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Source: © 123rf The judges for Shop! South Africa’s 2025 Shopper Marketing Awards, now in its third year, have been announced

Shop! SA 2025 awards judges panel comprises industry heavyweights

Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of X

Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of XKarabo Ledwaba

Source: © 123rf Sam Swaine, founder of Audibly, says podcasts have moved beyond a content trend to become a necessary growth engine for brands

Podcasts: From content trend to growth engine for brandsSam Swaine

#WPRD2025: Bizcommunity joins global PR community in celebrating World PR Day

#WPRD2025: Bizcommunity joins global PR community in celebrating World PR Day

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MTN Business and Cloudflare expand partnership to deliver managed security across South Africa

MTN Business and Cloudflare expand partnership to deliver managed security across South AfricaMTN

The finalists were announced on 9 July 2025. Source: Supplied

All the 2025 Bookmark Awards finalists

#BehindtheCampaign: The Street Store’s Sustainable Disclaimer to fast fashion

#BehindtheCampaign: The Street Store’s Sustainable Disclaimer to fast fashion

Nigerian executive joins ICC's global marketing commission leadership

Nigerian executive joins ICC's global marketing commission leadership

Coca-Cola rolls out 2-litre returnable PET bottles

Coca-Cola rolls out 2-litre returnable PET bottles

(L to r:) Adetutu Laditan, founder, creative director, Woof Studios, Lagos, Bongiwe Neema Nouse, creative director, The Odd Number, Alison Hingle, senior creative, Joe Public United, have been chosen to sit on the One Club’s Young Guns 23 Jury (IOmage by Lesley, Svenson © Bizcommunity)

Joe Public and The Odd Number's young creatives on Young Guns 23 jury

Cape Town’s new creative hub offers free support for entrepreneurs

Cape Town’s new creative hub offers free support for entrepreneurs

African journalists awarded grants to tackle critical health issues

African journalists awarded grants to tackle critical health issues

Novus Group’s latest circulation report reveals mass closures, digital migrations, and surprising community resilience across the March 2024 to March 2025 period (Image supplied)

SA’s print media’s moment of reckoning as news consumption shifts to digital platforms

Source: © 123rf For the first time in the decade-long history of Agency Scope in South Africa, participation is on track to surge to a record 710 interviews

Marketers make their voices heard, as Agency Scope participation almost quadruples

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Standard Bank partners with Zoe Modiga in new campaign

How small businesses can turn PR into real growth

How small businesses can turn PR into real growthNadia Hearn

World News Day 2025 will take place on 28 September (Image supplied)

World News Day 2025: Journalism makes a difference

Mduduzi Sibeko has emerged as the new voice of Cepacol. Source: Supplied.

South Africans choose the new voice of Cepacol

Source: © The Post The second Castle Lager Incoming Series Test match broadcast live on SABC 2, SABC radio stations and on SuperSport (DStv) as part of Saru's celebration of the 30th anniversary of the historic Springboks 1995 Rugby World Cup victory

Broadcasters unite to commemorate Springboks 1995 RWC victory

Cell C 'now on South Africa's best network'? MTN bristles at claim

Cell C 'now on South Africa's best network'? MTN bristles at claimKarabo Ledwaba

Machine wins Best Internal Email at the 2025 You Mailed It Awards – for the second year running

Machine wins Best Internal Email at the 2025 You Mailed It Awards – for the second year running

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Why trust and human instinct remain marketers’ most valuable assets

Why trust and human instinct remain marketers’ most valuable assets

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Local trade marks v genuine imports: SCA ruling clarifies 'counterfeit' and 'infringement'

Aletia Oberholster 26 Jun 2025

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$13.5bn Omnicom-IPG merger approved by FTC

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Jun 2025

Takealot grows revenue to fend off Amazon rivalry

Takealot grows revenue to fend off Amazon rivalry

Nqobile Dludla 26 Jun 2025

Wilson B. Nkosi has been with Metro FM since 1986.

