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Oh Mama, what a drama! The Hawks spokesman McIntosh Polela got ambushed somewhat when the mother of two of his six children called in while he was on 702 and promptly laid into him for allegedly not keeping up with maintenance payments. At the time, Polela was engaged in a telephonic interview with 702's Talk At Nine host, Eusebius McKaiser. She stayed only nine months or so, but now Sbu Mpungose has called it quits and resigned as editor of Cosmopolitan. As usual, neither side is saying too much on the "why?" Still on magazines and newspapers, for that matter - could apps save the publishing industry?Back at the ASA, Kate O' Regan has replaced Mervyn King as ASA president. Prof Mervyn King SC will be retiring from the ASA. O' Regan was one of the first judges of the South African Constitutional Court and has a strong background and profile within the South African law community. OK, you were wondering, weren't you? What's a Loerie really made of? Chris Gotz reckons it's a great deal more than simply the object you wave about proudly when you win it. 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
Creative Week Cape Town
 [Chris Gotz] Sometime in 1998 I found myself sitting on the roof of a bar in Rocky Street in Yeoville, Joburg. Perched on beer crates, my art director and I were surrounded by a large ring of people. They were distinctly unhappy. Not a malevolent, nasty kind of unhappy, but grumpy nonetheless. Read more >>
CRM
 [Paul Fick] The internet has empowered customers to easily and instantly analyse, compare, search and research products, prices and brands before making a purchasing decision. This has significantly changed the customer-company relationship. Customers now demand instant attention, and if they are not satisfied, obtain good service or the product quality is poor, this knowledge will immediately be shared with their peers via a variety of media channels. Read more >>
 [Keith Fenner] In the face of shrinking pipelines and declines in profitability, the uptake of customer care tools is consistently increasing. Managing multiple channels of communication such as email, faxes, SMSs and voice recognition software could however be tricky. Read more >>
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 [Danie Strachan] Up to now, South Africa has not had comprehensive legislation that governs the protection of personal information and similar data. However, this situation will change when the Protection of Personal Information Bill (POPI) comes into force. Read more >>
Advertising
 After the AGM of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), held late last week, the board of directors announced that Prof Mervyn King SC will be retiring from the ASA. Judge Kate O' Regan has been elected to succeed Prof King as president of the ASA. Read more >>
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[Danie Strachan] Pause before you pitch... With the Loerie Awards around the corner South African agencies are holding thumbs in the hope that they will walk away with the coveted 'bird'. At this time, however, it is a good idea to look back at the pitches that are done in order to persuade a client to go ahead with an advertisement. Read more >>
 [Styli Charalambous] The digital publishing industry in South Africa commands less than 3% of the total ad spend, which means we sorely lag other developed markets. In contrast, digital ad spend in South Africa will not overtake print spend this year, a prediction being touted by publishers abroad. Read more >>
Branding
 [Mike Taberner] I meet companies on a regular basis that seem to confuse their product with their brand. They have this notion that producing better quality, better priced or cooler looking products is their brand. Still other companies talk of their service offerings as if they were their brand. Sure, having a great product and/or service certainly will help your brand, but, it is not your brand. Read more >>
 While personal names as often used as brands, Dale Healy, partner at law firm Adams & Adams, warns that there can be drawbacks and cites Jenni Button as an a example. Read more >>
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 [Michael Gullan] Gamification is a digital term that means bringing some of the mechanics and concepts of gaming into brand content. Foursquare is a good example of the use of gamification where users can earn badges and unlock specials by checking in. Gamification used for marketing brands usually involves incentivising users with rewards and exclusive offers, similar to traditional loyalty programmes. Read more >>
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 [Wesley Lynch] The most recent ABC figures have painted a picture of decline for newspapers, including a 6.7% drop in circulation figures for dailies and 4,9% for weekend papers. Although magazines are holding strong, they are becoming luxury items, able to compete because they are by nature more niched than newspapers. Read more >>
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 [Gezzy S Sibisi] Cosmopolitan magazine editor Sbu Mpungose resigned with immediate effect from the publication last Wednesday after being at the helm for only nine months. Read more >>
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 NEWSWATCH: Following allegations that the SABC is failing in a number of areas, Icasa has become involved, reports Mail & Guardian, which also reports that Woolworths has defended its employment policy. Read more >>
