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Coca-Cola Beverages SA faces job cuts and plant closures

Coca-Cola Beverages SA faces job cuts and plant closures

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African marketing network strengthens tourism strategy for global impact

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Yoco founder and CEO Katlego Maphai steps down

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The 2025 Township CX Report reveals how township consumers are changing shopping habits that challenge conventional marketing wisdom (Image supplied) (Source: © Unsplash

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Source: © Facebook Open Chats podcast owners have issued an unconditional apology for derogatory remarks made on its show about coloured people in an episode that the episode where the hosts described coloured people as “incestuous” and “crazy” who sleeping with their cousins”

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Penquin named among top creative agencies in Africa in Smarties 2024 Business Impact Index

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Africa Film Finance Forum unlocks path to $20bn film economy

Africa Film Finance Forum unlocks path to $20bn film economy

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Primedia Broadcasting introduces Just Jazz: A 24/7 online sanctuary for jazz enthusiasts

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Kaya 959 launches groundbreaking Kaya Business Club

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CEM Africa Summit 2025 to tackle the new CX mandate: Connection, trust, and real value

CEM Africa Summit 2025 to tackle the new CX mandate: Connection, trust, and real value

CEM Africa Summit 7 Aug 2025

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Sanef invites stakeholders to attend indigenous language media seminar

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McCann Joburg has appointed (left) Thandeka Gilbert as creative director and (right) Toni Hughes as executive creative director (Images supplied. Image composite by Lesley Svenson © Bizcommunity)

McCann Joburg appoints diverse leadership

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Source: © 123rf Andrew Chinambu says AI is here, and it will continue to evolve. But we still have a say in how it is used

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Pineapple Insurance faces backlash for stereotyping taxi drivers

Pineapple Insurance faces backlash for stereotyping taxi drivers

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Source: © 123rf The power of Creative Problem Solving is what Eve Pennington has come to believe in, and what she will spend the rest of her career persuing

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Effie South Africa announces 2025 grand jury in record-breaking entry year

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MediaHeads 360 marks 7 years of changing lives with the 2025 Women’s Month Bursary Competition

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Primedia Sport hosts Entertainment Masterclass with Harvard Business School Professor

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South Africa’s new Digital News Transformation Fund has announced the appointment of its inaugural Board (Image supplied)

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Source: © 123rf Daily Maverick has released exclusive video evidence of the suspended IDT CEO and its spokesperson offering a bribe to one of its journalists

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Laila Bastati 6 Aug 2025

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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Entries for the 2025 Climate Media Awards are open

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