Marketing & Media South Africa

Stats SA's recession announcement in early September only served to confirm what we've all known for a long time: The South African economy is struggling. In those circumstances, companies are bound to start looking for places to tighten their belts...

The MMA SA Smarties shortlist has been announced, as part of the global mobile marketing awards programme that honours innovation and creativity while measuring the impact and success of mobile on business...

As creatives, we often face the daunting task of having to present our work to a client. Your blood, sweat and tears went into conceptualising and creating a new campaign, and now you have to face a cold boardroom and present your work to an audience that just doesn't have the same emotional connection that you have to your work...

I recently gave a cause marketing presentation to Amasa in Cape Town at the Red and Yellow School and it struck me that there's a unique synergy between our diversity and our advertising. So, in honour of Heritage Month here are my top five reasons why South Africans make memorable marketing...

How many brands sent out 'Happy Heritage Day' messages yesterday and what were they hoping to achieve by doing so?...

In light of the annual WEF Gender Gap Report, Ayanda Seboni, group executive of brand, marketing and communications at PPS, shares ways for females to stay relevant and effectively future-proof their careers...

Jessica Tennant interviews fair curator Cassandra Twala to find out more about her involvement in the Sanlam Handmade Contemporary Fair over the years and what she's most excited about this year...