SOUTH AFRICA

[Design Indaba 2012] Clive van Heerden sees the 'far-future' of design

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Clive van Heerden is the senior director of Design-Led Innovation at Philips Design. In its simplest terms, Van Heerden and his team researches how socio-cultural and technology shifts only just emerging today might shape society and the way we live ten or twenty years from now. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

[Design Indaba 2012] An architects manifesto

[Herman Manson: @marklives] People are expecting real change real fast. This is true for the Middle East and North Africa. It's also true here at the Southernmost point of Africa. Urban environments that imprison and entrench poverty rather than provide economic mobility has immense socio-economic and cultural ramifications for an increasingly urbanised nation. Read more >>

UGANDA

Seminar to tackle advertising challenges in Uganda

[Walter Wafula] Corporate managers in Uganda have an opportunity to widen their understanding of the latest media buying trends and tactics through an upcoming media seminar in Kampala. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Additional Common Pitch sponsorship by MTN, winner announced

The Common Pitch competition, held on the opening night of Design Indaba saw a surprise move by MTN, who donated an extra R100 000 to Dry Bath, a Limpopo invention; and EarthBag Construction System won R200 000 to use on other projects in communities that need it. Read more >>

KENYA

Mi-Fone hosts dealer conference

Mi-Fone, the new African mobile devices brand focussed on empowering and equipping the mass market with data enabled handsets, is planning its distribution expansion into Kenya with a mobile dealer event taking place at One Degree South Hotel, Kenya on Wednesday, 7 March 2012. Read more >>

MALAWI

University releases journalism practice book

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Department of Journalism and Media Studies of the Polytechnic Constituent College of the University of Malawi has released a 228-page book titled Journalism Practice in Malawi: History, Progress and Prospects. Read more >>

AFRICA

Airtel Africa extends Google partnership

Airtel Africa has announced that it will be extending its existing partnership with Google, with an aim to make internet products more accessible to consumers across Africa. Read more >>

AFRICA

Etisalat scoops 3 awards at Mobile World Congress 2012

Etisalat, a telecommunications company with operations in 17 markets across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, has won three of the sector's most prestigious international awards at Mobile World Congress, the global event held annually in Barcelona, Spain. Read more >>

AFRICA

Report published to focus on healthcare in Africa

In preparation of the conference, Healthcare In Africa, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa on 6-7 March 2012, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), published the report The Future Of Healthcare In Africa, commissioned by Janssen Pharmaceutica NV. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Mindshare Technologies president to retire

SALT LAKE CITY, US: Mindshare Technologies, a leader in Customer Feedback solutions, announced today that Richard D. Hanks will retire as president of the company on 31 March 2012. Hanks will remain chairman of the Board and continue to be involved in strategic planning and business development as a senior advisor to the company. Read more >>

SWEDEN

Flexenclosure wins global mobile award

VARA, SWEDEN / BARCELONA, SPAIN: Flexenclosure, a specialist provider of intelligent power management solutions for base stations, has won the telecom and mobile industry's GSMA 2012 Global Mobile Award recognising "excellence, achievement and innovation within the mobile communications industry". Flexenclosure won the Green Mobile Award for its E-site green power solution. Read more >>

FRANCE

Cannes Lions, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in new venture

CANNES, FRANCE: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to generate communications ideas that could help change the world. Rob McLennan, executive creative director, Net#work BBDO, Johannesburg is SA's representative on The Cannes Chimera consultancy board. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Allegations of nepotism to be probed at Lotteries Board

The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) is to look into allegations of nepotism at the National Lotteries Board. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

SAPS disciplinary processes audited

An extensive audit of the disciplinary processes within SAPS has been completed, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

DA: Lease deal scrutiny must confront corruption

[Paul Vecchiatto] National Treasury's review of 3000 government leases, as announced in the national Budget Speech, is an opportunity to confront the corruption that has become endemic in the negotiation of these contracts, says the Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Dion George. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

R147bn needed to address student housing backlog

Over R147bn invested over 15 years is needed to alleviate the massive backlog and improve conditions for student housing, revealed a report released by the Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande yesterday. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Evoque - the ultimate 'toff-roader'

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] It's been a long time since any vehicle has stirred up so much international emotion and devotion as the provocative Range Rover Evoque has been doing since its launch last year. Yes, there are a few who find its spaced-out styling too over the top but the rest of the planet love it and crave it. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Excuse me, Madame, is this yours?

Can anyone honestly, truly swear they have never taken anything from a hotel room when they check out? ?But here's another thing... Can you honestly say you have never left anything behind when you have checked out... perhaps even something that you'll deny is yours when the hotel gives you a call? Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Travel Corporation introduces Busabout, the funkiest youth travel option by far!

Busabout, claimed to be the most exciting youth travel brand in the world, is available directly to the South African market from today, and to mark the occasion, an incredible 15% discount on the standard prices of selected Busabout products is being offered in March and April 2012! Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

A Jewish Italian walks into a therapist's office ...

[Eugene Yiga] My mother's Italian, my father's Jewish and I'm in therapy. Wait, that's not me. So what was I doing watching an 80-minute show about a man for whom this was true? Laughing my butt off, that's what! Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Sensational performances in Somewhere On The Border

[Daniel Dercksen] If you are looking for a hard core journey into the bleeding hearts and tortured souls of a group of young soldiers fighting for their dignity and individuality, make sure to see Anthony Akerman's powerful Somewhere On The Border at the Baxter Flipside before it ends its run on 17 March. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Storm Thorgerson, the last great surrealist

[Sindy Peters] Raised in a home that had Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the like, regularly blaring from our record player, I'm not new to the enigmatic album art of Storm Thorgerson. On hearing the opening of the Raging Storm exhibition in Cape Town, I jumped at the chance to meet the man behind the fascinating surrealism, and possibly make an addition to my budding art collection. Read more >>