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 The Loeries Travelling Exhibition is at Vega, 8-14 April 2010 and at CityVarsity 17-24 April 2010. One of the exhibition's goals is to educate audiences, and Adobe will be hosting complimentary workshops at both venues. These deep dive sessions are an introduction to new and enhanced features in the product, hosted by Learning Curve, an authorised education reseller. The workshops are a must-attend for students, photographers and all creative professionals. Read more >>Advertisement:  A month-long accommodation pricing survey, commissioned by the Minister of Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, to establish a clear picture of prices throughout the country, has found that Cape Town is set to offer the best value for money during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The survey was carried out by Grant Thornton South Africa. Read more >>Marketing | | Client/agency relationship management | |  |
The South African Marketing Research Association (SAMRA) conference takes place 2-4 June 2010 at Mount Grace Hotel and Spa with the theme ‘Laduma! Goal-driven research for striking insights.' Read more >>Advertisement: Call for Tshwane tourism award nominationsThis year, the Tshwane Business & Tourism Awards have introduced a general business component to make the awards more all encompassing. Anyone within the business and tourism sectors is encouraged to enter for these awards in recognition of excellence, innovation and development in the city. The closing date for entries is 14 April 2010. The awards will be presented at a gala dinner during the annual Tshwane International Trade and Infrastructure Investment Conference (TITIIC) that will take place at the CSIR Convention Centre 24-26 May 2010. For more information go to www.titiic.co.za. According to Doug Mattheus, marketing director at Nashua Mobile, companies needing to reach a large base of customers and suppliers at a low cost should consider adding bulk SMS to their marketing and communications mix. Read more >> [Richard Mullins] Mobile marketing has been the subject of a great deal of hype for a number of years, but it has yet to really catch fire among South African marketers as a new channel for reaching their customers. Read more >>[Chris Moerdyk] Further proof that South Africa is fighting well above its weight in the global marketing arena has been the awarding of a multimillion rand brand valuation contract by a Swiss company to US-based Prophet, one of the world's leading marketing strategy and brand management consultancies that last year bought the Brand Metrics' Intellectual Property, the South African brand valuation company run by Professor Roger Sinclair. Read more >>  [Chris de Villiers] Twitter, Flickr, blogs, Facebook, Youtube, Linkedin, Squidoo, Stumbleuponit, Digg, Delicious, Slideshare and a thousand other Internet based social media have suddenly appeared and left marketers with a myriad of new options, too many on which to get a handle, and very little know-how. Read more >>2010 FIFA World Cup |  |
 AS Entertainment's Antos Stella confirmed the participation of Grammy-winning R&B/Pop superstar Kelly Rowland in the single, titled Everywhere You Go, to be released in April 2010 to coincide with the 2010 football tournament. Read more >> [Dr Nikolaus Eberl] Whilst most soccer pundits point to the 2006 World Cup held in Germany as an example of leveraging the world's biggest sporting event for rebranding the hosting nation, possibly the most relevant testimony to the nation branding power of the global showpiece emanates from the 2002 co-hosts, the Republic of Korea. Read more >> FootballNights.co.za (FNA), a full-service accommodation and services website in South Africa for 2010, is breaking records in terms of its numbers, processing over 500 000 bed nights and expecting to reach the million mark in the next few weeks. Read more >>Advertising
 The 2010 Direct, PR and Promo & Activation Lions juries for Cannes have been announced and South Africans have done it again - Conn Bertish, executive creative director, JWT Cape Town on Direct and James Daniels, executive creative director, EuroRSCG on Promo & Activation. Read more >> Bizcommunity.com has been appointed the official African online media partner for the 2010 Festival of Media. The African industry is encouraged to participate in this year's festivities and to this end Bizcommunity.com is offering all its African-based readers a discount when applying to attend the event in Valencia, Spain from 18 - 20 April. Read more >>Branding | | Idea Engineers will grow your brand, reputation & business. | |  |
