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[Cannes Lions 2012] Arriving in Cannes [140 BBDO goes to Cannes] Michael Pearson: "Cheers! Bye! Have a jol! Good luck!" ...and then...27 hours after leaving our loved ones behind, we finally arrived in Cannes (via Istanbul and some unforeseen delays). Read more >>
NEW YORK, US: US magazine giant Time Inc has announced it would offer digital subscriptions for all 20 of its consumer magazine titles for iPad on Apple's Newsstand. Read more >> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital satellite television company MultiChoice could be losing revenue running into hundreds of thousands of dollars a year as Magic Box - a free-to-air satellite receiver that can pirate DStv signals - is becoming popular in Zimbabwe. 
Cote Ouest Audiovisuel, a distributor of audiovisual rights for and from Africa, has welcomed aboard Michael Dearham as senior vice president of the group and general manager of the Mauritian office. 
iROKOtv, described as the 'Netflix of Africa' and reportedly the continent's first legal online source of Nollywood films, has announced that it has recorded over 500 000 registered users in less than six months since its launch. 
The Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) has urged unregistered public relations agencies to legitimise their business by joining the umbrella body for public relations consultants in Nigeria and join hands in enhancing the growth of public relations in Nigeria. 
Airtel Africa has signed a partnership agreement with DStv that will see the two organisations working together to air a weekly TV show, called Airtel Football. The television show is set to focus on different aspects of the sport across the continent. 
As global businesses begin to turns towards African developing markets, outdoor advertising companies need to understand the different segments in the economies and how best to reach disparate groups of consumers. 
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NEW YORK, US: One Show Interactive 2013 
RESTON, US: comScore, Inc and Facebook have released the second white paper in The Power of Like series, The Power of Like 2: How Social Marketing Works, including original analysis demonstrating ways in which exposure to earned and paid media on Facebook drives behavioural lifts in purchase behaviour. The analysis leverages data and insights from the comScore Social Essentials and comScore AdEffx products. This release follows the first in the series: The Power of Like: How Brands Reach and Influence Fans Through Social Media Marketing. | Partners |
SOUTH AFRICABizcommunity.com launches online shopping portal, BizBuy
Bizcommunity.com is proud to announce the launch of its own online shopping portal, BizBuy, focusing on two categories, Business products and Lifestyle products. Read more >>| Government |
SOUTH AFRICABUSA, government agree on GFIP, but...
Government and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) agree on the principles underlying the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) but will continue consultation on the detail of implementation. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAFixing SA water leaks
It's safe to say that SA's water infrastructure is in the same position that the energy sector was in a decade ago. Without huge investment to rehabilitate and replace ageing infrastructure, supply and quality are under threat. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAPerformance, evaluation system for Heads of Dept amended
The performance and evaluation system for Heads of Department in government have been amended, says Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Collins Chabane. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICACabinet welcomes judgement on mining rights
Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, says Cabinet has welcomed the recent Supreme Court of Appeal judgment - which decided that the right to mine in South Africa in the sense of the right to prospect and mine for minerals and extract and dispose of them is vested in the State . Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAFirst National Evaluation Plan gets Cabinet's approval
Cabinet has approved the first annual National Evaluation Plan which identifies the evaluations to be undertaken over the next year. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAZuma appoints first female National Police Commissioner
President Jacob Zuma has appointed the country's first female National Police Commissioner, Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASanral bondholders 'very concerned'
[Nicky Smith] Holders of South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) bonds were "very concerned" about a possible further downgrade to the agency's debt‚ according to Sanral CFO Inge Mulder. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICANew tax bill coming soon [Michael Bratt]
SOUTH AFRICAGauteng 'to work with business to create jobs'
SOUTH AFRICAMEC hails renewable energy hub for province
SOUTH AFRICAFarmers want access to telecoms
SOUTH AFRICAZuma shuffles his cadres
SOUTH AFRICASandile Zungu on Lucky Montana's neck
SOUTH AFRICAState may get cash windfall from Telkom
| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICAML: This carriage is fit for royalty
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The Mercedes-Benz M-Class, South Africa's top-selling snooty SUV, has been substantially upgraded so that it looks prettier, feels classier and is now even safer, considerably less thirsty and more fun to drive. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICACitroen's classy SUV contender
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Like many other carmakers Citroen has now also waltzed on to the rapidly growing SUV market enticed by the sweet tunes of the Jewish Harp and confident that its new three-model Aircross range is sexy enough to lure SUV-addicted South Africans away from the brands that dominate this lucrative market segment. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICACX-5 sets new pace for Mazda
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Mazda's trail-blazing new CX-5 has arrived in South Africa just few months after its international debut and it's easy to understand why it has ignited such a world-wide frenzy of debate, praise and enthusiasm, most of it about its pace-setting new Skyactive technology. Read more >>More Motoring news...
