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Article 19 condemns the sentencing on Friday, 13 July 2012, of six Ethiopian journalists including 
Sun International together with their digital agency filmed a series of experiences especially targeted at African based consumers. The campaign centres around a secret agent played by Ghana actor and model, Lentei Bannerman who is on the search for the key to Sun International's Million Thrills. The key is a metaphor for the group's online booking engine. 
The 
Amazon is testing a new smartphone that may be launched later this year or early next year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. 
NEW YORK, US: Nielsen, a leading provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy, today announced the launch of the Nielsen Innovation Lab, a program designed to spur pioneering ideas and better, faster advancements in the area of advertising effectiveness. 
LONDON, UK: The effectiveness of advertising on Facebook is being called into question following revelations from the BBC that its | Company news |
Branding
SOUTH AFRICAAfrica-wide vision at rebranded By Design Africa - By Design
Fast-growing marketing communications group By Design has announced a new corporate identity and new name - By Design Africa. Read more >>Education & Training
SOUTH AFRICADo you need training courses for skills development? - Training Shop
The Training Shop provides a number of workshops in Africa as in-house or as public training courses. Read more >>Out Of Home
TANZANIAAfrican inner city rejuvenation begins with traffic circles - Continental Outdoor
Traffic calming circles in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, have been upgraded to 'works of art' as part of that city's urban regeneration and beautification initiative. Continental Outdoor Media worked in conjunction with local artists to beautify this road infrastructure. Read more >>| Galleries |
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| Government |
SOUTH AFRICADlamini Zuma elected new AU Commission chairperson
[Chris Bathembu] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) exploded with jubilation following news on Sunday night that South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma had won her bid to become the first woman to lead the powerful African Union Commission. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAConCourt clarifies victims of violent and/or destructive gatherings' right to claim damages
[Keshni Pillay] While the South African Constitution allows everyone the rights to picket, present petitions, demonstrate and assemble peacefully and unarmed, the sad reality is that these gatherings often turn violent and destructive. The recourse for victims of this kind of violence was recently clarified by the Constitutional Court. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICA40% of degree-holders from China, India in 2020
PARIS, FRANCE: Emerging powerhouses China and India will lead the way in churning out university graduates by the end of the decade, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAYouth want their views to be considered by govt
Young people attending the second annual Nelson Mandela Children's Parliament have appealed to government to take their views into account when developing policy and programmes that affect them. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAGordhan highlights role of accountants
[Khulekani Magubane] The role of accountants has become more important to general society in the current economic times‚ says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICABlade wants Independent Newspapers broken up
Independent News & Media's South African operations should be broken up and not sold to a monopoly, SACP secretary-general Blade Nzimande said yesterday. He told about 2000 delegates at the 13th national congress of the SA Communist Party near Empangeni that they should be opposed to media monopolies. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICADept to negotiate on Indalo Yethu Trust dissolution
The Department of Environmental Affairs says it has decided to enter into negotiations with Indalo Yethu Trust to discuss its dissolution following a review to determine the viability of the organisation. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICADenel Aerostructures looking at new markets
Denel Aerostructures is well-placed to manufacture vital parts for the civilian aviation market‚ based on its experience on military aircraft for Saab and Gripen. The CEO of Denel Aerostructures (DAe)‚ Ismail Dockrat‚ said at the Farnborough International Airshow the company has just completed its final delivery on the production of components for the Gripen fighter for Saab. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAZuma signals construction of Mandela Legacy Bridge
[Nthambeleni Gabara] Jacob Zuma has honoured the first democratically elected P\president, Nelson Mandela, by unveiling the construction of the Nelson Mandela Legacy Bridge, which will link Ludondolo village with Mandela's birthplace of Mvezo in the Eastern Cape. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICATreasury seeks to regulate tax advisers
The Treasury has proposed that "recognised controlling bodies" for tax practitioners be established, which would pave the way for these professionals to be regulated under the Tax Administration Act. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICATransnet committed to invest R31.2bn this year
[Ray Faure] State-owned freight and logistics company Transnet has committed to invest R31.2bn in the current financial year as part of its Market Demand Strategy - the company's R300.1bn investment programme over the next seven years. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASisulu, unions meet to further wage negotiations
SOUTH AFRICASAA voted best airline in Africa - again!
