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Nando’s poking fun at 2010 campaign
Advertising Agency Cross Colours and Nando’s created a direct spoof of the ‘I was there’ radio spot for 2010. The Nando’s radio spot features a diverse group of South Africans reminiscing about their various ‘life changing’ moments in a Nando’s store, all against background music that is sneakily similar to the 2010 campaign.
FNB, PayPal caught with their pants down
It seems likely that PayPal will finally arrive on South African shores in April thanks to the efforts of FNB. News leaked through a Moneyweb reader comment and was quickly picked up by Twitter users and then by members of the media (who mostly missed the original reader comment on Moneyweb, including, surprisingly, Moneyweb itself).
FIFA gives press freedom, workers the finger
These headlines speak for themselves. Shame on FIFA. Sacrificing press freedom on the altar of commercialism Local journalists have accused world football governing body FIFA of acting as a bunch of ‘bullies‘ and ‘dictators’ with a neo-colonialist mentality, following what analysts see as ‘unreasonable’ media restrictions on the 2010 FIFA World Cup coverage. BizCommunity.com More …
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Kissing is not a crime
e.TV is “clearly a crime-kisser”, according to our gung-ho police commissioner Bheki Cele, for broadcasting a segment in which two criminals held forth on their plans to do what criminals do best, rob people and shoot anybody interfering.
Finally – a retraction
The Huffington Post finally publicly distanced itself from a blog post by Jeffrey Hoffman on South Africa’s 2010 World Cup. The story has been removed from its website and the following note appears:
The Huffington Post conned with previously published racist nonsense – before removing it without explanation
Following our story on how The Huffington Post published a blog post by Jeffrey Hoffman on the 2010 World Cup, before pulling it without explanation, we can now reveal that Hoffman was passing them second hand goods and racist nonsense to boot. The Huffington Post story, titled ‘Could The 2010 World Cup Be A Disaster In the Making?’ was published January 14, 2010. It was also published January 30, 2008 on several sites owned by Hoffman, including delraybeachwebcam.com and firstwebcam.com, under the headline ‘The 2010 World Cup in South Africa – A Disaster In the Making’.
Internet reaching 10% of South Africans
The number of South African Internet users has passed the 5-million mark for the first time, finally breaking through the 10% mark in Internet penetration for the country. This is the key finding of the Internet Access in South Africa 2010 study conducted by World Wide Worx.
Violent Adventure Tours™®© – an alternative South African marketing strategy
Violent Adventure Tours™®© – an alternative South African marketing strategy
Ras Dumisani – free your voice
“If there’s a next time, try Halls. Free your voice.”
Cadbury South Africa in collaboration with Ogilvy Cape Town