The Congress of South African Trade Unions is the latest organisation to issue a statement following the dispute between ANCYL Floyd Shivambu and a group of journalists - and the congress wants answers.
Soapie fans and advertisers will not be left in the lurch when Egoli finishes on 26 March 2010, as Binnelanders will take over with a brand new storyline in a new one-hour HD format from 5 April.
With R100 000 in products and prizes up for grabs, the Adobe South Africa Go Create competition encourages entrants to be as creative as possible with the theme 'My Creative Suite', reflecting the role Adobe plays in the creative process in design, video, Web or photography disciplines.
NEWSWATCH: The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) is backing the group (the ANCYL calls them ‘a mob') of journalists in their complaint that Floyd Shivambu, ANCYL spokesman, threatened to reveal private details about certain journalists and also apparently accused some of having sex in return for stories, reports IOL.
The Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) system allows users to consume electricity in one part of the country and ‘trade' this usage against a green power source. This was done at the recent Meetings Africa show by Scan Display, which powered its exhibition stand this way. This is reportedly the first time that an individual exhibitor has used renewable energy for its stand's lighting and electrical appliances. 19 Mar 2010 09:00
Getaway magazine celebrates its 21st birthday with bottles of bubbly to advertisers and other stakeholders and R200 000 in giveaways for readers. Among these are competitions to win bush breaks, multi-tools, vouchers, gear and books, while subscribers stand to win a R30 000 stay for two at the up-market Tenahead Mountain Lodge. 19 Mar 2010 08:48
“Contact us more frequently and consistently, but with the right material and a personal touch,” say South African bloggers to PR practitioners - a result from what Text 100 believes is the first global survey of its kind, when it examined the communications/PR preferences of technology, business and lifestyle bloggers across the globe, including the South African blogosphere. 19 Mar 2010 08:24
In celebration of its 10th anniversary of successful service to the luxury hospitality sector, Manley Communications launched new branding and a new website, yesterday, Thursday, 18 March 2010. 19 Mar 2010 08:03
The announcement of the Agency of the Decade will take place at the annual AdReview Awards on 21 April 2010 at the Helderfontein Estate in Kyalami at 6pm and published in AdReview 2010, which will be in the 29 April issue of Finweek. 19 Mar 2010 07:44
In order to maximise skills and talent in preparation for new developments at Bizcommunity.com, the management and staff complement in editorial, support and sales has been restructured. 18 Mar 2010 13:10
Toyota South Africa is once again the official vehicle supplier of the 2010 ABSA Cape Epic, one of the toughest stage races in the world for mountain bikers. The warm-up ride for this year's event is the Freedom Ride on Robben Island. Team Toyota members that will participate include Andrew Kirby, Michael Mol and Shaun Bartlett. 19 Mar 2010 10:28
Coinciding with the final countdown to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, a celebratory street party was hosted in Sandton. This notable day was a joint venture of the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg Tourism Company, Shattered Glass and the GL-Oasys Consortium. 19 Mar 2010 09:11
The Mega Media AdExpo will be staged from 23-25 March 2010 at Sandton Convention Centre and is generating a lot of excitement and interest from the advertising and marketing industry. The organisers, CADEK Media, report that they experience an influx of pre-registrations from the industry. 18 Mar 2010 16:33
Advertising, PR and any other parts of marketing can be measured. Sometimes its not easy, sometimes it can be expensive but at all times it's entirely possible. 18 Mar 2010 13:53
Continental Outdoor's strategic approach over the past few years has resulted in CSI initiatives being moved largely out of the charitable sphere into one in which true partnerships have been forged with key beneficiaries. The two main entities that benefit from this are Food & Trees for Africa and The Dewildt Cheetah Centre. 18 Mar 2010 13:44
Intellectual property law the hero? South Africa's brands the damsel in distress? From Nederburg to Google: 1810 to 2010 is a new title from Affinity Publishing that will include the history of intellectual property protection in South Africa, and explore its role in the creation of strong brands. 18 Mar 2010 12:55
Reiner Mittelbach, former CEO of IFRA prior to the July 2009 merger with the World Association of Newspapers, has decided to leave the merged organisation, WAN-IFRA, at the end of May 2010. 18 Mar 2010 09:46
AdVantage magazine has teamed with one of South Africa's leading intellectual property law firms, DM Kisch, to give rise to a new monthly column which will see DM Kisch provide contemporary insight into legal matters regarding to media, marketing and advertising. 18 Mar 2010 12:19