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POIB classification issue in the spotlight It might be of scant comfort, but according to the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor, Parliament would have a key role to play when it comes to the classification of information under the Information Bill. Be that as it may, unless contentious clauses are sorted out, the Bill is still almost certainly going to go to the ConCourt if critics' demands are not met. On the network infrastructure front, Duncan McLeod has some comments on Telkom and their investment in a new network infrastructure. He says the investment is to be welcomed, but it will still take time for the full benefits to come through. Proving that aggressive promotion strategies can pay dividends, Spur's promotion strategies - such as its Monday Night Burger and Unreal Breakfast specials, have helped it to increase foot traffic and attract consumers across its local and international operations. Is radio still relevant? Yes, says Matthew Rowles, but he has a suggestion or two to ensure continued relevancy. Finally, our very popular [Biz Takeouts Podcasts] continue, and here we report back on last week's Agency focus - M&C Saatchi Abel.Rod Baker: Content DirectorPS Take a look at the latest Ornico ad showcase. 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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 In last week's agency focused show, we featured M&C Saatchi Abel. To find out more about the agency as well as its current clients and projects, listen to the podcast of the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, which airs every Thursday 5pm-6pm streamed live via 2oceansVibe Radio. [ twitterfall] Read more >>
 [Catherine Wijnberg] As any business leader with a few years under their belt can testify, all organisations - be they advertising agencies, marketing agencies, retailers, NGOs, manufacturing, publications - go through challenges as part of the natural growth cycle. Read more >>
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 The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) and The Loerie Awards have issued a joint statement on, 5 September 2012. This follows a meeting earlier this week regarding the terms and conditions of media accreditation and access to the annual Loeries. Read more >>
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 [Zeenat Moorad] Upmarket retailer Woolworths last week found itself in a social media storm with calls for boycotts from‚ among others‚ Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr who tweeted "Gonna be hard‚ but goodbye Woolies." Read more >>
 The aim of this paper was to investigate how eye tracking could effectively contribute towards the optimisation of return on print advertising investment. This is one of the presentations from the 33rd SAMRA Conference, Rosebank Crowne Plaza, Johannesburg. The conference took place from 16-17 August. Read more >>
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 [Duncan McLeod: @mcleodd] Telkom's investing in new network infrastructure must be welcomed, even though it will take time to make the faster speeds widely available Read more >>
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 Telkom has begun trials to test digital subscriber line (DSL) services of 20 megabits per second (Mbps) and 40 Mbps, which will run until 31 January 2013. The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has called on Telkom to allow ISPs other than TelkomInternet to participate in the trials. Read more >>
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 The fourth MOST Awards revealed interesting results, and while the top media players fared well, emerging companies pipped those established to the post. Over 700 media owners, media planners, strategists and clients gathered at the University of Johannesburg's Arts Auditorium to applaud Provantage, The MediaShop (JHB) and PHD Media for walking away with the top accolades. Read more >>
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 [Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: According to Channel24, a study by Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has found the SABC seriously wanting in a number of areas, and still at the SABC, Noluthando Gosa wants a seat on the board... again... Mail & Guardian reports there are still problems with the POIB, and it also takes a look at the lighter ( whiter?) side of the Woolies advertising issue. Finally, the SADF assures you it is looking after rhinos, us and our guests - great news in the latter case if you run a B&B. Read more >>
 NEWSWATCH: Following Clifford Motsepe's departure from the SABC board, one name that has come up as a replacement is that of former board member Noluthando Gosa, reports Times Live. Meanwhile, Anton Harber, writing in BDlive suggests that before rushing to find a replacement for Jimmy Manyi as Cabinet spokesman, the powers-that-be should take a look at the role. Read more >>
 NEWSWATCH: According to Politicsweb, the US State Department's 2011Country Reports on Human Rights Practices leave a great deal to be desired. The Country reports appear to be somewhat of a cut-and-paste job in which "many factual claims about conditions on the ground in South Africa are simply cut and pasted from one year to the next" - for example in assertions around the area of SA journalists and media "self-censoring" themselves. Read more >>
