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Tender Company National Department of Defence Issue Date 25 May 2018 Close Date 28 June 2018 Tender Brief Tender Number: CPSC- B- PC- 013- 2018 Title: Outsourcing of the Layout, Printing and Distribution of the Department of Defence Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and Annual Report for a Period of Three (03) Years. (Proqurement Plan Number: DOD PROC PLAN 17-18/ 554). Bid Document is available for free at DOD Website: http://www.dod.mil.za/tender/defence_tenders.htm Required At: CIDB Grading: Issue Date: Friday, 25 May 2018 Closing Date At 11h00: 28 June 2018 at 11h00 Briefing: There will be a compulsory Bidders Information Briefing Session on 04 June 2018 at 11:00am. Bidders Information Briefing Session will...

03 June, 2018 /

Tender Company Financial Services Board Issue Date 25 May 2018 Close Date 15 June 2018 Tender Brief Tender Number: DEDaT 0001/ 2017 ERRATUM Title/Description: Appointment of a Project and event management service provider for the Kimberley Diamon Cup Skateboarding Programme Required At: Kimberley Issue Date: Friday, 25 May 2018 Closing Date At 11h00: 15 June 2018 at 11h00 Briefing: 30 May 2018 at 09h00 13thFloor Board Room Metlife Towers Market Square Kimberley Tender Documents Available From:  Department of Economic Development and Tourism, MetLife Towers, Ground Floor, Tender Box, Kimberley. Bids must be placed in the tender box at ground floor, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, MetLife Towers, Market Square, CNR of Knight and...

03 June, 2018 /

Tender Company South African Department of Tourism Issue Date 25 May 2018 Close Date 14 June 2018 Tender Brief Reference: SAT/AUSTRALIA003/18 Title: In country Event Management Agency (Australia) Required At: CIDB Grading: NA Issue Date: Friday, 25 May 2018 Closing Date; 14 June 2018 at 11h00 Compulsory briefing: NA Documentation: Department of Tourism’s Head Office, Tourism House, Ground Floor, 17 Trevenna Street, Sunnyside,Pretoria OR www.tourism.gov.za/tenders Submission: Post or Deliver Bids to: South African Tourism Suite 302, 117 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Technical Enquiries:  Vikki Ma, Tel: +6129261-5000, Email: vikki@southafrica.net Tender Enquiries:  Vikki Ma, Tel: +6129261-5000, Email: vikki@southafrica.net ...

03 June, 2018 /

Back for its 8th edition, the All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) in partnership with CNBC Africa is set to honor both businesses and business leaders around Africa for the year 2018. AABLA recognizes remarkable business leaders, who through strength, innovation and foresight induce positive changes in an evolving corporate Africa. Per usual, AABLA will be honoring leaders in a series of regional award ceremonies in East, West and Southern Africa, before an All Afric grande finale in November. The categories to be considered are: Young Business Leader of the Year Entrepreneur of the Year Business Women of the Year Innovator of the Year (New Category) Industrialist of...

01 June, 2018 /

A ROLE in a back-to-school television commercial at the age of 12 sparked a lifelong love affair with brand communications for entrepreneur Sylvester Chauke. At age 35, he now heads his own communications and brand consultancy and has worked on many of SA’s biggest brands. Chauke is the oldest person at his agency, DNA Brand Architects, which he founded four years ago. A staff complement of 20 seeks to “solve business problems” in reaching target audiences, and he says DNA consistently punches above its weight at the boardroom tables of big business. “DNA is a mashup of everything I’ve done in the past....

01 June, 2018 /

"Entering for 'cluster 6' of the Prisa Prism Awards - best agency and best PR practitioner - is more than submitting an entry, it is about getting feedback from highly regarded experienced professionals. Entrants ought to review it and apply it - it will be to their benefit" - Dr Amanda Hamilton-Attwell, CEO of Business DNA and cluster 6 chief judge. Best PR professional Silver – Jolene van Heerden As communications manager for Mahle, an automotive component manufacturer in Durban, she has challenged the automotive industry to take ownership in assisting and addressing the ongoing shortage of skilled engineers and artisans. She is also...

31 May, 2018 /

DNA Brand Architects, a marketing and brand communications agency that's known for making wow stuff happen for brands, walked away with three honours at the 2017 instalment of the SA Small Business Awards by the National Small Business Chamber (NSBC). The awards ceremony is an annual project by the NSBC that recognises the tireless journey, hard work, outstanding achievements and vision of Small Business and Entrepreneurial Success. It is a celebration of the most outstanding small businesses and the exceptional entrepreneurs behind these emerging companies. DNA Brand Architects was honoured as one of top 20 Small Businesses in South Africa having met all criteria...

31 May, 2018 /

Earlier this month (April 2018), we were alerted by our patrons, that ZARA ( INDUSTRIA DE DISEÑO TEXTILE, S.A. (INDITEX S.A. Pty Ltd) company has copied one of our signature patterns. These patterns were appropriated & reproduced in as part of their sock range which they shared as new in their best-sellers on their online store (see image below). Their sock range resembles our Khanyisa Cardigan which was launch in March 2014 at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Joburg. The cardigan is still available on our online store and has been on runways globally, the piece is still one of our best...

29 May, 2018 /

JOHANNESBURG - International luxury vehicle manufacturer Mercedes Benz apologised for "offending" South Africans following social media outrage over their Mother's Day advertisement The advert shows a woman playing different roles, from taking care of her child to owning a business. Mercedes Benz South Africa has since deleted the video on Twitter after some South African Twitter users pointed out that there were no black mothers in the advert. Mercedes Benz said the video was created "internationally" to lend the company's support for Mother's Day. "We under-represented the diversity of our followers in South Africa through the use of a single character. We apologise...

29 May, 2018 /