2 Jul 2012

Marketing & Media | South Africa

 
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Making social media work for you

Tiffany Markman and Jo Duxbury do what they like to call a little Q&A ménage-à-trois on the subject of freelancers and social media and when less is perhaps sometimes more - as in, go for quality over quantity. Oh, and they both like choccies.

You can also meet the man behind the daring Nando's ads, and it seems he's a controlled free spirit who knows when to play.

We live in a world in which sustainability is top of the agenda, so take a look at the Interbrand 2nd annual Best Global Green Brands Report. After all, sustainability is a "must have", not a "nice to have".

Mark Schefermann gives you the ins and outs in Pinterest 101. He says that even though you might think Pinterest has no relevance to your brand or business he begs to differ.

Finally, on a more troubled note, TV personality and businessman Vuyo Mbuli might be in a spot of bother over another 'debt'. It seems he could face jail time.

Rod Baker, Content Director

PS Find out how to be a great creative in a global village, by listening to the latest Biz Takeouts podcast from the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show.

PPS Take a look at the latest Ornico ad showcase.

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[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 27: Being a great creative in a global village
Find out how to make great creative campaigns in a competitive global market by listening to the Biz Takeouts podcast of this week's Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show which airs every Wednesday 5pm-6pm streamed live via 2oceansVibe Radio. [twitterfall] Read more >>

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Pinterest 101
[Mark Schefermann] Today I realised that there are still people in South Africa who haven't heard about Pinterest and have no idea what it's all about. Based on this insight I have compiled this Prezi that is in essence a Pinterest 101. Even though you might think Pinterest has no relevance to your brand or business I would like to challenge this. Read more >>

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Tell the story, sell the story
[Julia Leuner] Sub-optimal communication costs companies millions of rands each year. It costs in terms of lost opportunities, in duplication of resources, in diminished productivity, in reduced outputs and in a myriad other ways - and it's not a problem unique to blue chip organisations. Read more >>

Advertising


The brains behind the daring Nando's ads
[Zenoyise John] You would not associate Thabang Ramogase with the controversial and light-hearted fast food chain Nando's adverts. Read more >>

TV anchor in trouble over another 'debt'
TV personality and businessman Vuyo Mbuli might face jail time for his failure to pay a North West municipality thousands in advertising revenue generated by a billboard. Read more >>

The media entitlement myth
[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] It is probably time for South Africa to decide whether it is a free-market democracy or a socialist entitleist communist kleptocracy. Read more >>

Cinema


Pirates apprehended copying Mad Buddies
A suspect, believed to work for a pirate syndicate in the Johannesburg area, will appear in the Commercial Crime Court, Johannesburg following his apprehension during the first show of the Mad Buddies film at Ster-Kinekor, Maponya Mall, Soweto for using a camcorder. The syndicate released a fake copy of the film on the streets of Johannesburg recently. Read more >>

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Design


Call for board members to head up World Design Capital 2014 company
The Cape Town Partnership, coordinator of Cape Town's successful bid for the World Design Capital 2014 Host City Agreement, has been tasked by the City of Cape Town to assist with the setting up of the World Design Capital 2014 implementation company and to provide essential strategic and project support. Read more >>

Digital

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A Q&A about freelancers and social media
[Tiffany Markman & Jo Duxbury] You'd think the relationship between freelancers and social media would be all hearts, flowers and expensive choccies. But it isn't. It's often love-hate, sometimes like-fear and sometimes hate-hate. So, which social media channels work best, why, how and to what extent? Don't worry; we'll tell you. What follows is a Q&A ménage-à-trois: Tiffany Markman, Jo Duxbury and you. Enjoy. And please pass the choccies. Read more >>

Where traditional and digital meet in the mobile space
[Clinton Young] It is funny to me that the future of traditional advertising is digital. Where people believe that digital will someday kill traditional media, I believe that digital is in fact its saviour. With the fast adoption of smartphones, wireless internet and other mobile devices, the emergence of traditional and digital is most certainly happening in the mobile space. Read more >>