 [Marion Scher] All it takes is two minutes of airtime and you can go from major hero to major zero. This was the case this week for our very own blade runner, everyone's darling and poster-boy of our Paralympic team, Oscar Pistorius. Read more >>
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 [Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] What a contrast in reaction I got recently - from Media24 and Independent Newspapers on the one hand and Avusa on the other - to request for more information on titles that showed an increase in single-copy sales in the most recent ABC circulation results. Read more >>
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 [Zeenat Moorad] Spur Corporation's aggressive promotion strategies like its Monday Night Burger and Unreal Breakfast specials have helped it to increase foot traffic and attract consumers across its local and international operations‚ chief executive‚ Pierre van Tonder has said. This helped significantly boost the company's headline earnings per share and total dividend to its shareholders. Read more >>
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 On 31 August 2012, the Radio Advertising Bureau of South Africa (RAB SA) published a pdf for SAARF RAMS 2012/3 which had incorrect figures. A corrected pdf has now been released. Read more >>
 [Richard Hardiman] Some time has passed since the finger-pointings of internet radio's "numbers-gate" (sessions-gate or netdynamix-gate) and the Earth, thankfully, seems to have continued moving in its orbit. Read more >>
 [Matthew Rowles] A couple of weeks ago a handful of my colleagues and I attended the Radio Works conference. As an agency that has a bit of a love affair with radio we attend every year. 2012's format was as compelling as ever but also a shade unnerving. Let me explain. Read more >>
Recruitment
 Ian Moir, Woolworths CEO says that it is "simply not true" to suggest that Woolworths follows racist recruitment practices - specifically, of not employing white people. The retailer has also disabled its Facebook wall after it became what the company terms "a platform for a well-orchestrated campaign of hate speech". Read more >>
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 Employers should exercise caution when banning candidates from certain racial groups for employment or promotion, law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr warned on Thursday. Read more >>
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 Social media in its myriad of forms has permeated all levels of society across the world. The numbers of people that are connected and engaged to some form of social media continues to grow unabated and it has become a part of most of the planets daily lives. This is one of the presentations from the 33rd SAMRA Conference, Rosebank Crowne Plaza, Johannesburg. The conference took place from 16-17 August. Read more >>
 The Media Inflation Watch data for the period April to June 2012 has been released. Here are some of the highlights. Read more >>
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 NEW YORK, US: Twitter is outpacing Facebook in US mobile advertising revenue this year, according to a survey released on Thursday showing a market dominated by Google. Read more >>
 LYON, FRANCE: Euronews and Google team up to launch competition for small and medium-sized enterprises that use the Internet to attract new customers, grow their market share and take their businesses global. Read more >>
 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korea has drafted a new law aimed at restricting alcohol advertising amid mounting concerns over binge drinking and alcohol-related crimes, a government official said on Thursday. Read more >>
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LONDON, UK / BUCHAREST, ROMANIA / TORONTO, CANADA: Filminute is collaborating for a sixth year with South Africa's Bizcommunity.com. Read more >>
 themedia September issue, out now, takes a look at everything from the issue of talented media agency staffers leaving to go it alone, to the true picture of print media. Read more >>
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The Zinto Marketing Group (Zinto) recently secured Proudly South African's below-the-line national marketing campaign, "Buy Local to Create Jobs". Zinto has been assigned to manage and execute Proudly South African's brand activations, experiential marketing activities and promotional events and branded entertainment drives. Read more >> [Nick Warren] Half the job of a creative director is quite literally spotting the creative idea and giving it direction. That's the miracle of the creative process - the accidental collision of dangerous desire and deliberate design if you like. Read more >>Advertising