SOUTH AFRICAAngloGold Ashanti joins energy saving initiative
SOUTH AFRICAPremier accepts Mmemezi's resignation
SOUTH AFRICAMadiba in good health, says President Zuma
SOUTH AFRICAAlleged illicit liquor dealer to face court
SOUTH AFRICAProbe into SA ambassador over MTN
SOUTH AFRICAAuditing training 'to assist municipalities'
SOUTH AFRICATransnet board of directors reduced
SOUTH AFRICA2012 Youth Water Awards winners named
| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICAHyundai hunting down the Europeans
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] South African Car of the Year title-holder Hyundai continues to strengthen its grip on the local car market with a continuous flow of good-looking, well-equipped and extremely competitively priced vehicles - so it comes as no surprise that its newly unwrapped i30 hatchback is also bang on target and breathing right down the necks of the European carmakers. Read more >>More Motoring news...
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICAN1, N12 closed due to extreme weather
Several roads in the country were closed to motorists on Saturday following heavy snowfall and rain, including the N1 north of Beaufort West and the N12 near Victoria West in the Western Cape. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICA[10 Things I Love About...] Being airborne
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Contributing editor Brian Berkman asked Janie van der Spuy about the 10 things she loves about keeping her head in the clouds, literally, the places she has visited and the experiences she's had. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAAutumn, winter, and spring holidays - you're spoilt for choice
So which is the best season to take a Northern Hemisphere holiday? If you say summer, you'd be wrong - even though summer is clearly a great choice. Trafalgar, however, has devised a brand-new, expanded Europe & Britain autumn, winter and spring brochure designed to give you a wide selection of places to visit and enjoy. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICA&Beyond rated among world's top safari operators
&Beyond has been listed as the world's 5th Top Safari Operator in the US Travel + Leisure 2012 World's Best Awards readers' survey. As one of Africa and South Asia's leading experiential travel companies, &Beyond's mission is to design luxury safaris and personalised travel adventures whilst remaining committed to its core ethic of "Care of the Land. Care of the Wildlife. Care of the People." Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAVincent Wants To Sea
[Daniel Dercksen] If ever you felt misunderstood or alone, or not sure of where you fit into the scheme of things, the German film Vincent Wants To Sea will rejuvenate your belief in life and friendship. If life's a journey then Vincent Wants To Sea is a great way to map out an adventure that begins with a dubious meeting between strangers that leads to a life-changing and unique exploration of differences that separate and ties that bind. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAOne man Sunday Morning
[Daphne Cooper] Sunday Morning is a gentle, funny, poignant, intimate play that is given enchantment and tenderness in the hands of James Cunningham, who performs this one-man show. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAThe nine-to-five drag
[Johann M. Smith] Oh, Mondays! The restart of commerce culture's tyrannical conformity cycle: a nine-to-five, strike-the-clock drag that supposedly improves your life more than it ruins it. Better start seeking the beauty in the invisible, or become a chain-smoking heartless bastard. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAThe webman's origins
[Daniel Dercksen] We all want to be Peter Parker. Yes, it would it be super to be the iconic "Spidey"; wear a vibrant and striking superhero outfit, shoot webs, scale skyscrapers, swing from here to eternity and save the world, but there's more to Peter Parker than just being The Amazing Spider-Man. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICABurn the Floor combusts
[Daniel Dercksen] There has never been anything like this on stage in Cape Town, ever! Burn The Floor not only sent temperatures shooting through the roof at its opening in Cape Town last night, but also had Capetonians almost spontaneously combusting with two overpowering standing ovations, following raucous cheering and energetic response during the performance. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAFugard's Blue Iris
[Daniel Dercksen] Athol Fugard's compelling The Blue Iris is a consummate masterwork that will break your heart and shake you to the core. Celebrating life, love and the haunting memories of a tragedy that shapes the lives of a Karoo farmer, his wife and housekeeper, it is an intelligent play that showcases the genius of one of the greatest playwrights of our time, and is a crowning glory to his 80th birthday. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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