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It's Design Indaba time again Another year has come and gone and it's time for Design Indaba once again, starting this Wednesday, 23 February 2011! Read our preview to see what delights are in store this week and look out for our in-depth coverage over the next week and a half.The Press Council public hearings - where the public has been invited to discuss the review of its press code, complaints procedure, constitutions and the role of the press ombudsman in South Africa's print media - kicked off in Johannesburg last week and have moved to Port Elizabeth today. However, turnout from the public has been very, very poor. If you are unable to attend, you may follow live tweets through the Bizcommunity #zamediafreedom Twitterfall or via Twitter Search (#presscouncilhearings OR #pcph or Press Council public hearings). The Digital Media & Marketing Association has announced that, as of 1 April 2011, Effective Measure will replace Nielsen as its measurement vendor. This looks to be quite an exciting move, as one of the key results will be that the DMMA will now be able to provide data to Telmar, ensuring that the digital audience is presented to media planners at the earliest stages of the planning process. But that's not all... Go, Proteas, go! Simone Puterman (@SimoneBiz) Managing editor PS The latest Ornico Ad Showcase features TV ads for Nissan X Trail, Puma, Red Heart Rum, It begins with you and Spur, and radio ads for SABC3, Top Billing, Rosebank, Panado and Cell C. Please send all South African marketing and media news to marketingnews@bizcommunity.com, international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com and opinion pieces to contributors-marketing@bizcommunity.com. Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Top stories
Mini bites of DI2011 The entertainment at the 2011 Design Indaba (23-27 February 2011) offers music, comedy, fashion, short films and Pecha Kucha presentations (short bite-size exposés). The official car supplier, Mini, will not only sponsor the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa (MBOISA) award but will also supply 25 Mini Countryman vehicles. Read more >>[Design Indaba 2011] Glittering er design lights [Herman Manson: @marklives] Fear not, glitter pork and cupcakes are not on the menu at this year's Design Indaba Conference (23-25 February 2011), the annual design calendar highlight held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Instead, delegates will be treated to a range of fascinating characters from the design world, sharing global design best practice in areas as diverse as architecture, service delivery and advertising. Read more >>Special focus on media freedomPress Council hearings start with robust debate - but no ANC [Julie Reid] Having threatened to impose a statutory media appeals tribunal on South Africa - despite global condemnation and in the face of the Constitutional protection of a free media as President Jacob Zuma said in his State of the Nation address - the chief complainant, the ANC, failed even to attend the first hearings of the Press Council on Thursday, 17 February 2011. Read more >>Attacks on the Press 2010: Africa analysis [Mohamed Keita] Across the continent, the emergence of in-depth reporting and the absence of effective access-to-information laws have set a collision course in which public officials, intent on shielding their activities, are moving aggressively to unmask confidential sources, criminalise the possession of government documents, and retaliate against probing journalists. Read more >>
All the Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards 2011 winners The inaugural South African Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards were held last night, Thursday, 17 February 2011, at Emperor's Palace, Johannesburg. The awards are described as the first-ever opportunity for the rapidly evolving South African sports market to celebrate its business achievements. Read more >>Marketing is about getting intention, not just attention [Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] The tsunami of information unleashed on consumers by modern technology this past decade has made getting attention the number one priority of all forms of marketing communications. Read more >>Marketing-urbanism: 'marriage of convenience'? [Issa Sikiti da Silva] As sweeping changes continue to occur in the socio-political and economic environment, driving not only marketers and advertisers but also governments to redefine the rules of their game, marketing is forced to enter into an 'unusual marriage' with urbanism. "I think it's a symbiotic relationship," Jason Knight, Brand Activation strategic planning director, told Bizcommunity.com earlier this week. Read more >>AdvertisingBooze ad ban no cure for hangoverNEWSWATCH: Bizcommunity.com's very own Chris Moerdyk, writing in Business Day, takes issue with the government's proposed ban on alcohol advertising and reckons that based on overseas research, any ban is bound to fail. Meanwhile, Sanef is objecting to a call by MPs to have the profession legally defined, reports Times Live. Read more >>Advertisement:
