So what’s your case?The issue of freedom of expression and protection of sources can be sticky - depending on which side of the fence you happen to be. In the case of the two eNews journalists subpoenaed to appear in court in a bid to force them to reveal the identities of the alleged criminals in the interview broadcast on Friday 15 January, the issue is clear - they have to honour their commitment to not reveal the subjects' details. The police, however, are adamant that they want those details. The latest news has it that the case has been postponed indefinitely, pending the outcome of mediation efforts. So where is the line? Is there a line? Can there be a case in which public safety has to take precedence? In today's bizcommunity.com, Issa Sikiti da Silva examines the issues surrounding the case. On a much different topic (and a far more pleasant one, we reckon), we at Bizcommunity.com have just launched our unique self-managed banners service - which puts you, the advertisers and marketers, in hands-on control of how your banner campaigns are run. You can manage every aspect of every campaign - setting your budget, modifying your campaign as you see fit, and much more. Go to www.bizcommunity.com/MyAccount/Advertising/OverviewPPV.aspx?m=a&t=3 for more information. Here's to freedom of the press! 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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According to new market research, Gauteng accounts for about 35.0% of total household consumption expenditure in South Africa. Read more >>Advertisement: The International Marketing Council (IMC) of South Africa (Brand South Africa) has announced its new board of trustees, which promises to ensure that South Africans buy into and live the brand promise made in the country's international marketing campaign to achieve national economic growth. Read more >> In 2011, the Sport Industry Group will issue its inaugural Sport Industry Awards to recognise and reward the best that South African sport business has to offer in categories covering marketing, PR, sponsorship, media, advertising and design. To launch the awards, which are sponsored by Virgin Active, the Sport Industry Group is hosting a drinks reception at Emperors Palace on 3 February 2010 at 6.30pm. Read more >>2010 FIFA World Cup
 The International Association of Sports Newspapers (IASN) will be hosting a master-class on 5 February 2010 providing news executives with the information needed to navigate complicated "media rights" issues and avoid legal red tape when providing coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and other events. The course will take place at the Olympic and Sport Museum in Barcelona, Spain. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Airline companies selling flight tickets to the highest bidder, B&B and ‘second-class' hotels charging up to R1000 a night for a standard room and one meal at restaurants costing an arm and a leg. Metered-taxi drivers increasing ten-fold the fare of a short distance trip and car rental outlets not budging if you don't cough up. Read more >> “FIFA has promised that this will be the most extensive, most technologically advanced broadcast in World Cup history,” said Tex Teixeira, head of production for SuperSport. “This is the closest the television viewer will be to the World Cup. Picture clarity, the number of cameras, replays, graphics and super-slomos will be better than ever before.” Read more >> NEWSWATCH: What are viewed as FIFA's overly restrictive reporting rules have angered media, which have been warned to read accreditation documents for sports events very carefully before journalists sign them as they could be binding on the whole organisation, reports Business Day. Read more >>Advertising
2010 Festival of Media Awards deadline extention The deadline for entries in the 2010 Festival of Media Awards has been extended to 5 February 2010. Organisers announced the extention due to an overwhelming response from the global media and marketing industry and many requests received for more time. The festival takes place in Valencia, Spain, 18-20 April 2010. For more, go to www.festivalofmedia.com. Advertisement:  The One Show is calling for entries and have added a number of innovations; you can now enter multiple entries faster and with ease, and The One Club is asking for more than your eco-friendly One Show entries. Read more >> Michael Lawrence (OIL Johannesburg) and Velma Botha (OIL Cape Town) are two South Africans on a panel of five judging entries from Middle East and Africa for the 2010 AME Awards for Advertising Marketing Effectiveness. Read more >>Postal deadline for D&ADAlthough the online deadline for D&AD Awards 2010 is 27 January 2010, the postal deadline is 10 February, at its offices in London. If you're still not sure which category is the best fit for your work, submit your query online, and a member of the team will assist you: go to http://dandad.org/awards/contact. Join AMASA debate on ABC "50% rule"The AMASA meeting on 3 February 2010, at the JSE in Sandton, Johannesburg, at 4.30pm, will debate the ABC's 50% cover price decision and its wisdom. Led by industry veterans Gordon Muller, Gordon Utian and Gordon Patterson, the questions “Is the decision unfortunate for the industry? Does it level or flatten the playing field? Is it all a 'storm in a teacup'? will be kicked around.  