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Media


Naspers' Steve Pacak on digital, print and the future
[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Naspers released another set of good results for the year to the end of March 2012 - boosted by a rise in revenue from its internet businesses in emerging markets across the globe. However, the pay-TV business here in South Africa and the rest of the continent also contributed substantially to the bottom line. Naspers financial director Steve Pacak tells Bizcommunity why DStv had a good year, what the future of pay-TV looks like and why, with the Media24 print business, there's some heartening news for journalists. Read more >>

Naspers Limited Annual Results - 27 June 2012
The Naspers Limited Provisional Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2012 was released on SENS and RNS before the market opened on Wednesday, 27 June 2012. (updated) Read more >>

Naspers online pioneer dies
NEWSWATCH: Antonie Roux, who helped pioneer media giant Naspers' online expansion, has passed away in a German hospital, reports Mail & Guardian. Roux (54) joined the Naspers as a junior tech in 1979 and rose to the position of CEO of the MIH group in 2011. Read more >>

Avusa 'may need to retrench managers'
[Phakamisa Ndzamela] The bidders for JSE-listed media company, Avusa, said there could be retrenchments at management level at head office, but these would not be substantial, according to a document sent to Business Day on 25 June 2012. Read more >>

More sex, please - we're hot-blooded SA males
NEWSWATCH: According to Health24, the Women's Health/Men's Health Sex Survey has found SA males want more sex - surprise - and more communication - what? Meanwhile, on a different subject altogether, some people are a bit "mal" over the packaging design for a local wine, reports Times Live, and Naspers plans to keep on growing, reports Business Day. Read more >>

Mobile


Mango dedicates Lanseria-Cape Town route to Wi-Fi
Low-cost airline Mango's third aircraft, enabled with G-Connect In-Flight Wi-Fi, comes online today; the airline has dedicated the final stage of its beta-phase introduction to its Lanseria-Cape Town route. Read more >>

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Primedia Online, Maroela forging into changing media landscape
[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] In the great democratisation of news, who will win and who will lose? It's so hard to predict what will happen as the big traditional-media houses vie for audience with small online-only outfits that are unhampered by traditional cost structures. Read more >>

Facebook irritates users, again
NEWSWATCH: Facebook has again upset its users with an email address move, reports IOL and Thinus Ferreira, writing on Channel24, comments on a report that indicates that selling channels on a "so-called a la carte" basis would destroy the pay-TV industry. Read more >>

Out Of Home


PR & Communications


Production


Insurance issues remain after fire at SABC studios
The smoke is no longer swirling around the ashes of the Isidingo set at the SABC's head office complex in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, but the insurance questions and implications remain. Read more >>

Promotions


Radio


That radio stats furore explained
NEWSWATCH: Early last week Mail & Guardian asked "What's the big deal about online radio numbers?" Well today, Martin Carstens, writing on Memeburn, explains all. Read more >>

Blogger bashes internet radio stats
NEWSWATCH: An SA blogger has been served with legal papers after he wrote a blog post on Monday, 25 June 2012, in which he described internet radio stats as "Utter nonsense" - and more. Read more >>

Research

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Latest TAMS July universe shows significant pay TV increase
On 19 December 2011, the TAMS household universe was updated to include PVR households, also releasing time shifted viewing data for the first time. Read more >>

SA marketing research needs to wake up!
[Butch Rice] When it comes to marketing research, South Africa is looking more and more like a dusty museum of techniques from a bygone era. It is almost impossible to believe that interviewers are still being sent out armed with pens and clipboards to knock on doors, to interview luckless respondents who take pity on them, and pay the price by answering boring question after boring question for an interminably long time. Come on guys, catch a wake up! Read more >>

South African recycling attitudes reconfirmed by research
[BMi Research: Consumer Division] A recent study by BMi Research Consumer Division to test if consumer attitudes towards recycling had changed much showed that consumers at the higher end of the market still recycle out of obligation and those at the bottom end still do it for the financial rewards. It remains obvious that more recycling initiatives and consumer education is needed to make it second nature. Read more >>

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Blogs
[Cannes Lions 2012] Highlights and perceived outcomes
[140 BBDO goes to Cannes] Michael Pearson: My week in Cannes was one of the highlights of my brief existence, and I truly hope that all of you can get yourself there at some stage. Here are some of the highlights and my perceived outcomes of the festival. Read more >>



