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With a pat on the head, all is well again at Ogilvy

Last week it came to light that Ogilvy Johannesburg submitted ads created for EATN’s South African broadcast partner, Multichoice, to numerous trade publications and blogs as well as having entered it into numerous international ad awards in spite of it never receiving approval from client. In the meantime it has been awarded a silver Clio and was finalist at the One Show Awards en New York. One of the ads reportedly just ran in the latest issue of Migrate – the official Loerie Awards magazine.

In his original comment to MarkLives Graham Pfuhl, Marketing and Sales Director at Multichoice, stated that the campaign in question was in fact rejected outright by Multichoice, and confirmed “no History Channel ads can be published without the prior authorization of AETN.”

ANC launches TV election campaign

Together with advertising agency Ogilvy Johannesburg, the ANC has produced four commercials (the first of which you can view on MarkLives!com) that talk to the positive changes ordinary South Africans have experienced since 1994, while acknowledging “there is much more to be done”. Archive material of Nelson Mandela features in the first segment of the …

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A question for Robert Mugabe, Graeme Smith & Silvio Berlusconi

Mark found this BBC News brand campaign by Ogilvy Johannesburg online. The tag line reads: Ask the right question. The images speak for themselves. What do you think the questions were for Graeme Smith, Robert Mugabe and Silvio Berlusconi? Who else would you like featured?

2010 FIFA World Cup host city posters launched

FIFA has released the city posters for the host cities of the 2010 World Cup. The Cape Town poster, depicting the world famous Table Mountain celebrates diversity among its people while Durban shows off its character with bright colours and abundant ‘vibe’. For Johannesburg, prosperity is the inspiration behind the city’s poster but the city also made sure it included support for the national football team, Bafana Bafana, with green and gold as the colours. Mark thinks Bloem did the best design job while Nelspruit did something different.

If you are your people … Jozi Fire Department

If you are your people … A photo essay for Mark magazine by Lami Sambo celebrating South Africans at work. Does the uniform define your people? Here is Jozi fire department brought together for a group photo.

Jozi better than Moscow – survey

Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban are amongst the top 65 business cities in emerging economies according to a new survey by Mastercard. “With the most cities in the Index outside the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China), South Africa’s strong showing may reflect the ongoing opening of Africa to Western products, services and companies,” …

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Release the party animal inside!

This ad for Willards by Ogilvy JHB was produced by Egg Films. It urges viewers to release the party animal inside!

Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra says feel something real

This poster campaign done pro bono by Lowe Bull art director Juliet Honey urges people to one again ‘feel something’ in a world of pop and plastic. “The symphony however, is very real – real music played by real people, in real time,” says Honey.

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.”