MWeb's bold ADSL move to spur online ad boom

[Diane Charton] The news that MWeb is to offer uncapped ADSL data access from as little as R219 a month will help to spur massive growth in online marketing and advertising in South Africa in the months ahead. 19 Mar 2010 13:14

"I said it, Mr Blatter, not Kulula."

[Herman Manson] Kulula.com supposedly said something nasty about Joseph 'Sepp' Blatter and it made the front page of The Mercury. And the Cape Times. It ran in The Star. Then SAPA picked it up and it was everywhere - News24, The Sowetan, East Coast Radio. Only the comments in question were not made by the tweeps over at @kulula, which originally broke the news on Twitter that FIFA has demanded it drop its tongue in cheek ‘Unofficial National Carrier of the ‘You Know What' campaign. It was I, Mr Blatter. 19 Mar 2010 12:38

Freelancers: here's how to get paid

[Tiffany Markman] A recent article on ‘Getting the most from a freelance copywriter or editor' sparked lots of comments, but the majority came from freelancers with payment questions. So Jo Duxbury (of the brilliant Freelancentral and the spanking new Peppermint Source) and I have collaborated in order to answer them. 19 Mar 2010 11:43

Shivambu vs journos: COSATU wants answers

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. 19 Mar 2010 09:44

Getaway turns 21

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

PR practitioners: What bloggers want

“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

SANEF backs journos in Shivambu complaint

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. 19 Mar 2010 05:48

Strategic appointments at Bizcommunity.com - Bizcommunity.com

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

ODM coming in May with 55 TV channels

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Newly-licensed pay TV broadcaster On Digital Media (to trade as TopTV) is ready to enter the market and launching in May 2010, offering 55 channels - for now - at a subscription fee ranging between R99 and R249, CEO Vino Govender announced this morning, Thursday 18 March, in Johannesburg. “We intend to make pay TV accessible for all and as a right and a necessity for all South Africans, not only for the wealthy,” Govender told journalists at the company's offices in Woodmead. 18 Mar 2010 13:06

South African Prix d'Excellence de la Beauté 2010 from Marie Claire

Givenchy received the Prix d'Excellence award in the Care category for its Le Soin Noir and Guerlain's Rouge G de Guerlain was voted the best product in the Make-up category at the local Marie Claire Prix d'Excellence de la Beauté Awards 2010 at The Venue in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, earlier this week. 18 Mar 2010 12:51

AdVantage launches monthly legal column AdJudicate

Presidency responds on 702 journo incident

The Presidency issued a statement yesterday, Wednesday, 17 March 2010, in which it has “noted with concern” reports of an incident between members of the SAPS Presidential Protection Unit (PPU) and an Eyewitness News reporter at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital on Tuesday 16 March. 18 Mar 2010 12:06