General Thoughts
Death by paper. (And underwear.)
Apart from the dodgy nom de plume (Mungo Adonis? Seriously? From someone whose second name is Ramsay???) this is a cool
Hawks descend on Arts ministry
Reported on Times Live ….and about time too. It has been a fairly open secret in the Arts industry that all has not been
Cell C…inspired or trying too hard?
Cell C today revealed a new corporate identity – new logo, new colours and, seemingly, a new attitude to its customers.
WWMD (what will Malema do)?
So Eugene Terreblanche has been murdered. And although it is probably unrelated, the fact that it happened while the
Just saying…
Grahamstown Spur. Chicken burger. Is it just me or is the chicken roughly the same size as the tomato? And, no, it’s
Marketing
Fight for Freedom of Speech – Great ads
Award-winning advertising agency, Ireland Davenport, have created a great series of ads to promote the fight for free speech. Creative Director Phil Ireland got his team to drop everything today [Continue]
Turning SA on its head
Came across this video on YouTube – don’t know why it is titled “Banned Advert” because the description says it wasn’t. It’s very powerful…well done SABC 1 [Continue]
Ooops….Weekender makes wrong results call
Possibly the most famous newspaper headline blunder was made by the Chicago Tribune of 3 November 3 1948, which bannered “Dewey Defeats Truman”. When the decision to print the paper was made, [Continue]
Elections 2009: How did the media fare?
So it is the evening after election day. Like millions of others, I am curious about the results – having queued at Home Affairs for three hours to get a temporary ID, then another two hours at [Continue]
ANC Youth League declares war on cocks
Sometimes writing a blog entry is hard work. Occasionally, though, someone gives you material – an idea, a reference or image to work from – that is so rich, so ripe with possibility it makes you [Continue]
Thought Leader blogs
When Music meets Microsoft
The Internet Buzz Election – Britney pips Obama? Not quite….
Sosaties and roosters: dipping a big toe into Potch
Thabo Mbeki Explained: By the US Congress
Not the News
SABC CEO tunnels his way out of trouble
Staff at the SABC continued to stage a sit-in outside Acting CEO Gab Mampone’s office yesterday, despite loud hammering and drilling from the inside of the office which seems to indicate that Mampone is intent on tunnelling out. Mampone has been barricaded in his office since last week, with access being provided only to replace [Continue]