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If you ban ads, the world will be a healthier and better place, or so the government seems to think, writes media guru Chris Moerdyk. It was entirely predictable that after a relatively trou... Read more
The chocoholic excesses of Easter provide the ideal cue to discuss the effect of advertising on obesity. And, I suppose, the crucifixion of advertising by do-gooders who have no idea whatsoe... Read more
As South Africa inexorably plummets down the global ratings of media freedom and with government’s Quixotic plan to ban liquor and fast food ads, it is important to remind our nanny st... Read more
Government WILL introduce restrictions on alcohol advertising; it’s just a question of when it might happen as the issue has now become political. In a hard-hitting talk last week, Adrian Bo... Read more
