The World Bank, a leader in the global effort to control malaria, has been accused of deception and medical malpractice by a group of public health doctors for failing to carry out its funding promises and wrongly claiming its programmes have been successful at cutting the death toll from the disease.
Nepal’s embattled king on Monday offered to end 14 months of direct rule by reinstating the country’s Parliament ”as a way out of the continuing violence” and calling for a meeting with the country’s political leaders. Earlier on Monday, thousands of demonstrators had defied a shoot-on-sight curfew to march around the capital, Kathmandu.
Experience of low power FM technology in the United States could show the way for greater media diversity in South Africa. Sean Jacobs reports.
Since blogs have made their way into the general population’s consciousness, big media have been trying to work out how to get a slice of the action. Now Johnnic has its own citizen journalism website reporter.co.za. Matthew Buckland wonders if it will work.
The advertising industry is recognising that the media that best delivers — whether it’s African language media or not — is the media that’s going to be best supported, writes Harry Herber.
<Intro blurb> Technology and the internet are sweeping away the barriers to entry which have made big media a protected cash cow. Now the cow is milked only in isolated locations like South Africa, writes Alec Hogg. <intro blurb ends>
The South African Advertising Research Foundation, known for their branded AMPS surveys, are about to launch a cutting edge outdoor media survey that will make gathering information from bus shelters and billboards a breeze.
Motor sales are booming and ad spend is following suit. Is this trend likely to continue and what are the challenges facing marketers and the media Kirsty Laschinger reports.
It’s been a good year for growth of media in the vernacular. Increased readership, growing television ownership and radio listenership in the millions are being backed by growing advertising spend, reports Paula Fray.
Local television content is more popular than ever but hidden costs and the allure of cheaper high quality international productions are slowing the industry. Kim Novick reports.