#WomensMonth | Lerato Agency's Tshegofatso Stone - From creator to communicator

[Karabo Ledwaba] Alongside leading communications for Meta South Africa at Lerato Agency, Tshegofatso Stone built a loyal following as the creator behind Cucumbers & Cream...

#Orchids&Onions: How Volkswagen mended my broken heart – and why its new ad hits home

[Brendan Seery] Brendan Seery reflects on the Volkswagen ad that helped heal his disappointment with a previous car purchase and explains why the brand's revived 75th anniversary campaign still resonates decades later...

#WomensMonth | Brave Collective’s Taryn Hunter Sharman: Inspiring African women to redefine success

[Danette Breitenbach] The Brave Collective's Fortune Favours the Brave. Own It. takes place this week, Wednesday, 5 August. Bizcommunity talks to Taryn Hunter Sharman, the co-founder of the Brave Collective...

Google Search Console now tracks social content: What South African marketers need to know

[Casey Mantle] Casey Mantle, head of digital at Special Effects Media South Africa looks at what marketers need to know now that Google Search Console tracks social content...

#WomensMonth | Nadia Jaftha on pushing SA’s creator economy from influence to ownership

[Evan-Lee Courie] Behind the polished social media feeds, Nadia Jaftha, co-founder of Ace Labs, is a businesswoman who has deliberately shifted her focus from being the face of brands to building businesses...

#WPRD2026 | PR’s Golden Age will belong to those who understand people, not just platforms

[Lebogang Mashangoane] Lebogang Mashangoane, account director at Riverbed PR says PR’s Golden Age will belong to those who understand people...

#WPRD2026 | The Human Rhythm: The pattern communicators keep ignoring

[paul reynell] Paul Reynell, Paddington Station PR founder and managing director, says it is time PR recognises a simple human truth…

#WPRD2026 | 4 Principles for managing a crisis in the AI era

[Madelain Roscher] Madelain Roscher, CEO of PR Worx, explores how artificial intelligence has fundamentally changed crisis and reputation management...

Companies where finance trusts marketing grow nearly twice as fast - Brave Group

[Musa Kalenga] New research puts a hard number on an old feud. And it should change how every board treats the marketing budget...

What Nonhle Thema’s story reveals about the Creator Economy’s redemption problem

[Lerato Motloung] Long before influencer marketing had budgets and playbooks, personalities like Nonhle were experimenting with digital platforms, building audiences, and proving that influence could exist outside traditional media...

#WPRD26 | From a quiet foundation to 3 habits of diplomacy PR needs to steal

[Bradly Howland] Bradly Howland, CEO, Alkemi Collective says corporate reputation now behaves like statecraft, but most of the PR profession is still equipped for something else...

Nostalgia: The catalyst for relevance, connection and growth in the brand archive

[Bonita Christie] Nostalgia is a powerful commerce lever, says Bonita Christie, business unit director, Digitas...

#WPRD2026 | The real threat to PR Isn't AI. It's complacency.

[Karabo Ledwaba] Marketing & Media editor Karabo Ledwaba argues that PR's biggest challenge isn't AI or media databases—it's forgetting the fundamentals of knowing the media...

Jacobs Coffee on balancing innovation and brand leadership

[Domaine Rautenbach] Jacobs Coffee explores how brands can embrace innovation while staying rooted in trust, familiarity and consumer connection...

What's your A*Pop? South Africa deserves its own pop nostalgia

[Karabo Ledwaba] The debate around Tyla's new album says less about Africa and more about how we misunderstand authenticity, nostalgia and cultural identity...

#WPRD2026 | What's the story that deserves to exist?

[Mike Sharman] To make an idea newsworthy, it must be worthy of the news, says Retroviral's Mike Sharman...

Sanef weighs in on FM, Currency lack of diversity

[Karabo Ledwaba] The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has welcomed the Financial Mail and Currency newsroom's commitment to improve representation...

#WPRD2026 | PR is not a shortcut to credibility; 5 questions to determine media readiness

[Nokuthula Khwela] Nokuthula Khwela, strategic communications practitioner says media readiness is the conversation African businesses keep avoiding…

#WPRD2026 | A Golden Age of Strategic PR must also be a golden age of disclosures

[Solly Moeng] A Golden Age of Strategic PR must also be a golden age of disclosures, says reputation strategist, Solly Moeng...

IT: A potentially dangerous blind spot in SA advertising

[Warren Lawrence] Warren Lawrence, Head of Group IT at the Up&Up Group says the view that IT in advertising is a cost centre is out of date…