Wikileaks media frenzy It's almost the end of the year but news sure ain't slowing down! Yesterday, Sunday, 28 November 2010 (last night in South Africa), the latest set of controlled Wikileaks 'leaks' hit the media (both traditional and social), resulting in a massive media frenzy, diplomatic uproar and much debate over secrecy and ethics. The long-term effects are going to be very, very interesting, let alone the short- to medium-term results. In the meantime, the deadline for suggestions on how the press ombudsman can work more effectively has been extended until February 2011. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa has upheld complaints against morrisjones&co's "What the F...?" campaign for the Debonairs frikkadel pizza and has ordered that the TV ad in its current format be withdrawn immediately and that it may not be used again in its current format. Is the ASA being too much of a Mother Grundy? And have you heard about Nando's new CEO (chicken excellence officer)...? Are Nando's and Cell C in cahoots over this latest development? Keep on laughing! Simone Puterman ( @SimoneBiz) Managing editorPS Ten daily newsletters and two weeklies left until year-end after this one goes out! Last newsletters here at Bizcommunity.com are on Monday, 13 December 2010. Please send all South African marketing and media news to marketingnews@bizcommunity.com, international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com and opinion pieces to contributors@bizcommunity.com. Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive.
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 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] In a world dictated by the profit-obsessed corporate and manipulated by commercial marketing, which sometimes resort to unethical practices to achieve its goals, social marketing has a critical role to play in steering behavioural change in society. Read more >>Advertisement:
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 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The gross advertising expenditure for the month of September 2010 amounted to R2.3 billion, a month-on-month increase of 9% and year-to-date increase of 17%, figures from the Nielsen Company show - an indication that the conditions of market economy continue to improve significantly as advertisers keep their spending will to a steadfast rhythm. Read more >> Having previously been crowned Financial Mail AdFocus Advertising Agency of the Year in 2006 and 2009, Ogilvy Johannesburg won it yet again last night, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 at the this year's awards evening at Alexander Theatre in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Read more >> The Annual Agencies' Agency of the Year Award for 2010 goes to Ogilvy Johannesburg, which it adds to a very successful award-winning year. It receives the gold Angy Trophy, designed and cast by globally recognised designer Brian Steinhobel. Read more >> Following on with another new definition for CEO, Nando's has appointed its first Chicken Excellence Officer, Kagiso Lediga, who is on-board to promote its new 5Gs offering of five great sauces. The 'CEO' is in all its latest ads, which take a gentle poke at Cell C. [video] Read more >> SINGAPORE: James Daniels, ECD and shareholder of Euro RSCG and Euro RSCG 4D, will become regional ECD for Unilever across Asia at Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific, effective January 2011, it was announced yesterday, 23 November 2010. Daniels will relocate from Johannesburg, South Africa, to Singapore. Read more >> [Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] One of the most common causes of a breakdown between advertising agencies and their clients is people simply not getting on with each other. Yet, this is the one element that very rarely gets any sort of consideration during the pitch process. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The mood is at a reflective zenith at the headquarters of TBWA\South Africa in Sandton, Johannesburg, as the pan-African advertising agency this week celebrates its 25th anniversary. Senior management and staff at all 13 independent offices nationwide have been rallying around new CEO Derek Bouwer to reflect on the road travelled and the objectives met - and not met - in the last quarter of a century, and finally meditate on the future. Read more >>Branding
 [Craig Kolb] BMW's partnership with Saab, announced last month, drew a large amount of positive press attention for Saab. As the larger partner, BMW has little to worry about in terms of the effect on its brand equity; however, the Saab brand is in a more precarious position. Read more >>Cinema
The 2011 Durban FilmMart will take place 22-25 July 2011 during the 32nd Durban International Film Festival (21-31 July). The filmmart is a partnership project between the Durban Film Office and the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF). Read more >>CSI
 The Homecoming Revolution has launched an online 'giving community' to enable South Africans living abroad to connect with thousands of good causes all over South Africa. The campaign, It Feels Good To Do Good, encourages them to give their time, money, goods or skills to these causes. Read more >>Design |  |
