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At half-past-ten Radio 702's previous Producer who is now at the SABC, Megan Lubke will be on the show. She won Journalist of the year last night for the 2018 Responsible Drinking Media Awards.

SABC Journalist scooped four awards at the Responsible Drinking Media Awards at a galla ceremony in Johannesburg last night. The awards recognize media work that highlight alcohol misuse or abuse in the country.

The 2018 Diageo SA Responsible Drinking Media Awards (RDMAs) took place on 13 September 2018 at Summer Place in Johannesburg.

Naspers awards top prizes. AdFocus Awards entry date extended to 31 August (midnight). New media categories, new judges for 29th annual Galliova Awards. Entries open for the Financial Mail Creative Challenge.

The Diageo SA Responsible Drinking Media Awards (RDMAs) has announced the finalists for 2018.

Entries now open for Responsible Drinking Media Awards, Vega students bag two Pencils at D&AD 2018, Grey Johannesburg wins Wooden Pencil at D&AD 2018, CNBC Africa receives award for Best Business Television, Reputation Matters wins two SABRE Africa Awards, Ogilvy SA wins at EMEA SABRE Awards, Caltex Eastern Cape marketer team sweeps FreshStop Retailer Awards, South Africa receives 'The Best in the World' Award, INMA reveals Global Media Awards winners, New York Times' "Truth Is Hard" campaign takes top honours.

Diageo South Africa has appointed Zumi Njongwe as marketing and innovations director for SA, after two years in the same position at Diageo's Meta Abo Breweries in Ethiopia and having been with the company since 2005 working in various roles across Africa and in London.

A ban on liquor advertising would strip broadcasters of a considerable source of revenue and probably dent the struggling South African economy, but would do little to combat alcohol abuse, experts say.

AT this time last year, the South African economy was faced with a chicken problem. The biggest poultry producer was about to retrench 1 300 employees, apparently due to the influx of low-price imported chicken caused by the lowering of tariffs in the country’s market. Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies had to intervene to save jobs.

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