 The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg) has announced the appointment of Jerry Mpufane as its Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 October 2012. He is currently Managing Director of Draftfcb, where he has been at the helm since 2005. Mpufane takes over from previous CEO Alison Deeb who joined MetropolitanRepublic. Read more >> According to a poll conducted by Opinion Research Corp on behalf of the United States Postal Service, 61% of those polled said that sampling a product is the most effective way to get them to try a brand. Read more >> Since starting out as a two-woman operation with a single room for an office fifteen years ago, Wetpaint Advertising has grown into a full-service boutique advertising agency comprising several distinct, yet inter-related, departments, providing a comprehensive, one-stop solution for their clients' total marketing needs. Read more >> In appreciation of 25 years' advertising support, HOMEMAKERS highly commends Ideal Awnings on the achievement of a quarter-of-a-century milestone. Read more >>Branding
Building a brand on the inside of the organisation is a critical part of delivering against the external brand promise made by the business, yet so often this essential part of brand building is forgotten. In an intensive one-day workshop format the concept of internal branding will be unpacked and examined in detail. Read more >> The 30th of August saw the LifeXchange Wine Auction at The Fire & Ice Hotel Cape Town bring in an outstanding R91 500 for a most worthwhile cause: South African youths at risk. Read more >>NATIVE has been awarded the digital marketing accounts for Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky, Jameson Whiskey, Absolut Vodka, Malibu Rum as well as the Southern African Pernod Ricard corporate online presence. Read more >> Traditional media being expensive, organisations are constantly looking for effective alternative media options to measurably grow their sales. In-pack 'media' in the form of exciting and desirable promotional products is a powerful and cost-effective alternative relying on low-cost on-production-line insertion. Read more >>CSI
The Zinto Activation Group (Zinto), a brand activations and entertainment company, was in full swing at a four ball better ball golf day and charity event to raise funds for cancer patient Lizanne Coetzee's treatment and care. Read more >>What began as the brainchild of current Traffic Freeflow MD, Colleen Bekker, has grown from an initial 21 Pointsmen in Johannesburg, to a total of 171 Pointsmen (and women) and Project Managers across Johannesburg, Tshwane and Cape Town, each making a very visible contribution to alleviating traffic congestion on a daily basis. Read more >>Design
The top 10 entrants in the 2012 PG Bison 1.618 competition have been selected. All 10 finalists will attend the PG Bison 1.618 Awards evening on Thursday, 4 October, where the winners will be announced and receive their prizes from PG Bison and The Foschini Group. Read more >>Digital
 Habari Media clinched the coveted Best Digital Media Owner Award at the MOST Awards ceremony which took place in Johannesburg last week. They also claimed fifth position out of 92 in the overall ranking for Best Media Owner Sales House, a first for a digital sales company. Read more >> Yahoo!'s retargeting solutions drive awareness of your brand, and they drive conversions or actions right when the consumer is most likely to act. Use these retargeting tools to message prospects again when they have expressed interest in your products. Read more >> Establishing an online presence for a brand that is already respected in the brick-and-mortar marketplace is no small feat - this is what the BrandsRock team found when they were recently given the brief to solidify Mediterranean Delicacies' online foothold alongside digital partners, Virtual Architects. Read more >> John Brown Media, part of a global leading content agency, has secured development of the Edgars Club website and associated digital platforms. Read more >> The Internet Show is Africa's only internet business show for digital marketing and online business. This year the conference will have five tracks of social media, content management, digital advertising, mobile advertising and cloud computing content. Read more >> Hellocomputer celebrated its recent inclusion in the Draftfcb South Africa fold by dominating the digital category in the Ad of the Month Awards judged by the Creative Circle. Read more >> Display, SEO and social media simply cannot compete with email when it comes to return on investment which is why marketers should ensure that email remains the core of their marketing spend. Read more >>Education & Training
One of Africa's top business school, the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business (GSB), has partnered with one of Canada's top business schools, the Rotman School of Management, to offer the new Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice specialising in Innovation Leadership. Read more >>Sub-Saharan Africa is transforming its housing finance system and both policy makers and private practitioners are scrambling to keep up. A new course offers housing financers ways to steer clear of the issues that led to the US sub-prime crisis. Read more >> With less than five weeks to go; The Star HRD Expo 2012 - one of the largest, most extensive HR, education and training exhibitions in South Africa - will take place from 9-11 October at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. Read more >> Since its inception in 1996, Eduloan has granted over 620 000 loans. 52% of these have been awarded to women. What is notably interesting is that there has been a sharp increase over the last three years. When reviewing this period women account for 62% of the total base, either studying themselves or sponsoring a dependent. Read more >>The University of Cape Town and online education company, GetSmarter, are taking the lead in providing media and marketing professionals throughout South Africa with the skills required to remain competitive and advance in their careers in an industry that is undergoing rapid change and constant development. Read more >>Events & Conferencing
