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Airtel, yesterday, 17 January 2012, announced the launch of its 3.75G platform in the country. This promises significant changes to how subscribers experience the web on 3.75G-enabled devices. The improved technology will enhance multimedia functionality, high speed mobile broadband and internet access, allowing users to make video calls, watch live TV, send and receive emails and download music from the devices. 
The African Press Organisation (APO), the African press release wire, announced yesterday, 17 January 2012, a distribution agreement with Dow Jones Factiva, a global news and business information research tool. 
The Women in News (WIN) programme, a leadership programme for African women working in media and launched by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) in 2010, is now accepting applications from women media professionals from either the business or editorial side of newspapers in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. 
PUMA.com recently launched an African football content programme ahead of the Orange African Cup of Nations tournament that kicks off over the weekend in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The programme will give a cultural insight into the world of African football through the eyes of high profile PUMA partnered players. 
The 'catch up commuter' who uses smartphones, tablet computers and portable media players will become a force in the competitive 2012 electronics market, predicts Deloitte. 
TUNIS, TUNISIA: The Arab Free Press Forum opened today, 23 January, in Tunisia with a celebration of the gains that have been made in Middle East press freedom, but with a reminder that much more needs to be done. 
NEW YORK, US: The Art Directors Club (
The African Media Initiative (AMI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) have launched a strategic partnership to provide professional training and other forms of technical support to develop media businesses across the African continent. 
CANNES, FRANCE: The International Festival of Creativity - Cannes Lions - will reward creativity in branded content & entertainment, defined as the creation of, or natural integration into, original content by a brand. Avi Savar, founder and chief creative officer of Big Fuel, will chair the inaugural Branded Content & Entertainment Lions jury. | Company news |
Media
SOUTH AFRICABest selling pictures of 2011 - Africa Media Online
There are certain images that the publishing markets rate higher than others. And some that sell over and over again. Africa Media Online's picture library focuses on images taken by Africans in Africa and they have created a gallery of their best sellers in 2011. Read more >>| Government |
SOUTH AFRICAGovernment agrees to meet Sanral's debts
The government has undertaken to meet the financial commitments and debt obligations of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) after the e-tolling project was indefinitely suspended. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAZuma off to Qatar
President Jacob Zuma is to depart for Qatar today to strengthen political and economic relations between South Africa and that country as well as promote peace and security in Africa. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAShip? What ship? Warship reports untrue - Sisulu
Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, has described allegations that South Africa was to procure a warship as wrong, unfair and unethical. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAGovernment departments (and Cope) get attachment orders
The Gauteng government has denied that a sheriff was detained when she arrived at the offices of Gauteng Premier, Nomvula Mokonyane's office with an attachment order to remove furniture from the premises. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICALimpopo sabotaged service delivery says Gordhan
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has accused the Limpopo provincial government of sabotage because it advised its service providers not honour their contracts, as they might not be paid, according to Times Live. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAWikipedia blackout mirrors SA's secrecy law
[Paul Vecchiatto] The blackout by an estimated 10 000 US internet companies including online encyclopaedia Wikipedia as an objection to proposed US anti-piracy laws mirrors the SA government's attempts to control the low of information through its Protection of State Information Bill (POIB), experts say. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASA pushes bid for AU Commission chair
The South African government has expressed optimism that Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will be elected to lead the African Union (AU) Commission. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMPs to engage South Africans on Info Bill
[Francis Hweshe] Parliament's Ad Hoc Committee looking into the Protection of State Information Bill has adopted what it believes to be an ambitious public hearing drive aimed at getting maximum input from as many South Africans as possible. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASANRAL denies e-toll accounts terms are unfair
The SA National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has denied that its e-toll accounts terms and conditions were either unfair or illegal, as reported in a Gauteng newspaper. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICANew property valuations coming this year
According to a Fin24 report, municipalities around South Africa are preparing for the next large-scale property valuation assessment, which may drive municipal rates higher according to Ben Espach, valuations director at Rates Watch. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASkies open up for E Cape youth
[Sithembele Sakati] Young people from the Eastern Cape wanting a career in air traffic control have been urged to apply for study opportunities being offered by provincial government. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMoney wasted - but how much?