Dial Direct has appointed Joe Public as its creative agency. According to Bradley Du Chenne, head of marketing for Telesure which is responsible for Dial Direct, the time is right for a revamp and fresh approach since the company was launched in 2003. Read more >>Ramsay joins PublicisKevin Ramsey has been appointed as chair and CEO of Publicis Asia Pacific. He was formerly president and CEO McCann Worldgroup Asia Pacific and CEO McCann Worldwide Group Japan. He previously headed the regional networks of JWT and M&C Saatchi. His appointment is effective immediately and he will report directly to Richard Pinder, COO of Publicis Worldwide. Dawn Rowlands, who has been with Aegis Media South Africa for many years, will become CEO of South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa from February 2010 onwards. This appointment will be to oversee the business growth in the whole region. Read more >>Branding | | Idea Engineers will grow your brand, reputation & business. | |  |
 [Janice Spark] 2010 is going to be a massive brand year in South Africa, with the 2010 FIFA World Cup the driving force behind a blizzard of branding activity. Before we storm ahead, however, a last look at the winners and losers of 2009 offers insight into which brands could come out on top in 2010, and why. Read more >> [Janice Spark] 2009 was a dramatic year - the global recession dominated and had a powerful impact on business, locally and globally. So let's look at likely brand developments in 2010. Read more >>The International Employer Branding Summit, conducted in four countries, will take place in South Africa on 23 March 2010 at Deloitte, Johannesburg. Read more >>CRM
[Graham Mansfield] In the Web 2.0 space, the relationship between buyers and sellers has changed and managing customers, fostering loyalty and generating more revenue streams is far more complex today than before the rapid user adoption of its applications. Read more >> CSI
 SABC2 will run a telethon to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake victims on Thursday, 28 January 2010, on the Morning Live show, 6-8am. Read more >> At the invitation of Washington DC-based organisation BloomsBars (a non-profit artist incubator and arts advocacy organisation), Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) is attending a Hip Hop conference in New York, as well as a whirlwind tour of the US, courtesy of Stimorol. Read more >>Design
 Create cultural elegance with Han Feng at the Design Indaba Conference from 24-26 February 2010, when she demonstrates why she is one of the most sought-after designers in the world. She has been recognised not only for her clothing and accessories but also for her costume and exhibition designs, having found a way of unifying contemporary Chinese style and culture with a global perspective. Read more >>Advertisement: Advertisement: Marcelo Rosenbaum is a rare class of designer who wards off autograph mobs in the street of Sao Paulo, Brazil. At the forefront of a new wave of designers concentrating on the optimism and pride of being Brazilian, he has come to embody the aesthetic dreams of the decidedly diverse country. Read more >> ARISE, global style and culture magazine, has announced the names of top African designers who will feature at the 2010 New York Fashion Week as part of the magazine's African Collective Part III. It is part of the magazine's commitment to showcase African fashion through a series of international ARISE-branded events. Read more >> The New York-based multi-disciplinary agency Anomaly will be at the Design Indaba Conference, 24-26 February 2010. Read more >>Digital | | Your source of digital advertising | |  |
Lighthouse Digital announced the launch of its digital media agency to offers a results-driven, integrated service offering that encompasses digital media planning, tracking and analysis for display, search, email and mobile media. Read more >>KWV brand selects digital marketing agencyThe global team at KWV has tasked the digital marketing agency HelloComputer to develop an authentic digital program for the Cafe Culture wine brand. The campaign will be geared towards the local and European markets and will encourage user-generated content and sharing, linked in with social media channels. This is one of the award-winning agency's most recent digital account gains.With the growing number of South African companies engaging in social media (SM), Sentient Communications has launched a new service - social media policy development. Read more >> [Diane Charton] As we move into 2010, we can look forward to robust growth