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICAWorld Leisure Holidays' Long Beach, Le Touessrok and La Pirogue win awards
Recently, three World Leisure Holidays' properties - two established and one new - were recognised for superiority and excellence. Le Touessrok won Best Hotel in Africa/Indian Ocean award: The hotel is a flagship Sun Resorts hotel and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. The resort has been awarded the Ultratravel Best Hotel in Africa/Indian Ocean award by The Daily Telegraph's luxury travel magazine, Ultratravel. This is the third year running that Le Touessrok has received this award. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICALong Beach celebrates a year of success
World Leisure Holidays has announced that its Long Beach Resort is celebrating its first year of fine service and all-round success. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICARadisson Blu's Top Hotel contest kicks off new challenge
Europe's largest upscale brand Radisson Blu launches a new contest: "Radisson Blu's Top Hotel", an online competition between 200 Blu hotels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa which compete for the customer's votes by promoting their uniqueness. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICA&Beyond Sossusvlei Desert Lodge situated in Africa's first international dark sky reserve
&Beyond Sossusvlei Desert Lodge in Namibia aims to offer unrivalled stargazing from its observatory in the NamibRand Nature Reserve, which has just been declared Africa's first International Dark Sky Reserve (IDSR). Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICANew life for old music in Topsy Turvy
[Eugene Yiga] I didn't know what to expect. Gilbert and Sullivan? I'd heard the names before and I knew they had something to do with music. More than that, I honestly couldn't say. Fortunately for me, Topsy Turvy was here to educate my clueless mind. And judging by what I experienced, I suggest you let it educate you too. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICALady Gaga adds SA to 2012 tour
Tickets will be on-sale for the SA leg of Lady Gaga's Born This Way tour starting 9am, 19 June 2012 at Computicket (web sales only). In Johannesburg on 30 November, and in Cape Town on 3 December Lady Gaga will be supported by the newly reformed British rock band The Darkness, and Lady Gaga's long-time performance partner and DJ, Lady Starlight, has been confirmed as a special guest. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAPlaying with politics in Adapt or Fly
[Eugene Yiga] Government censorship. Racial tension. A country that could very well fall apart. With a democracy that's long since come of age, you'd think that we'd be over these issues by now. Alas, we're not. Our dysfunctional political scene gives comedians plenty of material to work with. And who better to take advantage of the times than master satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys? Thirty years after his controversial show about the apartheid regime, he's back with more in Adapt or Fly. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICATough moral questions in Green Man Flashing
[Eugene Yiga] You're standing on the street. The green man is flashing, which means you have the right to cross. But a taxi is racing towards the intersection and will hit you as soon as you step off the pavement. What do you do? This seemingly simple question is the basis for Green Man Flashing, a wonderfully complex political thriller now showing at the Artscape Arena in Cape Town. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASwedish electro-soul band to tour SA
Swedish electro-soul band Little Dragon have announced that they will be performing with support from local artists as part two of the adidas Originals Live Performances series in Cape Town on 31 August and Jourg on 1 September, 2012. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASan Diego's Switchfoot in debut tour of SA
For the first time, Grammy-Award winning San Diego band Switchfoot are to tour SA on their Vice Verses tour. They will play on 8 August at The Big Top Arena, Carnival City, Joburg and on 11 August, 2012, at the Grand Arena, GrandWest, Cape Town. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAGreat shows opening this week
[Daniel Dercksen] There are some shows opening in Cape Town this week that cater for all tastes that you have to see! Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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