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Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards 2025

Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards 2025

#RAPTBizTrendsTV | The Culture Foundry Co's Luke van der Spuy: When Gen Z decides you're not cool anymore

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Meta expands parental controls with teen AI visibility, joining rivalsKarabo Ledwaba

Lebo Madiba,(left) founder and managing director of PR Powerhouse, received the prestigious Gold award for Powerful Voice in Communication at the World Communications Forum Association (WCFA) awards in Davos, Switzerland (Image supplied)

Top African PR professional receives international gold award

With more channels, more data, more expectations and less room for waste, marketers are under increasing pressure (Image source: © 123rf )

Part 1: Less noise, more nerve | How South African marketers are spending smarter; creating braver

Platter’s wine guide editor Philip van Zyl steps down after 28 years

Platter’s wine guide editor Philip van Zyl steps down after 28 years

A key theme going into 2026 is social engineering and the impact that has on fraud (Image source: Spend Trend 2026 Report)

#BizTrends | Spend Trend 2026 Part 1: Social engineering and its impact on fraudDanette Breitenbach

This ad was submitted in the complaint. Source: ARB.

L’Oréal, Eucerin face off over “#1” claim as ARB rulesKarabo Ledwaba

Makhudu Sefara is the editor of the Sunday Times

Sunday Times editor Makhudu Sefara placed on special leave amid SIU probe

CMO Council's Marketing’s Power Partners: AI and the Human Essence report explains why AI alone doesn’t deliver growth (Image source: © 123rf )

Why AI alone doesn’t deliver growth - it needs human marketers

Nothing here to "Chuckles" over says Woolworths

Nothing here to "Chuckles" over says Woolworths

How to choose a PR agency in South Africa: A strategic decision, not a procurement exercise

How to choose a PR agency in South Africa: A strategic decision, not a procurement exerciseHook, Line & Sinker

Volkswagen refreshed iconic VW You and Me TVC as part of their 75th anniversary in SA

"Consistent organic growth remains our North Star. While it will take time to outpace historical losses, our Q1 results are in line with expectations and ahead of Q4 2025," says Cindy Rose, WPP CEO (Image source: @ WPP

No surprises in WPP Q1 results

(L to r:) Kabelo Makwane, ICT executive, Ricky Hendricks, Google Marketing Strategy & Partnerships in SSA, Alex Okosi, managing director, Africa, Google, Janet Booysen,Massmart marketing VP (acting) and Anwar Jappie, chair @ Effie Awards (Image source: LinkedIn

First- of-its-kind training bridges gap between digital content and physical commerce

If you’re running an ordinary webinar in 2026, you are wasting your time, and most likely other people’s too(Image supplied)

How to host a successful online event in 2026 - its not what you thinkNella Etkind

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You probably wouldn’t notice if an AI chatbot slipped ads into its responsesBrian Jay Tang and Kang G. Shin

#CannesLions2026 | 2 exceptional SA creatives named to prestigious juries

Pictured (L to r): Katja Fasink, CEO of key7 Communications and Cyber Security, Slovenia,Maxim Behar, WCFA president and CEO of M3 Communications Group, Bulgaria, Lebo Madiba, managing director, PR Powerhouse, South Africa, Diego Biasi, PR and Digital Strategy Consultant and Founder and CEO of BPRESS Italy,and Sergii Bidenko, reputation and crisis advisor at SEC Newgate Ukraine and member of the Management Board of ICCO (Image composite: @ Ruth Cooper, Bizcommunity)

Corporate crisis: The broken heart of communicationsLebo Madiba

Digital access needs digital skills

Digital access needs digital skillsCandice Jagesur, Ignition Group

Pet food sales surge 28% in SA as consumers prioritise furry family members

Pet food sales surge 28% in SA as consumers prioritise furry family members

Pep is one of the best marketers to work for according to Scopen. Source: Pep.