 Global entrepreneur, Kelly Ritchie, is coming to Cape Town to share some of his experiences on how to "economy-proof" your business and increase your turnover. He will present his popular "Always Start Big" seminar at the inaugural Business Indaba at The River Club, Cape Town, on Saturday, 15 September. Read more >> The Africa Energy Indaba (AEI) is the energy networking and thought leadership event with a proven track record of catalysing regional business and government connections that tackle, not just talk about, Africa's huge energy deficits. The Indaba has established a strategic partnership to its 2013 event with Cennergi (Pty) Ltd. Read more >> Listen out for Thirst's cocktail mixologists every Friday from 14h30 on Mix 93.8 FM and learn how to make Thirst's legendary cocktails in the comfort of your own home. Read more >> A new paradigm is needed for the world to survive and prosper in the twenty-first century, one that embraces the global common good rather than individual self-interest. This is what an array of international and local experts will be grappling with at the International Barrett Values Conference to be held from 19 to 21 September. Read more >> Gearhouse Group supplied full technical production for the CNN African Journalist of the Year Competition 2012, which took place at the Government Complex Auditorium, Lusaka recently. Read more >> Celebrate spring with the forum by enjoying a delicious farm-style lunch buffet under the trees while overlooking the beautiful countryside on the forum's working vegetable farm near Lanseria. Read more >> Come to the Internet Show 2012 and gain more than just great ideas for your next marketing campaign! Sponsors and exhibitors at the show will be showcasing their solutions for the online and digital market. Read more >>Exhibitions
EXSA, the Exhibition and Event Association of Southern Africa, will be exhibiting at the Sports and Events Tourism Exchange expo which will be hosted at the ICC Durban from 12-14 September. Read more >> The Wedding Expo has just celebrated its 20th show, the highlight of which was the presence of international celebrity wedding planner, Sarah Haywood, who hosted an exclusive workshop for brides-to-be and wedding industry players. Read more >>The seventeenth Cape HOMEMAKERS Expo, which took place from Thursday (23 August) to Sunday (26 August) at the CTICC, was again a roaring success, attracting more than 38 000 visitors. Read more >>Magazines
 YOU Best Diets offers the best advice on getting into shape in a healthy way. Read about the secret to how and why Jeannie D dropped two dress sizes for her big 3-0. Try their exclusive eating plans, healthy recipes and exercise programmes that work. Read more >>Financial news publication, Finweek, is partnering with Imagine Racing to develop a supplement that will be distributed along with its 14 October issue. The release of the supplement is to coincide with Finweek's involvement in the Imagine Racing Ladies' Spring Race Day for Breast Cancer Awareness month. Read more >> Here's what you've been missing if you've never opened a copy of the intelligent person's health magazine before... Read more >>Media
 The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) is participating and supports the National Book Week happening in the Nelson Mandela Metro in the Eastern Cape province between 6 to 8 September. Read more >>The first annual CoreXalance Golf Day Challenge was held on 31 August. The Challenge, played in matchplay format, saw Media Owners and Advertising Agencies go head to head to try and win. After an exciting day of golf at Eagle Canyon Golf Estate, the Media Owners walked away with the coveted floating trophy. Read more >>Online Media | | Online Media section proudly sponsored by | |  |
 Latest Effective Measure statistics show that MyGaming attracts a larger South African gaming audience than any other gaming website. Read more >> New technologies such as Apple TV and IPTV are emerging, which eventually will close the gap between digital and offline video. Though online display still accounts for the biggest piece of the RTB (Real Time Bidding) pie budget, Video RTB buying is growing significantly. And we can help publishers and advertisers to ride this wave. Read more >>Out Of Home