 Cannes Young Lions get ready to roar Young creatives, under the age of 28 should sharpen their pencils, as the registration for the annual Young Lions local selection competition opens on the Cinemark website on Tuesday, 1 March 2011. Read more >>
Bafana Bafana belongs to the people [Herman Manson: @marklives] The South African Football Association (SAFA) is investigating a name change for Bafana Bafana. While a lot of talk and opinion is being bandied about regarding the colloquial context of the name, SAFA is on record as to why it is planning to throw out the name three Sowetan sports writers coined in the early 1990s and adopted by the nation. It's about money, plain and simple. Read more >>Advertisement:
 Branding: the art of content strategy building on Facebook [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Brands care a lot about media and marketing strategies, while forgetting that content strategy is critical in planning for the creation, delivery and governance of content. This emerged at the Habari Media Facebook Connects forum held yesterday, Wednesday, 16 February 2011, at the Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel in Johannesburg. Read more >>CinemaCinema attendance increases According to the 2010 cinema attendance figures of over 27,4 million visitors, last year was the best year for cinema since 2005, a good omen for Cinemark, representing 64% of all cinema complexes in South Africa and its advertising clients. Reasons cited include blockbuster titles, 3D offerings and a recovering recession. Read more >>CSIAbuse is Abuse campaign evolves from CSI entry Originally conceived as an entry piece into the 2009 Vuka! Awards (an M-Net corporate social investment project aimed at providing exposure to worthy causes and charities), the 'Abuse is Abuse' campaign has since grown into something far bigger. Read more >>
Li Edelkoort trend seminars at Design Indaba Li Edelkoort, the Paris-based trend forecaster, educator, curator and publisher who has fostered design's creative talent as chairwoman of the Design Academy Eindhoven between 1998 and 2008, will present her Trend Seminars in association with Design Indaba and Woolworths on Saturday, 26 February 2011 in Cape Town and Monday 28 February in Johannesburg. Read more >>The world's best-designed newspaper looks like a magazine [Herman Manson: @marklives] Portugal, that other country that used to sell itself as "more than you can imagine" (today it's "Europe's West Coast"), is home to the world's best designed newspaper, i. Short for informação, i launched in 2009 to critical acclaim, and the newspaper has just been judged the World's Best-Designed Newspaper by the Society for News Design. Read more >>
DMMA chooses Effective Measure over Nielsen Global online audience measurement company Effective Measure has been appointed as its new measurement vendor as of 1 April 2011, the Digital Media & Marketing Association (DMMA) announced this afternoon, Monday 21 February. The DMMA will now be able to provide data to Telmar, the predominant strategic media planning software in South Africa. Read more >>Native Inside to service Brand SA Native Inside, a client service division of Native, has been appointed by the International Marketing Council (IMC) of South Africa, the custodians of Brand South Africa, it was announced this morning, Thursday, 17 February 2011. Read more >>Facebook marketing is twice as effective - Mark Cowan [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Facebook marketing is the new word of mouth because it is twice as effective. So said Mark Cowan, Facebook head of emerging markets, last week at the Habari Media Facebook Connects forum held last week in Johannesburg and Cape Town, pointing out that Facebook ads are so much more powerful because, when someone sees an ad with their friend in it, it draws their attention and gives the message credibility. Read more >>"If you are not on Facebook, you are not my friend" [Issa Sikiti da Silva] "If you are not on Facebook, you are not my friend," said Francois Vorster, head of invention at Mindshare, speaking this week at the Habari Media Facebook Connects forum held in Sandton, Johannesburg. "Because that's where people are; that's where my customers are; it's where I can have a chat to them, and it's where they can tell their friends about me. It's all about talkability." Read more >>The times, they are a-changin' [Matthew Stone] When I was a kid, I remembered my