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Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards 2025

Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards 2025

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May the 4th be with you: The internet celebrates Star Wars DayChloe Posthumus

Boxer has launched its newest division, BMedia. Pictured: (Right) Paul Coetzee, group executive: commercial, marketing, retail media and factories officially welcomes Bmedia’s head of department (left) Adrian Naidoo to the Boxer Family at Boxer’s head office in Westville, KZN (Image @ Boxer)

Discount supermarket launches 360° retail media division

A complaint against MultiChoice and Altech has been referred to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution by the Competition Commission (Image source: © 123rf )

MultiChoice and Altech referred to Competition Tribunal for prosecution

Dove launches a nationwide search for South Africa’s most inspiring creators. Pictured left to right: Mpoomy Ledwaba, Coachella Randy, Lwandile Makhaza, and Thickleeyonce are members of the Dove Creator Council (Image supplied)

#SkinThatDoves | Dove launches nationwide search for SA’s most inspiring creators

Marketers and agencies need to ensure their values align (Image source: © 123rf )

Part 2: Less noise, more nerve | Marketers: Focus on headline earnings, not awards

At the Davos Communications Summit, Paul Holmes, founder and CEO of PRovoke Media, cautioned about AI (Image supplied)

Can trust be measured in an AI world?Lebo Madiba

Warc global ad outlook. Source: Warc.

Warc Media: Meta outperforms, YouTube misses as AI reshapes online ad growth

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Meta expands parental controls with teen AI visibility, joining rivalsKarabo Ledwaba

Lebo Madiba,(left) founder and managing director of PR Powerhouse, received the prestigious Gold award for Powerful Voice in Communication at the World Communications Forum Association (WCFA) awards in Davos, Switzerland (Image supplied)

Top African PR professional receives international gold award

With more channels, more data, more expectations and less room for waste, marketers are under increasing pressure (Image source: © 123rf )

Part 1: Less noise, more nerve | How South African marketers are spending smarter; creating braver

Platter’s wine guide editor Philip van Zyl steps down after 28 years

Platter’s wine guide editor Philip van Zyl steps down after 28 years

A key theme going into 2026 is social engineering and the impact that has on fraud (Image source: Spend Trend 2026 Report)

#BizTrends | Spend Trend 2026 Part 1: Social engineering and its impact on fraudDanette Breitenbach

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L’Oréal, Eucerin face off over “#1” claim as ARB rulesKarabo Ledwaba

Makhudu Sefara is the editor of the Sunday Times

Sunday Times editor Makhudu Sefara placed on special leave amid SIU probe

CMO Council's Marketing’s Power Partners: AI and the Human Essence report explains why AI alone doesn’t deliver growth (Image source: © 123rf )

Why AI alone doesn’t deliver growth - it needs human marketers

Boxer has launched its newest division, BMedia. Pictured: (Right) Paul Coetzee, group executive: commercial, marketing, retail media and factories officially welcomes Bmedia’s head of department (left) Adrian Naidoo to the Boxer Family at Boxer’s head office in Westville, KZN (Image @ Boxer)

Discount supermarket launches 360° retail media division

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#OneShow2019: Joe Hutchinson judging pick of the day

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Congratulations to the 2019 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards winners! Katya Stead @katyalebeque (South Africa), @TheAlushula (Kenya) @BSarabetty (Morocco).

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Leigh Andrews 2 Apr 2019

European Digital Media Awards: Winners announced!

European Digital Media Awards: Winners announced!

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Juanita Pienaar 2 Apr 2019

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Warc shares insights from the world's best campaigns

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The Cape Town International Animation Festival: Springboard for success!

The Cape Town International Animation Festival: Springboard for success!

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#WalkToTheBeat of kindness at this year's Discovery ECR Big Walk

#WalkToTheBeat of kindness at this year's Discovery ECR Big Walk

East Coast Radio 2 Apr 2019

Tractor Transit: We are now able to track your bus campaigns

Tractor Transit: We are now able to track your bus campaigns

Tractor Outdoor 2 Apr 2019

Digital Agency Showcase 2019 | 1 day. 6 leading digital agencies. In 1 room.

Digital Agency Showcase 2019 | 1 day. 6 leading digital agencies. In 1 room.

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Meet BreadCrumbs: South Africa's first behavioural linguistics firm

Meet BreadCrumbs: South Africa's first behavioural linguistics firm

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Radio is dead, long live r@dio!

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Warren Ravinsky 1 Apr 2019

From the daring to the daft: 2019's April Fools jokes rated

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Andy Walker 1 Apr 2019

#PowerofMom2019: Women transition from 'selfish' to 'conscious' spenders

#PowerofMom2019: Women transition from 'selfish' to 'conscious' spenders

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"We are what we see" - Marian Salzman

Juanita Pienaar 1 Apr 2019

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Ask Dr Google. The pros and cons of online diagnosis

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PoPI, social media and influencers

PoPI, social media and influencers

Johanna McDowell 1 Apr 2019

What do we mean by influencers in South African terms?

What do we mean by influencers in South African terms?

Anne Dolinschek 1 Apr 2019

#OneShow2019: Kelly Woh's judging pick of the day

#OneShow2019: Kelly Woh's judging pick of the day

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Different SA time zones, because loadshedding? The best of April Fool's Day 2019

Different SA time zones, because loadshedding? The best of April Fool's Day 2019

Leigh Andrews 1 Apr 2019

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#FairnessFirst: Stock images that finally reflect real women in Africa

Leigh Andrews 1 Apr 2019

The Marketing Achievement Awards and Summit moves to June 2019

The Marketing Achievement Awards and Summit moves to June 2019

Flow Communications 1 Apr 2019

Fostering a mindset of innovation

Fostering a mindset of innovation

Dentsu 1 Apr 2019

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Primedia Broadcasting 1 Apr 2019

Amasa Media Management course

Amasa Media Management course

AMASA 1 Apr 2019

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Afda 1 Apr 2019

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Congratulations to the 2019 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards winners! Katya Stead @katyalebeque (South Africa), @TheAlushula (Kenya) @BSarabetty (Morocco).

Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism award winners

2 Apr 2019

European Digital Media Awards: Winners announced!

European Digital Media Awards: Winners announced!

2 Apr 2019

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First 24-hour Kenyan TV business channel launches

2 Apr 2019

A Tanzanian shoe-shiner conducts his business underneath an election poster for then ruling party presidential candidate, and later president, John Magufuli, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on October 27, 2015. On March 28, 2019, the East African Court of Justice found that multiple sections of Tanzania's Media Services Act restrict press freedom. Credit: CPJ/AP Photo/Khalfan Said.

Tanzania media laws violate press freedom

1 Apr 2019

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