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 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The African continent will have 13 submarine cables by the end of 2011, a process that will redefine the technology environment and set the continent on a major broadband explosion, Sadiq Malik, director of operations at Broadband Communication Technologies (BCT), told a workshop at the Africa Media and Broadcasting 2010 Congress at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more >> [Yoray Narainpersad] Over years of assisting many in optimising their websites, I have come across many instances in which SEO specialists don't follow simple SEO techniques. These techniques, if not implemented correctly, can have a negative effect on your website's ranking. Here are the top 10 SEO mistakes that people generally make. Read more >> [Candice Jones] It's official. Southern Africa will adopt the European standard for digital terrestrial broadcasting. In addition, the region has adopted the latest version of the standard, known as digital video broadcasting terrestrial version 2, or DVB-T2. Read more >>Education and Training
 [Tiffany Markman] I learned a couple of things this year that I didn't know that I knew. For starters, there were things I thought to be true about writing and my readers that aren't any more. It's possible that the recession changed things - or that we're evolving as consumers of content thanks to social media and other good stuff. So it's also possible that, as a marketer or communicator, you've picked up a couple of the same things in your business writing environment... Read more >> [Linda Hamman] It's reassuring to think that leaders are born. Frankly, I don't buy that. Oh, there may be some exceptions, mostly in history, but good business leaders do not feature among them. Read more >>Exhibitions
Diarise 2011 Wedding Expo The Wedding Expo will take place 9-10 April 2011 at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg. Celebrating its 10th year, the event will cover not only every aspect of the big day but everything a bride and her groom will need in the run up to their wedding, from skin care, legal services and finance to honeymoon destinations. The latest ready-to-wear will showcase dresses from international labels from UK, US and Italy - Pronovios, Maggie Sottero, Viola Chan, to name but a few. Magazines |  |
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Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) Media Matters online initiative, launched three months ago, has built a strong following both on Facebook and Twitter, so the organisation is concerned that the SABC3's new media, marketing and current affairs programme, which launched over the weekend, is also being called "Media Matters." Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] While the 2010 FIFA World Cup left a bad taste in the mouths of print media owners, broadcasting and outdoor media were smiling, although the latter's pockets were not as full as expected. This emerged yesterday, Thursday 25 November 2010, at the Annual Media and Marketing conference held at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg. Read more >>  [Issa Sikiti da Silva] The standards of South African media and investigative journalism are far below international standards and most of the newsrooms are juniorised, and that constitutes a big concern for the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF), Primedia Broadcasting head of news and current affairs Yusuf Ambramjee told delegates attending the Annual Media and Marketing conference currently unfolding at the Wanderers Club in Illovo, Johannesburg. Read more >> The South African Screen Federation, SASFED, representing the interests of most film and television industry organisations as a collective federation, has sent an open letter to the acting GCEO of the SABC calling for immediate turnaround consultations with the federation, in view of its years of experience in operational and policy matters. Read more >> Launched this week, the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2011 Awards gala ceremony will be be held next year in Johannesburg, South Africa, in June 2011. The competition is open to African nationals who are professional journalists, including freelancers, across print, television, Internet, photography and radio. Read more >> [Issa Sikiti da Silva] South African newspaper and magazine circulation remains on the back foot almost a year since the end of the global economic crisis and an ensuing local economic recovery, figures recently released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show. Although Afrikaans title Sondag grew massively year-on-year by 114%, Isolezwe Ngesonto by 37%, and usual suspects Bona and Drum by 12% and 13.3% respectively, overall the situation remains tense. Read more >> According to Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), the withdrawal of the Public Service Broadcasting Bill is a leap in the right direction, but highlights the fundamental importance of a proper policy review process. Read more >>Mobile |  |