for the online advertising industry as bandwidth prices keep falling, more consumers join the broadband world, and more companies embrace the benefits of digital. Read more >> [Stephen Newton] This year is an exciting one for Google, both in South Africa and across the continent, and not just because of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Things move at speed in the technology world and, in South Africa, I think some of the most significant developments and opportunities are going to be in the geo and mobile space. Read more >> The organisers of the 57th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival have named three more jury presidents for this year's awards, 20-26 June 2010. They are Jeff Benjamin, VP/interactive executive creative director, Crispin Porter + Bogusky as the Cyber jury president; Steff Geissbuhler, partner, C&G Partners as the Design jury president; and Pablo Alzugaray, CEO, Shackleton as the Direct jury president. Read more >> [Anice Hassim] This year will see us become the ‘Planet of the Apps', with those addictive little downloads popping up on every screen - including your car dashboard, television and photo frames... Read more >>Eventing |  |
The Daily Sun receives over 700 requests a week for full press and TV coverage for local events from its almost 5 million daily readers. In response to this demand, CTN in alliance with the Daily Sun has announced the launch of Brand Paparazzi, fully fledged “paparazzi” teams who, by invitation only, will cover selected events and offer below-the-line brand promotions for publication nationally through the newspaper and on CTN Stokvel TV. Read more >>Magazines |  |
 Media24 Magazine's CEO John Relihan announced on Friday, 22 January 2010, the appointment of Eureka Zandberg as group sales director, effective 1 February. Read more >>Tide Media will cease publishing SACM after the February 2010 issue. Combustion Publishing, which currently publishes two digital magazines, Drive and Mac Action, has acquired the title and will move it from print to an online digital publication. Read more >>Pedro van Gaalen has been appointed as the managing editor for Maverick Publishing Corporation, publishers of specialist niche magazines Fitness, Muscle Evolution and Bluff. Read more >>Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) has come out in support of what many media analysts were advocating since the very first day the Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) Bill was published: the editorial independence of community media must be maintained in the proposed relationships with municipalities. Read more >>Advertisement:  NEWSWATCH: Minister Nathi Mthethwa and national police commissioner Bheki Cele have accused eNews of being "crime kissers" reports Times Live, and the Professional Journalists Association (Projourn) has come out in support of the eNews stance, reports IOL. Yesterday it was announced at a press conference that one of the alleged criminals who made threats against tourists in the controversial eNews interview, had been arrested, reports Mail & Guardian. Read more >> [Rachelle Bricout] Companies have adopted a more conservative “wait-and-see” outlook and are, instead, giving considerable thought to what is important and what will keep them afloat in a still uncertain market. This level of awareness has resulted in a need to ‘protect and preserve' that has certainly been seen by those in the legal marketing sector. Read more >> [Omar Essack] It's not just professionals making content anymore, but rather professionals working with their audiences to create content. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: the Democratic Alliance has accused the ANC of trying to muzzle the media, following the latter's accusations that if eNews refuses to hand over the tapes of a recent interview with criminals to the police, it “cannot be different from these criminals themselves", reports Mail & Guardian, which also reports that the alleged treatment of a French journalist by Joburg metro cops has made the headlines - for all the wrong reasons. Read more >> The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, the World Editors Forum and the International Association of Sports Newspapers have called on the Angolan government to better protect journalists following the murder of a sports journalist in an attack on the Togolese national football team's bus earlier this month. Read more >> [Marion Scher] When I was asked to compile this column, I thought I had to be particularly careful not to overlap with other forecasters by talking about the interaction between social networking and media - but it's impossible. Social networking has impacted onto every form of communication, especially media. Read more >>[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) Bill - a still-born legislation piece that will, amongst others, shape the future of South Africa's broadcasting space and reinforces the state's grip on the public broadcaster and community media - is unconstitutional, problematic, inconsistent and ambiguous, broadcasting lobby group the SOS coalition claimed in its final submission. Read more >> Deloitte's Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice released its predictions for the media sector in 2010 yesterday, Tuesday, 19 January 2010. