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Kyk nou net
Afrikaans language TV channel KykNet is suing strip club Teazers for a billboard using the words ‘Kyk Net’. Some IP lawyers are getting away with blatant misuse of the spirit of IP law (not the kindest spirit to start off with but still) ...
Violent Adventure Tours™®© – an alternative South African marketing strategy
If you’ve ever subjected yourself to one of those self-help books, or been unfortunate enough to have to take a course in marketing (yawn) you will have realised the benefit of selling on your strong points. If you’ve done both you will k...
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. ...
Mark Reads: Fire those Brandhouse people!
Stories worth a read this morning: Winfrey Bets on Her Future With Cable NYTimes.com Ms. Winfrey, the billionaire queen of daytime television, is planning to announce on Friday that she will step down from her daily pulpit, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,...
Stoner sings our national anthem (stoned?)
Stories worth a read this morning: Brown-envelope journalism [M&G Online] A shareholder in a top media services company has alleged in a taped conversation with former Western Cape premier Lynne Brown that Cape Town journalists are being paid cas...
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. Conceptualised ...