International
Interbrand releases 2nd annual Best Global Green Brands Report
LONDON, UK: Interbrand, one of the world's leading brand consultancies and author of the annual Best Global Brands Report, has released its 2012 Best Global Green Brands Report. Toyota (#1), Johnson & Johnson (#2), and Honda (#3) top the ranking with Danone (#9), Ford (#15), Starbucks (#36) and UPS (#43) representing this year's top risers. Read more >>

Murdoch sees increasing costs at WSJ
NEW YORK, US: News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch sat down with Bloomberg TV's Betty Liu this week to discuss the break-up of the company. Murdoch said he sees "increasing costs" at The Wall Street Journal but "hopefully, increasing our revenues by more than that." Read more >>

New York Times to launch Chinese news website
NEW YORK, US: The New York Times said on Wednesday it was launching a Chinese-language news website to deliver "high-quality coverage of world affairs, business and culture" to readers in China. Read more >>

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Openfield Marketing launches new website - Openfield
Openfield, sponsorship marketing consultants, has launched its new website which highlights the full scope of services as well as offering visitors valuable industry knowledge. Read more >>

Advertising


New TVC illustrates Vodacom's power to inspire - Draftfcb (South Africa)
Vodacom's new television commercial illustrates how a relatively high-brow concept like 'connectivity' can inspire, enable and empower even the most technophobic of people to achieve on the grandest scale. Read more >>

Out of the way, old man! - 00h12
[Jared Kushner] Imagine this scenario: You sit in your chair. Fasten your seat belt. Look out the window. And then you hear it: An 18-year-old's voice cracks over the intercom, "Hi guys, I'm Tristan but you can just call me T. I'll, like, be your pilot for a few hours. Enjoy the ride!" Read more >>

FoxP2 help put Property24 first - FoxP2
The "Find Your Perfect Home" campaign, launched five months ago, has seen the Property24 website's monthly unique browsers, page impressions and leads sent to estate agents increase significantly. Read more >>

Jared Kushner, general manager of Twelve Past Midnight (00h12) - 00h12
Jared Kushner is one of the dynamic leaders of 00h12 (Twelve Past Midnight) advertising and design agency. Kushner's multi-faceted creative and business capabilities have seen him become a top performing business leader and advertising professional in the South African marketing environment, with just over 12 years of experience in the industry. Read more >>

Playboy 'hairstyle' TVC by Y&R getting attention - Y&R SA
Y&R's client, Playboy South Africa, brings you a new spot directed by Jason Fialkov at Egg Films. The idea behind the ad is all about reaffirming the impact Playboy has had on popular culture through the decades. Read more >>

Barney's Army: a creative victory for charity - TBWA\South Africa
50 000 rugby fans answered the call to get behind John Smit's world-class invitational rugby team, Barney's Army, when they took on the KZN Sharks at Mr Price Kings Park Stadium to raise funds for the John Smit 111 Foundation. Read more >>

Homecoming Revolution creates Scents of Home in London - Morrisjones
The Homecoming Revolution has created the first ever fragrance range that smells literally of South African experiences: Highveld Thunderstorm, Zulu Leather and Karoo Stoep. Read more >>

Saatchi & Saatchi switches off for 49M TVC - Saatchi & Saatchi
Saatchi & Saatchi has developed an emotive 60-second TV commercial, featuring Minister of Public Enterprises, Malusi Gigaba, for the 49M national energy efficiency initiative whch drives awareness around the challenge of conserving electricity consumption during the winter months. Read more >>

Branding


Five critical brand loyalty conclusions - Wrappa Branding and Design
If you track back in time and watch closely how people interact with a particular brand identity, you'll notice that they display similar behavioural traits in their relations with brands as they do in the way they engage with people. People's interaction with brands is an emotional one, even if we don't acknowledge it at the time. Read more >>