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 [Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] The big story for print media these days is circulation decline but something else piqued my interest in the presentation of the most recent figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa (ABC) - for the second quarter of this year. It's the devastating tale of "media inflation" or, broadly speaking, the cost of reaching consumers by buying adverts in the media. Read more >>
 [Janine Lazarus] It's not every day that you are afforded the opportunity to debate with a government minister live on national radio - especially when the topic under discussion is what works or doesn't work in government communications. Read more >>
 [Marion Scher] As a journalist you learn to develop a thick skin pretty early on in your career. Over the years I've been blamed (with a finger pointing firmly in my face) for everything from Princess Diana's death to maligning Michael Jackson and now of course giving Malema too much exposure. Read more >>
Mobile
 [Craig Wilson] Not only is Telkom appealing against the Competition Tribunal's ruling that found the fixed-line operator guilty of anticompetitive behaviour, but now the Competition Commission has filed a "cross appeal" against sections of the tribunal's findings and wants Telkom to face a higher penalty than the R449m the tribunal imposed in August. Read more >>
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 [Zenoyise John] Hawks spokesman and author McIntosh Polela's "baby mama drama" has got everyone talking after the mother of two of his six children embarrassed him live on radio. Read more >>
Recruitment
 [Jaroslav Cerny] Economic conditions are a very pressing challenge for organisations of all sizes around the world, resulting in squeezed budgets. One such area is IT. As a result, many organisations are turning to outsourcing as a business model, as it offers savings, flexibility, scalability and the ability to access resources on demand rather than having to hire them full time. However, as a result of the unique conditions in South Africa which include a massive skills shortage, and in an effort to save money, some organisations are turning to temporary staffing solutions to fill critical posts. This can be a costly mistake. Read more >>
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 SA's entertainment and media companies have reached the "end of the digital beginning"‚ with digital activities now becoming the "new normal" for traditional media companies‚ according to a report by professional services firm PwC. Read more >>
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 The SABC board has been rocked by yet another power struggle. Chairman Ben Ngubane yesterday, 11 September 2012, asked parliament to remove fellow board member Cawekazi Mahlati from her position. Read more >>
 LONDON, UK: CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear that Facebook has every intention of giving Google a run for its money by marrying social networking with one of the most valuable areas of the technology industry: Search. The search market represents a "big opportunity" that Facebook is uniquely positioned to address, said Zuckerberg at a tech industry conference in San Francisco recently. Read more >>
 COLUMBIA and RESTON, US: Arbitron Inc and comScore have announced an agreement to develop the first-ever five-platform measurement initiative that would provide an unparalleled view of changing consumption of video, audio and display content across radio, television, PCs, smartphones and tablets. Read more >>
 LONDON, UK: Research from leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight, shows Google's car insurance comparison site is already making its presence felt online. *Andreas Pouros, chief operating officer at Greenlight, comments: Read more >>
 LONDON, UK: David McQueen, principal analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media comments on the launch of the iPhone 5. Read more >>
 RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the US search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in August with 66.4% of search queries conducted. Read more >>
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Creative Week Cape Town
As part of Creative Week Cape Town, product design studio IDESO will be opening up their studio to the public and guests on Tuesday, 18 September, from 2pm until 8pm. Read more >>Marketing
 After a three-way pitch the team at OwenKessel is excited to announce the win of the LG South Africa Consumer Electronics account. This is another recent win for OwenKessel and a significant one, as the agency is tasked with driving home the LG brand message of versatility, quality and accessibility. Read more >> Starting with the launch of their brand new website, to revolutions in the world of media and mobile, through new coffee spots about town and ending with inspiration for innovation, here's what's been going on at Tag 8... Read more >>Advertising