 [Herman Manson] The Habari Media Digital Symposium, taking place 7-8 April 2010 at the Spier Wine Estate in the Stellenbosch winelands in the Western Cape, will focus on growing brands using both social media and mobile channels. It will also take a closer look at online transacting, made all the more relevant by FNB's recent announcement that it is rolling out PayPal in South Africa. Read more >>Design |  |
 BRUSSELS: The 2010 Pentawards, the online competition exclusively for packaging design, official opened for entries yesterday, Monday, 5 April 2010 until the deadline date of 21 May. The awards ceremony will be presented on 30 September in the European Pavilion of the Expo Shanghai 2010. Read more >>Digital | | Your source of digital advertising | |  |
At a cabinet meeting on 24 March 2010, the Sentech board of directors were appointed for a period of three years with effect from 1 April 2010. Read more >>Advertisement: APRIL FOOL'S JOKE: Two Cape Town entrepreneurs today, 1 April 2010, launched IQAPTCHA , designed to be a smart comment processing system for blogs and online publications. Read more >> [Vint Cerf] If you use the Internet, your browser may be the most important piece of software on your laptop, desktop or mobile phone. Globally, people are spending increasing amounts of leisure time online every month, and for many people who rely heavily on the web for their business needs, online time increases commensurately. Read more >> [Herman Manson] Will Matthew Buckland become the Pete Cashmore of the emerging market? The two might look nothing alike, but Buckland today (April 1, 2010) launched an emerging market alternative to Cashmore's Mashable, one of the biggest blogs in the world. Read more >>New website to watch Luckysters.comA newly launched South African aggregation site and search engine went live on 22 March 2010 to make it easier for South Africans to search for jobs online. “I simply launched the site to aggregate all vacancies from trusted sources such as corporate careers pages and make it easier to search that particular database,” says Themba Sikhosana, the 23-year-old founder of the site. Companies can promote vacancies, graduate development programmes and bursaries on the blog at no charge. Go to www.luckysters.com for more information.  MIPTV's 2010 ‘Country of Focus' is Singapore and its Acting Minister for Communications, Information and the Arts (MICA) Lui Tuck Yew will be the guest of honour. The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) and International Enterprise Singapore will jointly lead the country's largest-ever delegation to MIPTV in Cannes from 12-16 April 2010. Read more >> The line up for the 2010 Habari Media symposium, 7 and 8 April, is jam packed full of international and local guest speakers who will address key topics on a diverse range of digital marketing topics. This year's event looks to set new benchmarks in its bid to share knowledge in and around the online environment. Read more >>Education and Training
 [Peter Thomas] Ask leadership to list what they would like more of in their organisation and almost certainly "innovation" will be on their list. Read more >>Magazines |  |
 Seventeen, which embarked on a nationwide beach tour in December 2009 to find its cover girl using print, online and mobile platforms to attract readers, has selected Ariel van Heerden from Port Elizabeth. She is featured on the flip cover of its April 2010 issue, with Keri Hilson on the front cover. Read more >> The first episode of the local reality series, Style Intern will be screened on M-Net Series, channel 110 on DStv, on Friday 2 April at 9pm. Read more >>New beauty editor for Marie ClaireZanele Kumalo joins Marie Claire on 1 April 2010 as the new beauty editor of the South African edition of the title. She started her career in journalism at the Sunday Times in July 2003 and moved to beauty editor on titles such as Top Billing, O, The Oprah Magazine and Elle. She joins newly appointed fashion director Sharon Becker in the Johannesburg office. Together with editor Aspasia Karras and senior editor Zodwa Kumalo-Valentine, the magazine now has a much stronger presence in Johannesburg.BidAir's Premier Lounges, situated in the domestic and international departure terminals at OR Tambo, Cape Town and Durban international airports and in the domestic terminals at George, Port Elizabeth and East London airports, will get a custom publication from today, 1 April 2010. Read more >> The April issue of House and Leisure, out now at all leading bookstores, retailers and magazine stands, is ‘The Art Issue' featuring a roundup of South African art, artists and art lovers. It also covers major art events such as the Joburg Art Fair and the Spier Contemporary in showcasing the amazing talent that is uniquely home-grown and inspirational on all levels. Read more >> [Herman Manson] Marie Claire has published its first issue under the editorship of Aspasia Karras. Karras is a jovial character who laughs easily. Quite often, and quite disconcertingly, she references herself in the third person in a mock-horror tone. Read more >>Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