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: The Minister of Communications, Siphiwe Nyanda, says there is no basis to the Democratic Alliance's claims that the proposed Public Service Broadcasting Bill will give him too much say in the SABC, reports IOL, which also reports that the man who put an eNews reporter in contact with members of the criminal underworld took his own life. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: Following an eNews broadcast last Friday in which two alleged criminals were featured saying that they will target tourists during the World Cup, the channel's news head and the reporter who compiled the report have been subpoenaed to appear in court and reveal the alleged criminals' identities and where they live, reports Times Live. Meanwhile, a Durban newspaper's news editor has allegedly been threatened by a former policeman who is now a millionaire, reports IOL. Read more >>Newspapers
 The Citizen is launching the new Super Saturday Citizen tomorrow, 23 January 2010, and it's aimed at South Africa's passionate sporting market and is designed to serve up a sport fanatic's perfect news mix every Saturday, in an easy-to-read tabloid format. Read more >> Roman Gallo, founder of hyper-local newspaper, Nase Adresa in the Czech Republic, will speak at the 2010 World Newspaper Advertising Conference and Expo, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 4 and 5 March. Read more >>[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Naspers management's decision, to apparently force senior editorial staff at Rapport, Beeld, Volkblad, Die Burger, City Press, FinMedia24 and McGregor BFA to participate in voluntary retrenchments on the basis that people over 35 don't understand the internet and can't embrace the digital age, has shocked the newspaper fraternity and raised questions over the company's "bizarre' motives. Read more >> Online Media | | Online Media section proudly sponsored by | |  |
The classifieds industry is experiencing high growth and competition, particularly in the online market. So says Felix Erken, MD of the Junk Mail publishing group. Read more >>Advertisement: Out Of Home |  |
 The new corporate identity for the outdoor advertising company, previously known as INM Outdoor, was unveiled at a function at Montecasino last night, Thursday, 21 January 2010. The new name for the business is Continental Outdoor Media. Read more >>Printing
Quark announced yesterday, 20 January 2010, a special offers that allow eligible printers to join its output provider programmes at no cost. Read more >>Production
South African-born Stelio Savante will be in South Africa from 24 February 2010 to shoot a feature film called A Million Colors, described as a romantic adventure of South Africa's once most famous black movie star who was separated from the love of his life, became a fugitive and struggled to survive Apartheid. Read more >>Promotions
Huggies is to launch a consumer promotion, running 1 March -15 May 2010, encouraging Moms to write in about their messy baby situation, from nappies to meals, and how Huggies Wipes came to the rescue on the plane, train, at a wedding etc. Read more >> Who says fame and fortune are overrated? All you need is a dash of creativity and you could be riding a Vespa, courtesy of the Vespa Takeone Video Challenge. Read more >>Public Relations |  |
 [Tiffany Markman] Fusilli pasta. Under-appreciated. Under-estimated. Often, under-cooked. But if one lesson has emerged from my 2009/2010 festive feasting, it's that there are hidden gems lurking in unexpected places. Below is a list of 10 little-known or frequently overlooked resources, tools or tips which - if used properly - will dramatically enhance your business writing in 2010. Read more >> [Tim Shier] In today's highly connected online environment, our friends, family, colleagues and potential clients are just a mouse click away from finding out a great deal about us. This has forever altered the playing field and brands are increasingly being defined by their consumers - no longer by the brand manager - opening up Pandora's box. The entire discipline has been shaken and a new set of rules and trends are coming forward. Read more >> The deadline for entries to the 2010 Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa's PRISM Awards is 26 January 2010. Read more >>Radio |  |
