Stoner sings our national anthem (stoned?)
on Nov 16, 2009 in Uncategorized france national anthem Ras Dumisani rugby south africa stoner stoned youtube Stories worth a read this morning: Brown-envelope journalism [M&G Online] A shareholder in a top media services company has alleged in a taped conversation with former Western Cape premier Lynne Brown that Cape Town journalists are being paid cas...

Nando’s poke fun at shameless ministerial gravy train
on Nov 16, 2009 in S'HOT Creative black river fc cindy lee government humour nando's politicians politics satire Nando’s latest television commercial is a send-up of South Africa’s parliament ministers. Their high-flying spending is used to contrast the latest, good-value offer from Nandos – three peri-peri wings and chips for only R19.95.

No more Amatomu (for now)
on Nov 12, 2009 in By Herman Manson Stories we are following today: My Branded Life [mandylives.com] King James‘ Alex van Tonder talks about so called “social media gurus”, women in advertising, those incoherent 5fm ads and the dodgy boys club. Germany to GM, re: Opel: SCREW YOU!

Banking from their cellphones
on Nov 5, 2009 in Business can Change banking cellphones financial services internet mobile news technology online sms Research released by The World Wide Worx shows that the number of people banking from their cellphones has exceeded that of people banking from their PCs in South Africa, with more than a quarter of bank customers turning to their cellphones for serv...

Goodbye Citi
on Nov 5, 2009 in S'HOT Creative citi south africa volkswag volkswagen The VW Citi is being retired after 25 years in production. The last Citi will be doing a victory lap around the country to offer everyone the opportunity to come and bid farewell to Citi by signing the vehicle. The entire victory lap can be followed...

Cannes defines scam ads, grows a pair
on Nov 5, 2009 in Business can Change Design People advertising cannes loeries news scam ads Following detailed consultation and discussion with industry leaders, the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival wishes to make clear its policy on entries into its Festivals which breach the rules.

Copenhagen to Hopenhagen – Climate Change Conference
on Nov 3, 2009 in Business can Change climate change climate justice COP 15 copenhagen hopenhagen ogilvy un climate change conference On December 7 leaders from 192 countries will gather at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Since the conference in Kyoto global carbon dioxide emissions have increased to a record 31.5 billion metric tons. That’s 40% above levels in 1...

Size is not everything
on Oct 28, 2009 in South Africans ba coca cola kfc kulula neil higgs saa sunday times TNS research surveys top brands It is tempting to attribute Top Brand status to brands that are simply big. After all, if a brand is big, surely it is doing something right? Yes, of course it is doing something right – but the key thing is to determine what that is – brands c...

Cat food cashes in on District 9
on Oct 27, 2009 in S'HOT Creative catfood district 9 lucky pet prawns The recent launch of sci-fi blockbuster District 9 presented an ideal opportunity for The Jupiter Drawing Room, Cape Town to align the Lucky Pet brand with the movie storyline through placement of the brand within cinemas. In the movie the aliens hav...

Inside Coco Joe
on Oct 26, 2009 in Uncategorized channel o coco joe magazine peet pienaar A look inside Coco Joe...