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NEW YORK: The Libyan government should immediately release the body of South African photographer Anton Hammerl and investigate the role of the armed forces in his death, Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday, 20 May 2011. 
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns President Yoweri Museveni for publically criticising local and foreign media outlets. Museveni expressed anger over the outlets' coverage of protests by the opposition over rising fuel prices. In a letter published Tuesday, 17 May 2011, in the state-owned daily New Vision, Museveni accused Al-Jazeera, the BBC, the Kenyan broadcaster NTV, and the local independent Daily Monitor of being supporters of recent opposition protests and "enemies of Uganda's recovery." 
NEW YORK: The release of foreign journalists held in Iran and Libya on 18 May 2011, is a very positive development in a region where the press has been under attack since social upheaval began in Tunisia early this year, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. 
BUJUMBURA: A Burundi court sentenced a journalist Monday (16 May 2011) to eight months in prison for violating media laws over comments that the country's security forces could not deter an attack by Somali rebels. 
After months of behind-the-scenes activity, we're thrilled to unveil a revamped, Bizcommunity 2011, featuring a host of new features and an expanded set of self-promotional tools. What hasn't changed, however, is our commitment to quality news, carefully edited, curated and aggregated daily by the biz editorial teams from specialist journalists, our communities of industry leaders, other news sources and press releases 
NAIROBI: Afri-Tech will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 15-18 June 2011. According to the chief executive officer of Afri-Tech Bernard Sanganza, all the speakers have confirmed participation for the meeting which is likely to be attended by Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki. The event aims to host marketing gurus from the UK, US, Asia and Africa. 
JWT Johannesburg, with the support of JWT Lagos have produced a TVC for Ovaltine in Nigeria using the well-known tune "Walking on Sunshine" from Canadian band Katrina and the Waves which was released in 1985. 
LILONGWE: The next phase of Gateway Communications' terrestrial network project for 2011 has now gone live in Malawi. The supplier of pan-African telecommunications services has connected a fibre optic terrestrial route in-country that will provide capacity via the SEACOM and EASSy sub-sea cables. 
The African Press Organisation (APO) recently announced a partnership with EDD, a French press review and press archive search aggregator. The EDD platform feeds content to French press review providers including Kantar Media, L'Argus de la Presse, Press Index, Up2News and Explore. 
With four finalists in the 2011 EMEA SABRE Awards, Africa walked away with two prizes. The winners were announced late last week at the Prague Castle in the Czech Republic. College Hill was awarded in the Government agencies category for the "Royal Bafokeng Nation, Beyond Platinum" campaign, while Unilever Kenya with Apex Communications Porter Novelli won in the Africa category for "Surprisingly Lifebuoy." 
TARIFA: 25 photographers from 11 African countries will compete in the finale of the fourth Photoafrica contest, which will take place during the eighth African Film Festival of Tarifa (FCAT) in Spain, from 16-19 June 2011. The Photoafrica contest offers €3,000 in prize money through three awards. 
The Africa in Motion website has been experiencing serious problems after being attacked by malware; this caused problems with the server and made it inaccessible. AiM is currently calling for submissions for the festival this year. To find out more about submitting films to the festival, contact AiM directly at 
BELGIUM: EMRC plans to introduce the Marketplace at the AfDB-EMRC SME Forum, to be held from 6-7 June 2011 in Lisbon, Portugal, as demand grows from international and local businesses to showcase their particular services. The new feature aims to bring together companies, foundations, projects and investors to over 3,000 decision-makers attending the week-long African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings. 
LONDON, UK: To compete with Google's search engine is no easy task. Google has 96% awareness, 95% favourability, and 94% search user share. For Microsoft to put Bing on the map, it needed to create something truly exceptional. 
NUREMBERG, GERMANY: Trust and familiarity are the key drivers in consumer preference for mobile payment services, according to a new study. The survey by GfK NOP, a global market research agency, covered nine countries (US, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, South Korea, Brazil and China) and included 8603 online interviews, with each country's sample designed to represent their online population. 
RESTON, US: comScore, Inc has released its monthly analysis of U.S. web activity at the top online properties for April 2011 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service. Green sites saw their second consecutive month of strong growth as Americans looked for ways to celebrate Earth Day (April 22) and cut back on fuel costs. 
D&AD announced on Thursday 19 May that they will introduce two new physical representations for its In Book and Nominated awards which will be launched at the D&AD Awards Night, Thursday 16 June at London's HAC, Artillery Gardens. Designed by Turner Duckworth, the trophies will join the Yellow, Black and White Pencils to become a cohesive family of Awards and have been christened 'the slices'. 
FRANCE; GERMANY: WAN-IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, and the CBS-SIMI Business School in Copenhagen are inviting applications for the 2011 Leaders Media & Newspaper Executive Development Program. | Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICANew diamond in Accord range
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Grizzly old diamond diggers firmly believed that in every ton of stone and sand there is a shining diamond waiting to be found - and this sure is the case with the revamped Honda Accord range. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICACaptiva brags with many new goodies
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] As is the trend with all car manufacturers, Chevrolet has also sent its popular Captiva seven-seater to a beautician, cosmetic surgeon and engine-builder to give it a rejuvenating midlife make-over - and between them they did such a good job that the vehicle can almost be called brand new. Read more >>More Motoring news...
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICAMount Nellie gets a facelift
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Many will remember the Mount Nelson Hotel prior to 1988 before Orient -Express Hotels purchased the property. Then she was a charming, rather grand, albeit slightly crumbly pink old lady in a celebratory hue which she has worn since the end of the First World War. She was a powdery, lavender-smelling grandmamma. Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAOne week in rugby!
[Corné Krige] As a former rugby player I know that one week in rugby is a very long time. You are only as good as your last game and you can go from hero one Saturday to Zero the next Saturday. After the Stormers loss to the Chiefs last week, many people started predicting that the wheels were coming off for the Stormers. Well, this weekend they stood up and showed that they are not only a talented side, but that they also possess a lot of character. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMark Palmer is iConfused
[Jordan Scott] The cleanest stand-up comedy that I have ever seen and, surprisingly, it was just as funny as any other. Personally, I feel that it is far more difficult to have a stand-up act that doesn't incorporate swearing, cringe-inducing or offensive topics, than one that does. The show is called iConfused and is based on the concept that although all this technology makes life simpler, it still doesn't answer all the important questions and, in the end, just leaves us all incredibly confused. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAUCT Choir brings goosebumps at GIPCA
[Jordan Scott] GIPCA is an acronym for the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts. It started back in December 2008 and is aimed at bringing together different departments of media and production and allows them to collaborate and work with one another and learn from each other. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAThe Pretty Blue Guns want you to "Shed Your Skin"
[Ruth Cooper] The Pretty Blue Guns may be bright and shiny new in person and band, but their sound is classic sleazy bluesy rock, harking back to days from another generation. Heartfelt lyrics sung with soulful conviction, that bely their tender age, coupled with, in turns, rough and haunting guitar meld to create a winning combination. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMacGyver Knife, legends in the making
[Kershin Padayachee] Like a pack of blazing Shoguns in the heat of battle, MacGyver Knife cut to the heart of the matter on their debut album "Sewing Legend". We at Biz found ourselves fortunate enough to be granted the first priviledge of dissecting the workings of this masterpiece. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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