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Xolisa Dyeshana, chief creative officer and partner at Joe Public, gives lessons from his experience as 2025’s Cannes Audio & Radio jury president (Image by Danette Bretienbach © Bizcommunity)

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From left to right: Julia Kleber, CEO and Lexi Hall, director Africa. Source: Supplied.

Lexi Hall leads Kleber Group’s new Cape Town office

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Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free launch Project 3, a global creative agency

Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free launch Project 3, a global creative agency

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Kamers/Makers: A new look, rooted in legacy

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Medalla is one of the standout creative strategy campaigns.

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The Brief: Real-time relevance with long-view insight

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Source: © Joburg etc Former SuperSport CEO Marc Jury has been appointed group CEO of sports marketing agency Megapro, effective 1 September 2025.

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South Africa’s Most Recommended Brands for 2025 revealed

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New head of video entertainment for SABC

New head of video entertainment for SABC

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Source: © LinkedIn Mike Wright, a Red & Yellow marketing student

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Frank van den Driest, founder of the Institute for Real Growth (Image supplied)

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Winning careers start where you study: Red and Yellow Creative School for Business’ October Open Day

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Legendary SA film producer Andre Scholtz of Oh Shucks fame, passes away

Legendary SA film producer Andre Scholtz of Oh Shucks fame, passes away

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From darkness to light: Changing media narratives about Africa

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Cybersecurity company Surfshark’s Naked People campaign in London raised awareness about social media security practices and the exploitation of user data (Image supplied)

Surfshark’s Naked People campaign calls out top social media companies for privacy invasions

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The ARB ruled that the chocolate was reasonably milk tart flavoured.

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Karabo Ledwaba 2 Oct 2024

The 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards have announced the Gqeberha regional winners across the competition’s 12 categories (Image supplied)

2024 Vodacom Journalist Awards: Regional winners for Gqeberha

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Now is the time for retailers to prepare for the peak shopping season

Now is the time for retailers to prepare for the peak shopping season

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Absa champions women’s empowerment with dynamic ‘In My Story’ campaign and strategic investments

Absa champions women’s empowerment with dynamic ‘In My Story’ campaign and strategic investments

OnPoint PR 2 Oct 2024

Levergy kicks-off awards season with 18 wins across New Generation and Prisms

Levergy kicks-off awards season with 18 wins across New Generation and Prisms

Levergy 2 Oct 2024

AI in SEO: Ushering in a new era of search engine optimisation

AI in SEO: Ushering in a new era of search engine optimisation

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Ogilvy PR scores multiple wins at Prism Awards 2024

Ogilvy PR scores multiple wins at Prism Awards 2024

Ogilvy South Africa 2 Oct 2024

Why hundreds of South African companies advertise on BusinessTech

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Overall Events & Communication celebrates 15 years of excellence in event management

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Publicis Groupe Africa celebrates success at New Gen Awards 2024

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Publicis Groupe Africa 2 Oct 2024

The Top Women Awards celebrates 21 years of gender empowerment! Entries now open

The Top Women Awards celebrates 21 years of gender empowerment! Entries now open

Topco Media 2 Oct 2024

Human8 announces appointment of Peter Teachman as chief operating officer

Human8 announces appointment of Peter Teachman as chief operating officer

Human8 2 Oct 2024

'Add a bit of vernac M': Unpopular opinion by a senior strategic copywriter

'Add a bit of vernac M': Unpopular opinion by a senior strategic copywriter

Mahlatse Mokautu, Wetpaint Advertising 2 Oct 2024

Google invites Black SA founders to apply for startup funding

Google invites Black SA founders to apply for startup funding

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Cybersecurity company Surfshark’s Naked People campaign in London raised awareness about social media security practices and the exploitation of user data (Image supplied)

Surfshark’s Naked People campaign calls out top social media companies for privacy invasions

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Source: © 123rf Nivea has launched Nivea Connect, a global social mission to combat social isolation and promote meaningful connections

Nivea Connect combats growing social isolation, promotes meaningful connections

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Razor’s Kalay Maistry leads Africa’s representation on PRCA Global Board

Razor’s Kalay Maistry leads Africa’s representation on PRCA Global Board

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(Image supplied) Virgin Active's global Leave the cult, Join the club campaign has premiered this September

Virgin Active’s new campaign Leave the cult, Join the club cuts through wellness fiction

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