Pioneer Foods raises R1-million for abused, vulnerable and orphaned children
In a national drive to raise R1-million for abused, vulnerable and orphaned children, Pioneer Foods, in a first-ever collaborative CSI effort from all its divisions, will be donating a percentage of its revenue to charity organisations of The Table of Peace and Unity. Click to continue
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Green Office for Earth Day
This year, Earth Day takes place on Sunday, 22 April, and, leading workforce management and productivity solutions company, Kelly will take the time to consider planet earth. At the end of last month, Earth Hour saw hundreds of millions of people, businesses and governments unite for the sake of our planet and take an hour to consider their impact on energy usage. Click to continue
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Why you are the difference this Earth Day
A billion acts of green may sound like asking for the world. In fact, that is exactly what it is. The theme of the 42nd annual Earth Day, which takes place on Sunday, 22 April, is to inspire a billion acts of green. Earth Day asks the world to stand up and to stand together with one common voice against environmental degradation. Click to continue
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 | Earth Day celebrations
Earth Day that took place on Sunday, 22 April is an annual celebration, with people sharing their love and appreciation for the environment and through events, campaigns and respect for Mother Earth. Click to continue
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Europcar commits to sustainability by supporting Green Office Week
Europcar, one of South Africa’s leading car rental companies, is once again demonstrating its commitment to sustainability and the preservation of natural resources by being the lead sponsor of Green Office Week (GOW) for the second year. GOW runs from Monday, 16 April to Friday, 20 April. Click to continue
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 | FNB lends a helping hand to the Khayelitsha community
In March, FNB Western Cape volunteers started laying the foundations for a multipurpose child and youth care facility based in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. In partnership with the Southern African Sustainable Development Initiative (SASDI), this initiative will provide residential care, early intervention, reintegration and rehabilitation programmes for 75 former street children in the area. Click to continue
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 | Mobiltrix partners with Trashback for their CSI activity
Mobile reward and mobile CRM specialist Mobilitrix is working with TrashBack, a Cape based initiative, as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSI) activity. TrashBack is a social enterprise that changes apathy into action through an altered perception of waste, rewarding participants for collecting various types of solid waste. Click to continue
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The Kresge Foundation is giving a boost to higher education in South Africa
The Kresge Foundation announced it is renewing its commitment to South African higher education and expects to invest at least $15 million (over R100 million) in the effort through to 2018. That includes a continuation of its partnership with Inyathelo, the South African Institute for Advancement. Click to continue
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WESSA announces news of a fruitful new collaboration
WESSA has launched its own wine initiative through which it will work in partnership with different wine estates to produce specially-branded WESSA wines. The aim of this venture is to raise funds to support the organisation’s continuing conservation and environmental education work. Click to continue
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 | Klipdrift announces deal to sponsor the Springboks
On Wednesday 18 April, Klipdrift welcomed the Springboks into its family with the announcement of a deal that will see the popular brand become the official brandy of the national rugby team. The tie was celebrated in the presence of Springbok players, SA Rugby Union (SARU) executive management, media and special guests. Click to continue
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|  | TLC and Dettol raise funds for the Children’s Hospital Trust
Dettol has launched its ‘Health for More Touch’ campaign across Unlimited’s TLC platforms for a period of three months. The campaign is encouraging consumers to buy any Dettol product and help raise funds for the Children’s Hospital Trust. Click to continue
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go4word teams with DHL Stormers and DHL Manchester United Champ19ns Trophy Tour
Specialist PR and communications agency go4word has been appointed to leverage sponsorship, direct social media interaction, support CSI initiatives and manage the brand experience through relevant communication channels for the DHL Stormers during the 2012 Super 15 rugby season. Click to continue
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 | Online media is the main source for technology news
Online media remains the most popular way for senior executives to source technology industry news according to the 2012 annual technology market survey conducted by Eurocom Worldwide, the Global PR Network, in association with Johannesburg based Integrated Marketing and Communications agency Watt Communications. Click to continue
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 | Miss Earth beauties distribute eggs for Easter
In celebration of the 2012 Miss Earth South Africa’s ten year anniversary, former winners and recently announced regional finalists got together and spent the Easter weekend distributing over 20 000 Easter Eggs ands care packs for society’s forgotten citizen’s. Click to continue
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The importance of a good brief
You only realise how important a good brief is when you have to work on a bad one. A good brief is a great place to start; a bad brief is no start at all. Written by Nick Warren, creative director at Mann Made Media. Click to continue
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 | Uniting to defeat Africa’s biggest killer
In the run-up to World Malaria Day on 25 April, the South African division of the global partnership, United Against Malaria (UAM), is intensifying fundraising efforts to purchase life-saving mosquito nets and reduce malaria deaths to zero. Click to continue
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Some major matches lined up at the stadiums for April and May
Stadium Management South Africa continues to hit the ground running in terms of hosting the majority of this country’s finest footballing matches. With 15 weeks of 2012 having past, SMSA has successfully managed over 30 soccer games as well as music concerts and church gatherings, and is fast gaining the reputation of the company that never sleeps. Click to continue
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Discovery Networks announces search for new PR agency in South Africa
Discovery Networks CEEMEA, a division of world’s number one nonfiction media company Discovery Communications, announced on Thursday, 19 April that they will be putting their PR account up for pitch and recruiting for an agency to handle the communications strategy in South Africa and other key sub-Saharan territories such as Kenya and Nigeria. Click to continue
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Facilitating sustainable change in under resourced areas
“We believe every resident and business of Durban has the ability to bring about sustainable change.” This is the message of ‘We are Durban’ Social Upliftment, an already-active business-driven Durban-based NGO, involved in facilitating sustainable change in under-resourced areas in Durban, which is hosting its formal launch in the Durban City Hall on Thursday, 3 May. Click to continue
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The Loeries once again reward innovative PR
The creation of a separate PR category for the Loerie Awards in 2011 was warmly received by the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (PRISA), who will continue their support of the category this year. Click to continue
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4ward-design appoints marcusbrewster
Video conferencing and home automation specialist 4ward-design has appointed marcusbrewster as its PR agency of record. Handling full-service PR strategy and media liaison, marcusbrewster will help position 4ward as industry leaders for bespoke integration systems in the commercial and residential sectors to drive deal flow. Click to continue
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Tribeca PR awarded the AAD public relations tender
Tribeca Public Relations has been awarded the tender to provide public and media relations support for the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2012 (AAD 2012) exhibition and air show, to be held at the Airforce Base Waterkloof in Pretoria from the Wednesday, 19 to Sunday, 23 September. Click to continue
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