The 2011 Loerie Awards are done and dusted (no pun intended), with Cape Town agencies grabbing three of the top five (first, third and fifth) spots on the official overall ranking table. Two of the three Grands Prix were awarded to Cape-based agencies.
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Loerie 2011 Official Rankings
Loerie 2011 Rankings
TBWA, Zille deny Sunday Times tender scandal report
The Sunday Times has published allegations that the office of Western Cape premier Helen Zille has awarded the province’s communication budget to agency TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris without following proper tender procedures. It values the contract at R1 billion over two years. The newspaper is basing the story on information supplied by an anonymous “whistle-blower.”
International adland recruitment consultancy opens in Jozi
Fabric, an international recruitment consultancy focused on the media and marketing sectors, has opened its doors in Johannesburg under the leadership of Jacqueline Rose. Fabric also has offices in London and Dubai.
Brianna Graves’ global (ad)venture
Brianna Graves has set out to discover the true state of global advertising by packing her bags, taking her savings, and getting on a plane. Travelling to six top ad agencies in six countries, including so far South Africa (where she spent a month with Hunts at its Jozi, Cape Town and Durban offices) and Canada (where she joined TAXI), Graves is documenting her experiences online at The Saturn Return Project.
Behind the trillion dollar billboard
Conceptualised and created by TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, these billboards and posters for The Zimbabwean newspaper were made entirely of worthless Zimbabwean bank notes. The billboard is made up of trillions and trillions and trillions worth of Zim dollar notes, which worked out to be cheaper than using paper.
The Xenocentric Range from Love Jozi
The Xenocentric Range from Love Jozi is on exhibit at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris until Friday 29 August featuring foreigners who have made Jozi their home. It explores why forigners become Joburgers by choice, like Abe from Honululu, who answers “In Jozi strangers say hi” and Mwala who said “Jozi is my classroom.”