Gateway to the Nation

If you're a South African at home or abroad, or if you're interested in visiting or investing in South Africa, www.southafrica.info is the site for you!

National Communication Partnership

2010 starts now! Learn how you can join communicators across South Africa and Africa to make the most of the opportunities that 2010 brings.

MediaClubSouthAfrica.com

Brand South Africa's new resource for journalists. New stories every day that you can use in your publication.

Home arrow Press Room
News and Press Releases
IMC's hi-tech marketing in Germany shows SA is ready to host 2010 World Cup
Thursday, 22 June 2006

South Africa is visible at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, in spite of the fact that we are not playing at the mega-event.

IMC CEO Yvonne Johnston at the media briefing The International Marketing Council of South Africa on Wednesday showed the media the cutting edge technology being used to market the country during the month long event. The message to the thousands of soccer fans from across the world who have converged on Germany is that South Africa is open for trade, investment and tourism and has the capacity to successfully host the 2010 World Cup.

Speaking at the media briefing, CEO Yvonne Johnston noted that the IMC’s use of cutting edge technology, which has largely been invented and developed locally, “shows the world that South Africa is capable of inventing and hosting the best technology in the world.”

 

Read more...
 
The way you speak counts
Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Among South Africa’s youth, accents count for more than people’s role during the struggle. This is one of the surprising results on class mobility in a study for the International Marketing Council of South Africa by Kuper Research.

Based on FutureFact information, it is clear that young South Africans are convinced that they are better off than their parents were – and that they believe their children will be even better off than they are now. As South Africa celebrates Youth Day, this underpins the hopes of the younger generation for an even better future.
Read more...
 
Celebrating Africa
Thursday, 25 May 2006
Africa DayThis year’s Africa Day is even more of a special occasion as there is a real opportunity on the horizon which binds all Africans together – Soccer World Cup 2010. As the event for 2006 is about to kick off in Germany, we should all rededicate ourselves not only to making the 2010 event a truly African one but highly successful too. It offers us the opportunity to change views on our continent and to point out what exciting possibilities – and realities – abound in Africa.
Read more...
 
Economist readers vote Brand South Africa tops
Monday, 22 May 2006
if this page...

Adverts promoting Brand South Africa have been voted in the 10 most memorable adverts by European readers of the Economist, the world’s leading business publication.

The adverts were specifically developed by the International Marketing Council of South Africa for foreign publications, like the Economist, to attract investment and tourism to South Africa.

Read more...
 
‘South Africa will always be home’
Wednesday, 26 April 2006

MEDIA RELEASE

In the week of South Africa’s 12th Freedom Day celebrations, a survey of South Africans living abroad shows their massive support for South Africa as “home” and “a place to feel patriotic about”.

The research, sponsored by the International Marketing Council of South Africa, was undertaken by Toni Joubert of Research Surveys, South Africa’s leading marketing and social insights company. Nearly 2 000 global South Africans responded in just a month.

Read more...
 
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 Next > End >>

Video and Marketing Material

See our latest ads and other resources to help you market South Africa.

Read more...
Brand South Africa Blog
Starting a conversation about a country that is alive with possilibity

2010 Communicator

2010 Communicator
2010 Communicator Desktop Tool is the simplest, smartest way of staying in touch with preparations for the 2010 World Cup and all related marketing activities of the National Communication Partnership.

Download Application

Website designed and maintained by Big Media