"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

BLUFF SA magazine discontinued

Maverick Publishing Corporation has announced that the company will no longer be publishing the print version of BLUFF SA magazine with immediate effect, but plans to take the magazine into the digital space. 19 Mar 2010 12:00

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

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

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

Afropolitan ties up with BMF

Afropolitan magazine and the Black Management Forum (BMF) have teamed up and one aim is to enhance the magazine's content; the magazine has also developed a new website to provide it with an online presence. 18 Mar 2010 08:52

Shivambu complaint: ANCYL, ProJourn respond

In a release headed ‘ANCYL response to a mob of concerned journalists' the organisation dismisses the complaint by a group of journalists following threats made by ANCYL spokesman Floyd Shivambu to reveal private details of the journalists' activities. The Professional Journalists' Association (ProJourn) has also responded to the reports. 18 Mar 2010 07:30

Youth use new media, traditional

A new study, just released by the Youth Research Unit (YRU) of the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) at the University of South Africa (Unisa), in collaboration with the Film and Publication Board (FPB) and Vodacom, provided worthwhile and interesting insights into the role of media, especially new media, in the lives of high-school learners in South Africa. 18 Mar 2010 06:42

AdVantage AdMAGs deadline approaches

The deadline is fast approaching for AdVantage magazine's annual AdMAG Awards for consumer magazines. The entry deadline is this Friday, 19 March 2010, and late entries will be accepted until 23 March 2010. 17 Mar 2010 12:37