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] After successfully launching broadcast mobile TV services in Namibia, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria in 2008, MultiChoice, through its mobile division DStv Mobile, has now launched the service in South Africa. Read more >>Newspapers |  |
Moses Mudzwiti has been appointed news editor at The New Age, it was announced yesterday, Thursday, 24 November 2010. He replaces Amy Musgrave, who was one of the five senior editorial staff members who walked out hours before launch in October. Read more >> [Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] The New Age, the ANC-friendly paper, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, from musings on its owners' links to President Jacob Zuma to the staff exodus on the eve of its aborted launch in October 2010. But now it has a new editor and new CEO starting soon. Bizcommunity spoke to managing editor Gary Naidoo, who joined The New Age from Sahara, about the business side of the ambitious new venture. Read more >>Out Of Home |  |
Advertising goes golfingGolf Unlimited, which offers advertisers the opportunity to advertise on GPS units fitted in over 1100 golf carts in 30 of South Africa's four and five star golf courses, has signed up its first client, Global Trader. The advertiser chose this platform to specifically target the golfing community and draw more consumers to its online trading seminars. Public Relations |  |
The Public Relations International Organisation (PROI) has selected Cape Town-based Atmosphere Communications as its exclusive South African partner. PROI, which has 50 partners in 120 cities in 40 countries globally, met with a number of local agencies in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more >>Research |  |
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 The South African Council of Shopping Centres' (SACSC), has announced the winners of its annual retail centre awards, the Spectrum Awards for 2010, in the four categories - Retail Design Development, National Retailer of the Year, Shopping Centre Marketing Excellence and National Service Provider of the Year. Read more >>Sales |  |
The Media Connection has launched two new divisions, The Brand ConnecXion and The Mobi Connection, and restructured its process to take it 'successfully into the future', following the resignation of Basil van Niekerk, founder of the company in 1999. Read more >> [Douglas Kruger] Does your sales team need more training? Or does your thought leadership need work? Sometimes, when sales are down, it's not about the sales. Read more >>TV |  |
 The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa ( ICASA) has granted local community television channel Cape Town TV (CTV), a seven-year class licence, following its two successive 'temporary' one-year licences that enabled the channel to begin its broadcast operations. Read more >>New health, lifestyle channel in 2011 The new health and lifestyle channel, Health TV, a joint venture between Isilumko Media and Zenith Media, will launch in March 2011. Sole rights for the marketing and selling of media space have been awarded to Isilumko Media, which has appointed Greg Norgarb as national sales manager at its Johannesburg office.  MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS: The European Journalism Centre has announced the winners of its TH!NK 4: Climate Change blogging competition. More than 173 bloggers and journalists participated in the competition from around the world, reporting on both global and local climate change issues. Read more >> RESTON, US: comScore yesterday, 28 November 2010, reported US retail e-commerce spending for the first 26 days of the November - December 2010 holiday season. Read more >> RESTON, US: comScore has reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 21 days of the November-December 2010 holiday season, as well as its official spending forecast for the season. For the holiday season-to-date, US$9.01 billion (about R63 billion) has been spent online, marking a 13% increase versus the corresponding days last year. Read more >> LINCOLN, UK: RealWire has announced yesterday, 24 November 2010, its PRFilter, a patent-pending technology that is designed to match releases to recipients on a more personal basis than existing categorisation systems. Read more >> BRASILIA, BRAZIL: Fragrance marketing is as much about image as it is about the actual scent itself, arguable even more so. When Axe wanted to launch a new fragrance, named Music Star, the image of the scent was all important. Read more >>
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 The outgoing Chairperson of the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA), Adrian Hewlett, was announced as the winner of The Greatest Individual Contribution to Digital Media & Marketing award at the annual Bookmarks awards held on Thursday, 18 November. Read more >>