 [Daryl Ilbury] OK, I'm going to say it: “The media loves Julius Malema, and there are many reasons why.” Read more >>Advertisement:  [Mandy de Waal] From hysterical fear mongering to intelligent commentary and analysis, the reporting and editorialising of Eugene Terre'Blanche's death this past weekend reflected just how divided we are as a nation. It also accented the role the media has played in the Malema creation, and how the pressures of an always-on Internet and the recession have shaped news and media thinking. Read more >>NEWSWATCH: FinMedia seems to be losing experienced talent hand over fist; the latest two top staffers it is apparently set to lose being FinWeek editor, and the editor-in-chief, reports Mandylives!com. Meanwhile, the Communications Workers' Union has demanded that suspended news anchor Mahendra Raghunath be immediately reinstated. A union spokesman, Matankana Mothapo, said in a statement that "Raghunath was suspended for speaking the truth", reports Mail & Guardian. Finally, Reuben Goldberg revealed in a tweet early this afternoon that he has been appointed as the new Times Live news editor. Read more >>[Simon Hartley] The murder of South African white supremacist Eugene Terre'Blanche early on Saturday evening, 3 April 2010, is arguably one of the biggest news events in South Africa this year, and once again, traditional news outlets were beaten to the punch by Twitter and the blogosphere. Read more >> The Metropolitan Oliver Empowerment Awards, one of South Africa's foremost BEE award initiatives, was hosted by Topco Media's annual empowerment publication Impumelelo, which documents BEE success stories on Thursday 25 March 2010 at the Sandton Convention Centre. Read more >>[Marion Scher] Marion Scher on the pitfalls of relying too much on the internet as a source of information, and - too often - cutting and pasting information virtually ‘as is'. Read more >> NEWSWATCH: All charges have been dropped against Muhammed Ali Harrath, CEO of the UK-based Islam Channel; he was arrested at O R Tambo airport on January 24 when his passport was scanned and showed he was on Interpol's most wanted list, reports IOL. Read more >>Mobile
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] There are 63 million mobile subscribers in Nigeria out of a population of 149.2 million, 44 million in South Africa, and 15.3 million in Kenya, Brandsh Media founder Angus Robinson revealed yesterday, 30 March 2010, highlighting the need to turn these numbers into business opportunities and improve lives. Read more >>Advertisement: Newspapers
 The finalists for the Newspaper Association of South Africa's annual Frewin, McCall and Joel Mervis awards have been announced. The awards recognise newspaper excellence in advertising, printing and production, layout and typography as well as the balance between the use of pictures and graphics. Winners will be announced at the Mondi Shanduka Awards ceremony at Soccer City in Johannesburg on 5 May 2010. Read more >>Online Media | | Online Media section proudly sponsored by | |  |
 [Sindy Peters] There's a new entrepreneurial kid on the online magazine block and according to its founder, Andy Davis, it has been growing exponentially since its birth in April 2009. Mahala is a youth-orientated publication that provides a different perspective on current affairs, popular culture and just about anything sparking conversation in South African social circles. Read more >>Advertisement: Production
Following on from the NFVF's (National Film & Video Foundation) Sediba Advanced International Financing Programme aimed at experienced producers in television drama & feature film products, it will now offer a programme for emerging producers. Read more >> Electrical Engineering Solutions (EES) has been awarded the contract to project manage the information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, from construction to operational service provisioning, for Cape Town Film Studios (CTFS), claimed to be South Africa's first major, Hollywood-style film studio in Cape Town. The R430-million project will be fully operational by the end of 2010. Read more >> New Vision Pictures has successfully pitched for the production of two 30” TV spots for the 2010 MTN South African Music Awards (SAMA) in the same edgy, street style as its local reality-drama series, Cream Cartel. Read more >>Promotions | |
