Firehouse Twists from strength to strength - The Firehouse
When two companies foster the same dream, have identical visions and are committed to catapult themselves to the same heights, the logical solution is to Twist into one entity, stronger than when separate. 7 Oct 2008 14:57

Rebirth of Asian ad festival
LONDON: The International Advertising Festival, the organisers of Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx and Eurobest, and Haymarket Media, the publishers of Media and Campaign, have entered into an agreement to partner and relaunch Spikes - Asian Advertising Awards into a major advertising festival for Asia, it was announced yesterday, Monday, 6 October 2008. 7 Oct 2008 09:19

Firehouse Twists from strength to strength
The Firehouse Group recently joined forces with Twist marketing and advertising. Sefadzi Foli, previous MD of Twist, will now apply his experience, natural talent and entrepreneurial background to the role of deputy manager of the Firehouse Group Advertising. 7 Oct 2008 09:00

Inyathi - Creation Station
What does a taxi stampede, the Bob Marley classic, 'Buffalo Soldier, sung to new lyrics, and ‘litter free' taxi ranks all have in common? They are all part of the launch of CAM's (China Auto Manufacturers) Inyathi taxi. 6 Oct 2008 13:20

BBDO Cape Town kicks off Dreamfields campaign
BBDO Cape Town has partnered with The Dreamfields Project, an initiative of well-known journalist and broadcaster, John Perlman, in its quest to improve soccer facilities and the game as a whole in and around South Africa. Launching an eye-catching advertising campaign, BBDO CT broke the rules and took soccer where it has never been before - to the golfing greens. 6 Oct 2008 11:43

Bigger is not always better - Artifact Advertising
Because small companies don't have the same budgets as their giant counterparts, the common assumption is that marketing and advertising is too expensive and so these small companies do not have access to the kinds of advertising and marketing that these giants do. They couldn't be more wrong. 6 Oct 2008 11:41

Zoom advertising helps turn tourism green
As the first advertising agency in South Africa to become carbon neutral when it planted hundreds of trees to offset its own carbon impact, Zoom Advertising has now embarked on a campaign that will turn the local tourism industry green. The initiative is called ‘My tree in Africa' and gives travellers the opportunity to make a valid contribution to help the environment. 6 Oct 2008 11:24

The final countdown - becoming a killer freelancer
[Tiffany Markman] Okay, okay - it's finally here... Part III in my series on ‘How to become a killer freelancer'. This is the scary bit: the business planning gargoyle that looms over your head; the tax gremlins that keep you awake at night; the BEE hobbits at the bottom of the garden; the time-keeping jungle. So allow me to turn on some lights for you, and let's banish the beasties. 6 Oct 2008 09:30

Budget's new ad is for real...
A recent advertisement by Budget Car Rental, showing an elephant amorously approaching one of its cars, is based on a true incident which took place at the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve in Zululand. 3 Oct 2008 09:32

TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Jhb wins three key pitches
TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg has won three significant account pitches, as announced by CEO Muzi Kuzwayo yesterday afternoon, Wednesday 1 October. They are: the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), SA National Roads Agency and Mpumalanga Tourism to agency staff. 2 Oct 2008 09:53

MWEB Business launches new online campaign
MWEB Business has broken new ground with an online advertising campaign using video banners in the style of the well-known TV series, “The Office”. The brainchild of Ogilvy Cape Town, the campaign consists of five video banners - which are a relatively new format for online advertising - developed to demonstrate fairly complicated business products in an entertaining way. 2 Oct 2008 09:07

Joe Public turns wine into art for Spier - Joe Public
Over the past five years, creative agency Joe Public has built the Spier Wine brand on the premise that it represents ‘the art in wine'. Following various print and in-store campaigns that transformed the actual liquid into intriguing pieces of art, Spier recently tasked Joe Public to take their positioning to the next level. 1 Oct 2008 14:09

Ogilvy announces new management structure for Cape Town
Ogilvy Cape Town has announced its new management structure which includes both continuity and an injection of fresh energy. The continuity will come through a promotion for Rob Hill. Hill is promoted to Group Managing Partner Ogilvy South Africa and will now oversee Ogilvy Cape Town as well as all Cape based subsidiaries including Zoom, Advertising, Added Value Group (AVG) and Coley Porter Bell. 1 Oct 2008 12:10