Flowstars graduate
By Palesa Motau // June 02, 2010
Congratulations to Flowstars Tumi and Zintle on graduating!
Tumi Makgobathe, Flow journalist and researcher, recently completed her BTech in Journalism at the Durban University of Technology, while Zintle Mtyeku, junior project manager, received her Diploma in Marketing from the IMM Graduate School of Marketing.
Tumi focused on reporting on Africa, business journalism and development journalism for her degree. She did her final research project on environmental reporting and has found this to be quite useful in her daily work, saying, “It has helped improve my writing and research skills, therefore allowing me to produce quality work.” She plans to further her qualifications in media and communications. Read more…
Getting the story
By Miliswa Sitshwele // May 25, 2010
Flow Communications is a diversified company. When people ask me about the company I work for and what it’s about, it’s always a great pleasure for me to try to unpack it and explain to them.
I always say we are the leader in communications in South Africa. What other company designs websites, prints booklets and flyers, conducts media training, journalism and social networking classes, does graphic design and interviews the who’s who of South Africa? Read more…
Join Cape Town Tourism on YouTube
By Tara Turkington // May 23, 2010
Cape Town Tourism is one of Flow’s biggest clients. We have been appointed on a two-year contract to be the tourism organisation’s web and e-marketing partner, and at the centre of this is Cape Town Tourism’s popular website, www.capetown.travel. One of the aspects of e-marketing we’re currently focusing on is Cape Town Tourism’s YouTube channel, and we’re now uploading new videos showcasing Cape Town and some of its beautiful attractions to the channel on a regular basis.
You can subscribe to the channel (you’ll need a YouTube or Google account to do so) at www.youtube.com/user/CapeTownTourism and watch some of the videos about Cape Town we’ve already uploaded.
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Flow welcomes Judith Browne!
By Palesa Motau // May 21, 2010
Judith Browne joined Flow this week as a sub-editor and is excited by the variety and scope of the projects she’ll be working on here.
Judith holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Marketing and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Literature from the University of the Witwatersrand. She went on to complete her Master’s in Modern Literature and Culture, focusing on South African literature, at the University of York in the United Kingdom. Despite her qualifications, she still believes “The School of Life and Hard Knocks” is the most effective teacher. Read more…
Kate Turkington inducted into MTN Radio Hall of Fame
By Miliswa Sitshwele // May 20, 2010
Before television and the internet, listening to the radio was an integral part of each household’s daily routine. Parents and children would gather around their radio to listen to soapies, the news or music.
Despite massive advancements in information and communication technologies, radio continues to enjoy widespread popularity and influence, though the format may have changed a little, with talk radio becoming particularly popular. Read more…
Etana celebrates its second birthday in style
By Miliswa Sitshwele // May 13, 2010
Giant cakes, giant champagne bottles, near on 99 red balloons, a giant card and a 22-player foosball table was the order of the evening as Etana Insurance celebrated their second birthday at their offices in Parktown, Johannesburg , yesterday.
Etana is a specialist business insurer. Etanans approach everything they do with a sense of fun, and a passion for quality. Read more…
Flow at Durban’s Tourism Indaba
By Christine Marot // May 12, 2010
This year’s Tourism Indaba was particularly exciting for Flow Communications as we had five of our clients exhibiting at the well-attended annual event held at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) this weekend.
Flow staff members, Bronwen d’Oliveira, from Cape Town, and Christine Marot, from Durban, played a supportive role during the event, meeting clients, interviewing exhibitors and photographing the event in pictures. Read more…
Flow at Durban’s Tourism Indaba - a photo essay
By Christine Marot // May 12, 2010
This year’s Tourism Indaba was particularly exciting for Flow Communications as we had five of our clients exhibiting at the well-attended annual event held at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) this weekend.
Flow staff members, Bronwen d’Oliveira , from Cape Town,and Christine Marot, from Durban, played a supportive role during the event, meeting clients, interviewing exhibitors and photographing the event in pictures.
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Unwinding on Flow’s foozie table
By Miliswa Sitshwele // May 11, 2010
People deal with stress in different ways: some vent, some make a soothing cup of tea, while others just go for a drive.
Here at Flow Communications, we play foosball (also known to some as table soccer).
The foosball table in our Jo’burg office – kindly given to us by Etana Insurance as a Christmas present last year – is fondly known as the “foozie table” and it’s where we go to unwind. Read more…
Cofisa aims to improve local innovation systems
By Janet Berger // April 30, 2010
Cofisa (formally the Cooperation Framework on Innovation Systems between Finland and South Africa) is an initiative between Finland and South Africa, aiming to improve local innovation systems. The programme has been running for the past few years and intends to bring European expertise to the South African context, to help local people find ways to solve their problems and address their issues in a constructive manner.
The Cofisa book was a summary of the exercises embarked on and lessons learned from the process. Read more…
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