 To launch Appletiser's PET on-the-go pack Morrisjones called on the talents of Tamara Dey, and worldwide street performer, DubFX. Read more >> South Africa's first digital out-of- home installation is currently on display at Cape Town's N1 City and Johannesburg's Sandton City shopping centres and will soon be travelling to Gateway in Durban. Read more >> Masters & Savant Worldwide recently produced a television commercial for the launch of the new Kia Optima for agency Singh & Sons. For Masters and Savant Worldwide's Cape Town Managing Director, Reto Reolon, this commercial was an exercise in producing a "21st century ad on a 2012 budget". Read more >> Wimpy have followed their hugely popular Discovery Animal Planet kids campaign with another much-loved kids promo, Looney Tunes. Brand partner, McEwan, yet again took to making this kids promo a massive success by incorporating as much in-store and digital participation as possible. Read more >>North West FM, the top commercial radio station in the North West Province, has exclusively appointed The Media Connection, one of South Africa's leading radio advertising specialists, as its National Sales Representatives for all advertising sales from 1 September. Read more >>Branding
 By constantly evolving and staying on the cusp of the latest international design trends the Rocket Creative team continues to interpret briefs and design guidelines in the most cost effective way possible, allowing the maximum ROI for clients available budget. Read more >> Toms Fels has joined MACHINE in the position of Deputy Managing Director. Read more >>CSI
 Brandinc Creative Group has lent a helping hand to St Andrews Playschool in Durban North, by giving some of their creative time in desigining a piece of artwork on behalf of the playschool which was then manipulated into a birthday card when donatiing 67 blankets to the much needed school, Ncino Ones. Read more >> Thousands of Vodacom Bulls supporters, sponsors and stakeholders opened their hearts and wallets to the tune of half a million rand in donations in support of the CANSA, Get Your Pink On campaign. To say thank you, CANSA held a breakfast at Loftus Versfeld for all major sponsors such as Vodacom, Samsung and Oasis. Read more >>Digital
This month The Heavy Chef Project is pleased to announce the rather unexplored topic of M-commerce. Last month's session with Shirley Wakefield shed light on the undeniable importance of mobile in Africa, which provided a solid foundation for what will be examined next - mobile shopping. Read more >>Breed is a digital agency with an exclusive focus on social media. That means they can do all the traditional stuff - design, digital strategy, marketing and development - and very well, too. But it's comprehensive social media set-ups and implementation that thrill them. Read more >>Community radio stations now have the opportunity to join the rest of the advertising and marketing industry in the digital revolution, thanks to a new mobile website (mobi-site) platform developed and owned by The Media Connection, South Africa's community radio specialist. Read more >>Talooma is proud to announce that they have put another great website live. After working closely with Adele Geldenhuys Physiotherapy in order to design the best possible website for the business, they created a platform that is user friendly, functional and informative. Read more >>The latest version of Inxmail Professional, one of the world's top email marketing systems, is now available, packed full of great functionality to ensure that your email marketing remains at the highest professional level. Read more >> [Hilton Veldsman] Service and the lack thereof, is always a hot topic around South Africans' dinner tables. "We often perceive our service levels to be way below those of international service levels, but is this necessarily the case?" questions Hilton Veldsman, Client Service Director NATIVE. Read more >>The Bookmarks Awards, a non-profit initiative by the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA), aims to recognise and reward those that have a made a significant contribution to the digital industry. Due to the number of requests the Bookmarks entry deadline has been extended to midnight on 18 September 2012. Read more >> As technology and social trends evolve, brands too must alter their strategies in order to adapt to digital environments and platforms. Although marketers will never be able to predict the future, it is vital to keep abreast of trends in order to maintain the connection with their ever-changing trend-savvy consumers. Read more >> Blue Magnet Digital Solutions and the Digital Marketing Institute (DMI) today announced a partnership that will aim to address the increasing shortage of professionally trained and skilled digital marketers in South Africa. Read more >>Education & Training |  |
 TSiBA has been graduating leaders and entrepreneurs for over four years now and has already produced four Mandela Rhodes scholars. Now this unique business school has another accolade to add to the list - an innovative and inspiring book written by TSiBA students themselves! Read more >> In a recent Harvard Business Review Blog, 'Great Mentors Get Out of the Office', Bill Russell and Nancy Altobell discuss the power of mentorship, exploring their experiences with leaders who use their guidance skills outside the office to maximum effect. Read more >>Events & Conferencing