Tungsten - MINI South Africa - Tungsten
MINI South Africa, as part of their ten-year revival programme, has opened its first stand-alone dealership on Zambezi Drive Pretoria, the largest MINI dealership in the southern hemisphere. Tungsten managed the internal creative design, branding and implementation of the innovative fresh look of MINI Zambezi. Read more >>

Senior appointment for Brand inc - Brand
Design and advertising agency Brand inc has employed Treflet Payet as their national financial manager. Read more >>

Shared value: the next step in the evolution of branding - Yellowwood Future Architects
[Robert Jameson] Darwin's Theory of Evolution says that for a species to survive, it must develop advantageous traits specific to its environment. Today, this theory is very appropriate to how brand managers view their brand in the context of the brand universe. Read more >>

CRM


WNS acquires Fusion Outsourcing in a major new agreement - Fusion Outsourcing
Fusion Outsourcing has announced its acquisition by global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company, WNS. As part of the agreement, Fusion Outsourcing will operate as one of WNS's international delivery centres. Read more >>

CSI


BHP Billiton and Telkom Foundation get behind Kaelo - Stories of Hope as headline sponsors - Kaelo Engage
The seventh season of Kaelo - Stories of Hope kicks off in July on e.tv. This year, BHP Billiton and the Telkom Foundation have taken headline sponsorship of this meaningful show which enables participants to promote their corporate social responsibility (CSI) projects to their communities and stakeholders. Read more >>

Stick used against rhino poachers - Stick Communications
Stick, the Jo'burg-based communication ideas and design company, has added its voice and creative talents to the growing outrage that is accompanying the slaughter of South Africa's rhino population. Read more >>

Kaelo - Stories of Hope is back on our screens! - Kaelo Engage
Kaelo - Stories of Hope, returns to e.tv next week Tuesday, 3 July. The CSI platform's inspiring stories encourage ordinary South Africans to stand up and take action while highlighting the incredible work being done in communities by the private, public and civil society. Read more >>

Digital


Smart about money; serious about social media engagement - Blue Apple
Blue Apple has helped launch a new Facebook page for Nedbank that targets the youth and prepares them for a financially savvy future. They created a Facebook persona called SAM (Smart About Money) to engage with the target audience, in their own language, about finance. Read more >>

Jason Cumming appointed managing director of Leftfield - Leftfield
Thirty-seven-year-old Jason Cumming has been appointed the managing director of Leftfield. From the heart of Cape Town's CBD this boutique full-service advertising and marketing agency has quietly established a name for itself by successfully helping brands establish a foothold in Africa, notably Nigeria. Read more >>

Measuring social media ROI - Digital Fire
Determining the value of social media has long posed a challenge for marketers. It's not always easy to determine which social channels actually drive value for your business, which strategies are most effective and which amount of followers or fans actually amounts to conversions. Read more >>

Techsys boosts Smirnoff fan following with Fan of the Week Facebook application - Techsys
Techsys and Smirnoff recently collaborated to develop a fun and interactive "Fan of the Week" Facebook application, which showcases and rewards loyal supporters of the brand. Read more >>

Specialist IT distributor Duxbury is getting the Purple Cow touch - Purple Cow Communications
Duxbury Networking has made the bold decision to redesign and redevelop their website to improve on its visual appeal, brand recognition and usability. Purple Cow Communications has been brought on board to ensure that the new website meets the high standards expected of websites belonging to specialist networking distributors. Read more >>

pMailer is now Everlytic - Everlytic
pMailer has changed their name to Everlytic.The name Everlytic is derived from the company's philosophy of being an ever evolving product that is always there for you and their powerful analytics that enable you to keep an eye on the bottom line, your campaigns' return on investment. Read more >>

Education & Training


Argo takes the lead in investing in our future by engaging education leaders to work together as one - Argo
Argo, together with co-sponsor Capitec Bank, is hosting an insightful Panel Discussion on Collaborative Education Impact as part of Education Week. Leaders in education will have the chance to come together, harness the power of possibility through collaboration and develop practical outcomes that will change the face of education. Read more >>

Vega D&AD proud Pencil winners - Vega School
Vega students Batya Raff and Kyle Jacobson, along with Vega alumnus Chad Goddard, have won prestigious Yellow Pencils at the D&AD awards in London this week. Read more >>

