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Lots on the go First, the sad news: today the South African media community has been paying tribute to top economist Tony Twine, who passed away on Sunday 11 March after having suffered a heart attack last week - see Twitter and Google News - and Afrikaans actor Andrew Thompson committed suicide on Friday 9 March. We at Bizcommunity.com extend our condolences to family, friends and colleagues of both. On a positive note, IOL has a new editor - Alistair Otter - and the Mail & Guardian a new associate editor - Phillip de Wet; 5FM has been teasing us with more lineup changes; and Black River FC has bagged Edcon's Legit account from The Jupiter Drawing Room; and 8ta's through-the-line services are out to tender. Controversially: South Africa has a new brand slogan; Ster-Kinekor Theatres is no longer advertising its movie schedules in Independent Newspapers, according to iafrica.com; the Cape Argus has gone 'compact' since last Friday - read Gill Moodie's interview with editor-in-chief Chris Whitfield; Tiffany Markman has written a follow-up to her #bankwars: 'Steve' vs Standard Bank experience; and this morning 702's Redi Tlhabi hosted a debate between reputation manager/spin doctor Chris Vick and M&G editor Nic Dawes regarding media integrity, professionalism and accountability (listen to the 702 podcast). In other news, Karin Botta and Uno de Waal from trigger/isobar (part of Aegis Media) are currently in Austin, Texas, attending the annual film, music and interactive festival SxSW and blogging about it here on Biz; the next Thought Leadership Digibate, hosted by Aegis Media in conjunction with Biz, will focus on the state of print media in SA this Friday 16 March; and we've partnered with iafrica.com to launch the Jobs Channel, which enables job seekers to search for jobs across a range of industries in SA. Have a great week! Simone Puterman ( @SimoneBiz) Managing editorPS The Design Indaba special newsletter will be out this week - perfection of the bumper edition is just taking a bit longer to achieve. PPS The latest Ornico Ad Showcase features TV ads for National Lottery, Frisco Granules, Maq, Shield and Volvo, and radio ads for FNB, Mabula Game Lodge, Nedbank, Old Mutual and Ram. PPPS Welcome to Don't Forget George, Kreate Events, Kreate Staffing, , Lighthouse Digital and the PRISM Awards, which have just opened press offices on Bizcommunity Marketing & Media South Africa! Responses to this column welcomed in our editor's column archive. Please send all South African marketing and media news to marketingnews@bizcommunity.com, opinion pieces to contributors-marketing@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. For more on how to contribute to Biz, go here. Also follow @Bizcommunity on Twitter and join us on Facebook.Top stories
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 We at Bizcommunity.com have joined forces with iafrica.com to provide job seekers with a comprehensive offering of job opportunities. The Jobs Channel - jobs.iafrica.com - enables job hunters to search for jobs across a range of industries in South Africa. Read more >>
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 [Simone Puterman: managing editor] This year, the big winners at the Design Indaba Expo were jeweller Kirsten Goss, whose Lily Pad Ring is the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2012; graphic designer and Creative Stand winner Mike van Heerden; and Andy Cartwright of Andy Cartwright Homeware, who walked off with the inaugural Innovation Award. Bizcommunity.com finds out what these wins mean and how the expo was for them, as well as their plans for the future. Read more >>
 This year, at the Design Indaba Expo 2012, Kirsten Goss's Lily Pad ring took the title of Most Beautiful Object in South Africa (MBOISA), as voted by the public online and via SMS. The Design Indaba Expo Innovation Award and the Most Creative Stand winners were Andy Cartwright Homeware and Emerging Creative graphic designer Mike van Heerden, respectively. Read more >>
 [Jordan Scott] Studying at the AAA School of Advertising has given me the opportunity to go to the Design Indaba Expo for the last three years. Each year I am blown away by the creativity and innovation that moves through the veins of Cape Town, its surrounding areas and the rest of South Africa. What was most interesting about this year's event was that it had a much more "personal" feel to it. Read more >>
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 Following concerns voiced in December 2011, the Marketing Association of South Africa [MA(SA)] held a fully representative meeting at the end of January 2012 and has now received responses to the proposals from NAB, OHMSA, ACA and the AMF, with a formal response from PMSA expected shortly. Read more >>
