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Countdown to royal spectacle begins The royal wedding is almost upon us! While to some this means nothing and the day will pass as per usual, to others however, the world will stand still and they will be glued to whatever media gives them a front row seat to see Prince William and Kate Middleton walk down the aisle. CNN has decided to go all out on the spectacle with multi-platform coverage featuring a host of live programming and in-depth features that should have royal family fans salivating. It is indeed the biggest royal wedding event since 1981 when Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer. You can be sure it will be headlining newspapers and leading TV and radio news broadcasts worldwide. And if you don't have access to traditional media, rest assured, the internet is bound to release the future Princess William of Wales' vows before she even utters them. Let the media jostling begin. Tally-ho!
Ciao, Sindy Peters (@sindylp), Africa editor Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news africanews@bizcommunity.com and opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com. Follow Bizcommunity on Twitter @Bizcommunity and join our Facebook page. Top stories
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NEW YORK: Security agents of the semi-autonomous government of Southern Sudan confiscated 2,500 copies of the independent biweekly newspaper, The Juba Post, on Wednesday (30 March 2011), according to chief editor Michael Koma. 
NEW YORK: Journalists in Somalia are getting caught in the crossfire of increased fighting between joint government and African Union forces against Al-Shabaab insurgents, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday, 1 April 2011. 
MOGADISHU: A Somali sports journalist, covering football match, was fatally wounded in Mogadishu on Tuesday afternoon, 29 March 2011 by a stray bullet, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) reported. 
NEW YORK: Authorities in Cameroon must end judicial harassment of journalists reporting on public corruption, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday, 28 March 2011, after a court handed an editor a suspended prison sentence and banned his newspaper for reporting on alleged mismanagement of a transportation company. 
NEW YORK: Security agents with Somalia's Interim Transitional Government arrested the director and news editor of Radio Shabelle on Sunday, 27 March 2011, after the independent station aired a report saying the president was unable to visit areas recently captured by government and AU forces due to security concerns, according to news reports and CPJ interviews. 
SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Thursday (31 March 2011) began providing searches and results localised for internet users in Iraq and Tunisia. 
JOHANNESBURG: Western Union late last week announced that consumers can now send money directly to Safaricom M-PESA subscribers in Kenya from 45 countries and territories. The expansion of the service to more than 80,000 Western Union agent locations worldwide follows the debut of the offering from Western Union agent locations and the Westernunion.com website in the UK. 
Mobile telecoms company MTN Group advised on Thursday (31 March 2011) that, following his stepping down as group president and CEO, Phuthuma Freedom Nhleko had also tendered his resignation as a director of the board of several MTN subsidiaries. 
On the day of the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton, Friday 29 April 2011, from 9am BST, CNN's live programming will be anchored by Piers Morgan, Richard Quest, Anderson Cooper, Kiran Chetry and special contributor Cat Deeley, across CNN US and CNN International. The wedding ceremony itself commences at 11am BST. | International news |
SWITZERLANDCMOs and Twitter - have they joined the celebration?
[Willem Smit] LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND: Twitter users now send more than 140 million Tweets a day. With more than 20% of the tweets being related to products and/or brands, this means that every day 28 million tweets potentially concern your brand or company. Read more >>FRANCEAmerican Express wins first MIPTV Brand of The Year Award
PARIS, FRANCE: The first MIPTV Brand of the Year Award will be presented to American Express on Tuesday 5 April, in Cannes. The MIPTV Brand of the Year Award recognises a global brand for outstanding contribution to the development and production of branded entertainment programming. Read more >>UNITED STATESThe Bees are back in town!
NEW YORK, US: Just last week the Bees Awards were postponed, but the troubles appear to have been sorted out, and you can submit your entries. The deadline is 15 April. Read more >>UNITED STATESTop 50 US web properties, February 2011
RESTON, US: comScore, Inc has released its monthly analysis of US web activity at the top online properties for February 2011 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMMost broadcasters to increase technology spend in 2011
HONG KONG S.A.R.Naked rugby rampage
UNITED KINGDOMAndroid to drive doubling of smartphone market by 2016
UNITED KINGDOMGreenlight comments on Google's +1 feature
NEW ZEALANDOnline video tops in New Zealand
UNITED KINGDOMEntries open: The Framepool/ LBB/ FireFlies Challenge
UNITED STATESUS mobile financial account usage surges
UNITED KINGDOMCannes Lions 2011: Film, Press, Outdoor Juries announced
UNITED ARAB EMIRATESMeeting half way - global PR growth acknowledged
| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICANew vehicle sales revving high
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] New vehicles sales grew by 22.8% in March compared to the same month last year and were up 8.8% up on February sales with 53 478 new units sold. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAStylish, sporty Suzuki Swift
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Suzuki's second generation Swift has arrived in South Africa bragging with new looks, a completely new engine and several smart goodies to enhance its popular compact hatchback. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMotorists to benefit from new Act
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Selling a used car just won't be the same for car dealerships wanting to off-load a dicey vehicle to an unsuspecting buyer, thanks to the new Consumer Protection Act. Read more >>More Motoring news...
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICABiz.Travel Q&A with Sandro Fabris
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Sandro Fabris is regional managing director of Orient-Express Africa. Brian Berkman, Biz.Travel's contributing editor, had a chat with Fabris about one of Cape town's most iconic hotels, The Mount Nelson. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAThink before you fly
[Mark Dixon] Do you remember when air travel was a pleasure and a privilege? No? Well, to be honest, nor do I, although I remember growing up to think that flying was glamorous and exciting. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASA holiday makers are no beach bums
South Africa's warm climate, endless adventure hiking trails and some of the best beaches in the world, has seen a new trend in holiday demand - more 'active' getaways to countries abroad, according to Thompsons Holidays. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICARediscover Joburg
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICASAMAs coming to Joburg
The 17th Annual MTN South African Music Awards will be held at Montecasino, Johannesburg on Friday, 20 and Saturday, 21 May, 2011. There will be a weekend-long live music celebration with multiple stages. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICADouble Adaptor; it's like Britney Spears "getting down" to Metallica
[Ruth Cooper] Double Adaptor are storming up the local electro dance scene and have now set their pretty eyes on conquering the Euro market. In April they will be taking some of those sexy beats and vivid visuals to Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic. We chatted to the brothers, Email Checkerr and Flikkerr aka Tim and Dan Apter about their upcoming tour and a future of "bigger parties and brighter lights." Read more >>SOUTH AFRICA[So Queer] Deadly spotlight
[Siphosethu Stuurman] Longevity in the light of fame is something that eludes most of today's celebrities. For most, their time in the limelight is no more to be relied on than the Proteas performance in the Cricket World Cup. However, an extraordinary few manage to keep the fire burning until the very end. The late Elizabeth Taylor was one of those exceptional Hollywood stars and was often referred to as the last surviving link with the golden age of Hollywood. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICATrials, tribulations and frustrations - Love at First Fight
[Ilse van den Berg] Love at First Fight is a fun roller-coaster ride through the trials, tribulations and frustrations of relationships. We attended the opening night of the show on 23 March and, as always, there was a warm and welcoming ambiance at Kalk Bay Theatre with guests eating, laughing and socialising before the show. We were heartily welcomed with some cheese and wine in the upstairs restaurant and bar area. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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