friends' phone numbers by heart. I had a little phonebook for those I didn't use frequently, but I could recite several numbers on the spot. This was back when cell phones were still status symbols. They were bulbous things with aerials and monophonic ring-tones. Once I got one, I stored my numbers digitally. I never again learnt a number by heart, aside from my own. Read more >>Kindle loves M&G; iPad loves less [Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Adopting a new technology is a funny thing. No matter how you tell yourself to put old habits and expectations aside, you fall back on what you know - which is what is so odd about tablet computers such as Apple's iPad. They are like nothing we've used before. Read more >>Education and TrainingPublic speaking's great big sin-bin [Douglas Kruger] If you really want to improve your presenting skills, volunteer to judge a public speaking contest. There's nothing quite like evaluating 10 consecutive speeches to hammer home the differences between a good speech and a ruddy awful one. Read more >>EventingGreen Africa at Meetings Africa Meetings Africa 2011, which runs 21-23 February 2011 at the Sandton Convention Centre, is encouraging the meetings, incentives, conference and events/exhibitions (MICE) industry to include greening as part of its mandate, as the show itself demonstrates. Supporting this trend is the newly opened Dinokeng Project in Gauteng. Read more >>Advertisement:
Edgar's Club magazine goes to international publishersGlobal publisher John Brown will develop a 360 degree multi-platform approach to engage loyal Edgars Club customers, having won the publishing contract for Edgar's Club magazine. The first issue of the new look monthly magazine, which underpins Edgars' consumer marketing strategy, will be issued in September 2011. Read more >>
U2360° broadcast live from Cape TownU2's Cape Town concert scheduled for today, Friday 18 February 2011, will be broadcast live on Highveld and KFM in South Africa, alongside a live stream on DStv.com, throughout Africa. Read more >>SABC shafts SAFTAs NEWSWATCH: You'll have to watch a recording of the fifth South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) this year as the SABC has pulled the plug on a live broadcast, reports IOL, but there could be good news only next year as Mzansi Magic seems keen to do live broadcasts of the NFVF-organised awards, reports tvsa.co.za. On a different note, Kaya FM DJ Bob Mabena was arrested after joining in a protest over how the national flag was displayed on a billboard. Read more >>Matthews, Siluma in SABC News den, but what about revising editorial policies? [Issa Sikiti da Silva] While self-proclaimed African news leader, the SABC, has welcomed on board head of TV news Jimi Matthews and radio news boss Mike Siluma - appointments the public broadcaster said are in line with its strategic objective to reclaim its position as the market leader and content provider of choice - the jury is still out on whether these appointments are enough to achieve those goals. Read more >>
Spectrum Mobile SA goes hunting [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Newly-launched digital and mobile marketing firm, Spectrum Mobile South Africa, has teamed up with a soon-to-be-named local mobile network operator to offer advertisers access to a huge subscriber base that can be hyper-targeted demographically and behaviourally. Read more >>
New CEO at Primedia Outdoor Michael de Charmoy has been promoted from COO of Primedia Outdoor to CEO. The appointment was announced yesterday, 16 February 2011 by Steve Ratlou, executive chairman of Primedia Out of Home, who appointed de Charmoy as COO in July 2010, following the resignation of the former CEO in April 2010. Read more >>
New GM at VW Communications Matt Gennrich, currently GM: franchise operations, has been appointed as GM: Volkswagen Communications, effective 1 May 2011, and will be based in Johannesburg in this new position. Gennrich has been with the Volkswagen Group SA for 30 years in both the PR and sales and marketing divisions. Read more >>PrintingSugar paper encourages sustainabilitySappi's newly launched Masuga paper comprises 90% sugar cane waste and 10% wood fibre, sourced from a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified plantation. It was developed in response to Woolworths' need to use a paper that supports its Good Business Journey goals of protecting the environment and empowering people. The paper combines the natural look of uncoated paper with the smoothness of a coated grade and is 100% recyclable.The unbleached mixture is pulped, revealing the fibres' natural shade when turned into paper. The sugar cane mill that supplies the company with the sugar cane waste is black-owned and 25% of the mill's shareholders are local cane farmers.
