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#Effies2025 | Halo and Pineapple: 100% sustained results

#Effies2025 | Ogilvy and VW: Creating campaigns for societal change

FM AdFocus Awards 2025

FM AdFocus Awards 2025

#Effies2025 | TBWA's City Lodge's SOS Grand Effie campaign

Human8 reveals 2026 what matters report

Human8 reveals 2026 what matters reportHuman8

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Ithuba’s Lotto ads ruffle consumer feathersKarabo Ledwaba

#BehindtheCampaign: MTN SA celebrates with Do not disturb the Season campaign

Design Bridge and Partners launch bold new corporate brand for Tiger BrandsOgilvy South Africa

MotionAds, BackaBuddy launch Good News Drop

MotionAds, BackaBuddy launch Good News Drop

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) announced the induction of 11 new Fellows, including South African Dustin Chick, partner & chief executive: Razor Public Relations (The Up&Up Group) (Image supplied)

South African one of the PRCA's new Fellows

EXCLUSIVE: IAB South Africa releases the first Bookmarks Digital Rankings 2025

EXCLUSIVE: IAB South Africa releases the first Bookmarks Digital Rankings 2025

Discover the power of the ocean in Corona Studios' new short film, First Beach

Discover the power of the ocean in Corona Studios' new short film, First Beach

Community, including campus broadcasters, recognised at 2025 Telkom Radio Awards

Community, including campus broadcasters, recognised at 2025 Telkom Radio AwardsMedia Development and Diversity Agency

To reach younger donors, the South African Guide Dog Association, together with VML, created AI pupfluencer, Maxx Reps (Image supplied)

AI pupfluencer created to reach younger audience for Guide Dog Association

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Are CMOs asking their agencies the questions that matter?Jaco Lintvelt

#Orchids&Onions: A helicopter for wors? Sixty60 soars while CarTrack sinks

#Orchids&Onions: A helicopter for wors? Sixty60 soars while CarTrack sinksBrendan Seery

SA creatives secure 8 spots on The One Show 2026 Jury

SA creatives secure 8 spots on The One Show 2026 Jury

IBMA announces official media partnership with Farmer’s Weekly

IBMA announces official media partnership with Farmer’s Weekly

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Vodacom has launched a new social-led content platform, the Value News Network (VNN).

Vodacom launches edu-tainment platform for customers

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More marketing leaders are turning to competitor intelligence by using earned-media data to see what’s working in the market before spending a cent (Image supplied)

How earned-media insight turns marketing constraint into competitor advantage

17 Nov 2025

Vodacom’s official 2025 Summer Campaign launched the Radisson Red Hotel in Cape Town (Image supplied)

Influencer-driven campaign first of a kind for Vodacom

17 Nov 2025

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South Africa needs to rethink its community media policy - 4 ways to close the gaps

Franz Krüger 17 Nov 2025

Clockwork wins seven awards plus the Christiane Duval Award at the Assegai Awards 2025

Clockwork wins seven awards plus the Christiane Duval Award at the Assegai Awards 2025

Clockwork 17 Nov 2025

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South African boys are fighting an invisible battle with pride and pain

Jessica Gbedemah 17 Nov 2025

SA Tourism has opened exhibitor registrations for the 2026 Meetings Africa trade show and appointed a 13-member advisory panel for the event. Source: ( )

Meetings Africa 2026 opens exhibitor registrations

14 Nov 2025

Nando’s Oh What a Place!: From category noise to cultural signal

14 Nov 2025

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Energy drink in hot water over 'drinking and driving' ad

Karabo Ledwaba 14 Nov 2025

Assegai Awards 2025 shine in a sold-out celebration of excellence

Assegai Awards 2025 shine in a sold-out celebration of excellence

DMASA 14 Nov 2025

Ogilvy South Africa and Yum! took the top industry honours at the Marketing and Media Alliance sub-Saharan Africa's 2025 Smarties (image supplied)

Ogilvy and Yum! take top honours at MMA SSA Smarties

14 Nov 2025

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Meet the 2025 Western Cape Vodacom Journalist of the Year Winners

14 Nov 2025

Offernet wins 4 Assegai Awards for Innovation in South African Performance Marketing

Offernet wins 4 Assegai Awards for Innovation in South African Performance Marketing

