More awards, more conferences, more hot air? After this year, I'm coming to the conclusion that it's awards season perpetually in South Africa - if it's not the local award shows for the marketing, advertising and media industries, it's all the international ones. So, last week, Ogilvy Cape Town scooped South Africa's first and one of only two Grand LIAs at the London International Awards for its Selinah TV ad for The Topsy Foundation and the finalists for the Bookmarks (digital marketing and media) were also released. Then there were the Assegai Awards (direct marketing) on Wednesday, 10 November 2010; the MPASA PICA Awards (magazines), preceded by the inaugural MPASA Media Summit (more magazine than newspaper) on Thursday 11 November; and the overall Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards (newspaper, online, TV and radio but not magazine) on Friday 12 November. But that's not all: still to be held are the SAB Environmental Journalists of the Year Awards this Wednesday 17 November, the Bookmarks on Thursday 18 November, the 2010 AdFocus Awards (advertising) on Wednesday 24 November and the Webber Wentzel Legal Journalist of the Year Awards on Tuesday 30 November. Feel free to email me if I've left any out... Anyway, apart from all these endless awards, the SABC soapie continues. Ad nauseum. One day things are looking up with the new communications minister, Roy Padayachie; the next day, not. More changes in ad agency management structures have been announced ( Y&R Brands South Africa, The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town, Universal McCann). And the fight for our media freedom in South Africa still continues. What a year! Congrats to the deserving! Simone Puterman ( @SimoneBiz) Managing editorPlease send all South African marketing and media news to marketingnews@bizcommunity.com, international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com and opinion pieces to contributors@bizcommunity.com. Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive.
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Special focus on media freedom
Media freedom took a step forward on 12 November 2010, when the Minister of State Security, Dr Siyabonga Cwele, gave his commitment to the South African National Editors' Forum ( SANEF) at a meeting in Pretoria that the South African media will be consulted on the drafting of regulations that will detail the implementation of Protection of Information legislation once the law is finalised. This week, media will have an opportunity to make public comment on the draft Public Service Broadcasting Bill, 15-17 November. Read more >>2010 FIFA World Cup
 According to brand and media intelligence company Ornico, South Africa scored just over R25 million worth of editorial coverage in the 100 days following the 2010 FIFA World Cup that ended on 11 July 2010. Unfortunately it wasn't all good news, as the publicity was a mixed bag featuring a fairly equal spread of positive and negative media attention for Brand South Africa. Read more >>Advertising | | Increase the value of your brand | |  |
 Bruce Williamson has been appointed as MD and Laiza Zikalala as GM of the full service media agency UM (Universal McCann). Williamson has spent many years in the media agency space and is a previous winner of the Roger Garlick Award. Read more >>Catch the last Lion of the year Cinemark, the official local representative of Cannes Lions, will be rescreening the Silver, Gold and Grand Prix ad reel of winning works from Cannes Lions 2010 at no cost. Screenings will be held at Ster Kinekor Sandton City, Johannesburg, 17-18 November 2010 at 10am. Media and creative agencies and the public should email Amanda Leckie at amandal@cinemark.co.za, subject line 'Free tickets for Cannes Screenings', limited to 10 per client. Digital | | Your source of digital advertising | |  |
The Film and Publication Board (FPB) is engaged in a campaign against child pornography, targeting schools and children in an effort to educate children about responsible use of technology platforms, as well as to educate parents about the dangers related to unmonitored use of cellphones and the Internet. Read more >> Advertisement:
