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Business as usual It's a rude awakening after you spend a long weekend relaxing, thanks to Heritage Day in South Africa, and rock up at work to realise the rest of the world went on without you while you were thinking up some funny #braailyrics with friends and family around a fire.
Media freedom remains under constant attack in Somalia with broadcasting staff walking out after refusing to follow orders to transmit Islamic messages only from militia. On the upside though, you can now keep an eye on how many censor requests your government has made to Google after the search engine released an online map early last week with details worldwide. The WAN-IFRA Women in News initiative is doing great work in Africa and is now reaching its half-way point with participants from Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. Any project supporting the development of women in the workplace gets thumbs up from me - especially in Africa where women still fight constantly for equal rights in all aspects of life. Other than that, it was business as usual across the continent. Now when's that next public holiday... Cheers, Sindy Peters, Africa editor Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news to africanews@bizcommunity.com. Top stories
Special focus on media freedom
The BBC reported on Thursday (23 September 2010) that members of staff at the radio and TV broadcaster GBC in Mogadishu had walked out of the station after refusing to follow orders from Islamist militants. GBC was seized on Saturday by Hizbul Islam rebels, who said the station was to only transmit Islamic messages. Read more >> |
Internet giant Google released a new interactive online map on Tuesday (21 September 2010) that reveals the number of user information and censorship requests that it has received by governments around the world. The company's chief legal officer, David Drummond, said the Transparency Report could be "a deterrent to censorship". 
In an appeal decision issued last week, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights unanimously upheld the rights of journalists across Europe to protect their sources of information. The European Newspaper Publishers' Association (ENPA), the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum, have welcomed the ruling. 
The full programme for this years Africa in Motion film festival is now available at 
ITNewsAfrica.com has launched a website for its Innovation Dinner Series, a bi-monthly dinner event aimed at Africa's ICT professionals, entrepreneurs and senior business people, providing opportunities for networking, acquiring information and strategic planning. 
Women in News (WIN), an initiative from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) that aims to help female media professionals advance their careers, will see participants from Zambia, Namibia and Botswana meet in Johannesburg, South Africa, next week, with the programme reaching its half-way point. 
Four years after the initial launch, South African research company, Freshly Ground Insights is launching into the Africa market with the same strategy used in SA. After 12 months of planning and testing, FGI Africa offers clients real-time research across 14 markets in Africa. 
South African online marketplace, bidorbuy, has launched its Kenyan operation with over 18,000 products on offer. 
Eureka!, a new show on the CNBC Africa line-up premiered yesterday, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 at 9pm. The show will look at African inventors from across the continent. Presenter, Jacqui Nel and the team will talk to the organisations that help nurture young inventors and find the story behind each invention. | International news |
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Apollo Artists Agency launch
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Behind-the-scenes - Foto na Dans
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| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICAX Factor makes the X1 Xeptional
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] BMW is quite proud of the fact that it has created a whole new motoring segment with its rather strange and rather expensive X1 creation - but to define precisely what it is, or pretends to be, is no easy task. And for that very reason it's also not easy to weigh it up against the opposition. Read more >>More Motoring news...
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SOUTH AFRICAAs one with nature, and Exeter
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] When your lodge is in the Top Five out of 39 Speciality Lodging in Sabi Sand Reserve on www.TripAdvisor.com and every one of the 35 reviewers award the highest possible score, you know you're dealing with a special property. It isn't surprising to learn that there is three staff to every guest. Even when its full house, there are only ever eight suites occupied. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAI left my heart in Dulini
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Visiting an &Beyond camp is like visiting no other since being part of the &Beyond experience becomes the focus rather than the lodge. This includes being initiated into &Beyond culture by your ranger, at your first meeting. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAEthiopian Airlines to get Boeing 777-200LR
With the delivery of its first 777-200LR in November 2010, Ethiopian will be the first airline in Africa to operate what is claimed to be the world's most technologically advanced, and longest-range aircraft. Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICANew music video and tour from Wrestlerish
Wrestlerish have released the music video for the third single from their debut album, "The Rude Mechanical" and are embarking on a short national tour between 24 September and 9 October, 2010. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICABonga's Beats - Debuts and comebacks
[Bonga Percy Vilakazi] Bonga Percy Vilakazi looks at this week's new releases, debuts and comebacks. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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| New events to diarise |
- EduPlant awards Cherry Blossom Communications - Walkerville, 28 September
- Journalism 2.0: an introduction to Twitter Institute for the Advancement of Journalism - Parktown, 28 September
- Saatchi & Saatchi new director's showcase screens Tin Can - Cape Town, 30 September
- Internal branding: delivering the brand promise BrandOvation - Johannesburg, 30 September
- WebPR course Quirk eMarketing - Online, 4 October
- Attract more clients using Google Ads Forward Vision - Fourways, 8 October
- The free beer sessions Emerging Media Communications - Johannesburg, 21 October
- Write that book! - Clocolan, 26 November
- Corporate social investment/CSI Siyakhula Trust - Johannesburg, 29 November
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SOUTH AFRICA
Appeal for funding to help save Africa's rhinosAfrica is experiencing a ferocious resurgence in rhino poaching, caused by illegal demand for rhino horn from Asia. South Africa, the stronghold of Africa's rhino population with more than 80% of the 24 000 rhinos left in Africa, has been losing more than 20 rhinos a month. If the current trend continues, the rhino conservation gains of the last decade will begin to erode.
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