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Black River FC has been appointed communications partner for youth female fashion retailer Legit, part of the Edcon Discount Division stable, it was announced this afternoon, Monday, 12 March 2012. The previous incumbent was The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg). Read more >>
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 Telkom has published a tender for through-the-line services for 8ta and will hold a bidder's conference on Thursday, 15 March 2012. Read more >>
 [Wayne Naidoo: @WNaidoo] Significant milestones have been achieved in the past 10 years of working to transform the advertising profession, and these should be celebrated. However, it is agreed that South Africans now understand that transformation is a multidimensional process - getting the 'numbers' right in terms of equity is only but one step. Read more >>
 Two agencies, Boomtown Strategic Brand Agency and CaratSA, have announced top management appointments that will aid in their current market growth by adding new perspectives to current strategies. Wayne Harrison joined Boomtown on 1 February 2012, and Sean Donnelly will lead the CaratSA Joburg office from 1 April 2012. Read more >>
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 Brand South Africa has announced the new slogan for the country, "South Africa: Inspiring new ways", as approved by Cabinet. It replaces the previous slogan, "Alive with Possibility". Read more >>
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 [Trevor van de Ven] Facebook's announcement recently - that all brand pages will change over to the new timeline format by month-end - has caused many agencies and marketing departments to ask, "So what?" But this is a milestone for brand pages on the social network and the new format requires a completely new approach. Read more >>
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 [Tiffany Markman] Oy vey. What a can of worms. In part I, I raised the question of whether FNB's lofty promises, delivered via the chirpy 'Steve', were empty. I did so, as you know, publicly. And I learned two very important things. Here they are: Read more >>
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 [Sarah Britten] Do you have a favourite example of how marketing can have a positive impact on the world? I never hesitate when I'm asked that question: the Outsurance pointspeople. Social good meets brand awareness and affinity: it's a win-win situation. Read more >>
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 [Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] When Julius Malema's myriad appeals eventually run out and assuming he decides to sit out his time in the ANC's sin-bin, it is going to be fascinating to see how South Africa's news media treats him. Read more >>
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 [Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] The 155-year-old Cape Argus entered a new era when it changed its format from broadsheet to 'compact' (ie tabloid format) on Friday, 9 March 2012, and also moved into the morning market. The big question for the Argus's owners, Independent Newspapers, is how this important change will affect its other Cape Town-based newspapers. Editor-in-chief Chris Whitfield tells Bizcommunity.com about this delicate balancing act. Read more >>
 [Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] A founding member of the Daily Sun's hugely successful management team, Fergus Sampson now brings the lessons he learned in the aggressive growth market of the tabloids and emerging markets to all Media24 papers. He tells Bizcommunity.com why he could take a view to shut down Scoop! four months after launch, how the Cycad disaster is being turned into an opportunity and about the debate raging in the company on what content is best for the Afrikaans papers. Read more >>
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 Taking over as Independent Online (IOL) editor from Adrian Ephraim is Alastair Otter. Ephraim, who has been Mail & Guardian Online news editor since December 2011, had taken over the IOL editorship Rhys Johnstone in September 2010. Read more >>
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 The latest lineup change announced by national radio station 5FM is that, as of 1 April 2012, DJ Rob Vember is moving from the 7pm-10pm Monday-Thursday slot to the noon-3pm weekday slot, and Kim Schulze will join him to reading the news, as well as to continue to head 5FM's CSI initiative, Youngblood5. Read more >>
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 The rights of women to equality and human dignity trumped TopTV's right to freedom of expression. This is one of the main reasons the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) decided not to allow TopTV to launch adult-orientated channels on its satellite pay-TV platform. Read more >>
