The Consumer Goods Council South Africa (CGCSA) has announced the launch of the Consumer Goods and Services Ombud (CGSO), two days prior to World Consumer Rights day on the 15 March. The Ombud callcentre has been running successfully for the past year and has shown outstanding resolution statistics to date. The CGSO is now being officially [...]
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Gavin Rajah winner of the Most Beautiful Object in SA
Design Indaba announces Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2013 Winner The winner of the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2013 is Gavin Rajah for his Pebble Dress, who was the overwhelming favourite as voted for by people around South Africa via SMS. This dress from Gavin Rajah’s Spring/Summer 2013 couture collection [...]
SHL talent measurement – SA on the list
International leadership indices reveals talent time bomb in South Africa Female leaders rank 14 in the world for capability but gender divide can’t be broken SHL, the global leader in talent measurement, today announces the release of the first annual Talent Report, providing an unrivalled worldwide view of the capability and potential of talent [...]
Absa creates Democratic Republic of Design campaign for Design Indaba
Attendees of the Design Indaba conference can win prizes through and innovative app. As one of the country’s leading sponsors of design-related events and initiatives, Absa is once again a headline sponsor of this year’s Design Indaba Conference, taking place from 27 February to 1 March 2013. To promote its sponsorship and drive home [...]
Times Media hosts dinner at Design Indaba
Sir John Hegarty, international advertising icon, has been secured by the Sunday Times as guest speaker at an intimate dinner to be hosted for the creative heads of SA’s most successful agencies, next week. The dinner celebrates the ‘coming-together’ of the advertising industry during the annual Design Indaba, held in Cape Town from 27th [...]
heat SA’s world exclusive makes it onto CNN
heat South Africa editor, Andre Neveling, confirmed once again that he was the go to guy for South African celebrity news when he was interviewed by CNN about the high profile case of Oscar Pistorius. Yesterday Neveling revealed that heat South Africa conducted an exclusive interview with Oscar Pistorius’s deceased girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, just [...]
Management changes at Continental Outdoor
The Board of Directors at Continental Outdoor Media Holdings are pleased to announce the following appointments:- Barry Sayer will assume the role of Executive Chairman from Mark Hartmann of Helios Investment Partners, in an executive capacity. Mr Hartmann will remain a Non-Executive Director. Bazil Lauryssen will be appointed to the position of Chief Executive [...]
Taco Kuiper Award for investigative journalism open for entries
The 7th annual , which celebrates outstanding examples of investigative journalism published or broadcast by South African media, is open for entries. The winner will receive a prize of R200 000 and the runner-up will receive R100 000. The award is open to print, broadcast and online journalists, or teams of up to three journalists, who have [...]
M&C Saatchi Connect launches in South Africa
M&C SAATCHI CONNECT, a touchpoint company has been launched in SA with Martin MacGregor appointed as MD. “The introduction of M&C Saatchi Connect co-incides with our 3rd birthday in South Africa” commented Moray MacLennan, Worldwide CEO of M&C Saatchi. “Mike Abel and his founding partners, opened in Cape Town on February 1st, 2010 with no clients and a [...]
Sage ERP Africa’s Insights 2013 conference starts
Sage ERP Africa’s Insights 2013 conference kicked off today with an opening address from Managing Director, Jeremy Waterman in which he said that it seems almost redundant to talk of the ‘Mobile Revolution’. “Have we not been talking of mobility in IT for many years already? It is not really the concept of mobility [...]