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 [Desirée Gullan] 'Marketing 3.0, From Products to Customers to the Human Spirit' is an insightful book by Philip Kotler, Hermawan Kartajaya & Iwan Setiawan. Desiree Gullan shares her learnings gained from the book and provides a list of tools to help marketers move from 2.0 Marketing to 3.0 Marketing. Read more >>Advertising
 Garmin introduce their Fitness brand with an explosive new campaign. Read more >>The Draftfcb Africa Network has been appointed by Singapore-based Wings Corporation to handle the media planning and buying in Africa for its SoKlin brand. It will also take the Engen brand into Africa working closely with Draftfcb Cape Town, which was appointed as the main agency on the business in October this year. Read more >> Following the acquisition of the Altech Autopage Cellular through-the-line advertising account, the Volcano Group swiftly went to market with the company's new brand strategy, 'Connecting you to more', aimed at bringing to life the brand differentiators for the largest independent provider of cellular telephony in the country. Read more >> Smint has again selected Nine Mile Media's Billads Bill Folder advertising platform, following the success of its previous campaign. This time consumers will be made aware of and encouraged to taste Smint, in coffee shops and restaurants from mid November until 31 January 2011. Read more >> OIL, brand strategy and research specialists within the Lowe Bull group, recently completed a successful rebranding process for Johnson's Adult. Read more >> Proudly Afrikaans, with a passion for advertising. Particularly for catchy new creations such as Kanniehorie-kakofonie-klapsoekpyp. Or spytjy'tgekyk-driehoek-baaibroek. This is how Pendoring Prestige Award winners Nico Botha (copywriter) and Renier Zandberg (art director) of Ogilvy Johannesburg describe themselves. Read more >> Short after his recent success with the Tracker commercial, Egg's Kevin Fitzgerald has just finished two spots for Beechies. Read more >> Production company Wicked Pixels recently donated R300 000 worth of production time, equipment and resources to create a beautifully crafted TV commercial for the Peninsula School Feeding Association (PSFA). Read more >> Toyota Hilux is on the lookout for South Africa's toughest man and has launched a broad-reaching communications campaign to find him. All elements of the interactive campaign - including traditional above-the-line executions as well as digital elements - challenge South Africans to sign up for the 'Hilux Man-Up Challenge'. Read more >>Branding
[Karen Ballenden] Great advertising campaigns are born from great creative briefs. So what should account management teams keep in mind when translating the client brief into a creative brief? Read more >>  Specialist below-the-line agency 34 added spice to the 2010 Absa Currie Cup for client SA Rugby, tournament rights holder of the Absa Currie Cup. A two-tier activation was developed to engage passionate rugby supporters in both the online environment and at rugby stadiums around the country. Read more >> Seattle Coffee Company has teamed up with Doctors Without Borders to attract awareness and funding for this humanitarian organisation. Read more >> Integrated advertising agency Cross Colours recently launched a dynamic campaign for MasterCard which had consumers 'swiping smart' in participating Checkers stores around the country. The purpose of the colourful campaign was to position Debit MasterCard and Maestro as the preferred payment method for everyday purchases. Read more >>A 'compendium of research' into consumer perceptions and brand performance one of the key features in the 16th edition of Brands & Branding in South Africa intended to assist marketers to keep their fingers on the pulse of the country's dynamic brand landscape. Read more >> After the 40th Creativity International Awards (CIA's) in the USA, Interbrand Sampson have been awarded three Golds and one Honorable mention. Read more >> Agency 34 launched the Super M "Choose Your Chill. Choose Your Prize" campaign aiming to engage the target by getting them to vote for how they chill in their free time. Under the single-minded proposition of "Just Chill", this 14-week, nationwide campaign was accompanied by a 30' TV ad, in-store POS and a bandit MXit campaign. Read more >>Design
 A group of rookie designers, who are on the verge of graduating in visual communication from The Open Window, will soon be released into the various creative industries. The Open Window will host an exhibition on 25 November to celebrate their conquest over design and launch their new promising careers. Read more >>Digital
