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Today's top stories
 | [Luke Wingfield Digby] Online reputation management has come to mean managing the perception of yourself, or your brand, on the internet and especially social media. But for email marketers, reputation management is critical and far more tangible: it's the difference between sending emails and having entire domains blacklisted because you are seen as a spammer. Read more >> |
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Angola's attorney-general should immediately drop all criminal defamation charges against an investigative journalist, Rafael Marques de Morais, because they undermine free expression rights, Human Rights Watch said on 12 August 2013. The Angolan government should repeal the country's criminal defamation laws - the basis for the charges. Read more >>
 | Last night, 15 August 2013, the annual Sunday Times Top Brands Survey results were announced. The survey is now in its 15th year and gauges consumer sentiment towards brands. Read more >> |
 | [Anton Ressel] The average small business does not have millions in the budget to channel into high-level brand-building exercises. In fact, for most of us, even finding the 15% of turnover benchmark recommended for marketing and branding efforts by generations of branding and advertising experts, is a real stretch. Read more >> |
 | Nation Media Group, reportedly East Africa's largest media house, has revamped the Daily Nation website. The revamped site was launched to bloggers at an event on Wednesday, 14 August 2013, in Nairobi. Read more >> |
In the lead-up to the first Africa Travel Week, to be held from 28 April to 3 May 2014, Reed Travel Exhibitions has announced further details of its exclusive global Hosted Buyer Programme for Africa Travel Week events. Read more >>
[Steven Candia] State minister for East African Community (EAC) affairs, Shem Bageine, has pledged to support high level participation of the media in the forthcoming EAC Heads of State (HoS) summit, slated for November. Read more >>
 | [Nina Joubert] It's time to get your mobile strategy on the ball. The age of telephone marketing has evolved to sharing content via email, SMS and social media on mobile devices. Less talking, more sharing. Read more >> |
[Dr Anderson Uvie-Emegbo] In May 2013, Facebook was forced to change its policies after an outcry it received about some Facebook pages, posts and photos that glorified violence against women. Autistic individuals have been stalked, threatened and abused online. When Caroline Criado-Perez recently started her campaign for a woman to be featured on British bank notes, little did she know that she would be the subject of intense threats of sexual violence. Read more >>
 | [Tim Wyatt-Gunning] Many of you will have been gorging yourselves on e-commerce services for a while, downloading all the music, movies, TV series and news services that you desire. A few of you might even have paid for some of them. It's brilliant, isn't it? Read more >> |
 | [Issued by Alliance Media] This month of August marks women's month in South Africa. Alliance Media has taken this theme to Ghana where they are empowering young girls to overcome their challenges and live their dreams. Read more >> visit press office >> |
 | [Shannon Sherry] African markets to the northern parts of SA are proving lucrative for local fruit and vegetable retailers, with business accounting for at least 10% of turnover for the sector. Read more >> |
[Tawanda Karombo] Turnover at Pick n Pay's Zimbabwean joint venture TM Supermarkets grew by 5% during the quarter period to the end of June as the supermarket chain continues to boost its presence in the country by adding more outlets. Read more >>
 | Cowbell, fat-filled milk produced by Promasidor, is sold in small affordable sachets across Africa, using a family of animated characters. The company has engaged South African animation studio, Luma to extend the brand with a 45-sec TVC. Read more >> |
 | WASHINGTON, USA: People who use Facebook may feel more connected, but less happy. Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: - Smartphones took a majority of mobile phone sales worldwide for the first time in the April to June quarter, a survey showed on Wednesday (14 August). Read more >> |
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Hackers have attacked the Tibetan government-in-exile's Chinese-language website with an unidentified virus, making the portal inaccessible, an official spokesman told AFP on Tuesday. Read more >>
More International
 | The chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on the Marikana Tragedy, Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane, has called for calm, reconciliation and unity as the country marks the first anniversary of the Marikana tragedy, which took place on August 16, 2012. Read more >> |
[Kroshlen Moodley] Declining tax revenues, requirements for maintaining high levels of service, unprecedented demands for increased efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability - these are all challenges that government is facing today and the demands placed on it have never been higher as our society utilises the social platforms available to them to become more engaged, vocal and informed. Read more >>
 | Gauteng lawmaker Mxolisi Eric Xayiya has been appointed MEC for economic development in the province, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Tuesday (13 August). Read more >> |
 | Public transport must help people access socio-economic opportunities, Eastern Cape transport MEC Thandiswa Marawu said on Tuesday (13 August). Read more >> |
More Government news
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