Vodacom Summer Happy Days With Mzansi’s Finest

As part of its 2015 summer campaign, Vodacom intends to make summer days happy days.

With the festive season here, Vodacom has come up with a grand approach to keep its customers connected and happy this summer.

Wherever customers will be this festive season, whether attending a wedding or relaxing on holiday, customers can rest easy that they will have the best network coverage experience.

To put this to test, local celebrities got the opportunity to be part of this amazing experience this weekend by travelling to the majestic Legend Golf Resort and Safari in Waterberg, Limpompo. The trip showcased how Vodacom’s reliable network will make summer days happy days for all South Africans this festive season as millions of people migrate to different parts of the country on holiday or return home to be with family and loved ones.

Chief Officer: Consumer Business Unit at Vodacom, Godfrey Motsa says: “We are confident on our ability to provide extensive quality Internet and voice coverage throughout the country.”

He says: "The festive season and happy days are back and with Vodacom we’ve got you."

Mzansi Magic’s TV star, Nomzamo Mbatha who was part of the celebrities invited to test Vodacom’s network experience says: “Network connectivity is very central to the lives of every South Africa, as this is the age of technology and social media, it is important to ensure that our audiences abreast with our activities and breaking news.”

Other celebrities included Mampho Brescia, Pallance Dladla, Generation’s raising star, Nkuli Tshirumbuli, former Isidingo actress turn leading lady actress Jay Anstey and triple threat Shashi Naidoo. As the celebrities enjoyed warm cultural tours and some fabulous sightseeing, the Vodacom network was very central to the trip as they shared their experiences with adoring fans via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram while enjoying 96% Internet coverage.

Chief Officer: Consumer Business Unit at Vodacom, Godfrey Motsa says: “From airtime, data bundles, SMS, customers care, products and services to network coverage, we’ve got you.”

Motsa says wherever customers will be this festive season, whether attending a big event like the Soweto derby, a wedding or relaxing on holiday, customers can rest easy that they will have the best network coverage experience.

“We are confident on our ability to provide extensive quality Internet and voice coverage throughout the country,” he says.      

Nadia Mahommed, Executive HOD Brand Communication and Marketing says Vodacom’s summer offerings include access on Internet on the largest network with the 3G coverage in the country, strong retail offers and because the festive season is a time for giving, Vodacom has also thrown in gifts for summer purchases with what the company refers to as “surprise & delight gifts” and customers can look forward to some surprise value offers tailor made ‘Just 4 You’ daily by dialling *123#.

“Over and above this, Vodacom says every day for 60 days starting today, 1 person per day who connects/upgrades over this festive will receive their contract for free for 24 months,” she says.

The Vodacom make summer days happy days campaign started on 31 October and will run until 7 January 2015.

REV UP YOUR SUMMER WITH ENGEN BEACH FESTIVAL

Six days. Three gorgeous beaches. One phenomenal beach festival. The Engen Beach Festival with East Coast Radio will add an extra sizzle to Margate, Durban and Ballito from 19 to 24 December 2015.

 The excitement kicks off at Margate Main Beach on 19 & 20 December 2015, before moving to uShaka Beach in Durban on 21 & 22 December 2015 and wrapping up at Willard Beach, Ballito on 23 & 24 December 2015.

There is so much to do! One-touch rugby, Engen soccer, frisbee darts, Miss and Miss Jnr Engen Competition, beach dash for the young at heart; and musical statues, sandcastle-building, dancing and limbo competitions for the little ones. Throw in spot prizes and East Coast Radio’s Msizi James, and you have a festival that guarantees scintillating, summer selfies!

You can also meet your favourite East Coast Radio presenters when the station broadcasts live from Margate Main Beach from 10am to 2pm, and from uShaka Beach and Willard Beach from 9am to 3pm.

Swim, chill, make some new friends or just enjoy the fab vibe but don’t miss the Engen Beach Festival with East Coast Radio.

The Engen Beach Festival with East Coast Radio kicks off on 19 December 2015 and spans three beaches before wrapping up on 24 December 2015.

Come rev up your summer!

SOCIAL NETWORKING SAFETY TIPS

 Social networking websites like MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and Windows Live Spaces are services people can use to connect with others to share information like photos, videos, and personal messages.

