UGANDA

Uganda: Journalists' rights body to sue army for brutality

[Walter Wafula] The Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRN) in Uganda is set to sue the army in Uganda over the violation of journalists' rights. "We are dragging individual commanders to court for these violations, amongst them are Col. David Muhoozi the commandant of Armored Brigade in Masaka and the military police commandant among others," said Robert Ssempala, the HRNJ-Uganda board chairman in a statement last week. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Nigeria: Presidential election being held as attacks on media increase

ABUJA: Reporters Without Borders has recorded more than 30 attacks on media freedom so far this year, despite reforms and the promises of outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure the free flow of news during the campaign for the parliamentary and presidential election. Read more >>

AFRICA

Social vs search, which strategy is best for your business?

[Shaune Jordaan] The question every marketing department must face is, "Where do I spend my budget this year?". A few years ago this might have been alot easier; now they need to ask; "Do I spend it on print or online? Where online? Or search? Google, Yahoo? Or social? Which social platform?". The questions, opinions and answers would, in most cases, be subjective and varied. Read more >>

AFRICA

Apple sues Samsung over mobile phones, tablets

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has filed a lawsuit against Samsung claiming that the South Korean electronic giant's mobile phones and tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab, copy the iPhone and the iPad. Read more >>

AFRICA

British royal wedding to be streamed on YouTube

LONDON: British palace officials said on Tuesday (19 April 2011) they will stream the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton live on YouTube, the first such coverage of a royal event. Read more >>

AFRICA

Telecoms firms urged to brave new African frontiers

[Thabiso Mochiko] Analysts say telecommunications operators, especially those that have missed the acquisition trail, should aggressively expand into the enterprise market in Africa, one of the key growth areas that is stimulated by the demand for data services. Read more >>

KENYA

yu launch voice SMS service in Kenya

NAIROBI: yu, the mobile phone brand of Essar Telecom Kenya and Kirusa, a global developer of mobile value-added services, this week announced the launch of a voice SMS service in Kenya. The service is available to all yu subscribers, on all mobile handsets, and allows them to send and reply to messages by voice. Read more >>

MALAWI

Malawi: Newspaper apologises for quoting dead source

[Gregory Gondwe] The Daily Times has apologised to the Malawi readership for carrying out a story in its Monday, 18 April 2011 edition that quoted a cabinet minister who died last year but was portrayed as having attended a function that took place last week. To make matters worse, the story also carried a picture of the dead former cabinet minister of health Professor Moses Chirambo. Read more >>

AFRICA

Loerie Awards adds PR category for 2011

The Loerie Awards has introduced a PR category to this year's awards. Public Relations Industry of Southern Africa (PRISA) spokesperson Bridget von Holdt believes the move is indicative of the importance of strategic communication in the overall communication mix and that the inclusion of PR exposes other industries to the real value of strategic communication and its vital role in brand management. Read more >>

AFRICA

Standard Bank explores business opportunities from BRICS

BEIJING: Standard Bank believes it is set to benefit from more dynamic business interactions between Africa and the world's emerging economic powers, with South Africa's inclusion in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Read more >>

AFRICA

SABMiller lager volumes up 2%, revenue up 5%

[Jacqueline Mackenzie] Global brewing giant SABMiller's overall financial performance for the 12 months ended March 2011 is in line with its expectations, the group said on Tuesday (19 April 2011). Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Entries open for Stevie Award for Women in Business

NEW YORK, US: The 8th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business entries are now open. These particular awards recognise women with innovative frames of mind, who have excelled in their line of business. Read more >>

NORWAY

Nigeria takes SA seat at Opera

OSLO, NORWAY / LAGOS, NIGERIA, JOHANNESBURG, SA: Nigeria has unseated South Africa as the country in Africa with the highest number of users on the Opera Mini mobile browser, according to the latest State of the Mobile Web report issued 19 April 2011 by Opera Software. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Diesel adds venom to Audi A8

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Audi has injected some extra venom into its creamy comfortable flagship A8 range with the addition of a new petrol engine and two new diesel engines, including a big daddy V8. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Check those trailers and caravans too before Easter

Most caravans, boats and trailers don't see much action during the year. In fact, it's often only around holiday time that they are rolled off their patch of grass and hooked up to go - but after standing so long, chances are their wheels are no longer in good shape. So before you go off on your Easter break, check! And that applies to any holiday by road you are going on any time during the year. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

R1.4 billion tourism prize for Table Mountain success

An independent impact report has predicted a R1.4billion annual tourism bonanza for South Africa if Table Mountain is named one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Rezidor's Neumann at the helm

Wolfgang M. Neumann (49) is Rezidor's new executive vice president & chief operating officer, effective may 9, 2011. He succeeds Jacques Dubois who leaves the company for personal reasons. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Minds drenched with ideas at TEDx Cape Town

[Sue Northam] Last Saturday, 16 April, 2011, TEDxCapeTown (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, with the x for independently organised) was held at Ratanga Junction, Cape Town. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

What's in a name?

[Jordan Scott] To enjoy this performance to its fullest you've got to love listening to people with angelic voices singing. You do? Well then, let me tell you more. I have never seen two people work so well off of each other's energy - it was almost contagious - and when they began to sing, well I was lost to the world of names and their humorous ways of portraying them. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Seeds to RTD 2011 successfully sown in Scarborough

[Sindy Peters: Africa editor] Sowing the Seeds was in fine form this year, hosted at the Cape Farmhouse in Scarborough on Saturday, 16 April, 2011. The prelude to Rocking the Daisies 2011 drew an energetic, multicultural crowd en masse. Jeremy Loops & Trak took best act of the day in my book, with Hot Water coming in a close second - particularly for lead vocalist Donovan Copley's intense performance of Tribal Man, which had everyone enthralled. Read more >>