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 [Mike Silver] In days gone by, the university student was viewed as a dreamer. Their jovial and carefree existence was juxtaposed with real adult life of taxes, mortgages and in-laws. Until only recently, brands looked at them with a similar disdain. In recent times, though, businesses have been schooled that maybe it's time to take their studies into the student market a little more seriously. Read more >>
 [trigger/isobar goes to SxSW] Uno de Waal: A key theme threading through SxSW this year is the idea that an agency (marketing, advertising, communications etc) should function in very similar ways to a start-up. This is primarily running through the start-up track led by the 500Startups crew, under guidance of Eric Ries and Dave McClure, but other talks have also peppered the packed schedule. Read more >>[trigger/isobar goes to SxSW] Karin Botta: Although SXSW is a tech conference, one of the things that resonated quite strongly with me is a talk I attended on Saturday morning, 10 March 2012, called 'Designing Experiences for Women', where the speakers discussed the stereotypes that marketers often fall into using when communicating to groups of people, specifically women. Read more >> [trigger/isobar goes to SxSW] Karin Botta: After months of planning, we're finally here. A brief intro: South by Southwest (SxSW) or 'South By', as the cool kids call it, is probably the biggest and regarded as the best digital conference in the world. Held annually in Austin, it started out as a music festival - one of the first of the summer season, and has slowly grown into a conference and events festival across film, music and 'interactive'. Read more >>  SAN FRANCISCO, US: Apple has introduced the new iPad, the third generation of its mobile device, featuring a new Retina display, Apple's new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight camera with advanced optics for capturing photos and 1080p HD video. Read more >> NEW YORK, US: The Art Directors Club, a premier organisation for integrated media and reputed to be the first global creative collective of its kind, has announced the launch of the ADC Young Guns 10 competition for creative professionals age 30 or younger. Read more >>The Digital Media & Marketing Association is looking to partner with a digitally savvy and well-connected PR agency based in Cape Town for 2012. Read more >>
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 Limelightsa has appointed Rita Gasser as Production Manager and promoted Dylan Balkind to Senior Copywriter. Read more >>Branding
 For the eighth consecutive year The Jupiter Drawing Room (Cape Town) has developed the brand advertising and design collateral for Cape Town's annual Design Indaba. Read more >> November 1 recently partnered with Fashion Media in developing an innovative 3D shopfront display for Clinique's Gift with Purchase campaign. This campaign was aimed at promoting Clinique Gift Time hampers across more than 60 Edgars and Red Square stores nationwide. Read more >> Engage Brandcraft has turned five years old and to celebrate, in addition to the requisite party, the five members of the Engage Brandcraft team have each chosen a cause-related brand to freshen up pro-bono in 2012. Read more >>CSI
 During a process of upgrading its operational procedures and internal policies to ensure complete transparency and accountability both by the church and its pastors who render voluntary services to the church members, the leadership of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) uncovered some irregularities which required further clarification. Read more >> Members of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in the Pretoria region donated 160 units of blood at the first blood drive organised by the church in partnership with the South African National Blood Services (SANBS) this year. This could equate to the saving of 480 lives. Read more >>Design
Design agency Berge Farrell's client base in the Middle East continues to grow. The latest addition to their portfolio is the baked food giant, L'usine - the leading baked goods business in the Gulf. Read more >>South African décor magazine VISI announced the winners of their annual Absolut VISI Designer of the Year awards on Friday, 2 March. The awards, which aim to recognise and reward South Africa's top designs, were handed out at a jungle-themed ceremony and party held at Wembley Square Two in Cape Town. Read more >> In February Marcel De Quervain joined the Graphic Ballroom as their new Creative Director. He has brought a wealth of experience into the studio much of which was acquired while he was freelancing in London. Read more >>Design agency, Berge Farrell's newly established foothold in the USA is based in Philadelphia and is headed by Gil Hanson, formerly of Hanson Design. This has enabled Berge Farrell to offer a bespoke solution logistically in America and complements the existing offices in Abu Dhabi, Cape Town and Johannesburg. Read more >>Digital
