14 Nov 2011

Marketing & Media | South Africa

 
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Paying tribute to Alan McLarty

Helpful, generous, hard-working, free-spirited, mischievous, hard-partying, humble, brilliant, unassuming, mentor, friend, prankster are just some of the words that have been used to describe the late Alan McLarty, also known as McLarts, who died at the beginning of this month in Lagos, Nigeria of complications caused by cerebral malaria.

A South African memorial service will be held later this week, and Bizcommunity.com has also created a tribute page in his honour. We invite all those who knew him to add their own tributes.

We extend our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.

Rest in peace
Simone Puterman (@SimoneBiz)
Managing editor

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Marketing & Media


Batten down the hatches: SA media heads for cost-cutting
[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Oh Lordy, we live in cheerless times. Once again we're staring economic downturn in the face and there are already signs that South Africa's media houses will be cutting costs and retrenching staff over the next four or five months, before financial year-end. But the news is not all bad: on the other side of the industry - in digital marketing - it seems that certain companies are growing. Read more >>

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SA memorial service for Alan McLarty this week
The South African memorial service for the late Alan McLarty, who died from complications caused by cerebral malaria beginning of November 2011, will be held this Wednesday evening, 16 November, at the offices of Primedia Unlimited in Sandton, Johannesburg. Read more >>

Marketing


Getting to grips with social media
[Walter Pike] South African corporates are in the process of getting to grips with social media and what it really means and how to make it work. The biggest of all the disinformation in the market is that it's merely another channel and the principles of marketing stay the same. The truth is that it's nothing like what has been understood as marketing. Read more >>

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Nando's to the rescue! Good news for Juju!
With all the trouble he's been in recently, you have to feel for the guy... Suspended, suspended suspension... Frankly, the suspense was killing us here at Bizcommunity.com. But help is at hand, thanks to Nando's! Read more >>

Special focus on media freedom


Motlanthe's POIB comments welcomed
Commenting on the remarks made by deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe suggesting that a "public interest defence" could be inserted into the Protection of Information Bill and that the controversial law would not be "rammed through" parliament, the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) said these were welcome. Read more >>

Advertising


Global adspend continues to grow despite stock market turmoil
[Jonathan Barnard] We need to bear in mind that we are part of the 'Global Village' and events that happen worldwide have a direct impact on South Africans. This includes the economy, and part of the comings and goings of the economy worldwide, and in South Africa, is advertising spend. Read more >>

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What's in a name?
[Charl Thom] An agency needs partners with different skill sets and expertise to ensure its all-round commercial success, but it's worth being sure that the creative partner owns that meaningful share in your chosen agency. One that gives them real influence in the agency's creation and management , the clients the agency chooses to work with, the kind of work done for those clients, and the business imperatives that form the operation's foundation. Read more >>

Erica Gunning appointed joint MD of Carat SA
Carat SA has appointed Erica Gunning in Johannesburg as joint MD with Quinton Jones in Cape Town, following a period of sustained growth over the past three years. Gunning recently joined the agency as MD of the Johannesburg office, following its establishment in August 2009. Read more >>

Durban agency wins top Joburg account
TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris\Durban has won the Johannesburg-based Epic Foods account, which includes all the Canola brands. Read more >>

Branding

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New MD for Yellowwood region
Sonja Sanders has been appointed as the new MD of the Cape and Coastal region for Yellowwood, a brand strategy, research and design consultancy. Read more >>

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CRM


Telkom Business Online - spot both oxymorons
[Jacqui Greeff] Our business has just suffered 25 consecutive days with no ADSL, thanks to Telkom. This chronically challenging 'net-less period was characterised by daily contact and pleading on our part, and apparent apathy on its. The odd SMS telling us that we still didn't have a service hardly qualified as a serious response. Read more >>

CSI


Design


Icograda appoints new African rep
At the biennial general assembly of the International Council of Communication Design (Icograda), held in Taiwan last week, the council elected Switch ECD Gaby de Abreu as Africa's new representative on its executive board. He was nominated for this role in his capacity as representative of the Brand Design Council of South Africa, which has now been incorporated within the new Brand Council of SA (BCSA) . Read more >>