New research shows that few leaders practice what they preach - UCT Graduate School of Business
Research carried out by the American Management Association among nearly 2000 global executives for insights on leadership competencies has found that while most rated strategic thinking as the most important quality needed in a leader - this is not translating into good strategy on the ground. Read more >>

New research illustrates the perils of rudderless social media adoption - UCT Graduate School of Business
While the business case for adopting social media is increasingly positive, new research by Altimeter suggests that without a strategy, businesses going this route run the risk of opening a "virtual Pandora's Box". Read more >>

Events & Conferencing


Announcing the 5th SA Innovation Summit - Campbell & Campbell
The SA Innovation Summit, taking place 28-30 August in Bryanston, Johannesburg, is a platform for learning and sharing amongst individuals from corporate and government sectors, NGOs, academia, and entrepreneurs to encourage and develop innovation in South Africa and Africa. Read more >>

Electro sounds live with Mi Casa, GoodLuck and Crazy White Boy - EspAfrika
EspAfrika, producers of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, and GrandWest brings you fresh electro sounds to celebrate the end of the holidays at GrandWest on Thursday, 12 July. Read more >>

Incentives pay off with Currin't Events - Currin't Events
Incentives are a well-known and established route of maintaining staff morale, motivating sales teams, and driving individuals to achieve further successes for your brand. Not only are incentives a superb tool for ensuring and pushing sales - but incentives have the added benefit of also paying for themselves! Read more >>

Exhibitions


Red hot Exhibitionist! - The Exhibitionist
Boutique design-construction company The Exhibitionist delivered a show-stopping exhibition platform at this year's Markex World of Events, embellishing the 26-year-old event with their fiery showcase, a powerful endorsement of the company's core business. Read more >>

Marketing exhibitions at Markex - EXSA
EXSA took part at Markex to enforce the message of the power of exhibitions in the marketing mix. What was very positive for EXSA was the amount of foreign visitors, especially from Botswana and Namibia, who came seeking information and wanting help and advice with their local exhibitions. Read more >>

Magazines


Destiny Man: Three and thriving! - Ndalo Media
Destiny Man's third birthday issue underlines the bold and upfront editorial policy that's thrust the magazine into the forefront of SA's most successful publications. Read more >>

International and local speakers to share expertise at the inaugural Destiny Forum - Ndalo Media
The first ever Destiny Forum will commence with internationally acclaimed speakers who will share their expertise with the forum's attendees. Dr Iyanla Vanzant, Thebe Ikalafeng, Phuthi Mahanyele, Kuben Naidoo and Marcus Buckingham will headline the entrepreneurial conference to be held in Johannesburg on 23 July. Read more >>

Media


Bring on the fronting law, say black business leaders - Topco Media
Some 84 percent of top black business leaders say that fronting is a significant problem and it's high time it is addressed in South Africa. This comes ahead of the implementation of the gazetted Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Amendment Bill, which proposes tough new penalties for fronting, including fines and imprisonment of directors. Read more >>

Mobile


Western Union launches bill presentment solution for smartphones - Striata SA
The Western Union Company has announced the release of an enhancement to its Western Union Speedpay service designed to help billers meet growing consumer demand to receive electronic bills through smartphones and mobile devices. The enhancement also allows consumers to pay their bills directly from their mobile devices with just one click. Read more >>

Newspapers


Funky lifestyle magazine launches in Isolezwe - Independent Newspapers KZN
Announcing another first for KwaZulu-Natal's burgeoning isiZulu language daily, Isolezwe - a glossy lifestyle magazine titled, SiyaPhola! Read more >>

Online Media


Cutting-edge social media skills at your fingertips - GetSmarter
The way that people interact is changing rapidly. The rising popularity of the internet and cellphone apps has created vast interactive social networks which are putting people in touch with each other and keeping them connected as never before. Read more >>

One million listings of bidorbuy - bidorbuy
The number of items for sale on the thirteen-year-old South African online marketplace, bidorbuy.co.za, recently surpassed the figure of one million. Read more >>

