AFRICA

Bringing the best of African cinema to African audiences

The inaugural Colours of the Nile International Film Festival (CNIFF) will run in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 7-11 November 2012, introducing the best of African cinema to African audiences. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Commoditised creativity - a dangerous slope

[Mike Taberner] During one of our brainstorming sessions we discussed the topic of clients who don't see the value of the work that is done by agencies. The debate centred for some time on whether or not clients could in fact do what we do. What was missed in the debate is what is missed in any selling situation. That is: If you cannot show the value, then the client is not going to buy it and there is no getting away from this fact. However there is much merit in debating this point. Read more >>

AFRICA

Sustain Our Africa kicks off

Yesterday, 24 October 2012, the inaugural Sustain Our Africa kicked off in Cape Town, South Africa. The three-day summit, reportedly Africa's 'first annual integrated sustainability summit focused on inspiration and tools for change'. Read more >>

AFRICA

2go big in Nigeria

When enterprising Wits University computer science students Alan Wolff and Ashley Peter decided in 2006 to come up with a cellphone-based website to organise their class schedules, they did not imagine it would lead a few years later to them founding a company, called 2go, which now runs the largest instant message service in Nigeria. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Mobile - the technology tsunami

[Lex Faure] No other development in the history of the world has caused so much change, in such a short time period, as the explosive growth of the mobile phone in general, and the smart phone in particular. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Comment: Launch of Microsoft Windows 8

LONDON, UK: Malik Saadi, principal analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media comments on the launch of Microsoft Windows 8. Windows 8... goodbye personal computers, welcome personalised computing: Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Digital movie sales quadrupled in the past five years

CHICAGO, US: As household TV screens continue to increase in size, so do the sales and rentals of digital movies. According to Mintel's latest research digital downloads, subscription streaming, and video-on-demand (VOD) sales of movies are expected to increase tenfold in the 10-year period 2007-17. From 2007-12, sales more than quadrupled from US$1.3bn to US$5.5bn. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

The Global Awards announces 2012 finalists

NEW YORK, US / SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: The Global Awards, honouring creative and marketing excellence in worldwide healthcare communications, announced the Finalists for the 2012 competition. The Global Awards Grand Jury selected "The World's Best Healthcare Advertising," nominating 177 Finalists from 17 countries around the globe - including South Africa. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Daily Mirror faces high-profile hacking claims

LONDON, UK: Ex-England football boss Sven-Goran Eriksson and a former nanny to the Beckham family are taking legal action against Britain's Mirror Group Newspapers over alleged phone hacking, Sky News reported earlier this week. Read more >>

AUSTRALIA

Australia's Fairfax commits to newspapers

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Struggling Australian media giant Fairfax Wednesday insisted it would print newspapers for as long as they were profitable, but admitted disappointment at its floundering share price. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

SA's sound institutional framework will steady country - Gordhan

South Africa's sound institutional framework, built on the foundation of the Constitution, will hold the country in good stead as it faces uncertainty at home and abroad, the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan said yesterday. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Marikana has dented confidence in SA

The Marikana shooting in August and the industrial action which has followed in its wake, have dented confidence and lowered growth prospects for the remainder of the year, the Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan said. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Social dialogue will help address economy - Motlanthe

Social dialogue between labour, government and business would help mobilise all South Africans who are in a position to make a contribution to the economy, the Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Wednesday. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Competition Commission refers collusion case against oil companies

The Competition Commission has referred a case of price fixing and market division regarding the supply of diesel to the Competition Tribunal for adjudication. The case involves Chevron SA (PTY) LTD, Engen Limited, Shell SA (PTY) LTD, Total SA (PTY) LTD, Sasol Limited, BP SA Limited and South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA), it said. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

N West clamps down on driver's licence fraud

North West MEC for Human Settlements, Public Safety and Liaison, Nono Maloyi, says government can no longer afford to have more road carnage due to unscrupulous drivers. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

VW Beetle is a Speedy Gonzalez

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The clever white coats at VW have performed a miracle - they have waved their magic wands to turn the rather foppish "New" Beetle, which has never taken off in the local market since being launched here in 2001, into a real driver's car that goes like a pocket rocket and even vaguely resembles an older Porsche 911. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

The green oasis... Kurland

[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Forget what you think you know about Kurland. You might also be totally wrong. Sure, they are well known as the original home of polo but I had no idea I would find such a warmhearted and elegant property. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town's inner city attracts a new, multi-layered tourism market

Located in the historic heart of Cape Town, on the thriving pedestrian precinct of St George's Mall, Taj Cape Town is perfectly positioned to meet the needs of a growing number of travellers who want to experience an emotional connection with the historical and cultural core of a city. Read more >>