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[Cannes Lions 2012] Highlights and perceived outcomes [140 BBDO goes to Cannes] Michael Pearson: My week in Cannes was one of the highlights of my brief existence, and I truly hope that all of you can get yourself there at some stage. Here are some of the highlights and my perceived outcomes of the festival. Read more >>
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Grocery shopping in Angola recently took a turn from the mundane when shoppers were surprised with a flashmob. TBWA\ Angola engineered the guerilla-marketing stunt for Cerveja CUCA, a local beer manufacturer in the Angolan market. Unsuspecting onlookers were treated to an energetic flash dance performed by a group of dancers who appeared out of nowhere to complete the act. View the 
Jason Cumming has been appointed as the managing director of Leftfield, a full-service advertising and marketing agency based in Cape Town, South Africa, and has quietly established a name for itself by helping brands establish a foothold in Africa, notably Nigeria. 
More than 35 countries across Africa are represented at this year's National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) Best Practice Sharing Workshop, entitled 'Empowering Communities: The Heart of Malaria Control'. Convened by Novartis, this workshop brings together national and international malaria leaders to discuss key topics and challenges. 
The Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy (PALAMA) has taken it upon themselves to up-skill government officials in South Africa with an overall aim to improve service delivery. In 2011, through a selection process, Regenesys Business School was sub-contracted to deliver such training. 
Diageo, the alcoholic drinks business, has announced the winners of the 2012 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards at a gala ceremony, which took place in London on 28 June 2012. 
The African Audio-Visual Awards (TAVA), set to take place at The National Arts Theatre in the Iganmu State of Lagos, Nigeria on the 29th of July 2012, is an event that serves as a benchmark for Africa audio-visual content by encouraging the practitioners through rewards that will reawaken them in the need to make conscious efforts towards training and re-training as to attain perfection in their areas of specialisation. 
Shuga: Love, Sex, Money, a television show set in Nairobi, Kenya that follows the lives, loves and ambitions of a group of young people has been developed into a radio drama and hit the airwaves yesterday, 27 June 2012. 
Informa Telecoms & Media in conjunction with a global market research agency is set to launch a new collaborative research program, with the aim to examine operator and vendor content strategies using a blend of consumer research, industry expert understanding and forecasts. 
At the recent Eurasia and Africa President's Sustainability Awards function that took place in Istanbul, Turkey, Peninsula Beverage Company (PenBev), local bottler of Coca-Cola products, was identified as one of the Top 10 bottlers out of 250 bottlers in the Coca-Cola Eurasia and Africa region. 
LONDON, UK: Interbrand, one of the world's leading brand consultancies and author of the annual Best Global Brands Report, has released its 2012 Best Global Green Brands Report. Toyota (#1), Johnson & Johnson (#2), and Honda (#3) top the ranking with Danone (#9), Ford (#15), Starbucks (#36) and UPS (#43) representing this year's top risers. 
NEW YORK, US: The New York Times said on Wednesday it was launching a Chinese-language news website to deliver "high-quality coverage of world affairs, business and culture" to readers in China. 