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Digital

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[Bookmarks 2011] The geeks have the floor
[Herman Manson: @marklives] On Thursday, 10 November 2011, the fourth annual Bookmarks Awards, the digital industries awards evening and back-slap, was a vast improvement over last year's chaotic event (read Award-show behaving badly), when several hundred hangers-on crashed the awards evening and the MC Don Packett lost control and his cool. Read more >>

Africa finally gets to tell its story - Africa.com founder Teresa Clarke
[Herman Manson: @marklives] Teresa Clarke, the chairman and CEO of Africa.com which she launched in 2010, visited South Africa as an international judge at the Bookmarks Awards that took place on Thursday, 9 November 2011, in Cape Town. Bizcommunity.com spoke to her about her company, Bookmarks entries, and emerging trends. Read more >>

Discussing the digital adspend/audience disconnect
[Herman Manson: @marklives] At the Microsoft Advertising Imagine Istanbul 2011 conference that took place last week in Istanbul, Turkey, a panel discussion tried to find reasons behind the % adspend vs online audience (little money/big audience) disconnect in the MEA region. Overall, digital adspend lags more developed markets dramatically, even as digital audiences have grown and use of social media has familiarised people with digital environments. Read more >>

Howzit MSN a template for successful localisation, says Microsoft
[Herman Manson: @marklives] Following its recent upgrade, Howzit MSN, the South African version of Microsoft's MSN portal run by Kagiso Media, is being held up as a template for the successful localisation of the global portal. Read more >>

Herman Manson on writing for the digital generation
[Jo Barrow] With extensive knowledge and experience in new media, Herman Manson - freelance journalist, media commentator, editor of the popular blog MarkLives.com and now the inaugural Vodacom Social Media Journalist of the Year - is a respected voice in the media and marketing industry. Heavy Chef sat down with Manson as he shared advice for writers navigating the online space and how best to speak to 'The Digital Generation.' Read more >>

Education & Training


Events & Conferencing


SAACI joins international convention organisation, CIC
The Southern African Association for the Conference Industry (SAACI) has become a member of the US-based Convention Industry Council (CIC), which manages the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) industry certification programme and the Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) initiative to develop accepted practices for the industry. Read more >>

Magazines


New editor for topCar magazine
Angus Thompson has been appointed as editor of topCar magazine, part of Media24. He has been the deputy editor for the last eight years, working alongside previous editors Deon Schoeman and Pierre Steyn. Read more >>

New magazines target health, glamour
A pharmaceutical niche magazine, entitled Live Life, launches in Gauteng in December 2011 for producers to directly inform consumers about health, medical and lifestyle matters and, for the glitterati, the third December issue of Shine showcases top international jewellery and luxury brands as a bagged edition inside Fairlady, Sarie and True Love. Read more >>

Media

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Latest ABCs: readers looking for quality, relevance
[Roshila Jarosz] While total newspaper circulation increased by 135 000 copies over the previous quarter, and the rate of decline slowed, 72 000 fewer daily newspapers were sold in the third quarter of 2011, compared with the same quarter last year, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) of South Africa's third quarter report released this morning, Monday, 14 November 2012. Read more >>

Our news media is humourless and it's not funny
[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] I really have to wonder whether South Africa's editors really are a humourless lot or whether the lighter side of life just isn't on their radar screens? Read more >>

All the 2011 Webber Wentzel legal journo winners
The Webber Wentzel Legal Journalist of the Year Award 2011 competition has announced the winners of the print, broadcast television and radio categories, as Carolyn Raphaely, Megan Small and Stephen Grootes respectively. The guest speaker at the ceremony was Ferial Haffajee, editor of the City Press newspaper. Read more >>

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PR & Communications


ANCYL brand: organisation or person in crisis?
[Dustin Chick] The suspension of Julius Malema raises some interesting questions. Sure, let's leave the politics of it all to those who manage politics and focus our thinking about what this means if, as communicators, we were charged with managing the reputation of the ANCYL. But which brand is in crisis...? The organisation or the person? Read more >>

SA communicator to address 2012 IABC World Conference
At the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) World Conference on 24-27 June 2012 in Chicago, Daniel Munslow, a director at Talk2Us, a South African brand engagement agency driving strategic internal communication, will be speaking on 'Building an Internal Communication Capability from Within'. Read more >>

