by MarkLives. We ask Odette van der Haar: Should corporate leaders expose their political thinking and address issues of national importance?
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Big Q: Raghubar on values-based intervention by biz leaders
by MarkLives. We ask Joshin Raghubar: Should corporate leaders expose their political thinking and address issues of national importance?
The Big Q: Erna George on taking a stand vs making a difference
by MarkLives. We ask Erna George: Should corporate leaders expose their political thinking and address issues of national importance?
The Big Q: Mike Abel on business, politics & matters of conscience
by MarkLives. At a time of political crisis, we ask Mike Abel: Should corporate leaders expose their political thinking and address issues of national importance?
Why iMaverick is changing frequency
iMaverick, the ambitious daily tablet newspaper from the publishers of the popular website The Daily Maverick, is scaling back its frequency from daily to weekly. The news was announced to subscribers in an email earlier today.
Does the #DASO campaign make good advertising?
The new poster released by the Democratic Alliance Student Organisation (DASO) yesterday has, to put it mildly, caused a stir. Many commentators have quoted race, sex, and countless other reasons as to why this is a good or a bad advert. I’m going to try and stay away from the obvious ‘traditional’ South African tensions and dissect this from a brand and advertising point of view.
A question of trust
A new survey on levels of trust between the public and governments, business, NGOs and the media has just been released. The Edelman 2011 Trust Barometer tries to gauge the attitudes regarding the state of public trust in these institutions across 23 countries. Although the survey does not extend to Africa, it does draw some interesting conclusions on how, why and when people trust.
City Press defends journo as ANCYL responds to ombudsman’s findings
City Press editor Ferial Haffajee says her reporter, Piet Rampedi, has been subject to a general campaign of defamation by the ANC Youth League and its leader Julius Malema. This follows a media statement by the ANCYL (published here on Politicsweb) calling on City Press to take action against the journalist, following a judgement by the press ombudsman.
i spy media: The ANC “really deserves to be in power”
The Daily Maverick is turning into a mighty good read. The website, launched by Branko Brkic from Maverick and Empire magazines fame, is fast becoming one of the must read sites in South Africa through its insightful, mostly intelligent and opinionated content.
Nando’s poke fun at shameless ministerial gravy train
Nando’s latest television commercial is a send-up of South Africa’s parliament ministers. Their high-flying spending is used to contrast the latest, good-value offer from Nandos – three peri-peri wings and chips for only R19.95.