital. Read more >>In order to stay up to date with feminine solutions that women young and old can recognise and relate to, Procter & Gamble have appointed Virtuosa to develop and manage their digital campaigns for the Always Ultra brand. Read more >>Education and Training
Milpark Business School has received accreditation for three new higher education programmes from 2010 onwards. Read more >>Eventing
 Donating blood at exhibitions held at the Coca-Cola dome will soon be part of the majority of exhibitions held at the venue. Read more >>Patricia Glyn has been invited to speak at the World Economic Forum 2010, taking place 27 January to 01 February in Davos, Switzerland. This is a "by-invitation-only" meeting of the world's top business leaders, politicians, thinkers and media and it is a tremendous privilege to give a presentation to this august group. Read more >> Incurable romantics will be spoilt for choice with The Westcliff's indulgent Valentine's package, offered from the 12th to 14th February 2010. Read more >>Exhibitions
 During 2009 Gallagher Convention Centre recorded over half a million visitors who attended a myriad of events of all shapes and sizes, from small executive meetings in boardrooms to prestigious events and exhibitions which drew audiences in droves. Read more >> Excitement is mounting ahead of the Your Child Kids Expo taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 26 - 28 March 2010 and at the Sandton Convention Centre from 23 - 25 April 2010. Read more >>Magazines
During February Prestige luxury lifestyle magazine will be showcasing the best of the southern African region as exhibiting media partner at the world's richest yacht show - the Abu Dhabi Super Yacht Show. Read more >>Media
Topco Media has announced that nominations are now open for this year's Metropolitan Oliver Empowerment Awards (MOEA), to be held on 25 March at the Sandton Convention Centre. This annual event is South Africa's pre-eminent Black Economic Empowerment awards initiative. Read more >>Online Media | | Online Media section proudly sponsored by | |  |
JD Consulting has announced the launch of the redesigned website of Relais Hotels. The new look for the website captures the upmarket and elegant image of the Hotel Group. Read more >>Out Of Home
 SP Media, exclusive owner of Metrobus branding rights, recently congratulated 2009 Driver of the Year winner Lindiwe Mavimbela by profiling her on the back of the bus she has been driving for the past three years. Read more >> Street beautification sites selected for upgrade ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup are aimed at presenting the best face of Joburg to tourists. The ADreach Group is the outdoor media company responsible for the implementation of the upgrades. Read more >>Production
 Adam Howard of Howard Music recently completed the audio final mix of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final draw. Ministry Of Illusion, where Howard Music is based, was commissioned by George Mazarakis of Combined Artists to conceptualise and generate graphics for the event that took place in Cape Town in December 2009. Read more >> Velocity has signed fashion photographer and director Steve Tanchel to their roster. Tanchel has worked for major magazine publications and a range of advertising clients that include Levis, De Beers, Mastercard, Cellini, Guess and Motorola. Read more >>New Vision Media, having now divided its efforts into the fields of advertising and production, stands with New Vision Pictures as the production house behind the enthralling CreamCartel reality series currently on Vuzu TV. Read more >>Radio
 Liam Cupido and his mother, Karen, beat the first day of school fears with a helicopter ride accompanied by Heart 104.9FM on-air presenter Julian Naidoo. Liam's mother won this memorable moment for her son by entering the Ackermans First Day Fly In competition on Heart 104.9FM. Read more >>Recruitment
 Are you getting enough bang for your bucks? Are you getting enough bucks for your bang? Ad Talent has released the results of their annual salary survey. Read more >>Research
Eighty20's InsightOut division has launched a large collection of market research reports and presentations which include an overview of LSM groups, reports on the South African labour force, and a range of reports on key consumer sectors - such as financial services, retailing, telecoms and housing. Read more >>The majority of South Africans recently polled by the UCT Unilever Institute of Strategic Marketing and Bateleur Khanya Research Solutions are claiming to be even more cautious about spending than they were nine months ago. Read more >>Sponsorship
 From dealing with the impact of HIV/AIDS to unemployment there is no doubt that South Africa's youth face a multitude of challenges. This week's Kaelo - Stories of Hope takes a look at a variety of initiatives that are focused on alleviating some of these challenges. Read more >>Youth Marketing
Youth edutainment company Three Ring Circus (3RC), the brains behind the successful Standard Bank Rocking Future Roadshow, has enlisted Sunday newspapers City Press and Rapport as their new media partners. Read more >>
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 [Sindy Peters] Electronica is not just mere button pushing; there's a fine line between modern electronica and sounding like outdated pop no one wants to hear. Throw in some Afrikaans vocals and you could very well end up sounding like a Kurt Darren rip-off. So thank goodness Die Heuwels Fantasties has got it right.
 [Zeenat Ebrahim] Who hasn't seen the couple whose relationship or marriage is ‘on the rocks' and then by some miracle a life-changing or endangering situation is expected to bind them back together. I don't mean to sound jaded but the question rather to be asked is ‘Who hasn't heard about the Morgans?'
 [Ruth Cooper] Cape Town's favourite common comedic duo hit the mean streets of Camps Bay to demonstrate their most amazing rapping and singing skills while performing for Taxijam. Performing a medley of songs including their interpretations of much loved favourites like Can't Touch This, Poker Face, Ice Ice Baby and Total Eclipse of the Heart plus a few others that are a little more difficult to recognise Corne and Twakki break it down one time or maybe that should be two time on Taxijam. Taxijam showcase's SA artists performing their smallest acoustic gigs ever in the comfort of a travelling taxi.
 RAMfest has grown over the past three years to be a highlight on the annual Music Festival calendar in the Western Cape. An unforgettable experience with a collective of like minded music- and fun lovers, mark those calendars and join us for a mind blowing adventure into the realm of RAMfest 1V.
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