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Africa's rural radio community stations, like the audiences they inform and entertain, face an ongoing struggle for survival. In South Africa, where over 50% of community radio stations are said to be based in rural areas, their challenges range from higher signal distribution costs to financial sustainability, shortage of skills, up-to-date equipment to logistics (inability to travel around), among others. Read more >> Happy news for MansfieldDoctors who had been treating Jeremy Mansfield of 94.7 Highveld Stereo for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, known as CLL, confirmed late last week that his scan came back clear and he is in remission. “The last nine months have been difficult and I would like to thank the thousands of listeners and supporters for their positive wishes," says Mansfield. The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) South Africa has announced that RadioGauge, a UK-based radio advertising effectiveness research programme, is to be run locally by Ask Afrika. Dollywagon Media Sciences and Dipsticks Research of the UK, who designed the project in 2007, will work alongside the Ask Afrika research team. Read more >>Research
 MWEB commissioned TNS Research Surveys to conduct The Friendship 2.0 survey towards the end of 2009 among local web users aged 16 years and older to identify which social networking platforms are popular among South Africans and to establish what they are doing on the various sites. Read more >>Advertisement:  For businesses to survive economic drought and 2009 hangovers requires that brands return to ‘old-fashioned values'; consumers are now drawn to more authentic brands and business practices. This is according to the Now Report study, conducted by local market research company, the Consumer Insight Agency (c.i.a), every two years. Read more >>Retail
There is a 2010 forecast of 1.5% growth for formal retail sales, 2.2% for non-durable retail sales, 1.6% for durable and sales growth of below 1% for semi-durable retail trade products. This is according to the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) at the University of South Africa (UNISA.) Read more >>TV
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] e.tv news editor Ben Said and reporter Mpho Lakaje appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court this morning, Monday, 25 January 2010, in connection with the private station's refusal to hand over what the police called ‘sensitive information' pertaining to the security of the state. But the matter has been indefinitely postponed to allow the ‘South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) agreement' to be honoured. Read more >> 4Play: sex tips for girls is a locally written and produced e.tv drama series following the lives of four 30-something Johannesburg professional women as they negotiate sex, love and relationships in a contemporary, honest and often funny way. Read more >> eNews has issued a statement in which it rejects what it calls “the untrue and defamatory” statements made by the National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele that the station is a friend of criminals and is trying to deter foreign tourists from coming to South Africa. The channel says it calls on the National Police Commissioner and others to "desist from making further defamatory allegations" against the channel. Read more >> e.tv Group CEO, Marcel Golding, has come out in support of eNews journalists Ben Said and Mpho Lakaje. Meanwhile, the minister, deputy minister and commissioner of police,will brief the National Press Club today, Thursday, 21 January 2010 at 2pm at the Sheraton Pretoria Hotel,on the latest on the investigation into the criminals interviewed by e.tv, with further announcements to be made. Read more >> [Chris Moerdyk] My first reaction to those interviews e.tv did with two self-confessed criminals was one of shock and horror that media morality had sunk to the level where crime was elevated to the same level as a discussion with tourism industry leaders on world cup business strategy. But then, I saw the bigger picture. Read more >>Marketing
 [Ronel Nel] CEO of the 361° business marketing consultancy Wisdom Keys Group (WKG), Shaun Liedtke, says his company's ability to keep its finger on the pulse of an ever-changing market and economy has produced phenomenal results despite the global recession. Read more >> What a year 2009 was, considering the global economic recession, mass retrenchments, cut-backs, stunted growth, loss of accounts and crippling budget cuts, and yet By Design Group experienced their finest fiscal year to date! Read more >>Clients searching for suppliers or specialist media and marketing agencies can now come directly to Strats Inc for this service. The company's new facilitation model can quickly and effectively match clients with suppliers through its growing database of trusted resources. Read more >>Advertising
