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[Sylvain Béletre] Ask the average American, European or Asian person to give you African film titles (Out of Africa does not apply), and you're lucky if they can name just one. African films are not well-known outside of Africa, but there is a legitimate and growing interest around the world for good quality African audiovisual content. Read more >> |
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NYC/ Woodcliff Lake: South African artist Esther Mahlangu's 1991 design of a BMW 525i will be displayed at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City until 15 May 2011. The BMW Art Car is a part of The Global Africa Project which explores the impact of African visual culture on contemporary arts, crafts and design worldwide. 
SAN FRANCISCO: Google has been gradually adding professional content to YouTube in a bid to attract advertisers and turn a profit with the site it bought for US$1.65 billion four years ago. 
Launched this week, the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2011 Awards gala ceremony will be be held next year in Johannesburg, South Africa, in June 2011. The competition is open to African nationals who are professional journalists, including freelancers, across print, television, Internet, photography and radio. 
The November/December 2010 edition of the WAN-IFRA Magazine, published by the World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), details the learning points from the expo and its associated conferences, as well as reporting on the Golden Pen of Freedom award and how it illustrates the role of social media in highlighting the plight of press freedom in Iran. 
WASHINGTON: After months of top secret development, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. appears poised to take the wraps off a digital newspaper for the iPad called The Daily. | International news |
UNITED KINGDOMTony Granger to chair Cannes Lions 2011 Film, Press juries
LONDON, UK: Tony Granger, who began his career in his native South Africa and is currently global chief creative officer of Young & Rubicam, will lead both the Cannes Lions Film and Press juries at next year's festival. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMBridging Africa's digital divide: an opportunity
LONDON, UK: Survey reveals bridging digital divide between urban and rural Africa represents major growth opportunity. Read more >>UNITED STATES2010 US online property insurance report
BRAZILAxe Mr Pimpa
HUNGARYHungary's online pub
AUSTRALIAPowder dash
| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICAGM restructures African business, seeking growth
[Michael Bratt] General Motors (GM) has announced a new strategy for African business, which it hopes will allow GM to capitalise on the growing opportunities around the continent. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICADrive, dive, feel alive
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] If diving is your scene and you enjoy hitting the road to find interesting, out-of-the-way places to explore the underwater wonderland of the southern African coastline then allow me to introduce a buddy to take with you whenever the mood for wet adventure grabs you. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAChildren face speed challenge
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICAGeneral travel tips for children with nut allergies
No matter the mode of transportation, holiday travel holds special challenged for parents. Either you're stuck in an enormous security line at an airport filled with cranky people or hearing the constant stream of "are we there yet?" from the back seat of the car. It's enough to make a Scrooge out of even the most Tiny Tim of us. For many families adding to the chaos is the reality that their child has a dangerous nut allergy. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICATravelstart opens in Tanzania
South African company Travelstart has opened an operation in Tanzania to take advantage of Tanzania's emerging online capability, together with its increasing popularity as a destination. Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAEvita - could be surprisingly good for you
[Daphne Cooper] Evita is a big production and Theatre on the Bay is a small theatre. How would the grand theatrical scale of the adoring or mourning crowds, for example, be conveyed? Would we lose something of the power of this rock musical in the intimate setting of the theatre? These kinds of questions were obviously considered by Paul Warwick Griffin who directed the show. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICABelieve it cause it's true
[Ruth Cooper] Born eight years ago, long before Jack Parow and Die Antwoord, Corné and Twakkie are probably the first satirical zeffers ever, maybe. What with their porn star mo's, tight shorts (that are dangerously far from the knees) and mangled Afrikaans accents and sayings, Corné and Twakkie are the epitome of zef. Well aware of this they included a quick parody of Die Antwoord's Enter the Ninja in their Most Amazing Show last Friday night. (Aiie aiie aaa, I am your dragonfly.) Read more >>SOUTH AFRICALazy Sunday lunching at Fraai Uitzicht 1798
[Riccardo Spagni] When was the last time you spent Sunday lunch at a place that made you never want to leave? I mean, when was the last time you felt so comfortable and so blissful that you genuinely wanted to stay till supper and for a few hours thereafter? Just recently I dragged my wife to Robertson on a blistering Sunday to review Fraai Uitzicht 1798, and it was just such a place. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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