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 [Herman Manson: @marklives] Journalism and marketing will continue to move ever closer, with the wall once separating them being steadily dismantled. By publishers. And that's a good thing. Read on. Read more >> [Herman Manson: @marklives] Here is a reminder how powerful a force Media24 is in the South African magazine world. At the 2010 MPASA PICA Awards held late last week in Cape Town, its associate companies, including New Media Publishing and Touchline Media, picked up an incredible 22 awards. Out of 29. Read more >>Media | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Lobby group SOS Support Public Broadcasting has over the weekend dismissed most of the new communications minister's plans to stabilise SABC and strengthen ICASA, saying they are 'superficial' and fall short of taking account of deep-rooted problems facing these two institutions. This has raised fears that the country's broadcasting sector is far from being freed from the vicious circle it has been trapped in for several years. Read more >>Advertisement:
 e.tv's Barbara Friedman was named overall Vodacom Journalist of the Year 2010 for her piece "Girl/Boy" aired on 3rd Degree and veteran journalist and media freedom campaigner Raymond Louw was awarded the 2010 Vodacom Lifetime Achiever Award on Friday night, 12 November 2010, at Vodaworld in Midrand. Read more >>Johannesburg Press Club AGMThe 2010 AGM of the Johannesburg Press Club will take place on Friday, 19 November 2010, at 6pm at the Pavilion Room, Marks Park Sports Club, Judith Road, Emmarentia. Part of the agenda is to introduce members to new efforts aimed at reviving the club and reclaiming its space as the country's best media networking platform. RSVP to Louise Blake louise.blake@nhls.ac.za or tel +27 (0)11 555 0399 by 3pm on 18 November 2010. The Central Energy Fund (CEF) Group has sponsored this function. Newspapers |  |
 [Mandy de Waal: @mandyldewaal] With advertising revenues down and profits plunging, it appears Avusa's management is prepared to do just about anything, even if this means striking a deal with Bob Mugabe's propaganda machine. Something the brave journos of Sunday Times wouldn't feel great about - if only they knew. Read more >>Retail
 The 2010 South African E-Commerce Awards, awarded by Jump Shopping, went to Yuppiechef, winning three of the five categories, Take2 and Private Property as the winners in the other categories. This year's categories were South African Public's Favourite E-Commerce Website; Best E-Commerce Shop; Best E-Commerce Services Website; Best Design, Standards & Ease of Use; and Best E-Commerce Shopping Process. Read more >> ATLANTA, US: CNN International is launching a new weekly series called The Boss. It will air across CNN International's business shows, including the flagship business program Quest Means Business, presented by Richard Quest at 2000 CET on Tuesdays. Read more >> [Published by Verdict*] LONDON, UK: The fortunes of out-of-town shops are beginning to turn after they were particularly badly hit by the recession, helped by lower rents, superior access and better links to online. Over the next four years consumers will increase spending there by £14.7 billion (about R122 billion) - this is more than at any other location, finds Verdict, part of the Datamonitor group of companies. Read more >> LONDON, UK: According to PwC, the data explosion leaves companies exposed to new legal risks. Read more >>
Advertising
 Ogilvy's Topsy Foundation commercial, directed by Egg's Kim Geldenhuys, brought home South Africa's first Grand LIA at the London International Advertising Awards - equivalent to a Grand Prix - last week. Read more >>Branding
 Gabby Cowling has taken the reins as Managing Director of the Johannesburg office of leading international brand development specialist, Brand Alive. Gabby joined the company in early 2009 as Brand Relationship Director, responsible for senior account management and operations. Giles Shepherd becomes Chief Executive. Read more >>Digital
Judges for the Bookmarks awards, the country's premier platform for recognising excellence in the online space, have announced their choice of finalists for the 43 publisher and agency categories. Read more >>Britefire are celebrating the accreditation of their E-marketing Professional (EMP) course with a limited pricing offer. Read more >> Lighthouse Digital has been nominated for the Bookmark Awards in two categories: Best Media Plan for Microsoft Visual Studio with UM Connect powered by Lighthouse Digital; and Best Integrated Campaign for Lexus IS, a joint entry with Stonewall Digital. Read more >>Eventing |  |
 ECHO organised the fifth annual Terroir Wine Awards for the third year running. The Awards honour the wines which truly portray South Africa's different wine-growing areas, making it the most exclusive wine competition on the international scene, according to Dave Hughes, South Africa´s renowned international wine expert and judge. Read more >>It's all about finding just the right wedding services suppliers to make your wedding unique. Read more >>Magazines