NEW YORK, US: The World's Best Financial Advertising, presented by the | Government |
SOUTH AFRICASars sweeping powers open to abuse
It has been seven years in the making and through two rounds of public consultation, so the soon to be promulgated Tax Administration Bill shouldn't come as a surprise. Nevertheless, for many it will be just that. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAUncertainty over Zuma jet deal
The department of defence declined to comment on Friday on reports that it was finalising the purchase of a luxury VIP jet for President Jacob Zuma. However‚ there are suggestions that no such deal is on the cards. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAGordhan‚ Magashula to launch tax season
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and the South African Revenue Services (SARS) Commissioner Oupa Magashula will launch the 2012 tax season in Pretoria today. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAReserve Bank warns public of pyramid schemes
The South African Reserve Bank yesterday launched an awareness campaign aimed at educating members of the public about the risks of investing in pyramid schemes. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMost textbooks delivered in Limpopo, says dept
About 99% of textbooks have been delivered to Grade 10 learners in Limpopo with all textbooks delivered to Grades 1, 2 and 3, says the Department of Basic Education's director-general, Bobby Soobryan. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICADurban to Joburg - one hour-plus
Durban to Rosebank in just over an hour's high-speed train travel time is something that could become a reality by 2030‚ discussions with China's CSR Corporation at the Rail Africa exhibition and conference on Wednesday revealed. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAFree education for the poor: Nzimande
SOUTH AFRICAExtra boost for local locomotive industry
SOUTH AFRICASweet homecoming for kidnapped SA couple
SOUTH AFRICATransnet to go to international debt market
SOUTH AFRICACharlotte Maxeke Hospital to replace old lifts
SOUTH AFRICANew tourism grading committee named
SOUTH AFRICAProbe launched into Putco bus crash
SOUTH AFRICATransnet appoints Anoj Singh as CFO
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SOUTH AFRICAEtihad Airways 'kicks-off' flights to Nigeria with Manchester City FC aircraft
Etihad Airways' has started its six flights a week service between the airline's Abu Dhabi home-base and the Nigerian city, Lagos. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAHilton Worldwide to launch luxury brand in South Africa
DUBAI, UAE / McLEAN, US: Hilton Worldwide has announced Pezula Resort & Spa, one of South Africa's leading resorts, is set to join the luxury portfolio of Conrad Hotels & Resorts following the signing of a management agreement with resort owners, Alderney Establishment. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAFootprints of Hope inspires local communities to join the fight against rhino poaching
Following the success of &Beyond and Africa Foundation's Footprints of Hope 10-day rhino awareness walk (through the Sabi Sand and Kruger wilderness and surrounding communities) earlier this year, the teams are now returning to two of those communities to help inspire the youth and educate them about the threat of rhino poaching. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAHotel in Kruger Park irks conservationists
[Sibongile Khumalo] South Africa's world-renowned Kruger National Park is to get its first luxury hotel, but not everyone is impressed by the decision aimed at attracting the growing black middle class. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICACruising the Kruger
[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] I am not a happy camper. Or, any kind of camper. I have never seen the point of leaving a home full of things like comfy beds, dishwashing machines and microwave ovens to attempt to relax on a skinny little back-busting stretcher, waiting for wood to turn to charcoal before being able to cook anything and worst of all, having to do the washing up by hand in cold water. Read more >>More Travel news...
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SOUTH AFRICAImaginary countries for old men
[Charles Siboto] No Country for Old Men, the title of the Cormac McCarthy novel and its Oscar winning film adaptation by the Coen brothers, echoes the trend I've been noticing in Hollywood for the last decade at least; all the old men (and, to a slighter degree, women) have left our "immoral" contemporary society and have gone to seek their fortunes in fantastical pasts that never were and space-age futures in distant galaxies that we hope will come to pass. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICARepainting history in Goethe
[Daniel Dercksen] Films like Goethe have the power to inject our wisdom with a fresh and invigourating sensibility. What we know, or what we think we know, is turned inside out as German filmmakers Philip Stölzl (director and screenwriter) and Christoph Müller (producer and co-screenwriter) repaint history with their insightful and enlightening vivid exploration of a man who changed the world with his passion for words. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICANew international stars announced for Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival
Grammy Award-winning performers Clarence Carter and Eddie Palmieri, Jamaica's Monty Alexander and France's Manu Katche are among the new international artists announced for this year's Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICADrama on the big screen
[Daniel Dercksen] If there's one live musical show you cannot miss on the big screen, it's the screening of Stephen Sondheim's sensational musical drama, Company. Staged by the world-famous New York Philharmonic, Company was recorded live from the Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center, New York in 2011 and is now screening in cinemas outside the US for the first time, and in SA exclusively at Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau Theatres on 28 and 30 June and 1 July only, so make sure not to miss it, no matter what. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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