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 Activation specialist thewinwingroup has produced two interactive campaigns on behalf of Cadburys South Africa. The first was the Chappies ‘Did You Know' school quiz, which kicked off in February 2010 and is touring the country, the other was a staged ‘protest' of onion and garlic eaters met by the Fresh Breath Police, demonstrating the power of Clorets. Read more >>Public Relations |  |
 The 2010 PRISM awards ceremony, which took place on Wednesday, 31 March 2010, at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, saw the top South African PR agencies rewarded for their efforts to uphold the excellence of PR. Read more >>Advertisement: Radio |  |
Brenda Leonard has been appointed as the new MD of Bush radio, reportedly the oldest African community radio station project. She takes over from Zane Ibrahim, who retired at the end of February 2010, having headed the station from 1996. Read more >>Say farewell to Lawrence Dube tonight at La ToscanaKaya FM will host a farewell cocktail party at La Toscana Montecasino for Lawrence Dube with artist and DJ tributes tonight 1 April 2010. It marks his retirement from the station as co-founding member and host of the Dube drive, ending a remarkable 26-year run in broadcasting that began at Radio Bop in 1983. The line-up will include the likes of Kaya FM DJ's George Biza, Kenny & Sphiwe, Bob Mabena and T bose Artists on the Bill: Afrotraction, Selaelo Selota, Zamajobe, KB, Kwela Tebza and Judith Sephuma. Each of the artists will perform a minimum of two songs.Wits Radio Academy and RadMark join forcesRadMark, under the leadership of Marietjie van Rensburg, has partnered with the Wits Radio Academy, in association with Kagiso Media, to present the radio marketing and sales study module as part of the Advanced Certificate in Radio. This initiative has been made possible by Van Rensburg and team. It was assisted by KAYA 95.9FM, KMC, Mango Airlines, Vizeum and MegaHertz. “Ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, we believe it's crucial to inspire enthusiasm for the event and pride in our country among our audience,” said Simon Parkinson, promotions manager for Primedia Broadcasting. “The BP Ultimate Challenge achieves these goals as it highlights the host cities, the stadiums as well as showcasing the range of places and activities available off the beaten track.” Read more >>Steri Stumpie launches new radio ad campaignSteri Stumpie has officially launched its ‘Flavournation' ad campaign nationally on 5FM and on local campus radio stations such as UCT Radio, Maties FM (Stellenbosch), Durban Youth Radio and Bay FM (Eastern Cape) to set up the theme, which can also be found on various online channels (such as Twitter, Facebook and the Steri blogsite. “Flavournation is one that is similar to the rainbow nation,” says Rochelle McCarthy, product manager at Parmalat SA. “It features various flavours all trying to get along and having a vibrant flavour debate.” The ads can be heard on the blog site www.steristumpie.com. Research |  |
 The South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF) has released AMPS 2009AB (Jan-Dec 2009), the first 12-month database to use the Double Screen Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing methodology exclusively. Read more >>Sales
[Peter Gilbert] It is now a business truism that products and services are becoming commoditised more rapidly than ever before, and margins of most industrial businesses are under increasing pressure. Winning companies are, however, discovering that if you cannot differentiate yourself by what you sell, and you cannot differentiate yourself by how you sell, you will, by default, have to differentiate yourself by how much you sell it for. Read more >> Sponsorship
Complete lottery survey by tomorrowResearch surveys on the funding practices of the National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) and the National Development Agency (NDA) have to be in by tomorrow, 31 March 2010. For links and more information go to https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/48/46103.html. TV