 Alliance Media Zambia, Zambia's largest outdoor advertising company has installed Lusaka's largest free-standing billboard structure in the capital city's upmarket area of Kabulonga. The billboard was taken up by Samsung who is using the medium to promote the newly released Galaxy S III and the Smart TV. Read more >> Vehicle branding and transit media specialist Graffiti recently joined MAN Truck and Bus South Africa as branding partner on their Consistently Efficient Tour 2012. Read more >> Transit media and vehicle branding company Graffiti, recently introduced Gauteng road users to no fewer than 20 eye-catching branded mini-cabs for automotive financial services company LiquidCapital. Read more >>Production
 Once only known for their award-winning expertise in computer animation, Masters & Savant Worldwide has developed into a next generation production studio where after a decade in the market, the company is parlaying its skills into other areas. Read more >> Passing Trains won the Currie Cup recently, or at least the privilege to shoot two commercials for this iconic South African rugby competition. Read more >> Ola Films director, Francis Gavin, has infused zippy fun into the latest in a string of Draftfcb's themed product promotion ads. Read more >>airport.tv is a South African first and Studio Republic is proudly playing its part in this innovative channel's production and content creation. Read more >>Publishing
The fourth edition of ESG South Africa is scheduled to be launched at COP18 in Doha, Qatar in November 2012. There, the publication will be handed to international delegates and dignitaries who are gathering to discuss issues around climate change. Read more >>Radio
 On Thursday, 8 September, Mediamark Radio (previously known as Radmark) won the Radio category of The MOST Awards for the fourth consecutive year, and, Mediamark Digital walked away with second place in the Media Owner Lamb Awards. Read more >> After the shock petrol price hike on Wednesday, Jacaranda 94.2 FM jumped in to action, arriving at random petrol stations to pay thousands of rands' worth of petrol bills. This follows on the back of a number of other ways the station has continued its 'lekker to be here' mission, where they turn average days in to super- lekker ones. Read more >>Recruitment
Increasing employee turnover is shining a spotlight on the need for HR to step up its game and integrate its operations with the strategic goals of the business; but research shows this is not yet being put into practice. Read more >>Whenever an employee resigns from his current work place, the company requires a certain amount of time to find a suitable replacement, hence the need for notice periods. Simply and easily defined, the 'notice period' one serves after resigning from a position is often not well understood. Read more >>It's official, Old Mutual, Microsoft SA and MTN are the best employers in South Africa, according to the CRF Institute's annual Best Employers Certification Index for 2012/13. Read more >>The Top Employers in Africa index is another way the best of the African talent pool and top businesses are being brought closer together. Read more >>Research
 This year independent marketing strategy consultancy, Yellowwood, built on the findings of its 2011 Engager Survey, by focusing on the FMCG category and assessing the relationship between brand-engagement and shopper marketing. Read more >>Banks and investment managers in South Africa are beefing up their teams both to tap into new pools of wealth and in order to adapt to the needs of a more globalized High Net Worth (HNW) client. Read more >>Retail
In a fiercely competitive retail world, every element of product packaging counts. Marketers need to understand all influences that attract consumers to invest in their brands. Trends in packaging reflect the demands of consumers that tend to become primary factors in the success of winning brands. Read more >> A surprising finding has emerged from recent shopper research conducted in America: messy sells. Yes, you heard correctly. An over-cluttered, chaotic store reminiscent of a bazaar screams "bargain" and has, in fact, been proven to increase product sales within that store. Read more >>With many in South Africa being unemployed and living below the poverty line, the divide between those with purchasing power to buy their daily milk is strikingly distant from those who can afford an occasional Louis Vuitton purse. Read more >>Although a wary investor could question the sustainability of the luxury sector's recent boom against the stark contrast of unemployment figures, to date the numbers seem to show continued use of discretionary spending on luxury items. Read more >>Sales
Sales leadership is one of the most complex and demanding of all executive positions. The sales leader is not only responsible for top-line growth but also disciplined sales processes, organisational architecture, scenario planning, motivating and managing the sales team and being the ultimate customer champion. Read more >>Sponsorship