New categories, new look for PRISM Awards
The PRISM Awards have added five new categories for the 2012 competition. It has also revealed a new corporate identity to reflect the expanding scope of the industry and growing stature of the awards for PR and communication. Read more >>

Printing


Production


New TV division of SABC requests proposals
The newly created Television Division of the SABC is launching its eighth request for proposals book, which includes 12 briefs for drama, five briefs for entertainment, three briefs for children, 10 briefs for factual, five briefs for religion and seven education briefs. Read more >>

Radio


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International news
South African on 2012 One Show 2012 judging panel
NEW YORK, US: More than 25 of advertising's most influential and respected professionals - including Ross Chowles, of Jupiter Drawing Room, Cape Town - have been selected to judge the One Show, claimed to be the premier international awards competition. Read more >>

Neville Brody creates /50 identity for D&AD's 50th
LONDON, UK: Neville Brody has created a new /50 logo for D&AD as the organisation celebrates five decades of recognising and supporting UK and international creative talent. Read more >>

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Partners
[Google AdWords Free Trial] Using AdWords to reach mobile consumers
Increasingly people are using their mobile phones to search the internet. Find out how you can make sure your AdWords ads are also targeting mobile consumers on the go. Read more >>

Digital excellence recognised as the winners of the 2011 Bookmarks (powered by FNB) are announced
The Bookmarks, South Africa's premier digital awards and an initiative of the DMMA (Digital Media and Marketing Association), has announced its 2011 winners. The ceremony, held at Pigalle in Cape Town on Thursday night, 10 November 2011, was a gathering of the who's who of the digital and online world. Read more >>

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Company news

Advertising


Rui Alves joins Y&R South Africa - Young & Rubicam
Y&R South Africa announced on Tuesday that Rui Alves will join the agency as the executive creative director (ECD) of Y&R Johannesburg, working in partnership with Graham Lang, the recently appointed chief creative officer. Read more >>

ABF subcommittee agrees on bursary recipient - Advertising Benevolent Fund
The ABF's Bursary subcommittee meeting took place last week where judges reviewed a shortlisted five applications and portfolios to determine the ABF's 2012 Bursary recipient. Read more >>

Don't do ordinary: Lunch and Learn with Andrew Human - Young & Rubicam
Don't do ordinary" was the message from outgoing Loeries CEO Andrew Human at the latest Y&R Lunch and Learn. Read more >>

The bidorbuy TV advertising debut - bidorbuy
The bidorbuy television commercial dubbed It's a Jungle Out There was released nationally across major TV channels on 5 November. The 30-second ad focuses on the more painful sides of "real life" shopping in a humorous way, suggesting that people should opt for an alternative and shop online on bidorbuy, from the comfort of their homes. Read more >>

9 tips for better shopper marketing - Young & Rubicam
Global retail communications director on Team Colgate-Palmolive at Y&R Rodger DiPasca recently addressed Y&R Johannesburg's shopper marketing team. Here's his advice. Read more >>

Volcano Advertising and Dulux inspire through colour, using Jozi as the canvas for the new brand TVC - Volcano Advertising
Volcano Advertising recently took on the challenge of re-positioning Dulux as "The World's No.1 paint company" utilising the international 'Let's Colour' theme within the South African landscape. Read more >>

Branding


34Woman creates R1 million campaign for moms and babies - 34
34Woman, a division of below-the-line agency 34, is going for gold with a new national campaign for Huggies Gold. Read more >>

Brand inc creates legendary piece for Unilever - Brand inc
Unilever recently commissioned design and advertising agency, Brand inc, to conceptualise and create a farewell gift for former Springbok captain, John Smit. Read more >>

34 partners with Hansa Pilsener in entrepreneur search - 34
Hansa Pilsner recently engaged Joburg consumers by creating a platform for tomorrow's achievers to kick-start their way to success. Read more >>

CSI


VWV in its 15th year of giving back to the disabled community - VWV Group
Disability has nothing to do with ability ~ Unknown Read more >>

Bidvest's Proudly Pink Campaign gaining momentum - MSCSPORTS
Bidvest's Proudly Pink Campaign is set to gain momentum over the next two weeks with two fundraising events set to take place. Read more >>