 With the 2010 FIFA World Cup fast approaching, brands searching for faster and cheaper ways to reach markets in southern Africa will be delighted by the latest update of South African-focused, ready-to-use stills and footage which has just been added to the Gallo Images and Getty Images range of digital products. Read more >> 2010 has barely begun and already things are looking sunny-side-up for director Bruno Bossi. Along with his longtime producer Kirsten Clarence, the team are the latest addition to Egg Films. Read more >>Specialist long-term risk product provider Altrisk has appointed Mortimer Harvey as the company's official brand advertising and communications agency. Read more >>Branding
 [Giles Shepherd] Two years ago, following safety concerns surrounding the Nationwide fleet, Giles Shepherd of Brand Alive asked whether the 'all clear' would be good enough to rescue the airline from a 'crash and burn'. It wasn't. What now for Airlink? Read more >>In an effort to increase its rental reach, at lower costs, Foozi is looking for potential partners across the country. Read more >> The Museum of Branding, Advertising and Packaging in South Africa, a project launched late last year by Affinity Publishing, has taken the first step towards becoming a permanent reminder of the country's brand legacy with the launch of a free-to-view website. Read more >>Design
 Stock footage company Stock Options has recently signed up an all-new exclusive collection of contemporary Royalty Free (“RF”) Lifestyle footage from the ReelDealHD collection. Read more >> In a month that would be traditionally very slow for any websites, the web-based Wrap2theMax vehicle wrap design competition saw a dozen high-quality entries roll in. The winner of the December round is local designer Norman Calmeyer from CarWraps.co.za. Read more >>Digital
 The CSIR's Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) recently launched phase 2 of its hybrid supercomputer. Isenzo's Mediacaster was selected by system integrator, Orange Business Services, to power the real-time display in the main control-room. Read more >> [Jonathan Hall] Jonathan Hall, CEO of Added Value France, takes a look at how organisations are reaching out to harness the opinions and imagination of consumers and creative thinkers in digitally empowered ways. Read more >> Habari Media, in collaboration with interactive agency Big Wednesday, have launched the People of Digital 2010 calendar. The calendar acknowledges digital opinion leaders who, with boundless commitment, have pioneered the online proposition and made a positive contribution to the growth of the local digital industry. Read more >> Online social media specialist Popimedia Innovations has relaunched its website with the objective being to better capture the services offered to clients and the benefits that can be achieved. Read more >> The anxiety caused by the recession has led to a general slowdown in spending across all industries. In an effort to keep cashflow positive and expenses down many companies decreased their marketing budgets or switched to marketing efforts that gave them a better return. Read more >>Don't settle for mediocre results on your email marketing campaigns. Through effective customer sampling, you can pinpoint what makes a recipient more likely to respond, and thereby increase your return on investment. Read more >>Len Pienaar, former CEO of FNB's M-Commerce division, has joined Clickatell to strengthen the company's management team and financial services market position. Read more >>2010 is all about organising, improving structure and developing support networks on both a business and personal level. Not from a point of fear but rather from the heart, seeing the other party, whether client, employee or employer as an extension of yourself and giving them the best service and attention possible. Read more >>Direct Marketing
The annual Direct Marketing Conference, hosted by Knowledge Resources, is scheduled to take place on 24 - 25 February 2010 in Johannesburg. This year the event will also include a pre-conference workshop on email marketing, taking place 23 February 2010. Read more >>Eventing
 Ice Art and Liqui-Fruit worked together with Sisters Act, Bester Burke and Vanilla Concrete to complete a 12-day, seven-city Summer Meltdown National Roadshow that saw the event run from Cape Town to Joburg, Pretoria, Durban, East London, PE, Plett and back to Cape Town again for the finale on Camps Bay beach on 28 December. Read more >> Angelique Levin has been appointed as New Business Development and Relations Manager at Kadoro Events & Communications. Read more >>Speakers Inc's all-new newsletter contains information on speakers, an update on philanthropist David Grier, interesting articles and a good funny read to keep you smiling. There are also puzzles and other fun things to do while you lack the inspiration to work. Read more >>Exhibitions
