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RAPT BizTrendsTV | Faith Popcorn: The people's pushback trend

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Medalla is one of the standout creative strategy campaigns.

#CreativeCircle2025: How a thief, a tennis racket, and Cannes reminded me why strategy mattersKarabo Ledwaba

The Brief is a premium, fast-paced current affairs programme that brings together eNCA's broadcast power and the Sunday Times' editorial insight (Image supplied)

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

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

Former SuperSport CEO to lead Megapro

Source: © 123rf Flow Marketplace is a commerce media platform that allows advertisers to browse, select, and activate hundreds of premium first-party audiences in just a few clicks

Shoppable audience marketplace for advertisers launches

South Africa’s Most Recommended Brands for 2025 revealed

South Africa’s Most Recommended Brands for 2025 revealedKLA

New head of video entertainment for SABC

New head of video entertainment for SABC

The class graduated in July in Cape Town. Source: Supplied.

8 rising SA creators graduate from Dentsu School of Influence

Source: © 123rf Beate Stiehler-Mulder says marketers need to promote a more sustainable consumption culture

Marketers need to promote a more sustainable consumption cultureBeate Stiehler-Mulder

Lebogang Mashangoane, PR account director at the Riverbed Agency, says we need to ask what modern PR looks like in an AI-powered world. (Image supplied)

#WPRD2025 | Riverbed’s Lebogang Mashangoane: Modern PR in an AI-powered worldLebogang Mashangoane

#WPRD2025 | The PR prescription: Ditch the grind, reclaim your mind

#WPRD2025 | The PR prescription: Ditch the grind, reclaim your mindVista Kalipa, OnPoint PR

Sam Gqomo says PR is shaping society, and it’s about time (Photo Credit: Khanya Mpahlwa)

#WPRD2025 | Sam Gqomo: PR is shaping society, it’s about timeSam Gqomo

Vaughan Croeser, Vice President of Marketing at The South African Breweries (AbInBev). Image supplied.

#BehindtheIMC | Vaughan Croeser on creativity, experience, and the beer industry's impactChloe Posthumus

#WPRD2025 | Red Ribbon's Ronelle Bester: In a polarised world, PR is building trust

#WPRD2025 | Red Ribbon's Ronelle Bester: In a polarised world, PR is building trustRonelle Bester

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Prada Group posts strong first-half 2025 results despite global challenges

The Stella Artois Perfect Trade Vending Machine outside a pub in London, UK (Image supplied)

#InternationalBeerDay: A free draught celebrating local bars

Ford’s latest TVC campaign celebrates the essence of what it means to Live the Ranger Life (Image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign | Ford’s Live the Ranger Life: Off-road and on message

Source: © 123rf New Warc and TikTok research shows how social and video have changed the way we seek, find and buy

Warc: 3 key opportunities for marketers in the new era of search

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OpenSky billboard deemed sexist and offensiveKarabo Ledwaba

The cost of efficiency on quality

The cost of efficiency on qualityAdvertising Media Forum

Source: © 123rf The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies’ third draft of the White Paper on Audio and Audio-Visual Media Services and Online Safety proposes a sweeping redefinition of what counts as “media".

Proposed regulations redefine media, reshapes how brands track narratives

Vikas Mehta, regional CEO – Sub-Saharan Africa, Ogilvy Africa Network and Dr Myriam Sidibe.

Ogilvy Africa and Brands on a Mission join forces for social impact

Paul Reynell, Prisa vice-president and Paddington Station PR MD, pays tribute to the PR professionals who have transformed and inspired (Image supplied)

#WPRD2025 | Paul Reynell: A tribute to those who saw humansPaul Reynell

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South Africa’s ‘Chicken Wars’ redefining the fast food industry

South Africa’s ‘Chicken Wars’ redefining the fast food industry

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Kate Bester is project and contracts Manager at Jet Demolition

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Kate Bester 23 Jan 2025

Pictured: Tracy Jones (left) and Cherná Lutta (right).

PR struggles: The double-edged sword of social media and career mobility

23 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

2024 in-app purchase revenue up to $150bn, but app downloads decrease

23 Jan 2025

CPI increases in December

CPI increases in December

23 Jan 2025

#BehindtheCampaign: AutoTrader Do It Big brand campaign scores big with consumers

23 Jan 2025

Chicken Licken is not making fun of OCD, says the ARB.