OUTsurance 702 Pointsmen project open for public tender - OUTsurance
Last week, thousands of Johannesburg motorists were left to their own accord during peak-hour traffic when the Pointsmen Project, sponsored by Talk Radio 702 and short-term insurance company OUTsurance, was brought to an unexpected halt. Read more >>

"Fragrance of Freedom" campaign creates awareness of human trafficking - Universal Church of the Kingdom of God
Human trafficking in South Africa is a significant social problem. Women in Action (WiA), a group of pastors' wives from the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), launched a campaign called the "Fragrance of Freedom" on Women's Day in August 2011. Read more >>

Design


Design Capital for 2014 already benefitting Cape Town design companies - Contrast - Design & Photographic Studio
Overseas companies wanting brand solutions are already looking towards South Africa following Cape Town being awarded the Design Capital for 2014 title. This honour was recently bestowed upon Cape Town-based Contrast Design & Photographic Studio by a Canadian company. Read more >>

Digital


HelloComputer celebrates 14 Bookmarks awards - HelloComputer
Loerie Grand Prix winners, HelloComputer, added 14 Bookmarks awards to their 2011 award tally. Creative Director, Simon Spreckley, won the acclaimed best creative director award. Read more >>

Newbie NATIVE wins five Bookmark awards - Native
NATIVE proudly took home five Bookmark 2011 awards following last night's awards evening. Read more >>

Prefix strikes it big in this year's Bookmarks awards - pMailer
Prefix Technologies has made it through to the finals of this year's Bookmarks Awards in two categories. The firm's pMailer software has been nominated a finalist in the Applications and Tools category while company co-founder Josh Adler is a finalist in the Best Individual Contribution category. Read more >>

Synergize makes heads move in SEO and online marketing - Synergize
[Kimberley Myers] Synergize is a Cape Town- and Johannesburg-based SEO and online marketing agency that has come to the rescue of companies that have found themselves slipping down in the rankings of Google; building up their organic rankings and using online marketing to enable these companies to be found in search results. Read more >>

Travel and tourism firms explore new digital marketing horizons - Realmdigital
[Wesley Lynch] Social media, iPad apps and digital brochures challenge conventional Web applications. Read more >>

Mixing work and fun with Castle Milk Stout - a social media success story - Digital By Design
Digital by Design recently rolled out a CRO campaign in support of the Castle Milk Stout Unwind and Win on-pack promotion. Read more >>

HelloComputer drums up Castle Lite's Concert Experience - HelloComputer
Loerie Grand Prix winners, HelloComputer, in conjunction with The Jupiter Drawing Room Johannesburg, played a pivotal role in bringing to life the digital component of the Castle Lite Feel the Beat of Sub Zero Experience featuring Grammy nominee Drake live in Joburg. Read more >>

Securitas selects Striata for secure eBill delivery and payment - Striata SA
[Nicola Els, Commercial Director Striata SA] Securitas, a growing security company in South Africa, has selected Striata, a global service provider of paperless solutions to provide secure eBilling and electronic payment to its customers. Read more >>

Fcommerce: Facebook commerce takes over at Oscar De La Renta - Digital Fire
Oscar De La Renta became the first high-end brand to launch a Facebook commerce initiative exclusively on the social network. Read more >>

Education & Training


The Learning Theatre leads the way with Promotheatre - The Learning Theatre
Promotheatre is a new concept developed and implemented by The Learning Theatre. Read more >>

Vega student overwhelmed by R50 000 bursary from 'Dinokeng Project' - Vega School
First year Vega BA Brand Building and Management student Kwanele Makhoba (22) from Dube, Soweto was overcome with emotion today when he was awarded R 50 000 study bursary from the Dinokeng Project. Read more >>

Vega Durban invites you to an amazing showcase - Vega School
The Vega Class of 2011 will be showcasing their work to the world on Friday 11 November 2011 from 6:30pm at the Vega Durban campus. Read more >>

The problem with communication - Janine Lazarus Media Consultancy
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw Read more >>

AFDA Annual Film Festival - exhibiting tomorrow's talent today - AFDA
Forty new titles will be showcased at the AFDA annual film festival to be held at Ster Kinekor Johannesburg The Zone, Rosebank and Ster Kinekor Cape Town, Cavendish Commercial on the 18th and 19th November 2011. Read more >>

