With the announcement today that Sasol would no longer be the anchor sponsor for the Springbok rugby team I thought it might be a bit of fun to look at some of the major sports sponsorships in South Africa.
 Who would you rather be a flagship sponsor of:

Springboks
Bafana Bafana
Proteas (cricket)
Million Dollar Golf Challenge
Stadium sponsorship such as Loftus, Wanderers, [...]

Entrepreneur Mandla Sibeko, named as one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders for 2010, has scored a business coup by being tasked with handling the entire look and feel of the Fifa 2010 Soccer World Cup.
One of South Africa’s most enterprising young businessmen, Sibeko, 31, through his 40% shareholding in Icon SA, a [...]

11:00 THE HARD SELL OF ADVERTISING – Michael Jackson
Successful salesmanship stems from the ability to present and deliver against a brand promise. Designed for salespeople at all levels, this presentation clearly explains the issues facing each and every business in its day-to-day selling scenarios, and highlight the route to future success and focus on [...]

 
If you are a bit of a sensitive reader then please ignore this post – if you can see humour in some bad advertising / branding then read on….

Have anyone seen the new logo for the 2012 Olympics?!  It looks a helluva lot like Lisa Simpson (from the cartoon series) performing a sex act on [...]