As the popularity of these social sites grows, so do the risks of using them. Hackers, spammers, virus writers, identity thieves, and other criminals follow the traffic.

Read these tips to help protect yourself when you use social networks.

  1.  Use caution when you click links that you receive in messages from your friends on your social website. Treat links in messages on these sites as you would links in email messages. (For more information, see Approach links in email with caution and Click Fraud: Cyber criminals want you to 'like' it.)

 2. Know what you've posted about yourself. A common way that hackers break into financial or other accounts is by clicking the "Forgot your password?" link on the account log in page. To break into your account, they search for the answers to your security questions, such as your birthday, home town, high school class, or mother's middle name. If the site allows, make up your own password questions, and don't draw them from material anyone could find with a quick search. For more information, see:

 *What was the name of your first pet?

 * What is screen scraping?

 *Take charge of your online reputation

3.  Don't trust that a message is really from who it says it's from. Hackers can break into accounts and send messages that look like they're from your friends, but aren't. If you suspect that a message is fraudulent, use an alternate method to contact your friend to find out. This includes invitations to join new social networks. For more information, see Scammers exploit Facebook friendships.

4. To avoid giving away email addresses of your friends, do not allow social networking services to scan your email address book. When you join a new social network, you might receive an offer to enter your email address and password to find out if your contacts are on the network. The site might use this information to send email messages to everyone in your contact list or even everyone you've ever sent an email message to with that email address. Social networking sites should explain that they're going to do this, but some do not.

 5. Type the address of your social networking site directly into your browser or use your personal bookmarks. If you click a link to your site through email or another website, you might be entering your account name and password into a fake site where your personal information could be stolen. For more tips about how to avoid phishing scams, see Email and web scams: How to help protect yourself.

 6. Be selective about who you accept as a friend on a social network. Identity thieves might   create fake profiles in order to get information from you.

 7. Choose your social network carefully. Evaluate the site that you plan to use and make sure you understand the privacy policy. Find out if the site monitors content that people post. You will be providing personal information to this website, so use the same criteria that you would to select a site where you enter your credit card.

 8. Assume that everything you put on a social networking site is permanent. Even if you can delete your account, anyone on the Internet can easily print photos or text or save images and videos to a computer.

9. Be careful about installing extras on your site. Many social networking sites allow you to download third-party applications that let you do more with your personal page. Criminals sometimes use these applications to steal your personal information. To download and use third-party applications safely, take the same safety precautions that you take with any other program or file you download from the web.

 10. Think twice before you use social networking sites at work. For more information, see Be careful with social networking sites, especially at work.

 Sourced from: http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/social-networking.aspx

ENJOY THE SINGLETON LIFE

The Singleton of Dufftown, is a signature single malt, smooth rich and perfectly balanced with notes of brown sugar, toasted nuts and baked autumn fruits, not forgetting it’s crafted from the perfect balance of Sherry and Bourbon oak casks, ‘BECAUSE TASTE IS EVERYTHING AT DUFFTOWN’

‘The Singleton’ will soon launch a series of delicious food pairing nights, within the vibrant city centre of Johannesburg, to ensure everyone knows how to enjoy these delectable drinks at any occasion. The Singleton will showcase its’ ‘12 year old’ variant as well as their ever popular ‘Tailfire’ variant. 

However to ensure you don’t have to wait till then to experience these carefully blended whiskeys, you can now get a limited edition ‘The Singleton’ Whiskey gift packs. The 12yr old glass pack consisting of ‘The Singleton 12yr old’ bottle and 2 glasses, are now available at Makro and ‘The Singleton’ 12yr old leather pack, containing ‘The Singleton 12yr’ old bottle in a leather carry pack is available, at Spar Tops, Shoprite/Checkers Liquor & Norman Goodfellows, both from R379.

‘The Singleton Tailfire’ glass pack which comes with ‘The Singleton Tailfire’ bottle and 2 glasses, also available at Spar Tops, Makro, Norman Goodfellows, Pick ‘n Pay Liquors & Robinsons for purchase from R419.

Get the season to be jolly started with your limited edition pack, invite your friends over and enjoy The Singleton life.