 A number of social legacy projects were built into the South African Climate Change Response Expo (CCR Expo) hosted at COP17 in Durban last year - including the recent opening of the Maphephetheni Children's Playground. Read more >>It is a well-known fact that the world's energy reserves are limited and the current state of traditional energy is questionable. In an effort to alleviate pressure on our current energy sources, alternative methods of generating energy have been explored. Read more >> Guest experience and logistics agency, Logic, recently took care of the details so that activists, academics, businesspeople and policy-makers from across Africa could concentrate on the tough issues facing the continent. Read more >> Business and Arts South Africa recently facilitated a unique exhibition of commissioned art for the Discovery Invest leadership summit. The exhibition formed part of the summit's closing cocktail event and was mounted in the Bill Gallagher Room at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Read more >>It's always a challenge to take a pretty standard idea, turn it on its head, get the client to like it and then pull it off! Deloitte recently gave the company an incredible opportunity to have a lot of fun as well as build an interesting, different and very memorable event. Read more >> Beverage giant SAB teamed up with brand experience agency Mann Made Media to make their prestigious KickStart Awards an event to remember. Using a creative combination of digital and interactive elements, Mann Made Media designed a unique and entertaining event to honour SAB's winners. Read more >> Put your thinking caps on and come up with a fresh and eye-catching slogan for the next IMC Conference edition and you could walk away with R3000 in cash as well as a ticket to attend both the CPT and JHB IMC Conferences in 2013 - over R12 000 in prizes. Read more >> On 15 August, the Macsteel Lifeline Golf Classic took place at the Royal Johannesburg Golf club. For LifeLine, this annual Golf Classic, is one of their most significant fundraising events, and helped them to raise R400k this year, a substantial sum of money. Read more >> Rain Productions is proud to announce that Uriah Heep will be performing at this year's Mieliepop Festival on 27th October 2012, in Lothair Mpumalanga, just two-and-a-half hours from Johannesburg and Pretoria. Read more >> Entrepreneurs, business owners and those who wish to start their own business can soon attend the first Business Indaba at CTICC, Cape Town. This four-day event includes the main two-day conference, a pre-conference seminar, entrepreneur's club luncheon, networking events and evening seminars. The event runs in Cape Town from 15 to 18 September. Read more >>Exhibitions |  |
 The 2013 Africa Energy Indaba, which is endorsed by the World Energy Council (WEC) and the South African National Energy Association (SANEA), has received yet another acknowledgement of the value it offers to delegates who attend the next annual conference and exhibition. Read more >>Complete Exhibitions has participated in various exhibitions such as Meetings Africa and Markex. Being both exhibitions organisers and exhibitors themselves, Complete Exhibitions has learned how to maximise the opportunities presented by participation in these shows Read more >> Sustainability is defined as "the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed". Complete Exhibitions believes in this concept and has, for the last number of years, been cultivating partnerships in the annual Insurance Institute of South Africa Conference and Exhibition. Read more >>EXSA is able to continuously benefit its many members by constantly working on their behalf with representation to Government and other parties. EXSA was delighted to inform its members recently that SARS has extended their VAT ruling whereby they are able to zero-rate VAT for international clients for EXSA members only until September 2015. Read more >>Magazines
 Media24's tvplus is delighted to introduce their new editor, Lucia Swart-Walters. This former senior editorial member of the media group's Huisgenoot and YOU was editor of the brand extensions Tempo and Mooi/Makeovers. She was also chief of infographics for YOU, Huisgenoot and Drum. Read more >> Every bride needs the best advice at her fingertips when it comes to planning her dream wedding, whether it's her white wedding or her traditional celebration. With this in mind, DRUM magazine is proud to announce the launch of our first bridal magazine DRUM Weddings spring/summer 2012. Read more >>Media
 At the recent MOST Awards, AMASA announced Gloo and Foxp2's joint entry as the overall Roger Garlick Award winner. The awards celebrate innovative use of media across South Africa. Read more >> FoxP2 and Gloo, have won the overall 2012 Roger Garlick award for their breakthrough brandhouse Drive Dry work. The words "Pappa Wag Vir Jou" became a part of popular culture as a result of the innovative campaign and started changing consumer attitudes towards drinking and driving. Read more >>[Lumko Mtimde] In the invitation, MISA/FES asked me to argue a case for statutory media regulation as I see it. The theme debated at this session is very important and central to us all enjoying media freedom, freedom of expression and access to information. Read more >> Mobile
 Location based media solutions company, Business Positioning Systems (BPS) continued to offer clients massive advertising value from various navigation solutions, when a host of brands where given "Branded Widgets" on the Telmap Navigator home screen and "Carousel" which launched on the 01 July. Read more >>Newspapers
 Sifiso Pule from Mediavest and Insauf Samie from Mindshare both won a MacBook Air from Son and Ads24. The recent Son activation saw early morning cappuccino activations at selected media agencies reminding planners and buyers that over one million readers "kick-start their day" with the Son. Read more >>Out Of Home