Out Of Home


ADreach/Rejuve, "Fight the fat" - ADreach
Street pole ad company, ADreach, has partnered with wellness company Rejuve for a first-of-its-kind challenge - The Rejuve Biggest Loser Challenge. Companies are invited to take on their rivals in a competition worth R50 000 in street pole ads to the winning company. Read more >>

Graffiti gives Windhoek a fresh new look with branded Land Rovers - Graffiti
Vehicle branding and transit media specialists, Graffiti, recently gave three Land Rover Freelanders a bold new look. The green, blue and black vehicles were each individually branded to highlight Windhoek beer's refreshed packaging for each of the Windhoek Lager, Windhoek Light and Windhoek Draft brands. Read more >>

Printing


Printing is here to stay says Colourtone Aries - Colourtone Aries
Not long ago graphic designers, traffic managers and printers worked well into the night planning the layout and pagination of an annual report. Soon, thanks to significant strides in printing technology, these meetings became shorter and eventually unnecessary. Read more >>

Production


Jason Fialkov's Playboy ad on over half a million views on YouTube - Egg Films
Y&R's new Playboy South Africa ad, directed by Egg Films' Jason Fialkov, shows how women's 'hairstyles' have influenced men over the years. The spot has over 500 000 views on YouTube after 11 days online and has been featured on numerous blogs across the world, including Ads of the World and Trendhunter. Read more >>

Making pap look like a piece of cake - Ola! Films
Ola Films's Mfundo Mkhize added a little bit of glamour to the seemingly ordinary world of pap with his latest White Star ad. Easy, natural performances from DJ Eddie Zondi, Lucia Mthinyane and Wanda Baloyi showcase the young director's knack of getting the best out of people. Read more >>

Radio


South African talk radio breaking boundaries to reach audiences - 567 CapeTalk
John Maytham's popular studio audience presented an opportunity to be the first South African radio station to use Google Hangout - allowing 567 Cape Talk listeners to view and interact via live-stream on YouTube. Read more >>

567 Cape Talk and Pick n Pay - making a difference - 567 CapeTalk
The 567 CapeTalk Food Drive, in conjunction with Pick n Pay, kicked off in style. John Maytham broadcasted his show live on site at Constantia Village and encouraged listeners and patrons to donate non-perishables in aid of the partners in this initiative, the Mustadafin Foundation. Read more >>

Recruitment


Gillian Meier resigns as CEO of Jobs.co.za - Jobs
Gillian Meier steps down as CEO of of Jobs.co.za this month to pursue her other business interests. Gillian has been serving on the board as CEO since 2008 and has in this time established a strong position for Jobs.co.za with the South African recruitment market. Read more >>

Calling all graduates - Ad Talent
Ad Talent was invited to talk on the Redi Thlabi show on 702 on Wednesday, 27 June, where they offered some tips to assist graduates in trying to secure that very first job. Read more >>

Top 10 tips: Engaging with employees - Softline VIP
Many companies make the mistake of employing a person and then sitting back, content that their work is done, leaving the employee to their own devices, says Anja Hartman-Weitz, an HR director at Softline VIP, a member of the Sage Group plc. Read more >>

The Recruitgroup proudly opens its fourth recruitment division - RecruitSite - Recruitgroup
The Recruitgroup, one of the leading recruitment agencies in South Africa, recently increased its portfolio to include a specialist engineering recruitment division, RecruitSite. Read more >>

Research


SA telecoms market in the doldrums - Analytix BI
With landline use at home in freefall since 2005 and the cellphone/mobile phone market plateauxing, the SA telecoms market will need to encourage significantly higher Internet and data usage to grow revenue, according to Analytix BI's latest report, South Africa Country Report: Telecommunications Market. Read more >>

Retail


ElastiTag, going beyond promotion to emotion - Pyrotec
On-pack devices are often viewed as an essential part of planning a successful below-the-line marketing campaign. The ElastiTag is a unique hang tag that can be used for labelling, branding and marketing a wide variety of products, from produce to cosmetics. Read more >>

Sponsorship


BASA supports the National Arts Festival in skills development - Business and Arts South Africa
Business and Arts South Africa has a significant presence at the 2012 National Arts Festival, affirming the importance of the relationship between business and South Africa's creative community. Read more >>

