 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Juanita Pienaar] BBDO's group CEO, Boniswa Pezisa talks to Bizcommunity about the agency's decision to move back to its one-agency-two-offices model... |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Daniel Dercksen] This week, five new films and an opera releasing: the local comedy drama Catching Feelings, Clint Eastwood's heist drama, 15:17 To Paris, the revenge thriller, Death Wish, the sci-fi adventure, Downsizing, the captivating human drama, Final Portrait, and South Africa's very own Pretty Yende debuts a new role at the Met in the opera, L'Elisir d'Amore. |
 | AUTOMOTIVE  Mazda's Vision Coupe This year's Geneva International Motor Show saw Mazda's Vision Coupe win the Concept Car of the Year title at the Car Design Night Geneva... |
 | [Advertising] Europe's best-selling urban crossover, the Nissan Qashqai, has had a facelift. Designed for the city, it comes with a host of Nissan Intelligent Mobility features, making life in the city so much easier; hence the hashtag #Cityproof. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Marie Yossava] Social media has changed the PR landscape irrevocably. The challenge now facing practitioners is this: how do you effectively convey your clients' message in an environment where audiences are distracted and fragmented?...
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 | TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
[Danette Breitenbach] Despite last year's global and local turmoil, tourism continues to be an economic driving force with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation estimating that international tourist arrivals to Africa grew by 8% in 2017... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  From dress to cape. One of the memes that did the rounds on International Women's Day. You may have noticed lots of purple on your newsfeed today, as International Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March. Here's why this is known as the colour for equality and justice - just what International Women's Day stands for... |
| LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT  Photo by paul mocan on Unsplash Airports Company South Africa's George Airport and King Shaka International, as well as another African airport, Nairobi Airport, were honoured at the ACI Airport Service Quality Awards... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Werner Lindemann] With other sectors such as accounting, IT and science looking to recruit the brightest and most ambitious young women, the media and marketing industry should also be looking at ways to change its profile and create a pipeline of future leaders... |
 | The sold out 8th annual Veuve Clicquot Masters Polo took place at the Val De Vie Estate in Cape Town on Saturday the 3 March .    
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 | AUTOMOTIVE
[Ané Theron] Fancy driving a R1.6m Lexus LX, but 1) you're only good for one-million bucks and 2) you need to seat seven behinds on a regular basis? Well, Lexus has come up with a solution: The Lexus RX 350L... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Wynand Smit] Wynand Smit takes a fresh look at how video can be used in the channel environment, like how AI-enabled video screens can "learn" from the data you create when interacting with them... |
| [BizTakeouts Radio Show & Podcasts] Hein Kaiser from Mix 93.8 FM, chats to Bronwyn Williams from Fluxtrends about crypto currency and blockchain technology, on his latest Marketing & Media show. |
 | FINANCE & INSURANCE  Photo: KCB M-Pesa In Kenya, fintech is a currently distraction not a disruption given the runaway success story of the country's mobile payment system, M-Pesa, since 2007... |
| MARKETING & MEDIA  Gordon Ray and Jacques Burger of M&C Saatchi Abel. M&C Saatchi Abel's founding partner and ECD Gordon Ray shares the power of work "rich with local insight and executed with heart," while founding partner and chief executive Jacques Burger explains how M&C Saatchi Abel is motoring ahead in 2018... |
 | RETAIL
[Mpumi Nhlapo] Local retailers have an incredible opportunity to get a head-start on competition, by applying the science of digital platform thinking, to transform decades-old practices... |
| MARKETING & MEDIA  Alexi Wheeler, vice president, animation production and development, Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon's Alexi Wheeler shares about the talk he presented at the 2018 CTIAF, how he feels about the role of women in the animation industry and elaborates on what he thinks the industry as a whole can still improve on... |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Martin Myers] Chanelle Hoorne is a South African singer, song-writer, pianist and composer. Hoorne began her career back in 2009 when she collaborated with several local DJs and producers before joining The Fly Chix reality show in 2012. Sher then landed a role in the short film Two Choices which got nominated at the Durban Film Festival. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  One of the billboards. When I had my "conversion", it wasn't on the road to the biblical road to Damascus; it was on the back of a large elephant... |
 | RETAIL
[Lauren Hartzenberg] According to online retailer Action Gear, their passion for outdoor technical products is second only to their love for stellar customer service... |