 [Desirée Gullan] Every marketer should be eager to get "earned media" to build their brands online. For those who don't know, earned media, is when your branded content is shared via social media and online influencers. On the surface it may seem easy - and free - simply create some great content and watch it spread online. Right? Read more >> Firewater Interactive has officially launched Super M's new 'Just Chill' website and are proud to be the digital agency behind the project. Using a blend of Flash animation, JQuery and HTML, the site provides a playful and dynamic showcase of Super M's product range. Read more >> In order to leverage the power of great content it is essential that brands understand how content is used to guide customers through what is called 'the buying cycle'. This cycle can also be read as a funnel of sorts - one where potential clients enter and then later emerge as customers. Read more >> Florida municipal utility, the City of Tallahassee Utilities (COTU), has achieved one of the highest e-billing adoption rates in the industry, in just three years. COTU hit 30% 'SmartBill' paperless adoption with its Email Bill Presentment and Payment solution (EBPP) powered by Striata and payment partner, Western Union. Read more >> The widespread recognition of digital media has allowed Lighthouse Digital @ Initiative Media to further expand its service offering with the addition of a dedicated resource to head up its digital arm in the Johannesburg office. Read more >>In the maze of social media options the folk at Ince are consistently being asked: "Which channel is the best one for my brand?" Their stock response is: "All of them". This response is generally not well received and almost always results in the client saying: "Well, then it's not for me!" Read more >>Education & Training
Low-income consumers may not have the largest disposable income, but their combined purchasing power and brand loyalty makes them extremely important consumers to understand. Attend this one-day seminar on 19 April, and hear research insights, innovative ideas and practical information needed to develop and grow your brand to the Bottom of the Pyramid. Read more >>In an increasingly competitive marketplace, many businesses are suffering unnecessarily from a lack of financial literacy amongst staff who struggle to understand the basic financial facts of their organisations - but this is easily remedied by the relevant training, say experts. Read more >>Events & Conferencing
 The last twelve months has seen Thirst Bar Services grow phenomenally, with them present at most of South Africa's premium events and offering a complete mobile bar solution which includes sushi, cocktails, premium coffee, smoothies and even mobile DJ's. Read more >>A Speakers Inc event featuring Kivi Bernhard, Robin Banks, David Grier and Al Prodgers will take place on 20 April at the Coca-Cola Dome. The performer mix will equip you and your company with actionable how-to ideas and inspire you to climb the success ladder, both in life and business. Read more >> The Design Indaba Conference in Cape Town came to a close on Friday, 2 March, and Firewater Light together with Black River FC closed the event off in style. In what was known as the 'Mystery Performance', the two companies took the stage with international act iLuminate, of America's Got Talent fame, to unveil the new Mini Roadster. Read more >>Magazines
 Media24 Weekly Magazines has dropped the cover price of its weekly magazine, NewsNow, to R10 for a limited period to make it accessible to a larger audience. Read more >>Finweek is offering one subscriber the opportunity to win a professionally managed portfolio from the team at Global Trader. The winners will be picked from current and existing subscribers at the end of March 2012. Read more >>  In the latest issue of DRUM magazine socialite and fashion label owner, Uyanda Mbuli, and her husband of 10 years, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) head of marketing, Sisa Mbuli, both talk openly about their divorce. Read more >>According to the latest ABC's, DRUM magazine is the biggest-selling magazine aimed at the black market in South Africa and the third largest magazine in South Africa after Huisgenoot and YOU. The magazine's circulation rose by 7% in total, jumping from 129 317 in 2010, to 138 479 at the end of 2011. Read more >>Out Of Home
