Appointments, account moves, results and the week's industry business.
TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris had a successful weekend at the 34 TH Annual Loerie Awards Ceremony, held in Cape Town from the 15th – 23rd September. The 34th Annual Loerie Awards saw TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris walk away with 1…
MXit, Africa’s largest instant messenger and mobile social network, took a bold step to reinvent its look and functionality at the end of June. In the first week, more than 1.1 million users downloaded the…
A glittering event was held in Sandton to launch Discovery Network’s progamming for the last quarter of 2011 and for 2012. The event saw a host of top Discovery faces including Jeremy Wade (River Monsters),…
Famous Brands has extended its Theatre of Foods portfolio with the creation of a new business, Creative Coffees Company (‘Creative Coffees’), and thereby introduced a new strategic direction for the Group’s…
One kid. All kinds of hero. That’s Ben Tennyson for you , and he’s coming to Cartoon Network in an all-new series, Ben 10 Omniverse , with a global launch like no other. For the first time in its history,…
Cape Town ‘it girls’ and self-named ‘party queens of Cape Town’ Liz Stone and Elena Pappas are the glamorous hosts of the new season of My Super Sweet World Class (MTV, DStv Channel 321, 23:00 CAT, Sunday 19…
NATIVE has embarked on a project to offer its clients an overview of their digital performance along with complete transparency of its effect on the client’s bottom line.
Established market experience, Betway has gained a fair reputation on the basis of the quality of its services and the diversity of gaming entertainment available to its Italian gamblers — which it undoubtedly…
Draftfcb South Africa’s agency specialising in promoting behaviour change through social marketing, cause marketing and government communication campaigns has created a new integrated campaign to give…
Win a ticket for the first ever AdReview Conference as well as for the AdReview Awards on May 17.
The Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) of the University of Pretoria at Onderstepoort, received a R100 000 boost from the SA Hunters and Game Conservation Association (SAHGCA) to help fund the upkeep of its…
Samsung Electronics SA today announced its alignment with, and sponsorship of the Flux Trends Review 2012 – run by Flux Trends, a trends analysis company that focuses on the shifting social dynamics and…
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity together with YouTube have revealed the winners of the two dedicated YouTube Competitions; the YouTube Cannes Lions Good Work Competition and the YouTube…
The Thinking Mobile™ Charity Golf Series focuses on industry networking where related business, government, agencies, associations and such can share and explore ideas through the game of golf. Most…
At a breakfast hosted in conjunction with the Wits Business School (WBS) the Johannesburg Press Club (JPC) announced that the Right to Know (R2K) Coalition Campaign has been voted its 2012 Newsmaker of the…
Grey South Africa & Tennant McKay break the TVC mould
Ogilvy South Africa announced today the launch of Social@Ogilvy, a worldwide practice connecting all of the agency’s social media experts to deliver solutions across all areas of business. Ogilvy Public…
“Yes! We want to read Isolezwe on Saturdays too.” Independent Newspapers KZN, publishers of the daily Isolezwe and Sunday Isolezwe ngeSonto , has heard the market and will launch a Saturday (uMgqibelo) edition…
Mike Schalit, Founder of MAL Foundation, the world’s first non-profit ad agency and Chief Creative Officer of BBDO SA Do marketers and their brands have enough purpose? Are retailers and their services…
The release of the third quarter (July – September) ABC circulation figures today again showed that while especially daily newspapers are suffering declines, magazines – except for a few dramatic drops – are…
Lifestyle, the female hygiene brand behind South Africa’s number 1 pantyliner, introduced the Carry Yourself with Confidence campaign last year, to educate and empower young women between the ages of 11 and 16…
The Bookmarks, South Africa’s digital awards and an initiative of the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA), is now open for entries. The awards encourage all South African agencies, publishers, teams…