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Groundbreaking deal for agency
The Community Individual Development Trust (CIDT), pioneers of the free university education movement in South Africa, has acquired a 26% percent shareholding in Mortimer Harvey. The agency will also have a key role in the CIDT’s Maharishi Institute with the establishment of the Mortimer Harvey Design Incubator as an integral part of the Institute’s curriculum. [...]
Kaya FM wins excellence award
Kaya FM is celebrating a successful 2012, with an increase in listenership and revenue as well as a move to brand new offices in Parktown North. As a one of the few radio stations with an increase in audience numbers, Kaya FM was recognised earlier this month at the annual Thebe Group Chairman’s Excellence Awards [...]
TAMS to use audited figures supplied by DStv
As of Monday 10 December 2012 SAARF TAMS (Television and Audience Measurement Survey) will use the DStv audited figures for weighting the DStv penetration, PVR penetration within DStv and the bouquet percentages within the DStv and M-Net analogue universes on the TAMS panel. Audited DStv updated subscriber numbers will be included in all future bi-annual [...]
Nunu Ntshingila-Njeke honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award
South African advertising icon and Ogilvy & Mather South Africa (O&M SA) Chairman Nunu Ntshingila-Njeke sealed her status as advertising’s first lady when she earned her second Lifetime Achievement Award this year at the AdFocus Awards, held in Johannesburg. The announcement, which follows Ntshingila-Njeke’s Lifetime Achievement Award accolade at the AdReview Awards in May, paid [...]
SAB and Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town win Partnership of the Year at Adfocus 2012
At lthe annual Financial Mail AdFocus awards, Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town won Partnership of the Year with SAB on long-standing client, Carling Black Label. The agency has held the Carling Black Label account for 25 years. Between 2011 and 2012 Ogilvy Cape Town delivered two editions of the ‘Be The Coach’ campaign, which has [...]
PRISM entry deadline looms
As the 25 January entry deadline looms for the 2013 PRISM Awards, public relations companies across southern Africa are waking up to the fact that entering the PRISM Awards is more of a ‘have to’ than a ‘would like to’ on their list of priorities. With almost 40 category awards up for grabs, there are [...]
Acceleration Media appoints new GM
Acceleration Media has appointed experienced marketing and communications specialist Stephanie Houslay as its new general manager. She will be based in Cape Town, where she will lead Acceleration Media’s growth in the Western Cape region. The company has also announced that Diane Charton, its Cape Town-based managing director will be leaving the company to [...]
Son newspaper launches own mobi site
Son, the most-read Afrikaans tabloid newspaper in South Africa, has launched its mobi site, allowing the opportunity for readers to access their favourite read, even though they may not be able to purchase the daily print edition, explained Son Editor-in-Chief, Andrew Koopman. “Digital platforms, like the Mobi site, enable us to expand our market quite [...]
Capitec Bank SA’s top company
Capitec Bank Holdings scooped the coveted title as South Africa’s top company at the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Awards banquet held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Capitec won in 2010 and was ranked second last year. Among the prestigious awards, two of the country’s top businessmen were also honoured: The Business Leader [...]