Oasis Outdoor Media has decided to expand its offerings into Zimbabwe. The new business in that country has been established by partnering with local firm Reflex Media which is based in Harare. Read more >> Recently, international brand (and part of the Coca-Cola Company) Glacéau Vitamin Water ran a summertime campaign which aimed to reach the upper LSM market to raise brand awareness and in turn drive an increase in sales. Read more >>PR & Communications
[Marie Yossava] Many customer services have been streamlined and made more efficient through call centre and email automation, which has allowed for huge call volumes and queries being attended to and proved cost-effective to companies. When it works, it saves time and frustration; when it doesn't, a company runs the risk of losing customers. Read more >> Remember that part of your due diligence on your client relationships is to make sure that what you deliver is a good fit on the promises you have made. You cannot be everything to everyone, and if you try to be, you will not only look bad, it will affect your bottom line. Read more >>[Janine Lazarus] I got caught in the Velvet Sky airline fiasco on Monday last week, and was faced with the huge inconvenience of having to change my return flight to Johannesburg to the following day - a challenging task, given the fact that I had a 9am client meeting in Sandton. Read more >> Printing
Commercial printers are operating in a whole new dimension with technology the driving force behind client demand. Printing and packaging powerhouse, Colourtone Aries, a leading commercial and packaging printer, is at the forefront of this innovation. Read more >>The demand for digital printing for packaging is increasing rapidly, according to printing and packaging powerhouse, Colourtone Aries. Marketers are not only after crucial cost-saving methodologies; they are after speedier turnaround times and vastly improved and consistent output quality. Read more >>Production
 Kyle Lewis is the newest addition to the Golden Planes directors portfolio. With experience steering forward short films, music videos, television series and commercials, the blue-eyed, award-winning filmmaker looks to invigorate the ranks of the production house with expertise across a number of disciplines. Read more >>Masters & Savant Worldwide has recently purchased Autodesk Smoke, a complete finishing system for visual media, aimed at television and film production. Read more >>Radio
 94.5 Kfm's Breakfast Show host, Ryan O'Connor was in LA, the home of the Oscars, for two weeks. He interviewed many red-carpet celebrities like Ryan Reynolds, Jackie Collins, Guiliana Rancic, Henry Rollins, Mario Lopez and Adam Lambert. Read more >> In celebration of the countdown to Jacaranda Day 2012, brought to you by SPAR, "Cash Call" is back on Jacaranda 94.2. Read more >> Itai Chitapi has won the Brain of Brains and bagged a total of R40 000 for his efforts, courtesy of Dis-Chem. Brain of Brains is the final stand-off between the winners of the general knowledge quiz shows Brain of 702 with Dis-Chem for Talk Radio 702 and Brain of CapeTalk with Dis-Chem for 567 CapeTalk in the Western Cape. Read more >>Recruitment | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
South African designers are achieving global recognition within the fashion industry and in doing so are finding themselves in a position to outsource work to textile workers within South Africa. Read more >>Research
 As the name implies, sports drinks are generally intended for active people, yet the latest Analytix Business Intelligence report entitled, "South Africa Brand Report: Consumers of Sports Drinks" reveals that a high percentage of South African sports drink consumers in fact do not participate in sport activities at all. Read more >>RSMG Insights has announced the acquisition of international sports research agency IFM Group. The transaction includes IFM comprising German-based IFM Sports and UK-headquartered Sports Marketing Surveys as well as their associated entities and holdings. Read more >>Retail
 Marshal Cohen, New York-based analyst and expert on consumer behaviour, once said, "Trends come and go very rapidly. The problem is that they're not catching on for a longer period of time." Stephen Beattie, Marketing Manager of Pyrotec, agrees with Cohen's theory but insists that it is not necessarily negative. Read more >>Jason Frichol (a.k.a. Frich) has joined Integer South Africa as its new Managing Director. With over eight years in the retail and shopper marketing industry, Jason brings a wealth of knowledge and specialist experience to his new position. Read more >>Sales