It's difficult to know exactly how much taxpayers' money has been wasted in the past year because media reports all vary wildly on the subject. News24, for example, says that Auditor-General Terence Nombembe has unearthed R25bn in wasteful expenditure in national and provincial government departments for the 2010/11 financial year. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASEZs to drive regional industrialisation, boost jobs
A new Bill gazetted today aims to boost job creation and industrialisation in outlying areas through the licensing of special economic zones (SEZs). Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAFestive season death toll declines
Preliminary figures for the 2011/2012 festive season road death toll report show a decrease in road fatalities compared to the previous festive season's report. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICA'Saving energy is everyone's business'
SOUTH AFRICANet1 wins govt tender, stock surges 37%
SOUTH AFRICAPlan to root out waste tyres
SOUTH AFRICARock lobster fishing season ends
SOUTH AFRICANew board members for MDDA
SOUTH AFRICAAG not happy with non-compliance
SOUTH AFRICAParliament condemns R42m heist from PostBank
SOUTH AFRICABUSA welcomes e-toll postponement
SOUTH AFRICA36 new schools for Gauteng [Gabi Khumalo]
| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICAUsed vehicle sales gain ground: TransUnion
Used vehicle sales gained ground in the last quarter of 2011 compared with new cars sales, boosted by price inflation which dropped to its lowest level in two years. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMINI recalls 3350 cars for repairs
About 3 350 customers in SA would be affected by a worldwide technical recall of Mini Cooper S and Mini John Cooper Works models. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAScorpion ready to sting
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Bet there aren't many people out there who can brag about sharing a race track experience with famous Formula 1 racing drivers, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa... Well, I can because all three of us have driven the sizzling new limited edition 500 Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari on a race track. Read more >>More Motoring news...
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICAWhatever your preference, Red Carnation will see to it
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Red Carnation Hotels take their Guest Preference Forms seriously. Would you like foam or feather pillows; neck and back support pillows; an ironing board; a bed board; extra hangers or an extra bed? Would you like a yoga map and an instructive DVD or a fax/copier/printer? Then there's the menu of extras available at the tick of a box and the swipe of a credit card - rose petals and chocolate dipped strawberries? Check... Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAEtihad Airways carries a record number of passengers and cargo in 2011
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, carried a record 8.29 million passengers in 2011, a 17% increase on the previous year. The jump represented an extra 1.197 million passengers on the carrier's global network covering 82 passenger and cargo destinations. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAHeavy rains flood Kruger routes
[Siphiwe Nyathi] The Kruger National Park has warned visitors not to use the Crocodile bridge entrance as heavy rains have caused the Crocodile River to overflow. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICABan on use of Number Two jetty to remain?
The Department of Home Affairs is adamant that Cape Town's Victoria & Alfred Waterfront is not a "designated point of entry" and is standing by its decision that all cruise ships must berth in Duncan Dock, according to a report on Business Live. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAThe Sol sets...
Hotel and resort magnate Sol Kerzner has stepped down as CEO of Kerzner International. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICACruise ships banned from V&A
According to a Times Live and a Politicsweb report, the Department of Home Affairs has banned passenger ships from docking in the harbour at the V&A Waterfront and insisted that all ships must dock in an enclosed area at Duncan Dock in Table Bay Harbour. Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAGlitz, glam and disco balls with The Abba Show
[Duan Wanty] I have the idea that whenever people of different ages, races and genders gather in a certain space, and ABBA's songs start playing, you will have a party. I am yet to be proven wrong. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAPunk at heart
[Ruth Cooper] Punk arises in times of strife, when the status quo needs a serious kick in the crotch and a spit in the face; not surprising then that there was a small, but dedicated, group of punk rockers playing in southern Africa at the height of the apartheid madness in the 70s and 80s. Daring life and "freedom" to question and protest the unjust system. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICALife on the edge in Margin Call
[Eugene Yiga: @eugeneyiga] "We are the 99 percent!" So screamed many a protester who "occupied" the world. Clearly, there's still a lot of anger following the 2008 financial crash. That probably explains why Inside Job won last year's Oscar for the best documentary (despite coming across as a manipulative vendetta a few too many times). But what about the other side? What do the bankers think and feel? And what was going through their minds while the mess was going on? Margin Call is here to answer these questions. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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