 Prezence Digital recently received an award at the country's showcase for digital advertising. Read more >>MiX Telematics is a global provider of fleet management and vehicle tracking technology and services. To complement this global standing and reach, MiX Telematics identified the need for an online presence that would set it apart from competitors. Read more >> Habari Media won Best Media Sales House, whilst Adrian Hewlett, founder and Managing Director of the Habari Group, walked away with the prestigious Greatest Individual Contribution to Digital Media & Marketing award at the annual Bookmarks awards held in Cape Town on Thursday night last week. Read more >>[Rob Stanbridge] Rob Stanbridge on why consistency is important for your business website. Read more >>  How well do businesses know their subscribers? pMailer, a leading South African web-based email and SMS solution enabling businesses to easily send and track their marketing communications, recently launched pMailer version 4, which comes with new features such as geo-location reporting. Read more >> Bet you didn't know that the Internet is responsible for as much CO2 as air travel? And about two percent of total global emissions? So what's an environmentally sensitive online marketer to do? Read more >>Level Zero has licensed the Rentasite small business web launch platform as one of their own products. Read more >> The past two weeks have seen masses of people flocking to Exclus1ves' Facebook page to wait in anticipation for something called a "FlashMob FireSale". This peculiar event saw the hash tag #FlashMobFireSale trend on Twitter, with thousands of new visitors suddenly converging on Exclusives' website. Read more >> Native announces its recent wins in multiple awards shows, namely The Loeries, the Assegais and most recently the Bookmarks. Read more >>Education and Training
 The MOU signed between the DTI and the International Federation of Business & Professional Women will launch a national initiative to put more women into South Africa's boardrooms, giving women entrepreneurs access to government tenders and trade missions and providing women business owners with access to information. Read more >>GetSmarter is offering three lucky people the chance to win a spot for a loved one on any GetSmarter course. Read more >>Eventing |  |
 The Western Cape Branch of Diabetes SA recently held a fundraising event - the Global Diabetes Run/Walk. Well over 2 000 people took part in the day, all in the name of creating diabetes awareness. Oasys Innovations Cape Town partnered with the DSA as part of the company's corporate social investment initiative. Read more >>Advertisement:
 Speakers Inc, in collaboration with a dozen of the country's top professional speakers, is offering a ground-breaking opportunity for both corporate and small business team leaders to energise and refocus their staff for the first quarter of 2011. Read more >> Biz Events announced that the National Boat Show, featuring Dive Expo Won Best Expo in its category at the EXSA Awards, and the Look & Feel Good Expo received two nominations. Read more >>Following the successful management of the Department of Environmental Affairs' first Waste Management Conference in September, Litha Communications was appointed to help the Department take their 'green' show on the road. Read more >>A historic gathering of the world's public sector auditors will focus on environmental auditing, sustainable development, and the value and benefits of supreme audit institutions. Read more >> The FNB Stadium will be filled to capacity on New Year's Eve, dispelling oft-repeated concerns that this facility, upgraded to host the FIFA World Cup, would become a white elephant. Read more >>Following a decision by the management of Gallagher Convention Centre, the 'All Things Bike' (ATB) exhibition and event, which was planned for 18 to 20 February 2011, has been put on ice until further notice. Read more >>Exhibitions
 During the EXSA awards ceremony on Thursday 18 November, SABC Education Baba Indaba was announced as Top Exhibition of the Year. Read more >> EXSA's recent awards function acknowledged the Best Stand Awards, the Best Exhibition Awards, the Excellence Awards and the Memorable Events Awards. Read more >> On Thursday 18th November at the EXSA (Exhibition and Event Association of South Africa) Awards 30th Birthday at Emperors Palace, The Baby Expo MamaMagic Johannesburg was named Best Exhibition of the Year 2010. Read more >>Magazines
Delegates hailed South Africa's first Sappi MPASA Media Summit, held on 11 November at Cape Town's International Convention Centre, as a resounding success. The Summit which is set to become an annual event on the media-industry calendar attracted some of the leading names in South African media and advertising. Read more >>Move! will host the last Stokvel workshop of 2010 at the Protea Hotel Parktonian in Braamfontein, on 4 December 2010 from 8:30am to 4:30pm. Attendees will be joined by MC Sheila Bhengu, Move! Editor Makhosazana "Khosi" Zwane-Siguqa, resident Stokvel Expert Busi Skenjana, and Ben Raseroka of the Stokvel Social Trust. Read more >> Media
Sanlam and the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) joined forces this year to celebrate excellence in the local media industry of South Africa. The 2010 Sanlam/MDDA Local Media Awards gala dinner was attended by close to 300 editors, journalists, photographers, broadcasters and their proud seniors and peers. Read more >>Mobile