 Vehicle branding and transit media specialist, Graffiti has given Protea Hotels a bold new presence on South Africa's roads by branding 30 of the hotel group's guest transfer vehicles. Read more >> On 6 September, leading out of home media owner Provantage walked away with three prestigious MOST Awards - Provantage took first position in the Out of Home Category, received the MOST Award for Overall Best Media Owner of the Year and Managing Director Jacques du Preez collected the MOST Rising Star Award, for the third year in a row. Read more >> Road users in Gauteng may have spotted something just a little wild prowling around their city streets. That's likely to be because vehicle branding and transit media specialist Graffiti recently branded six vehicles for Cosmopolitan Projects in a not-to-be-missed leopard print wrap. Read more >>Promotions
 Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town illustrates how books 'Take you places' with poster displays for Wordsworth Books. The poster campaign illuminates the idea, when you open a book, you open yourself up to adventures that can take you anywhere. Read more >> Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town developed an in-store promotion for Wordsworth Books to demonstrate the store's closing down sale and being 'Between Places.' Read more >> Audi Centre Cape Town and Audi Centre N1 City have recently launched the exciting Audi Buy One Win 1 campaign. By purchasing any new or pre-owned Audi model from either showroom, customers stand a chance to win a brand new Audi A1. Read more >>Publishing
 [Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle] This is the riveting, news-breaking story of former Olympic gold medalist and seven-time Tour de France rider Tyler Hamilton, who takes us deep inside the secret world of professional cycling, his years as Lance Armstrong's teammate, and what it took to win - no matter the cost. Read more >>Radio
 Jenneth`s Hair and Beauty Studio was named the winner of this year's 702 Small Business Awards with Softline Pastel in an awards ceremony held at the Michelangelo Hotel in Sandton on Tuesday night. Read more >>The Media Connection recently took second place in the radio category at the 2012 MOST Awards, upping its position from that of third place in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Read more >> Talk Radio 702 added their own artistic flair to the FNB Joburg art fair with the host, Leigh Bennie, moving around the fair, interviewing guests on a chat mat, which was accompanied by a large empty frame, a mobile "Live on air" sign and a caricature artist who drew the guests as they were being interviewed. Read more >>Research
 The South African Market Research Online Community (MROC) pioneers, Columinate, are still the only company in South Africa to offer the MROC. Two recent innovations in this space are Advertising Testing and the Emotional Elicitation Technique. Read more >>Retail
 Celebrating its sixty-fifth year in business, leading health and nutritional supplements company, Vital Health Foods, was awarded "Healthiest Medium-Sized Company" in the 2012 Sunday Times/Discovery Health Company Index survey. Read more >>TV
 Vodafone Ghana's Healthline branded content television show has won the 'TV program of the year 2011' award at the 23rd CIMG awards held at the Banquet Hall over the weekend. Read more >>Youth Marketing
 In a recent marketing feat, HDI Youth Marketeers managed to catch the attention of Joburg'ers with an off-the-wall "UFO sighting" campaign to create talkability about the new Cartoon Network series being screened at Nu Metro Montecasino this Saturday afternoon. Read more >>
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 DuPont Pioneer‚ one of the world's leading agricultural businesses‚ and Pannar Seed (Pty) Limited‚ a South African-based seed company with operations throughout Africa and other parts of the world‚ on Friday received affirmation of South Africa's approval to implement their agreement for Pioneer to purchase a majority share of Pannar. Read more >>
According to allAfrica.com, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said the government will stop the exploration of shale gas in South Africa's Karoo region if it is found that hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" poses any risk to the water table or to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope project. She pointed out that the findings of the government's investigation of the environmental and social effects of "fracking" in the Karoo Basin laid down conditions that could lead to the exploration process being halted. Read more >>
 South African police who clashed with striking workers at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine said the military could be roped in to help quell the mining unrest if the situation degenerates. Read more >>
 Trade conditions remained lacklustre in August, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Wednesday. Read more >>
National Treasury is intending to stop all financial transfers to Nala local municipality in the Free State following its persistent breach of financial management prescripts and alleged mismanagement of public funds. Read more >>
