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In modern day society, most companies make use of social media platforms to market themselves and to grow the company’s brand.
The Auditor-General of South Africa ("the AG") recently released his 2012-2013 consolidated general report on the audit outcomes of local government, 30 July 2014 ("the report").
So you just gave birth to a new adorable bundle of joy and you want to show him/her off to the world. What better way to do so than to upload an image on to your favourite social media page?
I am employed at a law firm and I have a twitter account on which I tweet in my “personal capacity”. My biography explicitly states that “the views tweeted here are explicitly my own”.
Following the recent kidnapping of over 200 school girls in North East Nigeria by militant Islamic group – Boko Haram,[1] the world has seen a reintroduction of the concept of “hashtag activism”.
There have been a few really good user-generated content social media marketing campaigns recently.
Have ever found yourself in a situation where you have to read an agreement and after spending a good amount of time reading the agreement, you realise that you have not understood what you have just read?
So you found a Facebook photo or a Twitter image or perhaps even a YouTube video that you really like – can you use it??
“the Nkandla report shows how Zuma stole your money to build his R246m home. VOTE DA on 7 MAY to beat corruption. Together for change”
In modern day society, most companies make use of social media platforms to market themselves and to grow the company’s brand.
The Auditor-General of South Africa ("the AG") recently released his 2012-2013 consolidated general report on the audit outcomes of local government, 30 July 2014 ("the report").
So you just gave birth to a new adorable bundle of joy and you want to show him/her off to the world. What better way to do so than to upload an image on to your favourite social media page?
I am employed at a law firm and I have a twitter account on which I tweet in my “personal capacity”. My biography explicitly states that “the views tweeted here are explicitly my own”.
Following the recent kidnapping of over 200 school girls in North East Nigeria by militant Islamic group – Boko Haram,[1] the world has seen a reintroduction of the concept of “hashtag activism”.
There have been a few really good user-generated content social media marketing campaigns recently.
Have ever found yourself in a situation where you have to read an agreement and after spending a good amount of time reading the agreement, you realise that you have not understood what you have just read?
So you found a Facebook photo or a Twitter image or perhaps even a YouTube video that you really like – can you use it??
“the Nkandla report shows how Zuma stole your money to build his R246m home. VOTE DA on 7 MAY to beat corruption. Together for change”

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Have ever found yourself in a situation where you have to read an agreement and after spending a good amount of time reading the agreement, you realise that you have not understood what you have just read?

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