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The Nielsen Sports SA’s Annual Trends Breakfast featured a panel of (l to r) Tumelo Selikane - MD Nielsen Sports SA, Errol Madlala - commercial & marketing manager, SAFA, Mtunzi Jonas - chief commercial officer, Cricket South Africa, Bronson Mokabela - GM: marketing, communications & commercial, SASCOC and Ryan Cumming - head of marketing, SuperSport.

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Vicinity Media 6 Jun 2025

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Mark Read, WPP's CEO for the past seven years, will retire at the end of 2025 (Image: WPP)

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The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2025 have been announced (Image supplied)

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