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 Zithethele, an English and Xhosa newspaper that is distributed in Nelson Mandela every two weeks, has won the award as best grassroots community newspaper in the country, at the annual Sanlam/MDDA Local Media Awards ceremony held in Johannesburg last Friday (19 November). Read more >> MORE than 20,000 additional copies of the Indian focused weekly newspaper, POST, were sold on Wednesday November 10, 2010. Read more >>In the third quarter circulation figures released last week, the Sunday Zulu title sold an average of 70,449 copies a week. Read more >>Online Media | | Online Media section proudly sponsored by | |  |
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 Pro Sano Medical Scheme has recently taken its to-the-point, "No Nonsense, Just Healthcare!" advertising message onto the streets of Cape Town atop 20 metered taxi vehicles. Read more >>The board of Design Initiatives has sent out a call for action in the wake of the recent decision to terminate the services of Zoli Daweti, in his capacity of Managing Director. Read more >>Outdoor media in South Africa has evolved in leaps and bounds over the past two decades but there are certain key elements that allow some media owners to outshine the rest. While traditional outdoor media has its place in building and sustaining brands, there are a handful of iconic outdoor sites that stand out from the rest. Read more >>Production
 When advertising agency, Owen Kessel was briefed by Amstel for their "Know the Difference" credentials commercial, they chose animation studio Masters & Savant Worldwide to bring the ad to life. Read more >>A giant Google pin seen from space recently attracted attention when it scooped a Silver Loerie for Giant Films in the brand identity category at last month's Loerie Awards. Read more >>General Post in association with respected industry partners, Ireland/Davenport, Media Film Services, 7Films, The Bladeworks, Aces Up, Red One Africa and Purple Mouse, have been involved in the search for SA's Next Top Editor. The five finalists in the competition have been announced. Read more >> When briefed with a new range of infomercials for "1st for Women", agency Black River FC looked to animation studio, Masters & Savant Worldwide to help realise their innovative concept. Read more >> Design Indaba is looking for five talented and technically advanced filmmakers to produce creative inserts about the upcoming Design Indaba event in 2011. You will come face to face with cutting-edge designers and world-renowned creatives, and produce refreshing content, reaching a global audience. Read more >>Promotions |  |
 With the support of leading hygiene brand, Dettol, The Sound Contact has ensured that soccer fever is still in force at schools around the country. The mammoth national campaign to scout for up-and-coming football stars is furthermore endorsed by the SA Football Association (SAFA) and is currently in its fifth year of activation. Read more >> Prize Voucher recently assisted South African Breweries with their latest campaign involving the launch of the new Cheeky Cranberry Brutal Fruit. Read more >>Radio |  |
 On 21 October the Jacaranda 94.2 Just Plain Breakfast team was challenged by the station's Programme Manager to reach 10 000 fans on their Facebook page before the end of the show. When they didn't reach this target in time, they locked themselves in the studio and continued to broadcast until they hit the mark a little over an hour later. Read more >> The through-the-line agency in the Bester Burke Slinger's Group, tbsp /// beyond the line, ran a recent radio competition for Alexander Forbes Motor and Household Insurance asking women to write in and name their most distressing phobia. It has elicited some truly strange responses. Read more >>Research
Synovate in South Africa has enhanced its Mystery Shopping offering to clients and prospects with the launch of a dedicated Mystery Shopping business unit. Read more >>Sponsorship
 Business and Arts South Africa's Boardbank made its debut in the Western Cape in October - and already arts organisations are reaping the rewards of this important initiative. Read more >> MEGAPRO has renewed Nashua's sponsorship of the Nashua Dolphins and Nashua Titans. In deals recently inked, the Nashua Dolphins contract has been renewed for a further one-year period, while the Nashua Titans contract has been renewed for another three years. Read more >> Leading football and lifestyle publication, SoccerLife, spoilt the children at the Johannesburg General Hospital to an afternoon of treats, sweets and laughter. Read more >>TV
 e.Mobile TV launched on Tuesday 23 November, with the eNews Channel and Channel O available on cell phones on a free-to-air basis. Read more >>