Zukiswa Lutshaba from Zwide, Port Elizabeth, recently drove away in a brand new Hyundai Getz thanks to the MTN Y'ello Salebration competition 2011. She is the first of two lucky winners to receive a Hyundai Getz. Entrants also stood a chance to win other prizes including a Playstation 3, MP3 player, or a television set. Read more >> Architecture, dance, music, theatre and visual arts are among the arts disciplines being funded in the latest round of BASA Supporting Grants. Read more >>Sue Komori from Newlands, Cape Town, recently drove away in a brand new Hyundai Getz thanks to the MTN Y'ello Salebration competition 2011. She is the first of two lucky winners to receive a Hyundai Getz. Entrants also stood a chance to win other prizes including a Playstation 3, MP3 player, or a television set. Read more >>Kgaugelo Mehlape from Erasmuskloof, Pretoria, recently drove away in a brand new Hyundai Tucson thanks to the MTN Muziq competition with DJ Tira. MTN had teamed up with the Zinto Marketing Group to tour Mzansi and promote the MTN music download application and competition elements. Read more >>TV
Healthline is a 13-part TV series produced by Launch Factory and developed by Vodafone in response to the Ghanaian people's need for credible and reliable health information. Read more >>
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 The South African government recently sold defence force weapons worth R2.25 million to Zimbabwe, Beeld newspaper reported today, 10 September. Read more >>
 Developments in the mining sector as well as South Africa's achievements formed part of World Bank Chief Jim Yong Kim's interaction with the South African government. Read more >>
Parliament would have a key role to play when it came to the classification of information under the Information Bill, while the authority to classify information as protected or not would not lie solely with the Minister of State Security, the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor says. Read more >>
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 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Toyota South Africa's marketing suits have given the cash-strapped lower end of the local car-buying public reason to smile with the introduction of its entry-level Etios which they hope will step into the popular shoes worn out by the charismatic Tazz. Read more >>
 New vehicle sales rose 9.4% last month compared with the same period a year ago‚ according to the latest National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa) data. Read more >>
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The Chinese continue to strengthen their grip on the South African car market with extremely competitively priced vehicles such as the new C10 compact hatch which has just joined the growing GWM range of vehicles. Read more >>
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 South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that it will allow locals with valid identity documents the opportunity to spend a day at the national park of their choice free of charge, from today, 10 until Friday, 14 September 2012. Read more >>
 [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Contributing Editor Brian Berkman took to the road to experience the breadth of South Africa. Read more >>
 [Annaleigh Vallie and Nick Hedley] SA needs to liberalise its airways if it is to improve its competitiveness ranking in the travel and tourism market, according to a prominent industry executive. Read more >>
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 [Eugene Yiga] "I am truly very thrilled," said literary icon Athol Fugard at the news that Boesman and Lena would be staged at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town for the first time. If you'd like to understand why he was so excited, you have to see the play and discover for yourself. Read more >>
 [Eugene Yiga] Last year marked what would have been anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko's 65th birthday. As part of the celebration, the Steve Biko Foundation created Biko's Quest. The show enjoyed a successful run at The Steve Biko Centre in King William's Town last month and will be shown at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town from 8 to 16 September. Read more >>
 [Sindy Peters] Being an outdoors lover, I wasn't quite keen on this year's Sowing the Seeds venue in Cape Town. The dark-and-musty Zula Bar in Long Street certainly is a great spot to check out bands, bust a move, and get your drink over weekends; I just don't associate the brand, and the reputation that Sowing the Seeds has built, with just those sentiments. Read more >>
 [Sindy Peters] Can we have Brian Haner strum the South African national anthem at every sporting event from here on? The man is a genius on guitar; his passionate rendition of Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika gave me goose bumps and made my heart swell with pride. Haner is the host of this year's Nando's Comedy Festival, currently on its last leg at the Artscape, Cape Town. While Haner stole my heart, David Kau stole the show. Read more >>
 [Eugene Yiga] Cape Town is a vibrant city with a rich cultural heritage. But don't just take my word for it; come and enjoy a slice of the magic with Kaapse Stories From The Mother City, now showing at Richard's Supper Stage. Read more >>
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 [Sindy Peters] Trenchtown (previously Roots/Cool Runnings), now under the ownership and management of Antonio Manuel, held it's relaunch last weekend, 31 August to 2 September. Having been to the Caribbean-style restaurant only twice before, and briefly, I had no memorable experience of the place. On the Friday night it was packed to the brim, so waiting for drinks/meals to arrive was much like waiting for the second coming. Read more >>
