#OrchidsandOnions: When the best part of a Springbok match is the ad at half time...

[Brendan Seery] To say that the most entertaining slice of television during the Springbok-Ireland game was an advertisement is not so much a compliment for a clever piece of creative marketing inspiration as it is an indictment of how badly the Boks played...

#FMAdFocus2017: The elephant in the room - The role of digital

[Danette Breitenbach] The elephant in the room remains the unanswered question of 'what is the role of digital in the industry'...

#ATFexpo17: The clothing, footwear and textile trade's one-stop shop

[Lauren Hartzenberg] The ATF Trade Exhibition and co-located China Premium Tex expo provides local and international players in the apparel, footwear and textile trade with a space to connect...

#NewCampaign: SweepSouth gives back Friday

[Jessica Tennant] Inspired by the global trend towards giving back instead of getting on Black Friday, local home cleaning company SweepSouth is transferring the savings it would usually give to its customers on a day like this and handing them back to its 'SweepStars'. Here's how it works...

#FMAdFocus2017: Top student nominee: Raquel Ribeiro

[Juanita Pienaar] Raquel Ribeiro, a communication design student at the University of Johannesburg, was recently announced as one of three finalists in the student category of the 2017 AdFocus Awards...

BBM Messenger's Adam Pattison on chat, dark social and the new mobile economy

[Jessica Tennant] On his visit to South Africa for the MMA (Mobile Marketing Association) Forum in Johannesburg on 2 November and Mobile Monday in Cape Town on 6 November, Adam Pattison, vice president, Americas & EMEA at BBM Messenger, shared insights into chat or dark social and how this is shaping the mobile economy...

What to do and where to stay in Zanzibar

[Ruth Cooper] The heat slams your entire body in a suffocating, damp caress as soon as you step out of the plane's air-conditioned coolness; immediately curling hair into little frizzy ringlets and dew-ifying the face. It's overwhelming for a Capetonian used to fresh sea breezes and dry heats - Jambo Zanzibar, there is no mistaking we have arrived upon your welcoming shores!

#Pendoring2017: Praat met... Abnormal Group

[Leigh Andrews] The Pendoring Awards not only reward marketing communication in all of SA's indigenous languages apart from English, they've also created their own ranking. I found out why fifth-ranked Abnormal Group believes brands need to realise the power of mother-tongue communication in preserving our heritage...

Lessons for SA's 650,000 entrepreneurial businesses from BrightRock

[Leigh Andrews] Entrepreneurial inspiration from Suzanne Stevens, one of four founders and currently executive director of marketing at BrightRock since 2011, chosen for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women programme in 2013...

Retailers to watch this Black Friday, Cyber Monday

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Retailers and consumers alike are readying themselves for snaking queues and extended shopping hours in-store and online this Black Friday, falling on 24 November this year...

#EntrepreneurMonth: Behind the scenes of SA's top festivals with Steyn Entertainment

[Ruth Cooper] We got in touch with Steyn Entertainment director George Avakian to go behind the scenes of what it takes to successfully manage one of South Africa's biggest and most popular music fests for #EntrpreneurMonth.

Fake news: Welcome to the Mad Hatter's tea party

[Danette Breitenbach] Fake news was the topic of one of the sessions at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference that took place recently at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) campus in Johannesburg...

TV we got right

[Chris Brewer] There's one thing I've been meaning to write about for a long time - a very long time, in fact - and it has to do with an aspect of our broadcasting talents that I've neglected to thank. Yes, ultimately the SABC (who would have thought...

Wonder Woman saves the day for Justice League

[Natalie Le Clue] The last time director Zack Snyder was left in charge of a DC movie, he produced the dreadful Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Undeterred, he's returned at the helm of Justice League.

The rise of the emoji and the public rating system

[Scott Cundill] Scott Cundill writes that the emoji is a powerful tool that can help businesses get paid quicker...

Eight tips for building your personal brand

[Stephen Marshal] Building up your personal brand is the most difficult and yet the most rewarding process for an entrepreneur...

Empowering millennials through mobility

[Des Fenner] The millennial generation is changing the game globally - more specifically: how they communicate with businesses, what and how they purchase, and what they value most...

#Newsmaker: Justine Cullinan wins Veuve Clicquot Elle Boss Corporate Award

[Jessica Tennant] 5FM's station manager Justine Cullinan won the Corporate Award at the Veuve Clicquot Elle Boss Awards on Thursday, 9 November. It was just her and overall winner Amanda Dambuza, founder and director of consulting company Uyandiswa, who took home awards on the night...