Apr 2020

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    Caxton Commercial Printers reopen

    In light of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation on COVID-19 announcing that the country’s lockdown would be eased over five levels to revive the economy, Caxton is pleased to announce that its commercial print plants and cold-set print factories will re-open as from Friday, May 1, 2020. The printing and insertion of promotional […]

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    The Good Things Guy becomes a verified news source

    Social media giant Facebook has verified www.goodthingsguy.com as a credible news source. Verification for this website affirms that the Good Things Guy account is authentic, belongs to an industry leader and has a strong online presence. “I’m absolutely thrilled that my Good Things Guy website, an initiative I thought would be a small endeavour just […]

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    Inaugural Effie Awards South Africa Postponed to 2021

    The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) announced today that the 2020 Effie Awards South Africa programme has been cancelled and that the inaugural Effie Awards South Africa are postponed with the events now scheduled to take place in July 2021. The difficult decision to postpone the inaugural programme follows consultations with all relevant ACA […]

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    MRF announces management changes

    The Marketing Research Foundation (MRF) is delighted to announce the appointment of Johann Koster as CEO of the organisation. Johann will be spearheading the MRF’s upcoming MAPS initiative and working closely with existing and potential members. The MRF is an independent non-profit company, acting as the custodian and repository of research expertise for marketers and […]

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    Turning the Egg Challenge on its head

    South Africa’s Good Things Guy, Brent Lindeque has turned the latest social media challenge on its head through a partnership with SPAR, already raising over R1,1 million, to help feed South Africa’s most vulnerable citizens. The current Egg Challenge doing the rounds on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter calls on a person to swallow a raw […]

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    Toyota urges South Africa to give up driving

    In a 30-second mini-film created in record time by its long-standing communications partner, FCB Joburg, Toyota South Africa is urging the country’s drivers to give up driving during the COVID-19 lockdown. Briefed to reinforce the fact that Toyota moves South Africa every day while urging the country’s citizens to hang up their car keys and […]

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    Caxton Local Newspapers temporarily suspends printing of some papers

    Caxton has made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend the publication of the majority of its Gauteng newspapers for the remaining two weeks of the government mandated lockdown. All online properties will however continue undisrupted. Certain areas of Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo will continue to print “We had to make the very difficult call at […]

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    Hive Digital Media, a Caxton subsidiary provides access to premium inventory on Glitched.Online

    Nexus Hub has launched a new online platform called ‘Glitched’ for gamers and tech enthusiasts, which features detailed reviews on the latest video game releases, technology reviews and updates and all things nerd. The site also features segments for videos, e-sports, Eclipse Gaming and a livestream called the 404 which aims to bring the gaming […]

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