May 21, 2012

Mercedes-Benz launches top-of-the-range trade test centre

Sithandiwe Velaphi The Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) trade test centre was officially launched in East London on Monday. This is the first decentralised facility of its kind in the region to receive accreditation from the manufacturing, engineering and related services sector education and training authority (merSETA). The company has invested in excess of R3m in the establishment of the centre, with further investment planned for equipment upgrades. MBSA vice-president for human resources … [Read more...]


Augustyn home to recover

Cape Town - John-Lee Augustyn, one of South Africa’s foremost cycling exports, has returned home to share the benefit of his extensive international experience with the Port Elizabeth cycling fraternity while he recovers from a lingering hip injury.The 25-year-old is one of only two South African cyclists to have participated in all three European grand tours - the Tour of Spain, Tour de France and Giro d’Italia. The other is Robert Hunter, who he helped to win the national road … [Read more...]


SA ROADLINK we will get you there… really?

SA ROADLINK – We will get you there...  Really? The second long week end in May came up and me and my partner decided that flying was not a option ,and that we wanted to look at the buses going from Port Elizabeth  to Johannesburg. As luck would have it or not we saw an ad for SA ROAD LINK ,with 5 Star buses and how well there buses are maintained by Scania and on the TV ad it showed a hostess ,serving Coffee to some passengers , who looked content happy watching a show on a television … [Read more...]


Online Advertising Sales Executive

Job descriptionTVPC Media is seeking four highly motivated online advertising sales executives, in Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. TVPC Media operates a sports website and a television production company. We are looking for driven, hungry sales execs who love sport and have a proven track record in online sales.Responsibilities include: Selling online advertising space on the websites/mobisites, and sourcing sponsors for television programmes.Editing existing advertising rate … [Read more...]


Satellite event – world-renowned leaders to speak across South Africa

Chick-fil-A Leadercast is a one-day leader development satellite event broadcast from Atlanta, Ga. to hundreds of sites throughout South Africa. Speakers for this year's event include: Soledad O'Brien, Anchor and special correspondent for CNN Tim Tebow, NFL quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner and best-selling author Patrick Lencioni, Best-selling author and president of The Table Group John Maxwell, Leadership expert best-selling author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Marcus … [Read more...]


Augustyn home for recovery cycle

John-Lee Augustyn, one of South Africa’s foremost cycling exports, has returned home to share the benefit of his extensive international experience with the Port Elizabeth cycling fraternity while he recovers from a lingering hip injury. The 25-year-old is one of only two South African cyclists to have participated in all three European grand tours – the Tour of Spain, Tour de France and Giro d’Italia. The other is Robert Hunter, who he helped to win the national road championships … [Read more...]


Gold: Comfortable win for Boks

VIDEO: Coach attacks ref One of South Africa's top referees, Mdashe Mlungiseleli, is attacked by a coach from Hoërskool EG Jansen. … [Read more...]


Dip in support for Zuma: survey

Advertorial Where have you been? Win over 1 Billion ZAR. … [Read more...]


Prospective CEM’s attending the first Fundamentals for Energy Management …

Prospective CEM's attending the first Fundamentals for Energy Management Training (FEMT) course launched in Port Elizabeth Visit http://www.energytrainingfoundation.co.za for further information Fundamentals for Energy Management Training course launched Submitted on 05/15/12, 07:33 AM The Fundamentals for Energy Training (FEMT) course developed by the Energy Training Foundation (EnTF) was launched in Port Elizabeth recently. FEMT is an invaluable stepping stone to successful … [Read more...]


Regional Content for Commuter Channels

Noting the consumer need for relevant and regional content on commuter channels, Massiv TV began offering regional content in all its vehicles across South Africa. Seen as a first in South Africa, it allows more effective communication and commuter interaction to 4.3 million monthly viewers. It has partnered with Urban Brew, which will assist with supplementing content in the Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Port Elizabeth regions through its Soweto TV, 1KZN TV and Bay TV channels and with Cape TV … [Read more...]


Judges of ACT scholarships announced

Six finalists are set to strut their stuff in acting, singing and dancing to impress the likes of popular music artist HHP; presenter, actress and production manager of UJ Arts Culture, Grace Meadows; actor, Naledi judge and writer Renos Nicos Spanoudes; artist manager from Talent Etc. Jennis Williamson; dancer and choreographer Lulu Mlangeni and musical theatre expert and director Anton Luitingh. These experts will be judging the six finalists on 4 October in Johannesburg at the UJ Arts … [Read more...]


Border Collie has struck up an unlikely friendship…with an eight-month-old …

By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 20:29 EST, 14 May 2012 | UPDATED: 02:50 EST, 15 May 2012 A Border Collie has become inseparable from his new best friend - an eight-month-old tiger cub.Tricolour Border Collie Solo and the orphaned tiger cub now do everything together - including sleeping, eating and playing.The friends even share meals from the same bowl and groom one another. Best friends: Border Collie Solo took an eight-month-old orphaned tiger cub under his wing when he was brought … [Read more...]


Billions budgeted for rail network

Luzuko Pongoma The Eastern Cape is to receive a public transport boost worth billions from the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa). Prasa said that it would spend more than R1bn in the Eastern Cape over the next three years to revitalise the Mthatha and Queenstown, and the Motherwell and Port Elizabeth routes. Lucky Montana, group CEO of Prasa, said that the most important thing about this route was connecting Johannesburg and Queenstown with Mthatha. Montana said that many people who … [Read more...]


The mutt and tiger who DON’T fight like cat and dog

Solo the dog who has struck up an unlikely friendship — with a TIGER. The tricolour Border Collie and the eight-month old tiger cub are inseparable, sleeping, eating and playing together. The new buddies even share meals from the same bowl and groom one another. Game keeper Ashley Gombert, from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, first noticed his trusty dog was friendly with the ferocious cat when he spotted them splashing around in a lake. And ever since he hasn’t been able to … [Read more...]


Regional content for commuter channels

It has partnered with Urban Brew, which will assist with supplementing content in the Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Port Elizabeth regions through its Soweto TV, 1KZN TV and Bay TV channels and with Cape TV (CTV) for the Western Cape. "Soweto TV has grown from a small community channel in television broadcasting to a current viewership of 2.7 million. Having Soweto TV on Massiv TV's taxis and busses gives us the opportunity to reach viewers that otherwise would not be watching," notes Elize … [Read more...]


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