Media24 journalists, editors and publications were winners in several categories at Thursday night’s PICA Awards for magazines, which was held at the Emperors Palace in Johannesburg. The annual PICA Awards celebrates all of the great work that is done in the magazine and publishing industry. OVERALL PUBLISHING EXCELLENCE Jane Raphaely Editor of the Year Award [...]
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Eurobest celebrates 25th year in Lisbon
A wealth of content, creativity and networking opportunities awaits delegates as celebrates its 25th year from 28-30 November in Lisbon, Portugal. Across three days, the Festival will see some of the world’s greatest creative minds descending on Lisbon to offer insight, learning, inspiration and debate on the big industry issues. Highlights include: industry legend, David [...]
Congratulations to the Africa Com winners 2012
The Africa Com Awards 2012 received more entries than ever before. All of an extremely high calibre, this is a clear tribute to the exciting and innovative work that’s taken place in Africa over the past 12 months. Africa Com Awards 2012 Winners Best Network Improvement Helios Towers Africa – Shared Telecoms Infrastructure Most Innovative [...]
Red Bull Flugtag takes place in Cape Town this year
Over four-hundred entries were received for this year’s Red Bull Flugtag, and the forty-five teams chosen will put their flying machines to the test at Cape Town’s V& A Waterfront on the 9th of December 2012. An eclectic mix of the über serious to the just plain ridiculous, teams have started building their contraptions in the [...]
Masterclass and grant aims to grow Cape Town’s creative industry
The Jupiter Drawing Room (Cape Town) has announced details of its and has invited small local creative enterprises to participate. The Contructus Masterclass, an annual event, was started last year, in an effort to support local majority black-owned creative entrepreneurs and transform the local industry. Respected industry leaders are invited to impart their knowledge to [...]
Cape Town to host record AfricaCom exhibition
Over 8000 people (a 25% increase on 2011) – individuals and those from around 2000 companies from across 112 countries around the world will shortly be in Cape Town for the annual AfricaCom conference and exhibition. Africa’s largest and most respected digital communications event will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre [...]
Small business wins at NSBC awards
The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) awards were held in in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg on the 8th of November 2012. The National Small Business Champion Awards, sponsored by SASRIA – foremost special risks insurer, allows the SME to be given recognition for their outstanding contribution to business in South Africa. This year, 6500 entries were [...]
Support for ABF crazy golf day needed
The ABF Vital Support Fund is hosting its annual Crazy Golf Day on the 27th November at the Kyalami Country Club. This year, batten down the hatches for “Pirates of the Golf Course – On Stranger Greens”. Sail into the past, when Jack Sparrow and Blackbeard dominated the high seas and dress up your merry crew. Fourballs cost a mere R3000 [...]
Bookmark Awards a huge success
he Artscape Theatre in Cape Town played host to the 2012 Bookmarks Awards. Here are all the winners: Core Awards – Websites/Microsites/Mobisites – Brand, Commercial & Retail Websites – Large Enterprise (Turnover > R100m+) (1) Bronze (1) DStv Online – DStv.com Core Awards – Websites/Microsites/Mobisites – Brand, Commercial & Retail Websites – Small/Medium Enterprise [...]
All the winners Media24 Magazines Excellence Awards
The Media24 Magazines Excellence Awards ceremony was held yesterday at the Table Bay Hotel, Cape Town. It is the event where the division rewards editorial and publishing excellence. The division runs an extensive competition to determine the winners and judging is done on the basis of peer review, i.e. journalists in the division judge their colleagues’ work. [...]
