August 03, 2011

• South Africa: New Campus Magazine

  Campus Life Unrestricted (CLU) is a national campus lifestyle magazine launching this week at campuses around the country. Its aim is to provide students, between the ages of 18 to... Read more »

• South Africa: Sowetan Acting Editor Takes Responsibility, Steps Down

  Len Maseko, who became acting editor of Sowetan earlier this year, has taken full responsibility for the controversial column from now axed Eric Miyeni concerning City Press editor... Read more »

• South Africa: Currin't Events And Stryker Join Forces to Be "There for You"

  Currint Events assisted Stryker with their annual sales meeting this year in Kloofzicht, Muldersdrift. The event was held over three days, with the first two days focusing on... Read more »

• South Africa: Sail Score With Ajax Cape Town

  Leading PSL soccer side, Ajax Cape Town, has awarded sports and entertainment solutions company, SAIL, the right to be their exclusive commercial partners with immediate effect. Read more »

• South Africa: Dunlop Enters the Zone With Graffiti's G-Frame

  Branding experts Graffiti recently gave Dunlop Zone dealerships a bold black and yellow facelift with the incorporation of large G-Frame advertising mechanisms garnering attention... Read more »

• South Africa: Top Women Awards Winners Inspire Others

  Top companies, including Anglo American, Adams & Adams, Lowe Bull and the Johannesburg Roads Agency, have entered this year's 8th Annual Top Women Awards to showcase their... Read more »

• South Africa: Finweek Must Change With Its Market - Acting Editor Ashton [interview]

  There's much afoot in the world of business and financial media with a restructuring of Media24's business division and disentangling of an integrated newsroom, while over at rival... Read more »

• South Africa: Brandsum - Combining Culture, Character, Creative Expression to Mobilise Brands

  Global brand development and marketing insight consultancy, Added Value, has launched its brand positioning and mobilisation model in South Africa, BrandSum. Read more »

• South Africa: The Great Business - Marketing, Advertising Disconnect

  Ad agencies wish they were taken more seriously by the clients as business building partners. They feel they should have relationships higher up in the organisation and are... Read more »

• South Africa: Social Media - the Immortal Concept [analysis]

  The egg of innovation that is social media is cracking open. Birthed from it is the Fountain of Youth. A digitally charged elixir that promises a way to live forever. Read more »

• Africa: Set Squared Bulks Its Mediatech Africa Stand Repertoire

  Issued by: Set Squared Read more »

August 02, 2011

• South Africa: Busting the Myths Behind Social Media [opinion]

  Social media isn't rocket science, but it does demand that you change the way that you think about interacting with your customers and prospects. Too many companies still approach... Read more »

• Africa: Social Media - the Machine Maketh the Man [press release]

  Social media has so readily been grafted into man's daily practice and with such abundance; there hasn't been a whole lot of time to decipher how this massive advent is going to... Read more »

• Africa: Search Vs Social - No Contest [opinion]

  We're often asked whether social media is replacing search as a driver of online business. Social media is certainly getting way more attention, but it is a complement to search... Read more »

• South Africa: Smiles Blossom On Joburg Roads [analysis]

  Last week, the first phase launch of the Smile Dammit campaign from the 94.7 Breakfast Xpress saw rows of trees adorned with colourful blossoms along both William Nicol Drive and... Read more »

• Africa: New Categories for 10th Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards [press release]

  Two new categories have been added to the 2011 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards, one for consumer journalism and another for journalism in social media. Entries are open as of... Read more »

• South Africa: Consulta Research Opens in Cape Town

  The Centurion-based research company, Consulta Research, founded in 1999 by Prof Adré Schreuder, has opened a Cape Town office. Its growing base of clients in Cape Town and... Read more »

August 01, 2011

• South Africa: It's Sky High for VWV and Castle Milk Stout [press release]

  The VWV Group was recently appointed to execute the repositioning of the brand, Castle Milk Stout. This brief culminated into a repositioning experience targeted at a fresh market,... Read more »

• South Africa: New SAARF TAMS Universe Includes TopTV

  The updated household universe for SAARF TAMS released today, Monday, 1 August 2011, is a response to changes seen in the TV-viewing universe in the last AMPS release, AMPS Dec 10... Read more »

• South Africa: Direct Marketing Association Warns Against 'Hysteria'

  The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) of SA on Monday, 1 August 2011, defended its ability to manage the national opt-out registry the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) requires after... Read more »

• South Africa: More Details On Design Indaba's "Your Street Challenge" for Designers

  As part of the celebrations of Cape Town being shortlisted for World Design Capital 2014, the 'Your Street Challenge', launched by Design Indaba, offers designers the ideal... Read more »

• South Africa: Media24 Establishes Digital Projects

  Media24 has announced that the Developing Market business unit will be disbanded, the brands incorporated into the remaining units and that Jonathan Harris, GM of the unit, will... Read more »

• South Africa: Seven Awards At Durban Filmmart

  Seven awards were made at the close of the 2011 edition of Durban FilmMart (DFM), the joint project of the Durban Film Office (DFO) and the Durban International Film Festival... Read more »

• South Africa: Euro RSCG SA Wins Peermont

  Euro RSCG South Africa has won the Peermont Hotels, Casinos and Resorts advertising account, it announced this morning, Monday, 1 August 2011. Read more »

• South Africa: Mandela Day, the Cheesekids Way

  Gearhouse SA and others from the Gearhouse Group pooled their services to provide the technical elements for the Cheese Kids, Mandela Day Celebration which took place at Innesfree... Read more »