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Brendan Seery

Brendan Seery

Brendan Seery has been in the news business for most of his life, covering coups, wars, famines - and some funny stories - across Africa. Brendan Seery's Orchids and Onions column ran each week in the Saturday Star in Johannesburg and the Weekend Argus in Cape Town.

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#OrchidsandOnions: Nothing beats this Benz... or the hope that sport can one day unite us

  12 Jun 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Sanral bravely tackles the long road back from reputation damage...

  5 Jun 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: The future of advertising may be - shock! horror! - digital fraud

  29 May 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: The dignity of discipline and labour, contrasting with the invasion of your space...

  22 May 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Cheers, from the lads, to Windhoek Lager - but, FNB, How the Hell can we believe you?

  15 May 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Tales of great marketing communication from our own political Twilight Zone - and Volvo breaks the advertising mould

  1 May 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Getting lost in translation is one thing, but using someone else's incorrect, and dangerous, garbage is something totally different

  24 Apr 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Country roads, take me home... to the ad which makes me want to take a road trip

  17 Apr 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Orchids for Wimpy cuteness - but Onions for PR sloppiness...

  10 Apr 2018

#OrchidsandOnions: When cute becomes cloying and how to win (and lose) at the car insurance business
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#OrchidsandOnions: When cute becomes cloying and how to win (and lose) at the car insurance business

  27 Mar 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: "Cityproof" Nissan Qashqai hits the urban edgy spot, but latest Castle Lager ad has no fizz, bru (brew?)...

  20 Mar 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Corporate social responsibility should be more than a clever marketing con trick...

  13 Mar 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: When kindness can be deadly... and when bad PR means a lost opportunity

  7 Mar 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Up and over - to the place called Obsession gets an Orchid for Toyota's Prado...

  27 Feb 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Real appeal for real people is how Kia's Sportage rolls... but who let Sanral's strange Valentine's Day road map out in public?

  20 Feb 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Back to the Future, with science. But, Vodacom needs to get back to the basics of customer service...

  14 Feb 2018

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You're on the air, Jacob G...

  13 Feb 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Men are more of a risk - true story. Windhoek Lager ad - untrue story.

  23 Jan 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Lesbians at the dinner table? Who cares? We're more worried about our taxpayer cash being squandered

  17 Jan 2018

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#OrchidsandOnions: Hey Proteas! We're coming for you! And Appletiser puts the air in airhead...

  11 Jan 2018

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