Offernet 14 Nov 2025

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Dr John Kani receives 2025 WWF Living Planet Award

14 Nov 2025

Disney Africa kicks off biggest festive campaign to date

Disney Africa kicks off biggest festive campaign to date

The Walt Disney Company Africa 14 Nov 2025

YOU FM marks historic milestone: Half a million listeners reached

YOU FM marks historic milestone: Half a million listeners reached

YOU FM 14 Nov 2025

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2025 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards: Check out the 24 finalists

14 Nov 2025

The final Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry report (MDPMI) has been released (Source: © 123rf )

MDPMI report released; Google commits R688m to SA media

13 Nov 2025

The Undercover Ad is a campaign of AI-generated songs which are secretly advertisements that don’t sound like advertisements at all (Image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign: The Undercover Ad

13 Nov 2025

South Africa’s first accredited shopper marketing course has launched. Iamge: From left to right: Ted Miller - corporate learning design team lead, Red & Yellow, Mary-Leigh Abramson - head of corporate relations, Red & Yellow, Kirsty Peters - senior business relationship manager, Red & Yellow, Di Wilson - managing director of Integer\Hotspot and founder of SHOP! SA (Image supplied)

SA’s first accredited shopper marketing course launches

13 Nov 2025

Can the Sunlight bar become a youth icon through #RaiseTheBar?

Can the Sunlight bar become a youth icon through #RaiseTheBar?

Karabo Ledwaba 13 Nov 2025

In 2026, there will be changes to the Cannes Lions Awards (Image source: © Bizcommunity)

#CannesLions2026: A new Creative Brand Lions and other changes

13 Nov 2025

When a global powerhouse like the BBC ends up apologising for a “misleading edit” of Donald Trump’s speech - a move that’s now sparked resignations and a potential $1bn lawsuit - it shakes more than their newsroom. It shakes faith in journalism itself (Image supplied)

The BBC-Trump saga: Questioning integrity in journalism and PR

Hayley Hillary 13 Nov 2025

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Tlhogi Ngwato | You cannot fact-check your way out of outrage

Tlhogi Ngwato 13 Nov 2025

PR vs marketing: How can PR elevate your small business?

PR vs marketing: How can PR elevate your small business?

Jeremy Lang, Business Partners Limited 13 Nov 2025

Atzaró Cape Town achieves 831% return on Google Ads investment with Cape Marketing Agency

Atzaró Cape Town achieves 831% return on Google Ads investment with Cape Marketing Agency

Cape Marketing Agency 13 Nov 2025

One Gospel turns 18 – A journey of faith, music and connection

One Gospel turns 18 – A journey of faith, music and connection

Urban Brew Studios 13 Nov 2025

Lesaka’s Lincoln Mali named 'All Africa Business Leader of the Year' at 13th AABLA Awards

Lesaka’s Lincoln Mali named 'All Africa Business Leader of the Year' at 13th AABLA Awards

Nielsen Network 13 Nov 2025

OLC leads at the 2025 Shop! Awards South Africa

OLC leads at the 2025 Shop! Awards South Africa

OLC Through The Line Communications 13 Nov 2025

Top 53 Debut Programme participants advance to the Catalyst Phase

Top 53 Debut Programme participants advance to the Catalyst Phase

Business and Arts South Africa 12 Nov 2025

Gen Z’s social media habits: Divided, but a shift toward meaningful content

Gen Z’s social media habits: Divided, but a shift toward meaningful content

Varsity Vibe 12 Nov 2025

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One Gospel turns 18 – A journey of faith, music and connection

One Gospel turns 18 – A journey of faith, music and connection

Urban Brew Studios 13 Nov 2025

In 2026, there will be changes to the Cannes Lions Awards (Image source: © Bizcommunity)

#CannesLions2026: A new Creative Brand Lions and other changes

13 Nov 2025

Source: © 123rf The No-Nonsense Guide to Getting Cited by AI is a white paper that introduces a comprehensive framework for adapting content strategies to AI assistants

How to stop being invisible to AI assistants

12 Nov 2025

Sola Oke is the managing director for Pernod Ricard Africa. Source: Supplied.

#AfricaTechFestival: Sola Oke on technology, innovation and Africa’s cultural future

Karabo Ledwaba 12 Nov 2025

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