Events & Conferencing


VWV and MINI on secret assignment - VWV Group
VWV, the award-winning brand experience agency, was mandated with conceptualising and producing a launch event for the introduction of MINI's latest model to South African audiences, the Coupé. Read more >>

3D Deco gets busy - 3D Deco
Last week was a busy one for 3D Deco. They created magic for the JSE, the launch of the Innovation and Research Portfolio for Draftfcb, Kadoro's birthday party, the Afrikaans movie, Platteland, premier, the Reunet College year-end awards and the CPSI Public Sector Innovation awards. Read more >>

ECHO Events and Cartoonito rise to the occasion at the 2011 Cape Town International Kite Festival - ECHO Events and Conferences
Cartoonito had a brightly coloured presence at the annual Cape Town International Kite Festival, which took place on the 22nd and 23rd of October 2011 in Muizenberg. Read more >>

System Solutions commissioned for double stadium contract in Gabon - Gearhouse SA
System Solutions, part of the Gearhouse South Africa Group of Companies, has been commissioned by ANGT (Agence Nationale Des Grands Travaux) who represent the Gabon government, to design, supply and construct large format outdoor LED screens and a control system each for the brand-new stadium in Libreville and the existing stadium in Port Gentil. Read more >>

Speakers Inc announce the finalists of their annual Speaker of the Year Awards - Speakers Inc
Professional speaker and corporate entertainment bureau, Speakers Inc, has announced the finalists of their annual Speaker of the Year Awards Read more >>

Exhibitions


EXSA award winners 2011 - EXSA
The Exhibitions and Event Association of Southern Africa hosted the 2011 EXSA Awards Gala Dinner on 3 November at the Sandton Convention Centre to honour those who have contributed to the industry over the last twelve months. Read more >>

Scan Display takes five EXSA Awards - Scan Display
The Exhibition & Event Association of Southern Africa (EXSA) held its annual awards evening on Thursday, 3 November, at the Sandton Convention Centre. Scan Display took home five awards. Read more >>

Winner - EXSA, Best Stand 2011, Outdoor Pavilion - The Exhibitionist
The Exhibitionist, a premier exhibition design-construction company in Gauteng, in conjunction with Penquin International, a premier marketing company in the region, has raised the bar in terms of stand design and stand volume in South Africa. Read more >>

MamaMagic, The Baby Expo 2012 floor plans are now open! - The Baby Expo - MamaMagic
With over 200 stands and 1000 brands on board MamaMagic, the best positioned stands always go first - and who can blame the eager exhibitors when they know that the expo has been awarded the Best Consumer Exhibition of the Year (6 001sqm - 12 000sqm) from 2007 till 2011 by EXSA (Exhibitions Association of South Africa). Read more >>

SABC Education Baba Indaba looks forward to a bumper 2012 - Baba Indaba
the team at Three City Events look back on a challenging and successful year running their baby and parenting exhibition - the SABC Education Baba Indaba. Read more >>

Expo sets the tone for retirement planning - Thebe Exhibitions
South Africa's first-ever Retirement Expo, which took place at the Coca-Cola dome in Johannesburg from 28 to 30 October, has set the tone for retirement planning in years to come. This is according to Carol Weaving, Managing Director of the Thebe Exhibitions and Projects Group, owners and organisers of the expo. Read more >>

Magazines


Jewel of the season - third annual SHINE/SKITTER jewellery and luxury handbook - December 201 - Media24 Developing Markets
South African jewellery lovers can look forward to a showcase of top international jewellery and luxury brands in the third annual issue of SHINE. This sleek 135-page supplement comes bagged with TRUE LOVE this December. Read more >>

YOU Celeb Diary now available - Media24 Weeklies
YOU launches a useful diary to help youngsters keep track of homework details, exams and important dates. Read more >>

Bonang Matheba bedazzles in TRUE LOVE's December cover story - Media24 Developing Markets
The December TRUE LOVE issue includes content that ranges from health and fashion tips to festive recipes. Read more >>

Handy guide for cattle farmers - Media24 Weeklies
A handy guide, in which veterinarians answer and give explanations to practical questions from cattle farmers, has just been published. The title of this book is Ask the Vet - What cattle farmers should know and was compiled by the well-known veterinarian, Dr Faffa Malan. Landbouweekblad is the publisher. Read more >>