 The SABC Education Baba Indaba is a highly recognisable exhibition brand amongst parents and presents the opportunity to expose brands to a huge audience of an estimated 145 000 visitors in 2010. Read more >> Noddy and Mr Men & Little Miss will be joining this year's Your Child Kids Expo. Not only will the much-loved characters be available for meet-and-greets and photo opportunities, but families can also enjoy both a Mr Men & Little Miss and a Noddy stage production. Read more >> After the staging of the Ben 10 event at Gallagher Convention Centre in June 2009, merchandise that was not sold to the public was stored until December and donated to the New Jerusalem Children's Home, bringing joy to many of the children during the festive season. Read more >>Since its launch in 1995 the Gallagher Convention Centre has been home to many events of distinction and has hosted many conferences and exhibitions in the public sector. Read more >>Gallagher Convention Centre has started a project to capture the stray cats in the gardens surrounding the buildings, have them treated and sterilised by a veterinarian to avoid future unwanted kittens, and given new homes. Older cats will be released back onto the grounds. Read more >> Marketing is all about promoting a product to the right audience and in the right way. The key to successful marketing is to make sure the right people are informed and one of the greatest ways to do this is through the use of exhibitions. Read more >>Magazines
Popular glossy magazine, Wedding Inspirations, is getting a fresh new face from 2010. Respected magazine journalist and former editor, Jacquie Myburgh, takes over the magazine as editorial director and she and her team are already hard at work to take Wedding Inspirations to another level. Read more >>Media
In August 2007 Intranews was, without warning, raided by the SABC with SAPS in tow, accused of selling copies of programmes ‘without a license'. Over R70 000 worth of equipment was seized for ‘investigatory purposes', as well as vast amounts of paperwork including all of their accounts history. Read more >>Mobile
 Clickatell, in partnership with its customer Ushahidi, is expanding the call for assistance for the victims of the Haiti earthquake, emergency services deployed to assist those in crisis, as well as all the men and women that are volunteering in Haiti. Read more >>SkillPod Media began its mobile strategy some time ago and has been finalising the games content and more so the new mobile games platform which will be launched and on offer to publishers from February. Read more >>Online Media
Prezence South Africa has recently developed a revolutionary online and mobi digital service allowing consumers to purchase airtime over the web, or via their mobile phone, without a credit card or bank account. Read more >>SA Men has an opening for a client to be the main and official sponsor of the "SA Man of the week" section on the SA Men home page. This new section is on one of the best viewed spots on SA Men. Read more >>TEAMtalk media has added three new websites to its burgeoning portfolio. The South African inventory for the official Liverpool, Arsenal and the English Premier League sites will now be sold on behalf of Sky Digital exclusively by TEAMtalk media via its official sales arm, apurimac media. Read more >>Google South Africa has joined the South African Online Publishers Association (OPA), the independent representative body for online publishers and digital agencies. Google is a key industry player in the South African digital marketplace, and an integral partner to many of the publishers who are existing members of the OPA. Read more >> A must for anyone who has to create or edit content for the web, the first Writing for the Web Workshop of 2010 has been announced. Flourishing copy house, Orange Tree Studios, will be hosting the first of its 2010 writing workshops at its studios in Johannesburg on 27 January. Read more >>Quirk eMarketing has once again joined forces with Getsmarter to present the second Quirk eMarketing Course. The course starts on 08 March 2010 and will run for eight weeks. Completed online, the course is broken up into weekly modules delivered via the user-friendly GetSmarter website. Read more >>Out Of Home
 Moving Ads joined forces with DStv Compact to promote the 35-channel bouquet at various Compact-branded car washes “ko Kasi”. Read more >> What's New Media has taken outdoor advertising further by allowing companies to increase their brand exposure. They introduced the idea of branded car washes to DStv Compact and they loved the idea for the obvious reason that it is a great way to get your name out there in the street, and also to get people talking. Read more >> Right Stuff's Portable Banking Unit was customised for Nedbank Consumer Banking and distributed around the whole of South Africa in order to take banking to all sections of the community in South Africa. It serves as a standalone bank for rural communities, and can be transported in a normal car. Read more >>Production
After an extensive talent search and casting process, Morwalela, a drama series aiming to motivate and encourage positive lifestyles, attitudes and behaviour change to reduce HIV transmission, Morwalela has begun shooting on location in Botswana. Read more >>Adam Howard of Howard Music recently composed the music for an AV to be played before the South African premiere of Invictus, the new film directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Read more >>Radio
