Media Multimedia South Africa

The Association for Communication and Advertising's (ACA) 2013 APEX award winners were announced at the prestigious gala event held at the Vodadome at Vodacom World in Midrand last week.

Acceleration's 2nd Digital Ignition Symposium kicked off last week in Franshhoek on 4 - 5 June. This year's event was attended by a wide variety of marketer and publishers from the industry, based both locally and internationally.

International two-for-one incentive brand hits South African shores.

The Radio Advertising Bureau South Africa (RAB) recently hosted its third annual RadioWorks Conference. Comments Zama Thango, RAB content specialist, "One of the most talked-about highlights was the 'must see' fun skits created by MCs Azania Mosaka and 'Ray-Ray' Mphande that played on the many misperceptions about radio. Thoroughly enjoyed by delegates. Must-see viewing!".

The new Ster-Kinekor Cine Prestige, which opened its doors to the public on 3 April 2012, recently held a press launch at The Zone @Rosebank, Johannesburg.

The Active Angels danced, chanted and pushed uphill.

The shortlist of the 10 most-beautiful objects in South Africa over the past year has been selected by lineup of design journalists and cultural commentators for Design Indaba's 2012 Most Beautiful Object in South Africa (MBOISA) award.

Among the shortlist for the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards Student Focus competition, announced on Tuesday, 7 February 2012, is Nina Grindlay from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, for her Nightclub Portrait Series (the dance).

To wrap up its forums for the year, The MediaShop hosted its annual end of year Cannes Show Reel at Ster Kinekor in Sandton City.

The Advertising Media Association of South Africa's (AMASA) annual event, this year themed Halloween, attracted the media industry's scariest zombies, vampires, ghouls and mummies to a ghostly party for a cause. 1000 creepy revellers flocked to Thatchers in Lonehill recently to party the night away and raise funds for the AMASA Learnership Programme (ALP).

Marie Claire magazine's annual November Body issue went on sale this week and this year Marie Claire has decided to do things differently by addressing the body-image issue head on.