Partnerships at the core of BASA Supporting Grant scheme - Business and Arts South Africa
Recipients of the first round of BASA Supporting Grants in the 2012/2013 financial year once again demonstrate the immense potential of business and arts partnerships across the country. Read more >>

TV


Red Cherry Media has Debbi Dale joining the team! - Red Cherry Media
Red Cherry Media is thrilled to announce that Debbi Dale has chosen to join their team as Business Development Manager, after running her own media sales coaching and mentoring business for eighteen months. Debbi will be working very closely with the Durban market as well as adding value to the entire Red Cherry Media Group. Read more >>



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Government
Sars sweeping powers open to abuse
It has been seven years in the making and through two rounds of public consultation, so the soon to be promulgated Tax Administration Bill shouldn't come as a surprise. Nevertheless, for many it will be just that. Read more >>

Uncertainty over Zuma jet deal
The department of defence declined to comment on Friday on reports that it was finalising the purchase of a luxury VIP jet for President Jacob Zuma. However‚ there are suggestions that no such deal is on the cards. Read more >>

Gordhan‚ Magashula to launch tax season
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and the South African Revenue Services (SARS) Commissioner Oupa Magashula will launch the 2012 tax season in Pretoria today. Read more >>

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Travel
Surviving and thriving' the focus of Getaway Travel Conference
Survival strategies for tough times and cost effective marketing initiatives are two of the issues that will come under the spotlight at the third annual Getaway Travel & Tourism Conference, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Vans, which takes place at the Coca-Cola Dome on 30 August. Read more >>

On horseback through the Drakensberg
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] The next few months are probably the best in the Drakensberg where there is the chance of snow and crisp, beautiful days. Read more >>

Footprints of Hope inspires local communities to join the fight against rhino poaching
Following the success of &Beyond and Africa Foundation's Footprints of Hope 10-day rhino awareness walk (through the Sabi Sand and Kruger wilderness and surrounding communities) earlier this year, the teams are now returning to two of those communities to help inspire the youth and educate them about the threat of rhino poaching. Read more >>

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BizLounge
Imaginary countries for old men
[Charles Siboto] No Country for Old Men, the title of the Cormac McCarthy novel and its Oscar winning film adaptation by the Coen brothers, echoes the trend I've been noticing in Hollywood for the last decade at least; all the old men (and, to a slighter degree, women) have left our "immoral" contemporary society and have gone to seek their fortunes in fantastical pasts that never were and space-age futures in distant galaxies that we hope will come to pass. Read more >>

Repainting history in Goethe
[Daniel Dercksen] Films like Goethe have the power to inject our wisdom with a fresh and invigourating sensibility. What we know, or what we think we know, is turned inside out as German filmmakers Philip Stölzl (director and screenwriter) and Christoph Müller (producer and co-screenwriter) repaint history with their insightful and enlightening vivid exploration of a man who changed the world with his passion for words. Read more >>

New international stars announced for Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival
Grammy Award-winning performers Clarence Carter and Eddie Palmieri, Jamaica's Monty Alexander and France's Manu Katche are among the new international artists announced for this year's Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival. Read more >>

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HTML developer required with HTML, CSS, Javascript and JQuery. HTML5 and CSS3 would be advantageous. Join a young dynamic company to learn and grow your career in various market sectors. Read more >>

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Leverage your PR experience in this nurturing environment working on a corporate portfolio of clients. Room for growth and career advancement. Read more >>

PR Account Manager - Johannesburg
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Motion Graphics Artist - Johannesburg
Motion graphics artist. Junior/mid senior - agency/production company, working on SuperSport account and more. Read more >>

Internet Marketing - Graduates - Kyalami
WSI is a digital marketing company in Kyalami, Johannesburg and we are looking to hire a bright, motivated graduate to work for our company. Read more >>

Motion Graphics Artist/Designer - Bryanston
Motion graphics artist/designer: our vision is centred on building a powerhouse design team, if you can be a part of or lead this team, we will pay you well. Read more >>

Head of Studio - Cape Town
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