Campus DJ search extends in Cape Town Following its successful inaugural last year, the Good Hope FM Campus DJ search will not only go to the four major universities in Cape Town but will extend the search to allow students who attend smaller independent tertiary institutions to participate. The winner will receive a contract to be an on-air DJ at Good Hope FM for one year. Read more >>
Young leadership programme airs tonight Futhi Ngubane, commissioning editor at SABC Education, announced that the new show, One Day Leader, has selected six young leaders, from the over 3000 entries and Masechaba Lekalake as the presenter for the show, which begins airing tonight, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 at 6.30pm on SABC1. Read more >>Advertisement:
 The f-word in marketing [Terry Levin] Thanks to the Habari Media Facebook Connects event held in Cape Town [on U2 Friday, 18 February 2011], those who attended should now theoretically know everything there is to know about writing a Facebook strategy! Read more >>
Intercontinental Advertising CUP and Creative Summit programme announced ISTANBUL, TURKEY: The organisers of the Intercontinental Advertising Cup and Summit have announced the speakers and programme for the event, which is due to take place in Istanbul over two days - 11-12 March 2011 - at the Conrad Hotel Istanbul. Read more >>Spikes Asia confirms 2011 festival dates, venue SINGAPORE: The organisers of Spikes Asia have announced that the 2011 Festival will take place 18-20 September and will return to the Suntec, Singapore, with the awards ceremony taking place at the Esplanade Theatre. Read more >>2012 Rolex Awards for Enterprise open for entries GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The Rolex watch company of Geneva has announced the opening of applications to the 2012 Rolex Awards for Enterprise. For more than three decades, this international philanthropic programme has honoured and supported pioneering individuals whose projects benefit their communities and the wider world. Read more >>Cannes Lions: SA's Rose chairs Film Craft Lions Jury LONDON, UK: Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the final two jury presidents for this year's event. South Africa's Keith Rose, director and founding partner of Velocity Films in South Africa, will chair the Film Craft Lions Jury while Maria Luisa Francoli Plaza, global chief executive officer of MPG, has been appointed Media Lions Jury president. Read more >>January 2011 US online video rankings RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 171 million US Internet users watched online video content in January for an average of 14.5 hours per viewer. The total US Internet audience engaged in nearly 4.9 billion viewing sessions during the course of the month. Read more >>What's new in print? PARIS, FRANCE/DARMSTADT, GERMANY: Phillip Crawley, CEO and publisher of The Globe and Mail in Canada, is among the senior international newspaper executives who will be talking about product innovation at the annual WAN-IFRA Printing Summit, to be held in Mainz, Germany, the birthplace of modern printing, 6-7 April 2011. Read more >>More International news...
MarketingIs your brand on top of the beating multimedia pulse? Get informed at this year's JHB IMC Conference - Living Your Brand In less than three months, South Africa's leading media voices shall gather to present the Integrated Marketing Communications Conference 2011 in Johannesburg. Here is what you can expect. Read more >>Road Accident Fund helps consumers with a Z-card - PocketMedia Solutions Long-standing PocketMedia Solutions client, the Road Accident Fund (RAF), has again signed on with the global PocketMedia specialist to produce 230,000 pocket-sized Z-CARD®s. Read more >>Trucker strike impacts lover's day but NetFlorist pulls out all stops to recover relationships - NetFloristHow the the strike called by the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) impacted on deliveries on Valentines' Day and how NetFlorist managing director Ryan Bacher managed to save the day. Read more >>AdvertisingCinemark screens ABF AGM - Advertising Benevolent FundThe ABF's Annual General Meeting will take place on 23 March in Sandton. Cinemark has generously sponsored the venue. Read more >>Samsung enters a new galaxy with Billads - Billads Samsung recently contracted Nine Mile Media's Billads Bill Folder Advertising platform to break through the mobile phone advertising clutter, by capturing the interest of its consumers in upmarket restaurants and coffee shops from mid January to the end of February 2011. Read more >>Fat bastards and lazy farts - Fluorescence InteractiveAre you a lazy fart? Hate working late? Fluorescence Interactive might have a job for you! Read more >>Promise enters the African continent - Promise Brand SpecialistsPromise has been appointed by Innscor International Franchising to all of the company's brands. Innscor International have a prominent QSR footprint in Africa and operate in several countries, namely: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Malawi and Nigeria. Read more >>60 layers of cake worth its salt - 60 layers of cake 60 layers of cake Cape Town is proud to announce they have been appointed by renowned chef and entrepreneur, Craig Cormack to develop the visual brand identity for his bespoke range of premium salt. Read more >>BrandingWhat do you see? - Tag 8 Media Psychologies magazine is encouraging women to take a break in their day to stop and smell the coffee. To promote the