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 More [Zeenat Moorad] Foreign investment is vital for SA's economic prosperity and its lofty job creation target - and this will stop government from any further attempts to stymie Wal-Mart's 51% acquisition of local retail player Massmart (MSM). Read more >> There are no definite plans to ban alcohol adverts but all options to curb alcohol abuse are being considered, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Elizabeth Thabethe said on Thursday. Read more >> The African National Congress (ANC) is sticking to its guns on the implementation of a media appeals tribunal, and yesterday tasked Parliament to probe the viability of the tribunal. Read more >> [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Knowing how to cope with vehicle emergencies or with reckless, bad and dangerous driving is becoming of vital importance in South Africa as roads get busier by the day and traffic authorities appear completely at a loss when it comes to reducing moving violations or enforcing responsible driving. Read more >>First Car Rental wishes to inform all present, past and future customers that Velvet Sky is our airline partner, and that our partnership agreement is the only association we have with Velvet Sky. The low-cost airline's current predicament does not affect First Car Rental or CMH operations and we are carrying on as per usual. Read more >> [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Chevrolet's big bear-hug Captiva range has now been boosted with the addition of a smooth and quiet diesel model which has all the potential of becoming even more popular than any of its four petrol-powered siblings. Read more >> [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] With the burgeoning of new South African wine estates, in recent years, the job to differentiate one label from the next has become increasingly difficult. So... Read more >> Velvet Sky has reached settlement regarding the BP court application and will be back in the air shortly. Chief executive, Dhevan Pillay, said that South Africa's first 100% BEEE airline had reached financial agreements with service providers, and the agreements had been ratified by the court. As a result, the airline will be able to resume operations. Read more >> 1time Airline's long-awaited maiden flight from Lanseria International Airport took off on Monday this week and is viewed as a move which could provide a welcome alternative to domestic passengers. Read more >> [Justin Williams] If you have never bumped to the glitchy sounds of local duo Jam Jarr, slap yourself a few times. Once done, listen to this. Nice. Jam Jarr consists of Soundproof and Bakaman, two of the most talented musicians Cape Town has to offer. Now I've seen these guys live a few times and they really bring the thunder with their performances. Bakaman's hypnotic flow, matched with Soundproof's wobble-bass mojo, is just beyond lovely. I sat down with them one afternoon and discussed OCB, shooting zombies, marmalade and more. Read more >> [Siphosethu Stuurman] It's hard to believe that we have not yet completed the first quarter of 2012, yet the year does not feel so new anymore. A lot of eye-popping, thought-provoking and arousing events have taken place already. Certainly the expulsion from the ANC of the soon to be irrelevant, self-appointed Gucci brand ambassador Julius Malema has been a red hot subject of gossip and debate in the country. And let's not forget Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder, who literally pissed off a lot of people with his sloppy uttering's on the ever-so-sensitive land issue. Read more >> [Sindy Peters] Staring out the window of a double-decker bus, we drove along the streets of Nyanga/Philipi, a bus-load of middle-class Capetonians eager to get a gander at the secret venue. We could have peeped at our Twitter feeds to see what the early birds were saying, but the surprise turned out to be well worth the wait: Two Door Cinema Club was to entertain us at a rundown industrial site on the skirts of a township. Read more >> [Debbie Hathway] When tremendous feats are performed, onlookers want to know one thing: How did they do it? On the international dance stage and, more specifically, last week at the six-day Cape Town International Ballet Competition in the Mother City, dance aficionados wanted to know two things: How did they do it and how were they scored by the panel of international dance luminaries? Read more >>- Legit appoints Black River FC - more info
