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[Kamogelo Sesing] I could never understand it - how the Asian and Latin American countries got it right at Cannes every year with work done in their native tongue.
Getting tough on ‘dishonest' ISPs, cyber-squatters
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] ‘Dishonest' Internet service providers (ISPs) who register clients' names as their own and make it difficult for clients who later want to change and have their names managed by another ISP, and cyber-squatters (including spammers and ‘witches') will be dealt with severely by the new licensing regulations which are now up for public scrutiny.
Time out for The Times?
NEWSWATCH: Avusa, owner of The Times, which is delivered free to Sunday Times subscribers, has denied rumours that the free-to-subscribers newspaper may be closed, says Business Report, which also looks at Telkom, and how it will make up for post-Vodacom earnings. On the SABC front, a senior political correspondent Sophie Mokoena is in trouble after calling a rival radio station and badmouthing the national broadcaster - her voice was recognised, reports IOL, which also reports the death of a Cape Town DJ. Farther afield... Facebook can bite, as a Canadian woman found out when her insurer saw pictures of her in a bikini - and anything but depressed, reports IOL Technology. Back in Africa, a Kenyan TV satire has local politicians in a bit of a bother, reports Mail & Guardian Online.
Learn to script, shoot and edit your own story in four days

After a successful launch in Cape Town, The Media Academy now also offers exciting short video courses in Johannesburg. 23 Nov 2009 15:31


Anthem debacle makes Halls radio active

Following the national anthem fiasco, Cadbury South Africa launched the radio ad “If there's a next time, try Halls. Free your voice” late last week. 23 Nov 2009 13:26




SABC contestant gets his dream

The Art Centre College of Design in California, US has awarded Thabo Mboneni, a participant in SABC Education's reality show It's For Life, a full scholarship and a financial award from Toyota to study automotive design. 23 Nov 2009 13:18


UK/SA design conference opens today at CPUT

The ‘International Entrepreneur - Design for Africa Project' opens today Monday 23 November 2009 at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town with a two-day conference. 23 Nov 2009 12:27


CTV calls on Capetonians to march for ‘free airwaves'

Cape Town TV (CTV) is calling for the public to join in a ‘Free-The-Airwaves' march to Parliament on Wednesday 25 November 2009, starting at 10am at Keizersgracht Street, Cape Town (opposite the Castle). 23 Nov 2009 11:10




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MSCSPORTS continues to Make Sport Count - MSCSPORTS

Sports marketing company, MSCSPORTS, continues to Make Sport Count for two new clients, namely Samsung Mobile and Etana Insurance, having sold two big broadcast sponsorship deals on Supersport for the English Premiership League and the FA Cup competition. 23 Nov 2009 16:18


Baba Indaba triumphs as South Africa's most memorable baby and parenting expo - Baba Indaba

The SABC Education Baba Indaba team has scooped both Top Exhibition of the Year for the third time and the Gold award for Most Memorable Event at the Exhibition & Event Association of Southern Africa's (EXSA) Annual Awards, held on Thursday, 19 November 2009. 23 Nov 2009 16:11


Eclipse brand identity - HKLM

Branding and design agency, HKLM Middle East, demonstrated its creative talents with an innovative identity solution for the luxurious Eclipse Champagne bar on the 26th floor of the InterContinental Dubai Festival City. 23 Nov 2009 13:08


Latest FNB TVC scored at Howard Music for MetropolitanRepublic - Howard Music

Metropolitan Republic recently launched a new series of FNB television commercials. Adam Howard of Howard Music was commissioned to compose the original music for the spots. 23 Nov 2009 12:51


[The Digital Edge] Eskom reputation meltdown - Cambrient

This week The Digital Edge teams up with Mandy De Waal from Mandylives to investigate the issue of the Eskom leadership meltdown and what it means for the Eskom brand and South Africa. And what other brands can learn from the way the whole matter was handled. 23 Nov 2009 12:25


The Baby Expo wins again in the biggest baby and parenting expo category at the 2009 EXSA Awards - The Baby Expo

It was top honours for The Baby Expo on Thursday night last week as they won ‘Best Exhibition of the Year' at the 2009 Annual Exhibition Association of South Africa (EXSA) Awards. The Baby Expo won in the 6 001m² to 12 000m² category for their Durban show. 23 Nov 2009 11:54


Stonewall+ pours new digital life into brandhouse.co.za - Stonewall+

In redesigning brandhouse's website digital marketing agency Stonewall+ set out to create a platform that was aesthetically appealing to its target audience and that would enable them to interact with each of brandhouse's brands. 23 Nov 2009 11:35


Africa news
CPJ announces 2009 International Press Freedom Awardees

WASHINGTON: Naziha Réjiba, editor of the Tunisian online news journal Kalima, said she knows what to expect when she returns home — surveillance, harassment, and threats conducted by one the world's most repressive governments. 23 Nov 2009 07:20


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