Although government says there's room for improvement in key delivery areas, it has achieved several successes in speeding up police response times, social grants applications, temporary residence permits and the filling of public service vacancies, the Director General of the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Sean Phillips, said yesterday. Read more >>
 [Peter Dachs and Bernard du Plessis*] The long-awaited Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) tax proposals have been introduced as part of the recent Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill. While the effective date will only be an undetermined future date to be announced by the Minister of Finance, the proposals seek to standardise the tax treatment of Property Unit Trusts (PUT) and Property Loan Stock (PLS) companies. Read more >>
 The Department of Labour intends introducing proposals to strengthen companies' compliance with the Employment Equity Act, said Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant. Read more >>
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 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] After a rather slow, stuttering sales start the Renault Fluence has picked up market speed and is now one of French's brand's three best sellers in this country - and with more than enough reason because it is a well-specced family sedan, pleasant to drive, nice looking and devoid of the quirks one has become accustomed to with some French and Italian cars. Read more >>
 The average time taken by South African consumers to settle their vehicle finance contracts has almost doubled over the past five years, according to TransUnion Auto Information Solutions. Read more >>
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 Low-cost airline Mango is reported to have become the first African airline to offer a near complete portfolio of products and services through its mobi-site and tablet applications. The functionality, available from 20 September, will make it possible for South Africans to book and pay for flights, choose seating and purchase ancillary products on the go. Read more >>
 [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] You've heard the cliché about having a bird's eye view and I'm sure you agree how overused it is. Until now - I can honestly describe our view, from SanPark's Golden Gate National Park's Mountain Retreat as bird's eye as the bearded vultures are flying lower than our perch, precipitously wedged into the mountain, at the top of an impossibly steep road. Read more >>
 [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Brian Berkman, Contributing Travel Editor, had a chat to Gaby Gramm, Graham Beck hospitality manager For Steenberg (Voted by Condé Nast Traveler US on its 2012 Gold List as one of the Top 500 Experiences in the World). He asked her what are her 10 things she loves about working in the luxury hospitality industry. A great deal, it seems. Read more >>
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 [Eugene Yiga] Have you ever wondered if the guy playing the cymbals or the triangle (and seemingly doing very little) gets paid the same as the busy violinists in the front row? How about what the slide on a trombone actually does? Well, these and many other questions will be answered at Cape Town's Fugard Theatre on 19 September. Read more >>
 [Justin Williams] September has arrived, which means so has the season of outdoor trance parties. Finally! Alien Safari's annual outdoor season-starter event, Sprung, happened this weekend past and it was certainly a memorable beginning to what is shaping up to be a big summer of outdoor events. Read more >>
 Big Concerts have announced that Adam Lambert will be touring South Africa for the first time this November, with performances scheduled in Cape Town on Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at the Grand Arena, GrandWest and then on Friday, 16 November 2012 at the Coca-Cola Dome Johannesburg. Tickets go on sale Friday, 14 September at 9am from Computicket. Read more >>
 [Daniel Dercksen] It's rare to fall hopelessly in love with a monster, but the exquisite French animation film A Monster In Paris guarantees the beginning of a great love affair with inspired storytelling and the refined art of animation. Read more >>
 [Nina Timm] Yes, spring is finally here and it is wonderful to be woken up by the birds every morning. It is not quite light when I wake up (5-ish) so my early-morning coffee in the garden will still have to wait for another week or so, but, nevertheless, it is time to spring-clean the house, body and soul. Read more >>
 [Eugene Yiga] At last, after one of the coldest winters in a decade, spring is finally here. And with it comes the 8th Artscape Spring Drama Season, which will feature four new plays from 13 September to 24 November. Read more >>
 We have heard the new-age adage "less is more". This is surely the case with this amazing production about a man who is remembered for his teachings, a man of many words. Biko's Quest is a portrayal of the life and death of one of South Africa's political martyrs, Steve Bantu Biko. It draws its original work from the Steve Biko Foundation's exhibition: "Biko's Quest - for a True Humanity". It translates photography into dance, song and performance. Read more >>
 [Eugene Yiga] The Mail & Guardian called it the best production of the decade. Now, after recent performances in Switzerland (and before it continues on a European tour), medEia will be showing at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town for only four nights. Read more >>
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