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Online Media


Talooma launches another successful website for a very satisfied client - Talooma
Talooma recently launched a new site for D&K Investigations & Risk Consultants. Read more >>

Ananzi South Africa's largest search engine undergoes a makeover - Ananzi
The Ananzi search engine has undergone a revamp and rebrand and is now poised to become one of the top aggregator sites in the country with a potential 1.5 million classified ads searchable in categories ranging from cars, to property to jobs and entertainment. Read more >>

Sport24 breaks records during the Rugby World Cup - 24.com
Sport24's coverage of the biggest international rugby event had a profound effect on their traffic over the month of October. Read more >>

Out Of Home


Continental Outdoor plants African Olive trees in Namibia for Arbor Day - Continental Outdoor
Continental Outdoor Media (Namibia) donated 20 African Olive trees to support the City of Windhoek's efforts to plant 2 500 trees for National Arbor Day on 14 October. Read more >>

PR & Communications


The Riverbed Agency wins two global accounts - The Riverbed Agency
Integrated marketing and communications company, The Riverbed Agency (TRA), has been awarded two global PR accounts over the past month. The PR retainers are with the global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, Accenture, and leading provider of consumer products, Procter and Gamble (P&G). Read more >>

Printing


Fishwicks wins Gold and Silver - Fishwicks Printers
Fishwicks Printers recently won Gold and Silver awards in the Product/FMCG/Tobacco and Liquor/Temporary category of the 2011 POPAI SA Awards. The awards recognise excellence in point-of-purchase advertising displays and in-store communication activity produced and placed in South Africa. Read more >>

Production


'Just Do It', kind of - Golden Planes
Golden Planes recently produced a public service announcement encouraging audiences to support and participate in the first ever Nappy Run, an event that looks to collect nappies for and raise awareness of children with disabilities in South Africa. Read more >>

Stock Options adds fizz to Coke's "Reasons to Believe" ad campaign - Greatstock
Greatstock's motion (footage) division Stock Options played a significant role in Draft FCB's latest campaign for client Coca Cola. Read more >>

No drinking and driving for Glasshouse! - Glasshouse Mobile Editing Solutions
Glasshouse and Angela Whitehouse have been excited and priveleged to be part of the controversial "Don't Drink and Drive" commercial campaign from agency Black River and SA Breweries, which was shot on three Canon 5D cameras over three nights at real roadblocks in Cape Town with the complete knowledge and backup of the SA Police. Read more >>

Angela and Glasshouse strike again - Glasshouse Mobile Editing Solutions
Angela Whitehouse has just added another production to her reel: Jungle Oats, shot by Bruce Paynter of CAB productions. Read more >>

Radio


Catch Jacaranda 94.2 playing two songs by the same artist back to back - win R10 000 in cash! - Jacaranda 94.2
Starting today and ending on 2 December, Jacaranda 94.2's popular Double Up promotion will be returing. If you hear two songs by the same artist played back to back, simply send an SMS and you could win R10 000 in hard cash. Read more >>

Recruitment

    Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales  

Top ten tips for Sales Consultants - Softline VIP
Sandra Swanepoel listst the top ten things effective sales consultants should be aware of. Read more >>

Research


Black consumers' changing taste drives bottled wine market - Analytix BI
The number of South Africa's bottled wine drinkers may eclipse that of brandy in the next three years, according to a recent report published by Analytix Business Intelligence. Read more >>

Ipsos appoints Jake Orpen head of South Africa - Synovate
Global market research company, Ipsos, has appointed Jake Orpen as Country Manager of its South African operation. This announcement follows the successful completion of Ipsos' global acquisition of Synovate on the 12th October 2011. Read more >>

Retail


Pyro Inspirations Awards winners announced at The Mount Nelson - Pyrotec
After a year of adjudication of superior on-pack activity and with 25 finalists contending for top honours, Pyrotec announced the winners of its annual Pyro Inspiration Awards at the Mount Nelson Hotel on 9 November. Read more >>

Sales


CoreXalance awards credit professionals again - CoreXalance
CoreXalance celebrated a successful year by hosting a year-end function and awards ceremony for the financial departments of the media owners they most frequently do business with. Read more >>