Chicken Licken, Joe Public 'not making fun of OCD,' says advertising regulator

Karabo Ledwaba 23 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Penquin’s Tyrell Stevens - Predictive personalisation transforming digital marketing

#BizTrends2025: Penquin’s Tyrell Stevens - Predictive personalisation transforming digital marketing

Tyrell Stevens 23 Jan 2025

From speed to smiles: Redefining CX in telecoms

From speed to smiles: Redefining CX in telecoms

Ask Afrika 23 Jan 2025

South Africa's holiday retail spend jumps by 7%

South Africa's holiday retail spend jumps by 7%

22 Jan 2025

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The One Show 2025 recognises AI's impact on creativity with new category

22 Jan 2025

2025 Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme opens with an expanded intake

2025 Samro Music Business Publisher Training Programme opens with an expanded intake

22 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Vodacom’s Andisa Ntsubane – The anatomy of winning brands in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Vodacom’s Andisa Ntsubane – The anatomy of winning brands in 2025

Andisa Ntsubane 22 Jan 2025

Nedbank selects DNA Brand Architects as PR partner

22 Jan 2025

1 in 3 South Africans use Temu: survey reveals insights into consumer behavior

1 in 3 South Africans use Temu: survey reveals insights into consumer behavior

22 Jan 2025

Apple the world’s most valuable brand… again

22 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: 7 steps to riding the next tech PR industry wave

#BizTrends2025: 7 steps to riding the next tech PR industry wave

Ronelle Bester 22 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: AI’s influence on South African schools in 2025

#BizTrends2025: AI’s influence on South African schools in 2025

Shaun Fuchs 22 Jan 2025

Delta Victor Bravo appoints Sharon Keith as non-executive director and chief coach

Delta Victor Bravo appoints Sharon Keith as non-executive director and chief coach

eatbigfish 22 Jan 2025

Big 2025 on the way for Smart Money

Big 2025 on the way for Smart Money

Broad Media 22 Jan 2025

Final call: Entries for Product of the Year 2025 close 31 January

Final call: Entries for Product of the Year 2025 close 31 January

Product of the Year South Africa 22 Jan 2025

Spar and Bata join forces in the Start Like No Other campaign

Spar and Bata join forces in the Start Like No Other campaign

21 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - what lies ahead for low-cost air travel in Africa

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - what lies ahead for low-cost air travel in Africa

Kirby Gordon 21 Jan 2025

Novus Media recently acquired Media24’s 21 community newspaper titles, and Kick-Off and Soccer Laduma. says community newspapers and magazines are thriving (Image supplied)

Print is not dead as community and special-interest media thrive

21 Jan 2025

#OrchidsandOnions: How AutoTrader’s humour-driven ads are shaking up car marketing

#OrchidsandOnions: How AutoTrader’s humour-driven ads are shaking up car marketing

Brendan Seery 21 Jan 2025

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VML tackles representation with Africa-focused AI image generator

21 Jan 2025

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5 commercials that show how David Lynch elevated advertising to an art form

Jonatan Sodergren 21 Jan 2025

Michelle Rawlinson and Melissa Steele, Nortons Inc

#BizTrends2025: The fight against corruption in South Africa

Michelle Rawlinson and Melissa Steele 21 Jan 2025

Dr Manessah Alagbaoso, the Head: Business Ecosystems and Sustainability for the Standard Bank Group Business and Commercial Banking Unit

#BizTrends2025: Mainstreaming sustainability

Dr Manessah Alagbaoso 21 Jan 2025

Global giants reshape South Africa’s e-commerce landscape

Global giants reshape South Africa’s e-commerce landscape

21 Jan 2025

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Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

2024 in-app purchase revenue up to $150bn, but app downloads decrease

23 Jan 2025

Apple the world’s most valuable brand… again

22 Jan 2025

Inaugural Africa-focused Massmart Growth Summit set for April 2025

Inaugural Africa-focused Massmart Growth Summit set for April 2025

15 Jan 2025

Andy Awards The International Andy Awards has released its shortlist with SA heading up the Africa shortlist

Andys' Africa shortlist announced, Nigeria’s Steve Babaeko on Andy Awards Global Jury 20025

14 Jan 2025

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