 André Neveling, has been appointed as the new editor of TVPlus. He will officially take up this position as from 1 December 2010. Read more >>Online Media | | Online Media section proudly sponsored by | |  |
South African property website, www.privateproperty.co.za, has been announced as a winner in the 2010 South African E-Commerce awards, taking home the prize for Best E-Commerce services website. Read more >>Out Of Home |  |
 As part of the implementation of Imperial Holding's new corporate identity, Graffiti has branded ten refrigerated vehicles for Imperial's Fast 'n Fresh distribution services. Read more >>Production
Ad agency JWT and creatives, Sarel Dalport, Freedom Masiba and Ben Du Plessis recently took on brand powerhouse, Loxion Kulca, as one of their clients, and also formed a sub-brand, Roots, with them. Commercials production company, Picture Tree got involved by funding and producing the commercial for the sub-brand. Read more >>Radio |  |
 Phat Joe has put his name behind one of Mi-Fone's premium Smartphone handsets, the Mi Q5 - branded as the Mi-Phat Connect. Read more >>Recruitment | | Recruitment - Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media Sales | |  |
The world's largest beverage company, Coca-Cola, has been named the Best Empowered Employer in South Africa in the latest national Best Employers campaign. Read more >>Retail
 The now annual and six-year-old Pyro-Inspiration Awards are designed to shine the spotlight on superior on-pack activity and to establish "on-pack" as a stand-alone media category. The Sister Lilian ColicCare Fix-a-Form shone in the Information category. Read more >>
ELLE 2010 New Talent Photographer Awards  MoreTop-10 MVP videos launch  More [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Renault has created a biltong, brandy and boet version of its popular Sandero with a made-in-South Africa cute crossover brimming with impressive standard features at a launch price of R149 900 - which not only includes the new emissions tax but also a three-year/45 000km service plan and a five-year/150 000km warranty. Read more >> Angus MacArthur, GM of the company Alcohol Breathalysers, one of South Africa's leading suppliers of affordable re-usable breathalyser equipment for individuals, businesses and industry suggests that parents may want to encourage the use of breathalysers for young people celebrating the end of year festivities too rashly. Read more >> According to William Price, global manager: E-Marketing South African Tourism (SAT), the recent E-Tourism Africa Summit held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre afforded the organisation the opportunity to show the industry the value of its national tourism database and how it could boost exposure of both products and trade. Read more >> [Zeenat Ebrahim] Described as the most unexpected comedy ever conceived The Switch gives us a break from the usual fly-by-night romances that build castles in the sky and have no basis in reality. Read more >> [Daphne Cooper] Christopher Hitchens, in his excellent article in Vanity Fair, argues that men are funny because they have to be. It is humour that gives men the edge in attracting women. Women don't have to be funny and so they don't make good comedians. He writes that "it is a tragedy that the two things that men prize most - women and humour - should be so antithetical." Read more >>- New appointment at Comutanet - more info
- Primedia Lifestyle appoints Refilwe Masemola - more info
- New appointment at Primedia Lifestyle - more info
- TLC appoints deputy national sales manager - more info
- Universal McCann introduces new management - more info
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- Two-day Understanding business workshop Cinao Business Mentors cc - Bedfordview, 16 November
- The AFDA Annual Film Festival 2010 AFDA - Cape Town, 19 November
- Johannesburg Press Club Annual General Meeting - Johannesburg, 19 November
- Sappi Thinkahead awards Brand Design Council - Johannesburg, 23 November
- The Annual Marketing and Media Conference Future Publishing (Pty) Ltd - Illovo, Johannesburg, 25 November
- 2010 Christmas charity market Nicarela Charity - Parkview, 26 November
- CaRRoL BoYes charity open day CaRRoL BoYeS Pty Ltd - Cape Town, 4 December
- Workplace Diversity Forum 2011 The Conference Hub - Johannesburg, 27 January
- Human resources metrics workshop Melrose Advanced Professional Training - Johannesburg, 14 February
- Designing for web usability using Adobe Flash Continuing Education at University of Pretoria - Pretoria, 17 November
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