 The e.tv show, Inside Out on Saturday 3 April 2010 at 9.30am will feature the winners from the 6th annual Top Women Awards, which honours outstanding achievements by women in corporate, government and entrepreneurial arenas. Read more >>MTV base Nights feature new hip-hop star On 2 April 2010, MTV base (DStv Channel 322) will be taking over Chrome with hip-hop sensation JR live on stage, giving Cape Town clubbers a taste of one of the brightest new stars on the SA hip-hop scene. JR is benefitting from the new MTV base Nights initiative “Brand: New” which will see huge exposure for the talented rapper on TV, web and mobile platforms. For more news join the MTV base group on Twitter and Facebook at https://twitter.com/MTVbaseAfrica and www.facebook.com/pages/MTV-BASE/20733448585.  The wildlife and environmental show 50/50 makes a comeback on 5 April 2010 at 7.30pm on SABC2, after almost a year's break. Read more >> [Dr Graeme Codrington] I have delayed writing this post out of respect for the dead, although the thought first came to me in the very week after Haiti suffered their horrific earthquake. A few weeks on, the scale of the tragedy is now clear, and the difficult task is to rebuild this broken country - a task that could take a generation, as the Haitian president claimed. He's probably right. Read more >> Marketing
 [Ivan Moroke] Having survived the global financial crisis, marketers are breathing a collective sigh of relief. Yet it is imperative that we don't forget the valuable lessons learned from the recession when the good times roll around again. Read more >> Knowledge Resources will be hosting a one-day seminar focusing on marketing and advertising in the townships on 20 April 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Read more >>Advertising
 Adam Howard recently completed the original score for the latest Fiat TVC. The agency was Leo-Burnett, and production house Star Productions. Animation and post was completed at Ministry Of Illusion, home to Howard Music. Read more >> Wines of South Africa (WoSA), a non-profit organisation assisting with the promotion and marketing of South African wines, turned to Masters & Savant to create a dynamic, captivating and humorous promotional video on the history of South Africa featuring the highlights of soccer and wine throughout the story. Read more >> In its new structure of a fully-fledged Section 21 company with a board of directors, with plenary powers, consisting of representatives of all the stakeholders, Pendoring 2010 is set to take Afrikaans advertising to new heights going forward. Read more >>Branding
 Brand relationship company Brand Alive has been appointed to handle the brand development and expressions for industrial manufacturing firm, Gravure Cylinders. Brand Alive has already conducted a comprehensive brand analysis - unearthing the essence of the brand - and will now be developing its core brand assets. Read more >> Switch your branding in your showroom or store by simply changing the fabric face. The Fabtex frame, available through Display Mania International, is a a dye sublimated printed fabric framing system which can be supplied as an illuminated frame, a freestanding unit or simply a wall mounted frame. Read more >>Cinema |  |
 Several new movie releases are lined up for the big screen in April, including The Bounty Hunter, Un Prophète, The Cove, Hachiko: A Dog's Story and Love Happens. Read more >>Direct Marketing
 Did you know that there are 3 120 kilometres of national road that is tolled? This represents 19% of the total national road grid of 16 170 kilometres. Toll roads are based on the “user-pay” principle and have numerous advantages, including connecting motorists with Toll Plaza promotions. Read more >> The Easter school holiday will see many travellers on our roads. TollReach provides the opportunity to engage with this mobile audience which has the means and is in the right mindset to interact with your brand. Read more >> When it comes to generating a return on investment from direct marketing campaigns, half the challenge often is just being heard. But getting the attention of business decision-makers isn't about shouting the loudest. It's possible to improve results with an integrated approach that puts a limited number of coordinated messages into the market. Read more >>Eventing |  |