 The power of radio is being used to help drive home the water crisis facing Nelson Mandela Bay and other areas of the Eastern Cape. Algoa FM presenter Charlton Tobias took to the air as part of a multimedia campaign which included live crossings from the dams and the use of Algoa FM's website and print. Read more >>East Coasters donated more than R1 million and 40 000 toys to East Coast Radio's Toy Story 2009 campaign brought to you by OUTsurance. Every little bit helped to make the campaign a success in terms of providing a reprieve to those in desperate need of basic things to survive these past holidays. Read more >> It's not every day that a helicopter drops you off at school in front of all your teachers and friends. That's exactly what happened to young Charné Viljoen when radio station OFM in association with Westline Aviation dropped her off at school in a helicopter! Read more >>Research
TNS Research Surveys has released their Economic Confidence Index (ECI) results for metropolitan adults for the end of 2009. While the overall ECI has stayed static since mid-year at 130 (May 2002 = 100), this hides considerable - and counterbalancing - movements in the two components that make up the Index. Read more >>Retail
 Maureen Lawrence is the winner of the Mandela/De Klerk Gold Medallion competition! The Medallion, which was minted by the Mint of Norway and is worth around R10 000, is a tribute to Mandela and De Klerk for the work they did in terminating apartheid and bringing justice to the nation. Read more >>
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 [Ruth Cooper] I had heard stories of how previous Fokof gigs at Kirstenbosch had gotten a little wild and how the usual classy and chilled Kirstenbosch concert had been all but taken over by a rowdy bunch of youngsters chucking beer bottles, ignoring the no smoking rule and moshing around the stage. So with this in mind I prepared myself for a rough Sunday afternoon. The concert however, was quite sedate with only a few water bottles being tossed by Francois into the smallish crowd gathered round the stage.
 [Ruth Cooper] Rapper Rattex chews it up and spits it out while taking a drive through town with Taxijam. Rattex or better known as Thabo Twetwa to his family grew up in the 80's in the harsh political environment in SA that was apartheid. His music reflects this upbringing and aims to address important political and representational issues. Rattex is one of the founders of the 'Spaza' movement, where lyrics are performed in a combination of isiXhosa, English and Cape Flats slang.
 [Riccardo Spagni] I had never seen an ice show before. There was that. And the lady I took with me looked breathtaking in her little black number. There was that too. So by the time I actually sat down in the Artscape's expansive Opera House, I was desperately trying to act cool and casual. Much to the chagrin of my partner, no doubt, I basically lost interest in the entire world around me within five minutes of the show starting. Cinderella on Ice is, without a doubt, unlike anything I have ever seen.
 [Alan Hughes] Nicholas Ellenbogen's “Slips” is a definite winner. Although set at Newlands Cricket Ground, the play is about people and cultures, and no real sports knowledge is needed to enjoy the humour, which should appeal to all - especially South Africans.
 [Riccardo Spagni] Watching a ballet - be it a contemporary or a classical ballet - is not something that appeals to all individuals. The thought of following a story line expressed only through the medium of dance, especially when it is restricted to a set of traditional movements, has about the same appeal as watching a foreign language film without subtitles. And yet...if you man up (or woman up) and go out there and watch a ballet, you find an amazing thing. The music, with no words, with no lyrics, coupled with the dancing...stirs up this melting pot of emotion in you. Quickly you discover yourself laughing, crying, in pain, in joy, all on some invisible cue.
 The annual Campus Invasion: Bandemic tour is coming to five major South African universities this month: Pretoria, Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Grahamstown and Johannesburg. It will be an eclectic mix of the best bands and DJs and will start on 22 January 2010.
 [Ruth Cooper] Soulful guitarist and composer Guy Buttery recently took a drive down Long and Kloof Street with the Taxijam crew. Playing a purely instrumental song, called December Poems, Buttery proved what an accomplished musician he is and why he is so deserving of his numerous awards and accolades, including 'Best Instrumental Album of the Year' for his album “When I Grow Up” and 'Best Newcomer' at the 2002 SAMA's. Take a listen it is quite beautifully melancholic and soothing.
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