drive, Tag 8 has teamed up with Seattle to create a campaign that takes media in the coffee space to a completely new level. Read more >>Havas Sports & Entertainment brings luxury brands together for U2 - Havas Sports & Entertainment Louis Vuitton clients were treated to an extraordinary guest experience at the U2 360° concert at FNB Stadium on Sunday, 13 February, thanks to the expert management and activation of Havas Sports & Entertainment. Read more >>N*E*R*D's Pharrell rocks at Hansa Tour finale - 34 Thousands of expectant fans packed the Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg for a show they would not soon forget as the Hansa Legends in the Making Tour came to a dramatic finale with an energetic performance by international headline act N*E*R*D. Read more >>CSIShocking, but sexy beads - Africa!Ignite Africa!Ignite goes international with Beads Sundressed swimwear collection. Read more >>DesignDesign and Travel - a match made in heaven - South African TourismDesign and Travel have merged once more for the eagerly anticipated 2011 instalment of Design Indaba. SA Tourism has reaffirmed their commitment to showcasing South Africa's design and creative talent by backing the event, due to take place between 25-27 February 2011 at the Cape Town Convention Centre. Read more >>DigitalTrustwave 2011 global security report reveals shift in cybercrime tactics - Trustwave The report highlights new custom malware, covert social networking attacks and automated threats against mobile devices. Read more >>Facebook keeps innovating - Popimedia Facebook is constantly innovating and introducing new services that have an impact on the social media environment at large. Read more >>eBilling will succeed when it becomes Email Billing - Striata SAIn 2010, 1.9 billion emailers sent 107 trillion emails. If past trends continue, this figure will grow exponentially in 2011. The impact of Facebook and Gmail's new email enhancements are also going to drive the use of email into an always on and always available communication tool. Read more >>Velocity's digital division, Tenacity is short listed at Webbys - VelocityTenacity's short film entitled The Watchers is short listed at the Webby Awards. Read more >>How people make buying decisions - Gullan&Gullan Michael Gullan on consumer buying behavior. Read more >>Direct MarketingDirect Marketing Conference around the corner - Knowledge ResourcesThe annual Direct Marketing Conference is taking place on 16-17 March 2011. Speakers will discuss important topics such as optimising and creating effective direct mail campaigns, database analytics and segmentation, implementing and measuring a multi-channel marketing campaign, effective direct marketing to the Bottom of Pyramid, and much more. Read more >>Advertisement:
Education and TrainingMangled meanings - Janine Lazarus Media ConsultancySometimes, people just don't think through what they're saying. That's especially true for those overused, tired phrases that are buried so deeply in our subconscious that we seem to regurgitate them with little cooperation from our brain. Read more >>Boston's new work experience programme - Boston City Campus & Business CollegeRecently, Boston City Campus and Business College launched the Experience It! program to help students get started in the working world. Read more >>EventingGlitzy Jo'burg looks to make its unique mark on world fashion - South African TourismNew York, Paris and Milan may be the world's undisputed fashion capitals, but even these fashion giants will be hard-pressed to compete with what South Africa's Joburg Fashion Week has in store this week. Read more >>ExhibitionsLove your home: What's on at the Gauteng HOMEMAKERS Expo - HOMEMAKERS The Gauteng HOMEMAKERS Expo is set to make you fall in love with home all over again this February. Read more >>Meetings Africa 2011 embraces global greening trend - South African TourismAfrica's biggest business tourism exhibition, Meetings Africa, is going green! For the first time since its inception in 2007, Meetings Africa will be eco-audited by an independent sustainability consultancy, Icologie, bringing it in line with globally developed greening and sustainability standards. Read more >>Minister of Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, to officially open Meetings Africa 2011 - South African TourismMinister of Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, invites you to the official opening of South African Tourism's premier annual business tourism expo, Meetings Africa 2011. Read more >>Love your home - HOMEMAKERSLandscapers put a spin on garden lustre in Courtyard Couture, demonstrating that a beautiful garden design can be achieved in a small space. 96m² of prime space in the dedicated Outdoor Themed area has been allocated to showcase the latest in garden design. Read more >>MagazinesNG KIDS announces winning photos - 8 Ink Media NG KIDS magazine is proud to announce the winner and finalists of the NG KIDS Young Photographers Competition for 2010. Read more >>Cricket fever hits the newsstands with the March issue of Sports Illustrated - Sports Illustrated The March edition of Sports Illustrated provides 55 pages devoted to cricket's biggest showpiece, the Cricket World Cup. Read more >>MobileOxygen8 South Africa Wins Mobile Top Achiever Award - Oxygen8 Oxygen8 Communications South Africa (formerly Opera Telecoms), has won one of the key awards at the annual Vodacom WASP Awards Evening - the Vodacom Top Achiever Award for outstanding revenue performance throughout 2010. The Vodacom WASP industry awards recognise excellence in service delivery in a variety of categories. Read more >>
