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Business
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1Time Will Retrench 15% Of Its Staff
11 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
1time CEO Blacky Komani recently said that his airline owed Acsa as much as R130 million. As part of cost cutting measures, the company will now retrench 15% of its workforce.
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Two British Students Paid Off Almost R500 000 In Student Debt By Selling Their Faces
11 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Paying off student loans is never easy, even more so when decent-paying jobs are few and far between. Which is exactly what drove two British students to turn their faces into marketing and advertising real estate.
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Clifton Shores Episode 8 Teaser [VIDEO]
09 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Beach dates and yacht cruises, and stress, pressure and responsibility all come knocking on the door for the Clifton Shores ladies tonight.
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SAA CEO Throws In The Towel
08 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A week before SAA is expected to report a financial loss of R1,25 billion, and report that “its liabilities exceed its assets by 359%” its CEO Siza Mzimela has decided enough is enough, and thrown in the towel.
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Public Protector Opens Investigation Into Nkandla
08 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, has opened an investigation into allegations surrounding the publicly funded construction at the private residence of President Jacob Zuma in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Enigma Mansion In Cape Town – For Sale
06 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
With furnishings and fittings valued at over R100 alone (inventory available on request), it is not surprising that the owner of Enigma mansion has already turned down offers of up to R235 million (EUR 20 million). The selling price is R300 million, and the lucky buyer will take ownership of Cape Town’s most exclusive, extravagant, […]
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Zuma Doesn’t Actually Own Zumaville
05 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
An investigation into who actually owns Zumaville has revealed that the land, upon which President Jacob Zuma’s extravagant private residence is built, is land that doesn’t actually belong to him.
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House Of The Week – The Top Of Fresnaye For R47 Million
04 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Look, you’re all no doubt aware that I am a big fan of the view from the Safe House, but the vibe emanating from this Fresnaye home is quite something. Click through for a look.
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Moody’s Has Downgraded SA’s Five Biggest Banks
04 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Moody’s announced today that, following the revision of the country’s foreign currency desposit ceiling, it had downgraded South Africa’s five biggest banks. This comes only days after the ratings agency downgraded SA’s government bond rating.
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Comair Asks Questions Of SAA’s Latest Bailout
03 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Comair is the first local airline operator to come out and say that it wants a promise that SAA won’t be using its latest R5 billion for domestic operations.
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2012’s Top Ten Global Brands
03 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
International brand consultancy Interbrand released its rankings of the world’s biggest brands yesterday, and there are some interesting shifts to take note of. We’ve already reported on Google being ranked higher than Microsoft, but where do our other favourite brands fall in the world’s top ten?
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Clifton Shores Episode 7 Teaser [VIDEO]
02 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
Things look like they are heating up between some of the guys, and there is also a budding new romance on the brew.
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Nando’s Pokes Fun At People Grooving To The Mandoza Song [VIDEO]
02 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last month we shared with you the first video in the Nando’s “25 Reasons Why South Africa Is Awesome” campaign. It was dedicated to South Africa’s car guards. Their new advert, however, is even more endearing: it celebrates all those people temporarily turning into Zula warriors when they hear Mandoza’s “Nkalakatha”.
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Instagram Surpasses Twitter In Daily Active Mobile Users In The US
01 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
In August, in the United States, of America, smartphone owners visited Instagram from their phones more frequently and for longer periods than they visited Twitter. This is the first time this has happened.
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The Citizen Fires Journalist Who Called Them Out On Doctored Photo
28 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Last week, we reported on a picture that appeared on The Citizen’s front page. It was an image of the recent suicide attack in Kabul. Shortly after the paper came out, Johann “Slang” Hattingh alerted the rest of us to the fact that the image was actually Photoshopped – leading to questions regarding the ethics of the journalism.
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SAA Hemorrhages Executives As Chairwoman And Six Board Members Resign
28 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Cheryl Carolus and six other SAA board members resigned yesterday, plunging the state-vested airline into yet more turmoil.