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- Proudly African Library choose Snapplify - more info
- Kestrel enlists Sapphire Street for UK PR drive - more info
- Ride appoints new editor - more info
- Jerry Mpufane to lead the Jupiter Drawing Room - more info
- Trinergy appoints new sponsorship head - more info
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Knowledge of Illustrator, In-design, Photoshop and Acrobat. Read more >>Senior digital designer opportunity in growing digital agency. Read more >>Sales assistant wanted to start immediately either in Gauteng or Cape Town. Two month contract: basic plus commission. Must enjoy the outdoor industry. Read more >>Leading agency exp is looking for an experienced and energetic account manager for a major account in a challenging and exciting environment. Read more >>Promise Digital is seeking a top calibre award-winning creative lead. Read more >>Bring your skills to our growing team of CRM, loyalty and DM specialists. We need an account manager with relevant experience who is willing to travel. Read more >>Join the Rebellion! We're an online ad agency based in Cape Town and are in search of a junior pay per click account manager. Apply now! Read more >>Junior/graduate designer required immediately. Candidate required to design on magazines in traditional and new media enviro. (esp iPad apps). Great opportunity to grow into the future of publishing. Read more >>Digital account director opportunity within growing digital agency. Read more >>A focussed PR/online agency in Hyde Park, Johannesburg is looking for a PR account manager to run a portfolio of PR accounts. Minimum five years in a PR agency Read more >>Artifact is looking for junior social media community. If you are passionate about social media, have an excellent understanding of cars, films, and fast food we are looking for you. Read more >>Passionate about online media strategy, planning and buying?
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Our ideal candidate will be well-spoken, target driven, with good communication/negotiating skills. Read more >>Industrial agency looking for energetic, passionate copywriter in Fourways. Write everything from website copy and newsletters, to adverts and press releases. Read more >>Leading agency Exp is looking for an experienced operations director to run activations and events for a major account. Join an established and experienced team. Read more >>Accountants with a passion to mentor entrepreneurs full time. An ideal position for someone with accounting/finance experience looking to find their soul again. Contact Raizcorp. Read more >>Bookkeeper required for Raizcorp's new business opening in Durban. Minimum five years experience, works well under pressure, books until balance sheet, used to multiple clients. Read more >>Seeking an experienced marketing professional to make a big impact on a dynamic, thriving organisation. Read more >>
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- Frontline excellence The Peer Group - Johannesburg, 12 September
- Bidvest Selwyn Segal Change a Life Radiothon 101.9 Chai FM - Johannesburg, 12 September
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- Vega School of Brand Leadership breakfast series Vega School of Brand Leadership - Pretoria, 13 September
- High impact sales training The Peer Group - Johannesburg, 13 September
- Win friends and influence people in digital age Dale Carnegie Training - Johannesburg, 14 September
- Creative Week Cape Town Cape Town Partnership - Cape Town, 15 September
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The following companies have opened press offices on Bizcommunity.com! LOVE Digital is ridiculously passionate about making content that people LOVE and content that people will talk about. With over 13 years of experience in broadcast television we really know how to tell stories that speak to the consumer in a language they understand and love.Click here to visit Love Digital's press office.  Passing Trains is a film production company, focusing primarily on television and cinema commercials for the South African and international markets. Collette Cruywagen produces, with Etienne de Villiers as director.Click here to visit Passing Trains Film & Television's press office.
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|  | Studio F/64 Photography was launched in 2006 and caters to advertising, life-style, modeling, product and wedding photography. To date work has been published in many major magazines such as Sports Illustrated, Men's Health, Eat Out, Women and Home, Golf Digest. Work has also won Fuji Film Professional Awards, including Gold, Sliver and Bronze.
Having studied Fine Arts at the University of Pretoria, perusing a career in photography and visual communications was a natural progression for owner and photographer Nicole Phillips. The studio has consequently grown in size and enjoys the benefits of a highly dynamic and professional team including photography, make-up and hair styling and graphic design. [Nikki Phillips] | | More showcases ... |
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