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Sponsorship


Megapro celebrates its silver anniversary - MEGAPRO Marketing
On 3rd November 2011, MEGAPRO celebrated 25 years in the sports and entertainment industry. Read more >>

Youth Marketing


Home-grown youth marketing company celebrates milestone birthday - HDi
HDI Youth Marketeers honours 15 years of business. Read more >>



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Galleries
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Motoring
Smoking Joe Merc C63 AMG
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] If any of the great composers such as Bach, Mozart or Vivaldi was still around today I reckon one of them would have produced as musical masterpiece after hearing a hot V8 engine howling in anger - particularly if it was coming from under the bonnet of the latest Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 thundering down the main straight of a race track. Read more >>

Hybrid and EV manufacturers not courting Black consumers
[Mintel Oxygen reports] CHICAGO, US: The hybrid and electric vehicle market is having a tough year in 2011 in the US. Sales for hybrid vehicles are down 2.7% through August 2011, despite the fact that US vehicle sales are up 10.5%. Read more >>

Ranger outguns the opposition
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Makers of spirited cars constantly strive to find the optimum balance between comfortable drive and dynamic handling while bakkie-makers these days face the challenge of building capable workhorses that are also comfortable and safe - something which Ford has achieved with remarkable success with its newly launched Ranger bakkies. Read more >>

New single cab for under R50 000?
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] A shining new half-ton bakkie for less than R50 000 on sale in South Africa? Yep, your eyes aren't deceiving you, nor is it April Fools Day. Read more >>

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Travel
There's magic in those hills
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] I don't believe in magic but a visit to the Limpopo hills almost has me convinced otherwise. Near enough to Johannesburg for a weekend getaway or, in our case, to break our trip to Kruger Park, Limpopo Province and Tzaneen in particular, offers the kind of fairy-tale environment of verdant hills and lush valleys that exudes a magnetic attraction. Read more >>

Win 50 000 Guest Miles with Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is celebrating reaching 50 000 fans on its Facebook page by launching a giveaway. The promotion will see one lucky Etihad Airways Facebook fan win 50 000 Guest Miles. Read more >>

Air France now flying into Cape Town
Air France is operating a direct flight between Paris and Cape Town making it the 17th international airline to offer direct flights to the city according to IOL. This means that Cape Town will have an average of 12 international flights landing at the airport each day. Economic Development and Tourism MEC, Alan Winde welcomed Air France to the city and then departed on the airline's inaugural flight to Paris. Read more >>

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BizLounge
Crime doesn't pay in Tower Heist
[Eugene Yiga] "This financial crisis was caused by corruption at the highest levels of government and business. Like a cancer, legalised corruption eats away at the moral fibre of the world. Men and women of power, craving more power, sell their souls to glorify their egos, destroying lives and bleeding the wealth from people they are supposed to serve." These words, taken from Robert Kiyosaki's latest book, express the anger many still have from the financial crash. These words also express the underlying emotion in Tower Heist. Read more >>

The Evil Queen is dead. Long live the Queen!
[Sindy Peters] Was the "Evil" Queen in Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs really as evil as your mum or dad made her out to be at bedside storytime or was it all just a load of propaganda cooked up by seven vertically challenged men? Finally Snow White's stepmother gets the opportunity to share her side of the story in Dianne Simpson's "Rose Red". Read more >>

MCQP theme and party line-up announced
This years MCQP theme is Maid in China and will be held at the CTICC on 17 December, 2011, there will be nine dance floors, three stages and three experiential areas, each with its own theme and music style. Good Luck, Crazy White Boy, DJ Blaine, Josh Borrill, Odidiva, The Commercial Hippies, Killer Robot, Pascal & Pearce, DJ Ryan Dent and more will be performing. Read more >>

Some Like It Vrot - just go see it!
[Johann Smith] Some Like It Vrot, ag, dis te pragtig - what more is there to say? Only please go see this musical comedy romance. Read more >>

Call for entries for the Africa Movie Academy Awards
The call to enter for the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has been made and feature, short and documentary entries are welcomed for the 2012 awards in Nigeria, in April. The deadline for submissions is 30 December, 2011. Read more >>

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