Ad ‘an attack on humour’

Romans Pizza has pulled its Boerizza TV ad featuring a blonde woman playing dumb and common. A viewer complained to the Advertising Standards Authority stating that the ad constituted “an attack on Afrikaans white women who are marginalized. It portrays this group of society as being backward and sex crazed.” Romans got in attorneys Klagsbrun (ouch) De Vries and Van Deventer to tell the ASA that its client did not wish “to offend the integrity of the Afrikaner”... Read More

World Cup murals cement reputation of South African illustrators

The South African illustration house Am I Collective has scored a major creative coup when it was commissioned to create 32 murals for ESPN’s 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign under the direction of New York based ad agency Wieden+Kennedy. The 32 murals celebrate each of the 32 teams that will be competing in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. ESPN owns the broadcasting rights to the event in a number of territories including the USA. Am I Collective MD Mark van Niekerk explains that Wieden+Kennedy... Read More

Journalists’ Association backs Zapiro in Muhammad cartoon controversy

Press Statement: ProJourn supports court ruling on freedom of expression The Professional Journalists’ Association supports the court ruling, made late last night, that has allowed the Mail & Guardian to publish a cartoon, drawn by Jonathan Shapiro/Zapiro, depicting Mohammed in today’s edition. The Association supports the ruling on the grounds that it is an important ruling in support of the right of the media to comment on important issues without fear of intimidation. In... Read More

Football’s For Girls

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