Wilson B. Nkosi to receive lifetime achievement at TSVA

25 Jun 2025

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WhatsApp introducing advertising is a potentially lucrative but risky move

Yusuf Oc and Janina Steinmetz 25 Jun 2025

How to drive customer engagement through data unification in SA

How to drive customer engagement through data unification in SA

Kunal Badiani 25 Jun 2025

Connections that count: How young entrepreneurs are transforming communities

Connections that count: How young entrepreneurs are transforming communities

PAWA Africa 25 Jun 2025

New 12-week UX/UI Bootcamp: Live virtual class to boost your career with the Academy of Digital Arts

New 12-week UX/UI Bootcamp: Live virtual class to boost your career with the Academy of Digital Arts

Academy of Digital Arts 25 Jun 2025

Lovisa called out for advertising jewellery you can’t buy

Lovisa called out for advertising jewellery you can’t buy

Karabo Ledwaba 25 Jun 2025

Vikas Mehta, regional CEO of Ogilvy Africa Network (center), and Raphael Beecham, creative director at Ogilvy Tanzania (left), receive the Africa Company of the Year Award for Advertising Agency of the Year from (right) Salim Baabde, managing director of Camel Oil and chairman of the Tanzanite CEO Roundtable, Dar es Salaam Chapter

Ogilvy Africa Network named Advertising Agency of the Year

25 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf Ryan Campher, VML SA data lead, asks, while AI drives modern marketing, what happens when flawed inputs lead it astray?

Will your AI promote clarity or confusion, progress or noise?

Ryan Campher 25 Jun 2025

Where to reach South Africa’s ICT decision-makers

Where to reach South Africa’s ICT decision-makers

Broad Media 25 Jun 2025

Performance-based agent rankings - a proven international model - now available locally

Performance-based agent rankings - a proven international model - now available locally

PBPR 25 Jun 2025

Gagasi FM welcomes back radio host Selbeyonce

Gagasi FM welcomes back radio host Selbeyonce

Gagasi FM 25 Jun 2025

Platform-hopping is not a strategy

Platform-hopping is not a strategy

We Do Digital 25 Jun 2025

#UpcyclingDay: How local women breathe new life into bread bags

#UpcyclingDay: How local women breathe new life into bread bags

24 Jun 2025

On Heritage Day, 24 September, Castle Lager and Big Save will host the World’s Biggest Braai. The campaign for the event launched recently at a humble bus stop in Soweto with a billboard with a built-in braai, the “Grillboard” (Image supplied)

Castle Lager's Grillboard invitation to the World’s biggest braai

24 Jun 2025

#YouthMonth: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris’ Sydney Rheeder - Young people’s humanity, the key to their magic

#YouthMonth: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris’ Sydney Rheeder - Young people’s humanity, the key to their magic

Danette Breitenbach 24 Jun 2025

Moghelingz is one of the content creators to benefit. Source: Supplied.

TikTok’s commitment to 3,000 African creators

24 Jun 2025

Castle Lager Boktown is back in 2025

Castle Lager Boktown is back in 2025

24 Jun 2025

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#Exclusive: Darren Morris | Reels rule now, but only storytelling wins

Darren Morris 24 Jun 2025

Levi’s and Nike partner in new sportswear collaboration

Levi’s and Nike partner in new sportswear collaboration

24 Jun 2025

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APO Group integrates WhatsApp for broader reach

24 Jun 2025

Mscsports to drive Telkom's sponsorship vision forward

Mscsports to drive Telkom's sponsorship vision forward

Mscsports 24 Jun 2025

Penquin’s Veronica Moleele named judge for 2025 Effie Awards South Africa

Penquin’s Veronica Moleele named judge for 2025 Effie Awards South Africa

Penquin 24 Jun 2025

Radio still the big winner in today’s data-led media game

Radio still the big winner in today’s data-led media game

Nick Grubb, Mediamark 24 Jun 2025

Win the room before you even walk in the door: Credentials and the sizzle reel

Win the room before you even walk in the door: Credentials and the sizzle reel

DMASA 24 Jun 2025

Business and Arts South Africa appoints Beth Arendse as new CEO

Business and Arts South Africa appoints Beth Arendse as new CEO

Business and Arts South Africa 24 Jun 2025

76 Reframed: From protests to portraits

76 Reframed: From protests to portraits

Dentsu 23 Jun 2025

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$13.5bn Omnicom-IPG merger approved by FTC

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Jun 2025

Vikas Mehta, regional CEO of Ogilvy Africa Network (center), and Raphael Beecham, creative director at Ogilvy Tanzania (left), receive the Africa Company of the Year Award for Advertising Agency of the Year from (right) Salim Baabde, managing director of Camel Oil and chairman of the Tanzanite CEO Roundtable, Dar es Salaam Chapter

Ogilvy Africa Network named Advertising Agency of the Year

25 Jun 2025

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APO Group integrates WhatsApp for broader reach

24 Jun 2025

Moghelingz is one of the content creators to benefit. Source: Supplied.

TikTok’s commitment to 3,000 African creators

24 Jun 2025

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