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SAA: Financial Statements Six Months Late, AGM On Hold In Bid To Secure Bail-Out
27 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Somehow SAA has managed to fail to produce its annual report on time – six months after its year-end. Its claiming it needs to address its “immediate financial challenges” before auditors can complete the financial statements.
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Capitec Reports 35% Rise In First-Half Profit, Seeks R2,25 Billion In Rights Issue
26 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Capitec today announced a 35 per cent rise in first-half profit for this year. It also said it planned to offer more than 14 million new shares at R160 each – a discount of more than 22 per cent on Tuesday’s closing price.
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New iPhone 5 Ads Return To Basics [VIDEO]
26 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Can you believe that Apple has just released its 93rd iPhone ad? That’s a lot, considering that the iPhone has only been around for five years. A lot of the focus of the iPhone 4S’s advertising was on Siri, making this new iteration of ads a refreshing return to basics.
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Greece’s Budget Shortfall Now Totals 20 Billion Euros, Nearly Double Estimate
25 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, this isn’t good news for Greece, especially as they have to reduce that budget deficit before they can get the next tranche of cash that has been promised to them.
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House Of The Week – The Top Of The V&A Marina For R65 Million
20 Sep 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
With summer knocking at the door, what better way is there to enjoy the best season than residing in a home that dedicates itself to entertaining? When you’ve left the beach, obviously.
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Did The Citizen Newspaper Lose Credibility Over Image Manipulation? [WARNING: Graphic Image]
20 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 10 Comments
WARNING: Graphic content. Yesterday morning, the Citizen newspaper decided to run a front page image of the bomb blast that killed eight South Africans in Afghanistan, but they manipulated the image. The image depicted above is the image that the Citizen ran on their front page. However, the image had been digitally manipulated, despite concerns […]
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RADVERTISING: Paso Wine Man On Vino Variety
20 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
“Does a man have only one life? Yes. One wife? Occasionally. One wine? Preposterous.” That’s how Paso Robles’s Wine Man begins his argument promoting the enjoyment of wine in all its varieties, kicking off what is probably the best ad for wine I’ve ever seen.
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Nestle’s Creepy Mandate To UK Customers, “We Will Find You”
20 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
In an attempt to recreate Willy Wonka’s famous “Golden Ticket”, Nestle has launched a new, not-dodgy-at-all, marketing campaign. They will be “stalking” six “lucky” customers using GPS-trackers that have been embedded in selected chocolate bars.
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Radvertising: That Tokoloshe “News” Story [VIDEO]
19 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Last week Monday a news item was seeded to Wat Kyk Jy and Life is Savage as part of a teaser campaign. The Tokoloshe was in the news again. But why? Click through to find out.
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The Government Has A Plan For The Low-Cost Airline Industry
19 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Low-cost airports are one the ideas the Department of Transport is considering as part of a bigger plan to bring long-term financial sustainability to the low-cost airline industry.
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Clifton Shores Episode 5 Teaser [VIDEO]
18 Sep 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 4 Comments
It looks like everyone is having a booze-fuelled pool party tonight.. Check out the trailer..
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New Nando’s Advert Pokes Fun At South Africa’s Car Guards [VIDEO]
17 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
To celebrate their 25th birthday, Nando’s is asking South Africans to give them 25 reasons why South Africa is awesome. To kick things off they have made this hilarious advert, dedicated to the country’s car guards.
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RADVERTISING: The Most Epic Bus Commercial You’ll Ever See [VIDEO]
17 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This incredible television advert were made for a Danish bus liner called Midttrafik. It is being described as the “sexiest, coolest, most EPIC bus commercial ever” and we tend to agree.
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Marikana Miners Reject Lonmin Wage Offer
14 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Frans Baleni, National Union of Mineworkers general secretary, was this morning quoted as saying that Lonmin had made mineworkers an offer, but this offer has since been rejected.
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