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  MoreBafana Bafana visits Mercedes-Benz Century City  More'Luxury Reborn' brand awareness campaign for Belvedere Vodka  More [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] "Every cloud has a silver lining", the saying goes and right now Land Rover is hoping (and probably praying) that a few new fancies, nip-and-tuck surgery and a touch of silver could give its new-look Freelander the extra traction its needs to get it out of the low-sales mud it has been stuck in for some time. Read more >> [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Serious homework awaits all future buyers of the reshuffled, prettied up, extended and considerably enhanced Fiesta range because Ford now offers its popular oval badger in 13 model variants including three-door, four-door and five-door options and the choice of manual or automatic transmission. Read more >> Opening in April 2011, the brand new Long Beach Hotel on Mauritius' east coast, on the Belle Mare Peninsula, is situated right where a powerful urban feel meets the ultimate in ocean, beach and indulgence. Read more >> [Daphne Cooper] Evita is a big production and Theatre on the Bay is a small theatre. How would the grand theatrical scale of the adoring or mourning crowds, for example, be conveyed? Would we lose something of the power of this rock musical in the intimate setting of the theatre? These kinds of questions were obviously considered by Paul Warwick Griffin who directed the show. Read more >> [Riccardo Spagni] When was the last time you spent Sunday lunch at a place that made you never want to leave? I mean, when was the last time you felt so comfortable and so blissful that you genuinely wanted to stay till supper and for a few hours thereafter? Just recently I dragged my wife to Robertson on a blistering Sunday to review Fraai Uitzicht 1798, and it was just such a place. Read more >>- The Bridge Group appoints Chillibush - more info
- Graham Beck Wines appoints Realmdigtal as technology partner - more info
- Net#work BBDO Cape Town lands new client - Johnson & Johnson - more info
- Playboy Magazine appoints Marcus Brewster Publicity - more info
- Big Sports Management partners with Splash PR - more info
- New account for digitalmark - more info
- Amakhosi magazine appoints ex-Bafana player as publisher - more info
- New appointment at Speak Advertising & Design - more info
- New appointments at Bluff SA - more info
- HIP2B² appoints brand manager to connect with SA youth - more info
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An exciting position has become available within Foschini (Marketing Department) for a creative graphic designer/middle weight designer who is able to create and conceptualise new and fresh ideas. Read more >>If you have a love for social media and the latest insights and trends in the digital and social media space this is the job for you. Read more >>Our client a leading KZN firm seeks the services and expertise of a conceptual, talented senior graphic designer to join their creative team ASAP! Read more >>East Coast Radio is looking for a head of commercial sales to lead and direct the commercial portfolio so that sales and business growth targets are achieved. Read more >>Cape Town agency/manufacturer seeks a senior production manager. So if you love the mountains and clear blue skies, this job has your name on it. Read more >>A leading digital agency, seeks to hire a digital mid weight designer - if you are a digital designer; we want to talk to you! Read more >>Doha, Qatarian based agency focusing on branding and other forms of BTL media seeks the services of a talented wordsmith. Porti and stable track record a must. Top Job! Read more >>Cape Town: An opportunity exists for a medium web designer to join an awesome agency with a flaring and growing digital division. Read more >>An awesome opportunity exists with a leading branding agency based in Doha, Qatar. Previous experience in branding or international experience essential. Qualifications and stable track record a must. Read more >>PHP developer to work at the forefront of some very exciting projects. Top digital Cape Town based agency seeks your services Read more >>Leading digital agency in Cape Town seeks the services of a business development digital account manager. Read more >>An opportunity exists for an AE with a good understanding and keen interest in all things digital.You should be confident in nature and capable of dealing directly with clients. Read more >>Step up and get the best of both worlds with this one role! Itec South Africa requires the services of a FaxMail administrator from and a junior marketing assistant role. Read more >>PA - SandtonCamhouse is seeking a dynamic, organised and driven individual to assist the account director and sales director in a day to day capacity as PA. Read more >>Office administrator required for busy graphic design studio in Bedfordview. Contract position for six months. Ideal for energetic, well presented, organised individual. Read more >>Naturally creative/passionate about events industry. Experienced, full time PA/office manager - supports an entire team in a highly creative, high energy and fast moving environment and manages own responsibilities. Read more >>- Reporting on corruption Institute for the Advancement of Journalism - Johannesburg, 14 February
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- Supercharge your sales iSPartners - Bryanston, Johannesburg, 30 November
- Rhapsody's comedy cook-off Rhapsody's Franchising - Polokwane, 1 December
- Social media workshop HM Consulting - Pretoria, 1 December
- Tourism business conference CADEK Media - Johannesburg, 1 December
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- The rundown, lowdown and comedown - Cape Town, 3 December
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