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The newly announced “Get Wildly Creative About South Africa” online advertising contest aims to inspire South Africans to get together as a nation, use their creativity, collaborate with the international community, and come up with ways to promote the country as a vibrant destination ahead of the World Cup.

The eight-week, people-inspired, online ad contest, which starts on March 15, is part of a major nation branding research project undertaken by the CMO Council and the International Marketing Council (IMC) of South Africa.

The IMC is responsible for defining and shaping Brand South Africa’s image throughout the world.

With social media networks hosting billions of monthly visitors, conversations and connections, the CMO Council’s new GeoBranding Centre is looking to evaluate the level of voice, influence and creative pull in these interactive online communities, particularly as it relates to shaping perceptions of countries, destinations, locations and origin of products.

GOING VIRAL BABY

The Get Wildly Creative About South Africa ad contest will be hosted on the Zooppa.com people-inspired advertising platform and will use viral communications, online conversations, blogging and cyber-chatter to pump up the interest and participation in this country branding program targeted at the world’s 1.7-billion Internet users.

Current and aspiring creative professionals, digital media buffs, South African citizens and expatriates, and anyone with a lust for travel to Africa, are invited to come up with inventive ways to produce a fresh and evocative message about a country that has gone from tragedy to triumph in less than two decades.

Cash and prizes – donated by SA Tourism, in-country partners and creative technology solution providers – will be awarded to the top submissions within each category. These are Best Print Campaign, Best Online Banner Campaign, and Best Video Segment or Commercial.

Among other things, the Winning entrants will have their work showcased globally to the CMO Council’s 5K+ members who control more than US$150 billion (R1.2-billion) in annual marketing spend and recognized at a special IMC-hosted reception in New York City, the world’s media centre and creative hub.

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What an incredibly eye-opening and fantastic night and show. I rocked out. I was sucked in and embraced the entire evening as flippin’ incredible.

One of the stars of the show was undoubtedly Jack Parow. The man rocked out colabs with some of the hottest rock property in SA right now and he blew the crowd away.

Here’s the video that he based the colab on:

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It’s that time of the year again, Oscar time, or Academy Award time apparently.

I haven’t been this excited for an Oscar awards night since Tsotsi was nominated (and won) an Oscar. This year is bigger though. This year is badder. This year is going to be a battle for Neil Blomkamp and his breakout movie blockbuster, District 9.

He’s got some competition. But before I list the competition let’s see what District 9 is nominated for this year:

Film Editing
Best Picture
Visual Effects
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Obviously the big one there for us fans is the Best Picture nomination.

The competitors for Best Picture are:

Avatar
James Cameron and Jon Landau

The Blind Side
Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson

An Education
Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey

The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro

Inglourious Basterds
Lawrence Bender

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness

A Serious Man
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Up
Jonas Rivera

Up in the Air
Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman

In my opinion I think that District 9 has a fight on its hands against the behemoth that is Avatar. I have a bad feeling that the brilliance of Blomkamp is going to be overlooked, much like Martin Scorsese was overlooked for decades in spite of his brilliance. But with that said, my full and unbridled support is behind the South African smash hit.

Taking away any of the oscars that District 9 is nominated for will be a triumph for Neil and his team. They deserve every success. I’ll be watching and waiting patiently for the winners to be announced.Similar Posts:

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The winners are:

Michelle Alexander

&

Lynn Fester

But worry not. I offer the readers a great consolation prize!

If you book your tickets through Computicket and use the special code: “Taste” you’ll get a 2 for 1 special! Correct, if you use “Taste” and book through Computicket you get a buy one get one free vibe. Its just that easy.

Michelle and Lynn – I will be contacting you with more information about your tickets ASAP!

Thank you to all the entrants and have a rocking Taste of Cape Town!
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Here’s a little excerpt from their great blog post and a photo or two!

An asshole taxi driver decided to take a shorty down the emergency lane – crossing those very yellow lines that are meant to warn of such a cowardice act – and found himself driving straight into the open clutches of the JMPD!

The policemen pulled ‘Try Me Taxi 47′ over, offloaded all the passengers, cuffed the driver, and put him in the back of the piggy van. As the above photo’s show. (privacy respected)

What.the.fuck?!

The Black Dude behind me opened his window, whistled at the police and started clapping! Serious!
I did the same, and before we knew it, that whole row of traffic was hooting and cheering at these brave law enforcers…how nice!

Another taxi spotted the waiting passengers on the island and thought he’d take a shorty too – just the same – to rescue them…thinking the police wouldn’t notice…think NOT! These cops were good, real goooood!

Just as the poor commuters started loading themselves into ‘Stop Anywhere Taxi 39′, the cops removed the driver and slapped the cuffs on him too.

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The “Get wildly creative about South Africa” campaign will be asking everyone who has an interest in SA to band together and prove it!

Here’s the a bit more info:

South Africa’s International Marketing Council, custodian of Brand South Africa, is sponsoring a first of its kind online ad competition to “crowdsource” creativity and insight from around the world to showcase South Africa as a vibrant and competitive nation brand.

Launched in conjunction with the Chief Marketing Officers Council, a global organization of senior marketing executives, the Get Wildly Creative About South Africa ad contest is being hosted on Zooppa.com, a revolutionary social media site which brands like Microsoft are using to generate people-inspired viral advertising.

The IMC, the CMO Council and its new GeoBranding Centre will use viral communications, online conversations, blog postings and cyber chatter to talk up interest and participation in this innovative country branding initiative targeted at the world’s 1.7 billion Internet users.

Current and aspiring creative professionals, digital media buffs, South Africans at home and abroad, and anyone whose heart and soul are stirred by South Africa and its continent are invited to come up with inventive ways to produce a fresh and evocative message about a country on which the world’s attention will be riveted when the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off in 100 days.

Entry information and a creative brief designed by the IMC, giving background on the contest assignment and links to South African resources, are available on Zooppa.com when the campaign launches in the coming week.

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Funny Bones @ Purple Turtle

“Invasion of the TV Stars”

Date: 2nd March 2010

Time: 20h00 (doors open), comedy starts at 21h15

Entrance: R30 (men)

Venue: Purple Turtle

Address: Cnr. Shortmarket and Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa

The Purple Turtle and Mumz The Word presents Funny Bones – regular Tuesday night comedy. Every Tuesday will feature some of SA’s best comedians both established and up-n-coming. On Tuesday 2nd March 2010 Funny Bones would like to showcase some of South Africa’s best comedians who you may have already seen on TV of the big screen. It’s invasion of the TV Stars.

The host for the evening will be Brendan Murray, a comedian who has been described as one of South Africa’s best young comedians. He will be Rhys Woods and Gareth Vorster who will be the open spots for the evening.

The great line-up of TV stars starts with Melt Sieberhagen who made his international debut as a cameo role in the Peter Jackson blockbuster District 9. He will be accompanied by his friend and fellow Jo-burger, Hannes Brummer, who starred as many cameos roles in the Afrikaans sketch comedy Kompleks. The headliner for night is Paul Snodgrass who most of you will remember as a

Sports presenter on ETV.

The event was conceived by Mum-z, who is a young, talented up and coming comedian who’s dedication to increasing the Cape Town comedy circuit has inspired him to launch new comedy nights in Cape Town including “The Show” at The Albert Hall (Woodstock) and “Funny Bones” at The Purple Turtle.

Entrance for the evening is R30, which is extremely affordable for anyone who loves comedy or has never seen local comedy live. All bookings must be made through Mamello Mokoena on talk2me@mumz-the-word.com or 076 801 2113

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