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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="889" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="30px"][icon_text box_type="normal" icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="normal" icon_position="left" icon_size="fa-2x" use_custom_icon_size="no" title="Where did you grow up and what were the reactions you received from people in your life when you said you wanted to go into advertising/marketing?" separator="no" text="From the backwoods of Elim village in Limpopo, I grew up in the Eastrand (Katlehong, Thokoza, Spruit, etc.) My passion for advertising was ignited in grade 7 and then properly identified in high school (grade 9) from my high schools career guidance teacher....

10 January, 2018 /

Our transformation progress so far can be credited to regulations. Without enforceable regulations we would be nowhere, and for this reason, I can’t help but be suspicious each time there’s a BEE appointment. My suspicion is further fuelled by how loose some of these BEE regulations are. Regulations are necessary when you lack ownership. If black people owned large businesses we wouldn’t require many BEE regulations. Because of lack of ownership our transformation focus is more on job opportunities. The job opportunities focus at white-owned companies should be a temporary solution to be phased out with black industrialisation, but in our...

19 October, 2017 /

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This article was first published on iol.co.za[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] An open letter to SA’s black entrepreneurs [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Dear black entrepreneurs. Why am I singling you out? Why not just entrepreneurs? My answers to these questions are to be found towards the end of this letter.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]You see a lot has been said in the past few years regarding race relations in our country. But for context, we shall talk about this year, 2016. We all flew in and got welcomed by one Penny Sparrow and friends. We all know what happened next.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]One of...

23 November, 2016 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1476114327958{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="657" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] June15 Advertising [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_column_text]Founded in 2009, June15 Advertising is a black owned advertising agency. The attainment of great work is bigger than any of us , it is non-negotiable, it requires of us to exceed clients’ expectations, it is an effective and efficient way of going about our business, it is an ideal that constantly drives us in our daily work.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="30px"][icon_text box_type="normal" icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="normal" icon_position="left" icon_size="fa-2x" use_custom_icon_size="no" title="Where did you grow up and what were...

10 October, 2016 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1476114327958{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="471" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Advertising Ad Solutions [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_column_text]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem. Nulla consequat massa quis enim. Donec pede justo, fringilla vel, aliquet nec, vulputate eget, arcu. In enim justo, rhoncus ut, imperdiet a, venenatis vitae, justo. Nullam dictum felis eu pede mollis pretium. Integer tincidunt. Cras dapibus.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width"...

10 October, 2016 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1476114327958{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="697" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="30px"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Enitiate Integrated Solutions [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="30px"][vc_column_text]Enitiate is a digital content marketing solutions company. Their primary focus is on digital content development and analytics. Mkhulu "Bra Willy" Seyama established the humble agency in late 2008, with the aim of sharing digital stories in a uniquely African way.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height="30px"][icon_text box_type="normal" icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="normal" icon_position="left" icon_size="fa-2x" use_custom_icon_size="no" title="Where did you grow up and what were the reactions you received from people in your life when you said you wanted to...

10 October, 2016 /

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This article was first published on iol.co.za[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Although players in the industry paint a bright picture, Qondile Khedama says what she experienced at the annual digital summit tells a different story. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Johannesburg - Racial dynamics played themselves out at the annual digital summit hosted by Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) SA in Newton on March 3.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We have become digital citizens and playing into this space is inevitable, says the writer. File photo[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The dominance of white participants in this strategic gathering aimed at bridging the knowledge gap and providing practitioners with...

10 October, 2016 /

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This article was first published on ujuh.co.za[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="399" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The Association of Black Communications Practitioners (ABCoP) seems to have secured the unwavering support of the minister of public enterprises, Malusi Gigaba, in its fight to secure a fair share of the advertising industry for independent black operators. ABCoP hosted a business breakfast at the Moloko Strathavon Hotel in Sandton today which saw Gigaba promising to take up the association’s agenda with zeal. ABCoP had written an open letter to Gigaba a few months ago pointing out...

10 October, 2016 /

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This article was first published on dailymaverick.co.za[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] While the Association for Communication and Advertising is doing its best to convince government and South Africa that the local advertising landscape is transformed, the Association of Black Communications Practitioners claims there’s a whole lot that’s rotten in the state of adland. MANDY DE WAAL investigates. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]South Africa’s advertising industry is a colonial enclave where racial polarisation is rife and the best profits are being creamed by a handful of foreign-owned advertising companies. That’s the view of Taelo Immanuel, a former agency creative director and self-styled “moral activist” lobbying...

10 October, 2016 /

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba has promised to support struggling black-owned advertising agencies. He made the pledge last week in response to a plea by the Association of Black Communications Practitioners (ABCoP). He says his department has already set out to help black audit firms by hiring them as lead agents rather than junior partners. Transnet became the first state-owned company to adopt the policy this year when it awarded its R350m audit to SizweNtsalubaGobodo. Gigaba says: "I think we can do the same in the advertising market and make people believe in the competence...

10 October, 2016 /