https://www.bizcommunity.com/OrchidsandOnions South Africa #OrchidsandOnions | Bizcommunity news 15 #OrchidsandOnions news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/OrchidsandOnions en-us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:56:45 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/metropolitan-brings-the-drama-subaru-bores-847143a I was beginning to wonder what had happened to that particular talent we have in our advertising industry for telling entertaining, even humorous, stories… even on subjects which are not normally associated with having a laugh. It seems to have been on a bit of a sabbatical of recent times. 1-267069 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:37:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/when-castle-lite-gets-it-right-and-the-government-gets-it-wrong-177686a Over the years, I have become a wine fan rather than a beer drinker… but if I do order an ale when I’m out, or when we have people for a braai, I am more of a Windhoek man than someone who likes Castle Lite. 1-266558 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:48:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/kfc-serves-up-laughs-webuycars-brings-the-cringe-739862a I remember three things about this past Valentine’s Day. I watched a “chick flick” with my wife – Sleepless in Seattle if you must know. I missed the tremendous Six Nations match between Scotland and England (Go Haggises!)… not because I am a sensitive chap and opted for said chick flick, but because I forgot to check the TV schedule. 1-265772 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:31:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sugar-scares-and-da-ai-blunders-284877a Going through some (very) old photographs recently and this was in black-and-white, so that should date it – I was struck by the person staring back at me. Was I ever that skinny? 1-265280 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:47:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/when-ryanair-schools-elon-musk-849643a Can anyone here remember the “dot.com” boom, when companies fell over themselves to get “on the Net” by buying into the “next big thing” or spending millions on websites that simply didn’t work? 1-264969 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:29:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/a-helicopter-for-wors-sixty60-soars-while-cartrack-sinks-950994a There can be no doubt that Checkers, with its Sixty60 delivery service, has so dominated the sector that the brand – or sub-brand if you’d prefer – has become, literally, a household word. 1-264114 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:20:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/illegal-billboards-brilliant-billboards-and-a-very-strange-unicorn-629031a Political shenanigans aside, the recent row over the Solidarity banner on a freeway in Johannesburg – claiming South Africa is the most race-regulated country on the planet – exposed, ironically, the lawless state of Out of Home (OOH) advertising in the City of Gold. 1-263651 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sab-drives-a-hard-message-home-kfc-does-esg-right-841803a Stopped at a traffic light the other day, I got quite angry looking at an “18-wheeler” truck alongside me. Every single one of the eight or so tyres I could see was not only bald, there were places where the canvas carcass was showing through. 1-263139 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:04:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/checkers-cooks-with-jamie-oliver-vaseline-warms-hearts-060785a There is one thing you have to say about British celeb chef Jamie Oliver… and that is that he oozes enthusiasm, whether it be for food, for cooking or even life itself. 1-262347 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/heritage-wins-with-castle-and-eskort-but-spar-sparks-backlash-398458a Heritage Day is spluttering to its smoke-infused end as I write this, the smell of charred meat wafting across the neighbourhood… a reminder about how, in the eyes of many, this public holiday is not such much remembering where you came from as trying to forget where you are, with the help of copious doses of booze. 1-261733 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:16:00 +0200 Bizcommunity #OrchidsandOnions South Africa