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Loeries leaves CT intact The 2010 Loerie Awards has come and gone, leaving the Mother City just about intact. While I didn't venture out to experience all the hoo-ha this year, I imagine it all went along swimmingly. Congratulations to all the winners who walked away with a much sought-after Loerie - those long lonely nights brainstorming in the shower have finally paid off. But, you don't just leave with a trophy, you also leave with a reputation as one of the African industry's finest.
Looking at the award winners' log, I spotted one African winner outside of South Africa - well done DDB Mozambique on being awarded a Campaign Silver Loerie for your efforts on the Mozambique Fashion Week 2010 campaign under the Advertising: Advertising Posters category. DDB Mozambique also ranked second on the Official 2010 Loeries rankings under 'Ranking by countries outside South Africa'. Cape Town, you may now let your daughters and sons roam free in the streets again; the 'biggest event of the year' is over! Cheers, Sindy Peters, Africa editor Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news [[africanews@bizcommunity.com]]. Top stories
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The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum have condemned a series of attacks on journalists in Uganda, and called on the government to ensure that journalists can carry out their jobs without fear or intimidation. 
GENEVA: The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), on Wednesday, 29 September 2010, called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to take collective action in Somalia to end the violations of freedom of expression and the culture of impunity. 
Four Grands Prix were handed out this past weekend at the 32nd annual The Loerie Awards, held for the second time at Good Hope Centre in Cape Town: King James once again in TV & Cinema Commercials for Allan Gray's 'Legend'; the VWV Group in Experiential: Live Events for the 2010 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony; Boogerman+ Partners Architects in Architecture & Interior Design for Soccer City aka FNB Stadium aka National Stadium; and Grid Worldwide Branding and Tonic Design in Design Mixed-Media Campaign for the Comair/British Airways SLOW Lounge. 
While there can be many ways of analysing any competition, this year the Loeries has introduced official winners rankings which aim to be a transparent mechanism for reporting the outcome of the awards. With the release of the printed Loeries annual, additional rankings will be published, including top 10 tables for all the individual credits, eg ECD, illustrator, writer and director, as well as post production/VFX, etc. 
It's been Creative Week in Cape Town (24 September -3 October 2010) and, as the 
MTN's contribution to the Global Fund's malaria projects was acknowledged at the Champions of Global Health event hosted at the United Nations by the Global Fund last week. 
WASHINGTON, DC: The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) and World Policy Journal, announced the winners of the Africa Rural Connect (ARC) Essay Contest late last week. First place went to JT Simms, a former Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Niger from 2007-2009. 
Three MTN representatives have confirmed to join the 100-strong speaker line-up at AfricaCom, due to take place in Cape Town, South Africa from 10-11 November 2010. They are Ahmad Farroukh, Themba Khumalo and Serame Taukobong. 
The three-day Africa Media Leadership Conference (AMLC) held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, under the theme of 'Sustainable media business models in the digital age', looked at the role of bloggers in Africa and challenges for sustainable media and journalism among other issues. The conference took place 26-29 September 2010. 
The 2010 IFRA Expo, a trade exhibition for the news publishing industry opened today, 4 October 2010 in Hamburg, Germany. The expo has drawn more than 340 exhibitors from 33 countries - up more than 20% from last year including printing press manufacturers, editorial and advertising system providers and other suppliers to the newspaper industry. 
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) have completed the third session of a business development course for Georgian media, under a programme funded by the European Union to strengthen the financial independence of media in the country. 
LONDON: The shortlist for this year's AfricaCom Awards has been announced. The awards is part of the AfricaCom Conference and Exhibition to be hosted from 10-11 November 2010, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa. 
The recently published report The Impact of Mobile Connectivity on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in Africa, shows that quality and availability of health and education services improved due to access to mobile connectivity. It also shows increased benefits were identified for small businesses by reducing transportation costs and supporting micro business preconditions such as price and market information being accessible. 
Over 200 companies were invited to the Z-Card Africa, Middle East, India and Turkey (ZAMI) launch in Nigeria at which the Z-Card was promoted as a brand marketing tool. 
The Parts Trader website, an online automotive directory in the US and Europe has launched in Ghana making available its processing server to customers and car parts suppliers in Africa 
JOHANNESBURG/LAGOS: Performers at this year's MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) includes Banky W, Fally Ipupa, Teargas and Daddy Owen. The awards takes place on Saturday, 11 December 2010 at the Eko Expo Hall, Lagos, Nigeria. | International news |
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- Life skills in the workplace Continuing Education at University of Pretoria - Pretoria, 5 October
- Vintage film screening The South African Media History Project (SAMHP) - Cape Town, 6 October
- Adobe Illustrator 2B Studio - Johannesburg, 11 October
- SAARF training seminars SAARF - Johannesburg, 12 October
- The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre - public debate The Desmond Tutu Peace Centre - Cape Town, 13 October
- Marketing for entrepreneurs Viljoen Consulting - Johannesburg, 18 October
- Write better sales proposals APMP SA (Assoc. of Proposal Management Profs) - Johannesburg, 20 October
- Social media workshop HM Consulting - Pretoria, 20 October
- Women in politics - Africa 2010 Intelligence Transfer Centre - johannesburg, 20 October
- TV presenters course Auteur School of Independent Filmmaking - Cape Town, 23 October
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