Case study: MediaMind Glider - 268% increased dwell over benchmark! - MediaMind MediaMind is pleased to share their latest case study, highlighting a specific solution used in different parts of the world, and examples of innovation and breakthrough technology coming together to deliver outstanding results. Read more >>Twentieth car on R1 Auction on bidorbuy - bidorbuyOn Thursday 17 February South Africa's online marketplace and auction site bidorbuy.co.za marks a small milestone: the twentieth car will appear on a one day, R1 auction. The car in question is a 2005 Toyota Verso 180. Read more >>Out Of HomeMonique Steyn joins Tractor Outdoor as Sales Executive - Tractor OutdoorTractor Outdoor has recently appointed Monique Steyn as a Key Account Sales Executive on their Billboard and Transit division. Read more >>Rotary really puts humanity into motion with branded London Cabs - Graffiti To highlight Rotary International's worldwide "Humanity in Motion" campaign, Rotary District 9350 has branded two London Cabs in the Western Cape to showcase the organisation's large-scale humanitarian crusade aimed at eradicating the world of the dread disease polio. Read more >>PR & CommunicationsJazz Festival's Esperanza Spalding, wins the 2011 Best New Artist GRAMMY Award - Chatroom Bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding has won the GRAMMY® Award for Best New Artist at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards on Sunday, 13 February 2011 in Los Angeles. Read more >>2011 PRISM judges announced - Prism AwardsA panel of leading communication experts from across the country have joined the PRISM Award judging panel to assess the 2011 entries. Read more >>ProductionGlasshouse growing again - two new editors join the team - Glasshouse Mobile Editing SolutionsDale Venediger and Dawn Pike have joined Glasshouse Mobile Editing Solutions. Dale was previously employed as the off-line/on-line FCP editor for Ministry of Illusion, and Dawn began her career in post-production after completing her degree in multimedia and design. Read more >>Brett Wild pokes fun at hardworking car dealers - Hammersmith & Elephant Hammersmith and Elephant director Brett Wild recently delivered a third season of humorous spots for the General Motors Red Tag Sales event. Read more >>
The Cell C - Whooosh speed experience - Offlimit Communications After having won the Cell C pitch, Offlimit Communications was faced with a challenge to create high brand visibility, talkability and customer experience of the new Cell C high speed network in record time. Read more >>
Five new clients in one month - Foshizi research base grows - Foshizi 2011 has taken off very well at the new offices of Foshizi. The first month of 2011 has seen five new clients sign up with this vibrant consumer insights agency to do their research projects on different age groups and areas in the black consumer market. Read more >>
SALESGURU events a smashing success - SALESGURU More than 1200 sales professionals attended SALESGURU's road shows in the three cities of Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town between February 9-11. Here are a few key points from the leading sales experts. Read more >>SponsorshipToyota drives Free State Rugby - MEGAPRO Marketing Following the sponsorship announcement made on Wednesday, Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) is set to power forward with Cheetahs rugby. In the sponsorship deal facilitated by MEGAPRO, Toyota has secured a three year naming rights sponsorship to both the Cheetahs Super Rugby team and the Free State Cheetahs teams. Read more >>MTN and Octagon scoop Best Sponsorship of a Sport Event at inaugural Sport Industry Awards - Octagon South AfricaOne of the world's largest sports marketing firms, Octagon Marketing lived up to its global status when Octagon South Africa and client MTN SA won Best Sponsorship of a Sport Event for MTN's sponsorship of the 2010 FIFA World Cup at the inaugural Virgin Active Sport Industry Awards held at Emperor's Palace. Read more >>
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What's in those rates? Delaire keeps it simple with a kiss* [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] When it comes to pricing hotel stays there are rates... and there are rates. Increasingly, hotels refuse to publish their rack rates and quote a best available rate for a particular room on a particular night. *Kiss - Keep it simple, straightforward. Read more >>Emirates partners with Vitality to offer discounted flights DUBAI, UAE: Emirates, the award-winning Dubai-based airline, has partnered with Vitality to extend the travel benefits enjoyed by Vitality members to include 14 new international destinations on board Emirates' internationally acclaimed airline fleet. Read more >>Etihad opens new premium lounge in Dublin DUBLIN, IRELAND: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has officially opened its new premium lounge at Dublin Airport's Terminal 2 (T2). Etihad became the first airline to operate its scheduled arrival and departure services from T2 in late November 2010. Read more >>Madagascar - mora mora style [Simcha Van Bel] If you dream of secluded white sandy beaches with overhanging palm trees and crystal clear warm waters, then Madagascar is the place where your dreams will come true. We always dreamt of visiting this island and finally the day came. Read more >>More Travel news...