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Fleet Street Publications is looking for two promising writers to undergo an intensive, three month internship followed by an opportunity to join the company full time. Read more >>MyBroadband.co.za is looking to hire a journalist with a solid understanding of IT. You will have to write articles as well as assist with certain editorial tasks. Read more >>African Mediums requires mid level Web/Graphic designer with competencies in Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Flash. Advantageous: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MSQL, PHP, CMS, Wordpress Joomla and Animation Read more >>Responsible for the management of the inputs and outputs of specific projects. Ensure that accurate brief is taken from client services team. Accurately set project costs (based on cost briefings). Read more >>We're looking for senior .Net web developer with at least seven year's experience. You need to be driven by pixel perfection, creativity and delivering beyond customer requirements. Read more >>Infidels is a leading creative representation agency based in Cape Town. We represent photographers worldwide and we are looking for a photographer booker, someone hard working, eager, passionate and keen. Read more >>CLARITY is looking for a mid/senior digital designer, with five year's experience to join its team. Push the boundaries with us on web, social, mobi and touch environments. Read more >>CRM and integrated direct communication account manager to work on leading brand accounts for iKineo, a leading Pan-African customer-centric marketing advisory and integrated communications agency. Read more >>John Brown South Africa is looking for an intern. Show us what you are made of and in return get experience at an exciting, fast-growing international content agency. Read more >>Campbell and Campbell are looking for a senior member of staff to assist with client management. A senior agency account manager/account director would make a good match. Read more >>PocketMedia is looking for a hard working, self motivated experienced sales consultant with print media knowledge. High earning potential. Read more >>- Social media strategy Xtraordinary Women - Cape Town, 12 March
- The basics of Facebook for business Xtraordinary Women - Cape Town, 13 March
- Film - the silence of the forest African Arts Institute - Cape Town, 13 March
- ICT and mobile idea to market workshop RIIS - Pretoria, 13 March
- Google and Grove Group roadshow SA Grove Group - Cape Town, 14 March
- The power of LinkedIn workshop Xtraordinary Women - Cape Town, 14 March
- HR transformation and value creation Institute of People Management - Midrand, 15 March
- Irene and Melrose Arch Artjamming store opening Artjamming - Pretoria, 15 March
- Twitter 101 workshop Xtraordinary Women - Cape Town, 16 March
- Komedie-aand met Gemengde Vrugte en Melt Sieberhag Afrikaanse Taalmuseum and monument - Paarl, 16 March
Grand R30-40 Million House wanted for TV Shoot[Premises] Bomb Films are currently in production of season seven and eight of Jacobs Cross which will be screened on Mnet-Series soon. We are looking for a 30-40 million rand house that we can utilise to shoot scenes for Jacob (the main character) from March 2012 until June 2012.
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The following companies have opened press offices on Bizcommunity.com! MGN Publishing is a leading South African publisher serving the consumer and business branding markets. It is the sole publisher of Superbrands in South Africa.Click here to visit MGN Publishing's press office.  We started in the industry as a promotional staffing agency providing basic promoters for instore activations, club activations and events. After gaining the trust of our clients and proving the hard work and dedication we put into the high standard of our promotional staff and our attention to detail when compiling feedback from the activations, Kreate became recognised as a leader in campaign management.Click here to visit Kreate Staffing's press office.  Established in 1998, Don't Forget George is committed to conceptualizing, designing and producing unforgettable experiences which, through cutting edge concepts, flawless management, and world class production, harness the moment, make the memory.Click here to visit Don't Forget George Events & Production's press office.  Lighthouse Digital is a next-generation online media company, incorporating a full 360-degree digital media solution.Click here to visit Lighthouse Digital's press office.  Kreate Events is an offshoot on one of the UK's leading Brand Experience companies. Drawing on the extensive promotional and managerial expertise of our London based parent company, Kreate Events will deliver international standard service to its South African clients and will be able to make use of the expertise from an eventing perspective from its international affiliations.Click here to visit Kreate Events' press office.  Now in its 15th year, the PRISM Awards recognise and celebrate excellence in public relations in the public and private sector, consultants and corporate communication environments.Click here to visit PRISM Awards' press office.
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