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It is with great pleasure that I bring you the last newsletter for 2011. What a year it has been! In August I was appointed to bring you industry related news from across Africa and I can say it's been a fairly smooth couple of months in the driver's seat.
Here they are, 
At an All-Star Tribute held yesterday 11 December 2011, in Los Angeles in the US, Infinite Family founder, Amy Stokes was honored for her work in sub-Saharan Africa where nearly 500 teens impacted by HIV/AIDS and poverty are mentored and guided by volunteers over international video and internet links. 
Legatum, a private international investment group and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, on Friday 9 December 2011, announced that Securico, a security group in Zimbabwe, had won the US$100 000 grand prize of the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship. 
At an inauguration ceremony held last week, L'Oréal opened its new subsidiary in Kenya, which will be the hub for expanding the group's activities in East Africa, a region which also includes Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia. The group's subsidiary in Nigeria opened in September. 
LONDON, UK: National Geographic Channels International has appointed Hamish Mykura as executive vice president & head of international content. Mykura will also serve dual role as the London head of global development for NGC. The announcement was made by Hernan Lopez, chief executive officer of NGCI & Fox International Channels. 
LONDON, UK: BBC Worldwide has announced the inclusion of several of its series' and episodes' in Apple's iTunes Rewind 2011, an official retrospective of the best and top-selling music, applications, TV shows, movies books and podcasts of the year. | Government |
SOUTH AFRICADurban reaches historic deal
[Kemantha Govender] Governments, including 38 industrialised countries, have agreed to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol from January 2013 as the COP17 drew to a close on early hours of Sunday morning. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICANkoana-Mashabane hails landmark talks
[Kemantha Govender] COP17 president Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has congratulated all the delegations at the United Nations climate talks for "their leadership and rising to the occasion when it was most required". Read more >>SOUTH AFRICALawlessness will not be tolerated
SOUTH AFRICAIDC to pump R5.2bn into renewable energy
| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICAChevrolet bakkie oozes class... in all but name
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] General Motors SA has launched a nifty new small bakkie called the Chevrolet Utility to take over the market leadership role held by South Africa's favourite small bakkie, the Opel Corsa which has come to the end of its life cycle. Read more >>More Motoring news...
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICAInn On The Square... in Cape Town's centre
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] As Rezidor Hotels prepared to open newly built Park Inn-brand hotels in Gauteng they withdrew their brand from their Green Market Square, Cape Town location because, according to a previous Rezidor executive, the owner wasn't willing to spend what would be required to bring it up to Park Inn's upgraded code. Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAJoin the joyride in Drive
[Eugene Yiga] Ryan Gosling is fast becoming one of my favourite actors. Who can forget his performance as a drug addict teacher in Half Nelson or as a delusional guy in love with a life-size doll in Lars and the Real Girl? And then there was his amazing work opposite Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine. Well, we can now add Drive to the list of his accomplishments. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
| Jobs offered |
- Junior Graphic Designer - Cape Town
- Personal Assistant - Cape Town
- Webmaster - Bedfordview
- Redakteur - Cape Town
- Online Graphic Design Internship - Cape Town CBD
- Uitleghoof - Cape Town
- Uitlegkunstenaar - Cape Town
- Marketing Account Manager/Office Managers - Morningside
- ASP.Net C# Developer - Bellville
- Customer Communications and Relations Specialist - Cape Town
- Digital Sales Support - Pretoria
- Graphic Designer/DTP Operator - Midrand (Nett Salary)
- Communications Manager - Rondebosch
- Sales Representative - Kew - Johannesburg
- Magazine Sales Executive - Gauteng
- Digital Editor - Johannesburg
- Junior Copywriter - Cape Town - Wynberg
- Telesales Agents - Pretoria
- Senior Account Manager - Southern Suburbs
- External Digital Sales Executive - Pretoria
- Production Assistant - Cape Town
- Account Executive - Potchefstroom
- Junior Writer - Johannesburg - Parktown
- User Experience Designer/Business Analyst - Sandton
- Online Reputation Analyst - Sandton
- Sales Representative - Kew
- Copywriter - Rivonia
- Account Director - Bryanston
- MW Art Director - Prague
- Mid-Level PPC Campaign Manager - Cape Town
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| New events to diarise |
- Social media marketing Niche Training - Centurion, 12 December
- Magazine journalism course SA Writers' College - Countrywide, 3 January
- Write for travel magazines SA Writers' College - Countrywide, 4 January
- The Herald VW Cycle Tour - Port Elizabeth & Addo, 4 February
- Social media and tourism forum Global Prospectus Training - Johannesburg, 28 February
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"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. (via Brainy Quote)" - Anthony J. D'Angelo
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