Krugmann's Grill - Cowboy Night [Justin Williams] One Wednesday evening my dining partner and I decided that we were in the mood for red meat, steak to be precise, and that the popular Cowboy Fillet-themed evening at Krugmann's Grill was in order. The special takes place every Wednesday evening and you are treated to 300g fillet steaks, with your choice of starch and sauce, for R89 each. Read more >>Beach breaks from National Geographic Traveller [National Geographic Traveller] Issue eight of 8 National Geographic Traveller will have Beach Breaks as its theme. "There's nothing that says summer quite like the sound of waves on the shore and the tangy scent of sea air," the magazine says, offering readers a few of its favourite seaside stays. Read more >>Danger danger P.H.Fat releases Dinosaur Blood [Ruth Cooper] P.H.Fat's debut album "Dinosaur Blood" is swampy mix of gut-stirring bass and sticky psycho-delic dubby beats overlaid with luscious lyrics, which, when experienced, feels like the musical equivalent of a sweaty bone-crushing hug from a sexy alien from outer space. "Dinosaur Blood" is an aural mind f**k for sure. Read more >>Do feed the animals [Denver Keytle] Whether you're a fan or not, Zebra & Giraffe never disappoint, as everyone who attended their Kirstenbosch open-air concert found out. Read more >>Rob van Vuuren, Unplugged and Unhinged [Jordan Scott] Unplugged and Unhinged is Rob van Vuuren's way of developing his one-man stand-up show. It basically makes the audience the directors, which is a new experience for any seasoned show-goer. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
Executive Assistant/Account Assistant - Cape TownPR company in Cape Town specialising in media is looking for applications for the position of executive assistant to the general manager. Both males and females will be considered. Read more >>PR Account Executive X2 - Parktown NorthPR account manager X2. Top opportunity. Must be able to write and have strong media contacts. Minimum four years experience essential. To start ASAP. Read more >>Group Media Strategist - Sandton - JohannesburgWe're looking for a group media strategist to join our group sales function and provide high level market intelligence insights and formulate adsales strategies across the group. Read more >>Senior Advertising Sales Executive - JohannesburgA well-established lifestyle publication is looking for a senior sales executive with at least five years media sales experience to sell advertising space to both clients directly and media. Read more >>Account Director - Africa - JohannesburgA large and award winning PR agency is looking for an account director, who has extensive media relations experience focussing on Africa specifically. - Must be able to profile execs - Crisis Read more >>Account Executive - Brand Activation - Cape TownCow needs a driven, hands-on account executive with a background and practical experience in eventing. Help to project manage and co-ordinate activation projects from idea to execution. Read more >>Industrial/Graphic 3D Designer - Cape Town - BlackheathDynamic, innovative and creative 3D graphic/industrial needed for point of sale manufacturing company based in Blackheath. Read more >>Head of Ad Operations: Digital - Cape Town - ObservatoryFast paced, award-winning digital media agency is looking for a talented senior digital campaign manager to head up a busy ad op's team. Read more >>Mid Level Designer - MidrandMaverick is looking for a mid level designer for its Midrand studio. Read more >>
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