 Visitors to the 2010 Taste of Cape Town were treated to a memorable food and drink experience. The show presented some of the Cape's finest restaurants, top wines and world-class cocktails mixed by premium bar services provider, Barcode. Read more >>Presented by Africa Centre, the Spier Contemporary, South Africa's largest biennial art exhibition, officially opened on the 13 of March 2010 at the City Hall in Cape Town. ECHO Events were the proud event organisers. Read more >>Conference Speakers International has been one of the world's leading speaker bureaus for over two decades. Established in 1991, the company specialises in the provision of that special motivational speaker, keynote speaker, inspirational speaker or leading communicators in general. Read more >> [Kim Winstanley] Planning an event is no small undertaking. It needs time, attention, and above all else - professional help. Kim Winstanley, MD and chief architect of event architects Eventworx, explains the benefits of enlisting the help of a professional event management company instead of trying to do it yourself. Read more >> The Taste of Cape Town has become an annual staple in the Cape Town festival circuit, as it invites the Western Cape's top restaurants, wine makers, food products, and alcohol brands, to showcase their specialties in one stunning location. This year, one of the main attractions was the I * Heineken experience. Read more >> The GL Oasys Consortium was formed to supply temporary infrastructure, equipment and stadium overlay for the 2009 Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. They expect to leave a legacy of project management and supply chain logistics on which the local industry can benchmark for delivery of infrastructure for major events. Read more >> Kreate South Africa, the South African arm of one of the world's leading brand experience companies, has restructured their business into two key divisions: Kreate Staffing Solutions and Kreate Experience Events. Both divisions are represented by experienced teams in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Read more >> [Amanda Rogaly] Some business people believe everything's negotiable. In the event industry one thing isn't - or shouldn't be - and that's professionalism. The price of professionalism is called a management fee. This fee represents peace of mind. It is an assurance of fair-dealing and expertise. Read more >>Exhibitions
 Siemens, a leader in South Africa's technology sector, sponsored a business matchmaking program for Oil & Gas Africa 2010 to ensure participants receive the utmost in terms of networking opportunities over the three days of the conference and exhibition. Read more >> The Power and Electricity World Africa 2010 Matchmaking Program is another highly successful initiative for Outsmart Marketing with over 300 confirmed high-profile interactions between various industry sectors over the two days. Read more >> Recently Thuso Exhibitions became a member of Thuso Group, supplying a complete answer under one roof to fulfill the needs of the exhibitions market. Read more >>Global Icons is busy putting the final touches to its plans to turn the Cape Town International Convention Centre into a soccer extravaganza for the whole 32 days of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and urges companies to sign up fast for the corporate and staff hospitality packages on offer. Read more >> Moms, dads, kids and tots had a ball at the SABC Education Baba Indaba and Kids Indaba held recently in Durban. With entertainment and education galore there were loads to keep visitors of all ages busy. Read more >>Magazines
Future Publishing has announced a publishing partnership with Extreme Sports Angling. The ESA magazine is a monthly, glossy publication highlighting the excitement of saltwater fishing in southern Africa, written by the passionate presenters of the ESA television programme that appears on Supersport. Read more >>Mobile
[Richard Mullins] Mobile marketing has been the subject of a great deal of hype for a number of years, but it has yet to really catch fire among South African marketers as a new channel for reaching their customers. Read more >> Online Media
The easiest way for airlines to boost profitability is to sell every last seat - even the middle ones - since the incremental costs are only Coke and peanuts. Recently published research by Eyeblaster offers airlines an innovative way to approach online advertising. Read more >>On 30 April 2010 Quirk eMarketing will launch its first course in WebPR for Professionals. The course will run for four weeks and is part-time; all course interaction will take place online. The course is designed for individuals with a PR background but who want to understand how the Internet has changed the PR landscape. Read more >>Out Of Home |  |
 Media Intelligence has a holistic approach to digital signage with a strong focus on brand integration and activation. The company was recently awarded the out-of-home digital advertising contract at one of South Africa's highest profile locations, the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Read more >> In a show of support for the first-ever African FIFA World Cup, South African outdoor media company The ADreach Group has declared Football Fridays for all its employees countrywide. Read more >>Public Relations
