Publicity Highlights

A busy month for Property24.com

It’s been a busy month for Property24.com’s Industry Specialist, Mari van Wyk. We look back at the headlines in consumer and property publications. Fokus (Fokus interview continues) on SABC 2 invited Mari to join presenter Lynette Francis to discuss the very topical Rates Amendment Bill on Sunday, September 4th. Property Professional, the Industry publication for [...] 

Hard work deserves reward

Like any good recipe, the end result is only as good as the ingredients used. And the result is always sweeter if the ingredients include a passionate spokesperson, looking out for the consumer, as well as the safety of the market over the past couple of years. Congratulations to Dr Pieter Streicher, MD of BulkSMS.com [...] 

PR Hat-trick for Red Ribbon in Financial Mail

Three of Red Ribbon’s clients, BulkSMS.com, Virtual Mobile Technologies and Interactive Intelligence, were covered in Financial Mail on August 26,2011. Dr Piet Streicher, (MD at BulkSMS.com) shared his view on the Protection of Personal Information Bill on page 48, while Wilter du Toit (CEO of Virtual Mobile Technologies) and Fokion Natsis (Territory Manager – Africa [...] 

Korbitec offers a solution to SA’s conveyancing backlog

Conveyancing attorneys are up in arms as a result of this backlog, which has come about as a result of antiquated systems and processes incapable of dealing with the volume of transactions currently being processed. Cher Chapple form Korbitec, a property solutions firm, give some advise on the matter in Saturday’s Weekend Argus, as well [...] 

Property24.com speaks out about the Rates Amendment bill

In response to the very topical Municipal Property Rates Amendment Bill, Property24.com’s Mari van Wyk and Deputy Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Yunus Carrim took part in a discussion on SAfm. Red Ribbon also secured a second  interview on Afrikaans radio station RSG, (RSG interview continues) in the same week and look out for [...] 

Korbitec featured in Financial Mail The Property Handbook 2011

Dawie Verryne, CEO of Korbitec was featured in the 2011 edition of Financial Mail’s Property Handbook. Dawie spoke about the recent property performance and predicts that the growth of the property market over the coming year is likely to be gradual but distinct. Financial Mail page 32 & page 34. 

Volblad artikel in Sake24

Sake24 het Saterdag, 6 Augustus ‘n volblad artikel geplaas oor slaggate om te vermy as jy ‘n eiendom saam met ‘n ander persoon koop. JP Farinha, algemene bestuurder van Property24.com en Mari van Wyk is albei aangehaal. Die artikel is in beide Die Burger en Beeld geplaas. 

New incentives to boost SA BPO

Following the latest Brainstorm BPO roundtable, Karl Reed, Elingo and many other industry leaders highlight the various strengths and weaknesses in the sector. Brainstrom page 68, page 69, page 71, page 72. 

All bark, no bite

Nicola Mawson writes a gripping story on whether South African spam legislation is toothless, featuring Dr Pieter Streicher MD of BulkSMS.com. iWeek page18, page 19, page 20. 

VMT creates headlines

Red Ribbon recently achieved coverage in four of the big business publications, the glossy IT publication, Brainstorm plus a TV and radio interview for our new client, Virtual Mobile Technologies. With their knowledge about enterprise application development, they were featured in Business Day (19 July), Finweek (28 July), Sake24 (3 Aug), Financial Mail (5 Aug) and Brainstorm (1 Oct) page [...]