While the media may love a good sports crisis, there is local legislation that can avert the explosion before it begins. Greg Hamburger looks at an under-utilised act that places sporting interests before sporting debacles.
The agony and the ecstasy. The "pitch" and the constant "evaluations". It makes Harry Herber wanna come back in his next life as a client.
Writer of this month’s lead article Andy Davis sent through a biting piece of American cultural satire for possible inclusion alongside his story. It’s called "Message From Our Sponsor", by Jello Biafria.
Winner of the Steve Biko Memorial Award Mbuyisi Mgibisa argues that many South African community radio stations are neglecting their public role, with a number of journalists doubling as sales reps and marketers.
It doesn’t surprise David Bullard that he was passed over as an MC for the Mondi awards, ‘cos he’s always said what’s really needed is a writing award that encourages new talent rather than backslaps the same old names every year.
Following Barclays PLC’s recent announcement of its intention to acquire a controlling stake in the Absa Group for a reported R33-billion, it was announced in Johannesburg today that the Absa brand will not be replaced by the brand of its soon-to-be parent.
If it’s not the traffic or the advertising model, why is online experience a massive growth in revenues? Matthew Buckland finds some answers in a Standard Bank case study.
There is no end in sight to the consumer spending boom that has driven the economy for the past two years. Financial results released by food, clothing and furniture retailers recently show that, at best, we are in the middle of a phenomenon that will only be fully explained in hindsight.
At the beginning of the year, on national television’s <i>Special Assignment</i>, we saw Truman Prince, the Karoo’s most senior local civil servant, asking a girl walking on the roadside to "Show me your tongue". A few weeks later he was arrested on charges of riotous behaviour and assault and was charged with defamation for swearing at three fast-food stop workers.
After years in an economic slump, Durban and Pietermaritzburg are experiencing a return to prosperity. Kevin Bloom speaks to the media bosses in KwaZulu-Natal’s major cities about the impact of regional growth on their brands.