Kagiso TV & Communications (KTV&C) has won three PRISA PRISM awards at the PRISAs in Gallagher Estate for its creative approach to Rea Vaya, Joburg City's new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system. The company won in the award categories of Event Management (bronze), Launch of a New Service (silver) and for Community Relations (Gold). Read more >>Brendan Seery, a seasoned journalist who has worked on several major international newspaper titles and is the current editor of the Media and MKarketing section of the Saturday Star and Weekend Argus will be sharing his learnings and insights in three small, niche events during April. Read more >> Micaela Soliani has joined Gullan&Gullan Advertising as General Manager of the PR division. Micaela has a track record with the world's leading brands, including EMI Music, Alfa Romeo, Nestlé, Total and SAB to name a few. Read more >>Radio
New technology and falling bandwidth charges have enabled Algoa FM to get closer to its listeners by integrating its online platforms and introducing a loyalty programme linked to rewards. Read more >>A crowd of over 20 000 eager shoppers started queuing from around two in the morning for the opening of a new Metro Cash and Carry store in Port Elizabeth after the event was widely advertised on Algoa FM. Read more >>Retail
 Collotype RSA has been granted the exclusive sales and marketing rights to Pyrotec PackMedia's Story Behind Our Wine label and other promotional on-pack devices into the wine industry. Read more >>Sponsorship
 As the official vehicle supplier to the toughest stage cycle race in the southern hemisphere, the ABSA Cape Epic, the Toyota brand was set to have a strong presence off the field, but it was up to the selected team to prove themselves on the field. Read more >>Youth Marketing
 Getting South Africans excited about recycling is, at best, a big ask. HDI Youth Marketeers' research has shown that although more sensitised to it than the generation older than them, our youth are also not natural ‘eco rangers'. Luckily, a number of HDI's clients and partners have decided that 2010 is a good year to turn that tide. Read more >>
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[Zeenat Ebrahim] These Nouveau movies just get down to the point and that's what I love about them. No unnecessary plot twists and anti-climaxes. Just raw and real, it is what it is. Away We Go is a beautiful journey of discovery visiting the wonders of love, life and family.
 Henry Rollins, the musician, actor and writer, will be launching his Frequent Flyer Tour in early 2010, which will take in Ireland, North America, Australia and South Africa in May 2010. The show picks up where he left off in 2007, and continues to narrate the life of the American.
 [Ruth Cooper] Francois as Oorlog Frankenstein is a god in a panda suit with a golden halo and everyone wants to get a stroke of his furry belly. Hopping and head slamming his way around the stage he spews Penis is my lewe and Dans dans dans ek will fokken fokken dans. This is his stage, this is his alter, these are his fans, these are “His People”. I'm sure the His People Centre where the album launch for VCK, as part of the Toffie Popular Culture festival, was held is not virgin to seeing signs of worship and musical celebration, (His People are the happy clappy types right?) but perhaps not quite like the way it was manifested on Saturday night.
 [Zeenat Ebrahim] This is a gripping documentary coupled with investigative journalism which explores the amazing true story of a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan known as The Cove. What's supposed to be an ordinary ‘catch of the day' amongst the fishermen of Taiji, turns out to be a little more deadly and shocking to the rest of the world.
 [Sindy Peters] “Last Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy” is the latest album from The Sick Leaves. It seems like Eksteen Jacobsz found his gusto on this third instalment from the one-man band. The album delivers track after track of medium- to fast-tempo tracks - a distinct move away from the harder indie rock of “Stone the Crow”.
 [Ilva Pieterse] I caught up with The Sick Leaves front man Eksteen Jacobsz last week to chat about the new album; what's in store for 2010; playing live, and the process of song writing. Here is what he had to say.
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