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

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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.

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)

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#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

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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’s tribute to those who saw humansPaul Reynell

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Nashua wants you to know it does More Than Print

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South Africa’s Most Recommended Brands for 2025 revealed

South Africa’s Most Recommended Brands for 2025 revealed

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Tribunal dismisses MultiChoice’s bid to halt merger case with SABC

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#OrchidsandOnions: SA Tourism swaps celebrity power for storytelling in new ad

#OrchidsandOnions: SA Tourism swaps celebrity power for storytelling in new ad

Brendan Seery 14 Apr 2025

Business Day: Your trusted, insightful business news – made more accessible – Out today!

Business Day: Your trusted, insightful business news – made more accessible – Out today!

Tiisetso Motsoeneng 14 Apr 2025

Q&A with Sinenhlanhla Mdiya on Basa’s new corporate identity

Q&A with Sinenhlanhla Mdiya on Basa’s new corporate identity

Business and Arts South Africa 14 Apr 2025

‘Get sky high without a dealer’: Property ad sparks humour vs sensitivity debate

‘Get sky high without a dealer’: Property ad sparks humour vs sensitivity debate

Karabo Ledwaba 14 Apr 2025

Source: © Dubai Lynx Held after the Lynx Awards, the Winners’ Lunch celebrates the success and creativity of the teams that took home Awards for their work

All the 2025 Dubai Lynx Awards

14 Apr 2025

Mary Beth West, a senior strategist from the US, challenges the industry to confront its role in blurring the lines between advocacy, ideology, and profit at the World Communications Forum Association’s Davos Communications Summit (Image supplied by Lebo Madiba)

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - Bell Pottinger’s legacy and the shifting terrain of PR, ethics and geopolitics

Lebo Madiba 14 Apr 2025

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Essential tips for professionals attending networking events

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Steenberg Wines unveil new flagship wine labels

Steenberg Wines unveil new flagship wine labels

14 Apr 2025

Roar Media and Red October Technologies announce strategic collaboration to transform media landscape

Roar Media and Red October Technologies announce strategic collaboration to transform media landscape

Red October Technologies 14 Apr 2025

Carni Wilkens appointed chief growth officer at dentsu South Africa

Carni Wilkens appointed chief growth officer at dentsu South Africa

Dentsu 14 Apr 2025

Roland Gaspar hands afternoon Drive Show mic to Sam Ludidi

Roland Gaspar hands afternoon Drive Show mic to Sam Ludidi

Algoa FM 14 Apr 2025

Wake Up with Daily Maverick: A bold new morning talk series at the Hermanus Fynarts Festival

Wake Up with Daily Maverick: A bold new morning talk series at the Hermanus Fynarts Festival

Daily Maverick 14 Apr 2025

This year’s Loeries campaign from Halo is something completely different, and a break with the clichéd ‘black and gold’ look and feel for an awards event (Image supplied)

#Loeries2025: "Is this all you’ve got? Then, you are not yet done!” Halo’s Loeries 2025 campaign

11 Apr 2025

Prada Group to acquire 100% of Versace

Prada Group to acquire 100% of Versace

11 Apr 2025

#BehindtheSelfie: Adriana Woolridge, marketing manager at Homemation

#BehindtheSelfie: Adriana Woolridge, marketing manager at Homemation

Karabo Ledwaba 11 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf The Director’s Guild of South Africa (DGSA) has launched the first Annual DGSA Creatives Awards that will celebrate directors

First Annual DGSA Creative Awards for directors launches

11 Apr 2025

Lebo Madiba is at the World Communications Forum Association’s Davos Communications Summit. Here, she reports on the message from the keynote speaker, Paul Holmes, founder and chair of PRovoke Media (Image supplied)

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - The Chaos Dividend - Corporate Affairs must lead with pattern recognition, not panic

Lebo Madiba 11 Apr 2025

The VMPL is coming to Joburg! Is your team ready to smash it with location precision?

The VMPL is coming to Joburg! Is your team ready to smash it with location precision?

Vicinity Media 11 Apr 2025

Makro to open 23rd store in Eastern Cape; its first since 2019

Makro to open 23rd store in Eastern Cape; its first since 2019

11 Apr 2025

SA agency DoubleShift makes global impact with UK client wins

SA agency DoubleShift makes global impact with UK client wins

DoubleShift 11 Apr 2025

Gibs in collaboration with Daily Maverick launches groundbreaking media executive programme

Gibs in collaboration with Daily Maverick launches groundbreaking media executive programme

Daily Maverick 11 Apr 2025

#BizTrends2025: Discovery - Visa: 2025 the year of returning to the office

#BizTrends2025: Discovery - Visa: 2025 the year of returning to the office

Danette Breitenbach 10 Apr 2025

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Documentary lands Ethiopian journalists in hot water amid terrorism accusations

10 Apr 2025

The One Club for Creativity has opened the call for entries for the 10th annual Next Creative Leaders 2025, a free global competition recognising women, non-binary, and trans creatives on the rise (Image supplied)

The One Club Global Next Creative Leaders 2025 entries open

10 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Trust in advertising has dropped by eight percent, despite the claim that 71% appreciate brands that engage in social issues, over half still feel underrepresented in advertising, highlighting a disconnect

Advertising trust drops 8% - indicates a disconnect with consumers

10 Apr 2025

Minister de Lille launches Easter tourism campaign from Cape Town dunes

Minister de Lille launches Easter tourism campaign from Cape Town dunes

10 Apr 2025

How Dove is repositioning its brand in the age of dermocosmetics

10 Apr 2025

Daily Maverick triumphs at WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Africa 2025

Daily Maverick triumphs at WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards Africa 2025

Daily Maverick 10 Apr 2025

Agentic AI: Are we building castles on quicksand?

Agentic AI: Are we building castles on quicksand?

Ari Ramkilowan & Stef Adonis, Helm 10 Apr 2025

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Source: © Dubai Lynx Held after the Lynx Awards, the Winners’ Lunch celebrates the success and creativity of the teams that took home Awards for their work

All the 2025 Dubai Lynx Awards

14 Apr 2025

Kantar Creative Effectiveness Awards 2025. Connecting with people in the age of AI

Kantar Creative Effectiveness Awards 2025. Connecting with people in the age of AI

Kantar 9 Apr 2025

Ogilvy SA top African agency in the Warc Effectiveness Awards 2025 shortlist

8 Apr 2025

MTN teams up with UK's Synamedia to launch African streaming platform

MTN teams up with UK's Synamedia to launch African streaming platform

7 Apr 2025

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