Scopen: SA agencies want to work with Pep, Nedbank

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From AI companionship to brand trust, Warc outlines 2026's key trends

Fashion care brand, The Lab’s latest campaign reframes 'care as culture'

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Lebo Madiba,(left) founder and managing director of PR Powerhouse, received the prestigious Gold award for Powerful Voice in Communication at the World Communications Forum Association (WCFA) awards in Davos, Switzerland (Image supplied)

Top African PR professional receives international gold award

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South African influencers push back on unpaid deals, signal market shift

Kgothatso Tema 23 Apr 2026

Google Earth AI integration bridges the gap between digital marketing and physical reality

Google Earth AI integration bridges the gap between digital marketing and physical reality

23 Apr 2026

Spar centralises marketing with first-ever CMO appointment

Spar centralises marketing with first-ever CMO appointment

23 Apr 2026

Whose AI is it anyway?

Whose AI is it anyway?

Monica Gomes, Brave Group 23 Apr 2026

56 years of Game: Meeting South African households' demand for value and essentials

56 years of Game: Meeting South African households' demand for value and essentials

22 Apr 2026

10 factors reshaping SA’s online retail economy in 2026

10 factors reshaping SA’s online retail economy in 2026

Jason Sive 22 Apr 2026

Entries for the 2026 Prism Summit & Awards have officially opened with the theme Kaleidoscope: Patterns of Impact Across Past, Present & Future (Source: AI-generated image)

#PrismsAwards2026 | Kaleidoscope: Patterns of Impact Across Past, Present & Future entries open

22 Apr 2026

SA PR agencies bring home 17 EMEA 2026 IN2 Sabre Awards

SA PR agencies bring home 17 EMEA 2026 IN2 Sabre Awards

22 Apr 2026

Pigs fly in inDrive's latest commercial. Source: YouTube.

#BehindtheCampaign: When pigs fly, inDrive catches up on cashless payments

22 Apr 2026

Accenture SA got recognition for this NikNaks campaign. Source: Accenture SA.

Publicis Middle East, Accenture SA gain recognition at Webby Awards

Karabo Ledwaba 22 Apr 2026

PR isn't an ad so give it the space to lead

PR isn't an ad so give it the space to lead

22 Apr 2026

Physical retail stores aren't disappearing, just evolving

Physical retail stores aren't disappearing, just evolving

22 Apr 2026

Fame Week Africa 2026 opens registration

Fame Week Africa 2026 opens registration

The Publicity Workshop 22 Apr 2026

From insight to impact: MASA approves Rogerwilco research as CPD learning content

From insight to impact: MASA approves Rogerwilco research as CPD learning content

Rogerwilco 22 Apr 2026

Advertise to South Africa’s top investing and finance community

Advertise to South Africa’s top investing and finance community

Broad Media 22 Apr 2026

Unlocking profits by integrating behavioural economics with advanced MMM

Unlocking profits by integrating behavioural economics with advanced MMM

Jaco Lintvelt, Incubeta 22 Apr 2026

Absolute Ablutions scales to 400+ leads while cutting click costs by over 50% with Cape Marketing Agency

Absolute Ablutions scales to 400+ leads while cutting click costs by over 50% with Cape Marketing Agency

Cape Marketing Agency 22 Apr 2026

Ocean Basket steps into 'unchartered waters' with its new app

Ocean Basket steps into 'unchartered waters' with its new app

21 Apr 2026

The Red and Yellow Creative School of Business / Cape Town’s Emma Blomerus’ With Love]] is South Africa’s only finalist in the One Show’s Young Ones ADC competition (Image supplied)

Red & Yellow student shines at top international competition

21 Apr 2026

Top Billing reveals presenter lineup ahead of 2026 comeback

Top Billing reveals presenter lineup ahead of 2026 comeback

21 Apr 2026

Insights into Danone Southern Africa's growth strategy from new country director, Nyaladzi Moyo

Insights into Danone Southern Africa's growth strategy from new country director, Nyaladzi Moyo

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Apr 2026

Kantar reveals the world’s most effective advertising of the year

Kantar reveals the world’s most effective advertising of the year

Kantar 21 Apr 2026

Pula Simango landed in advertsing when she was 38.She believe creative fitness isn’t a personality trait; it’s conditioning (Image supplied)

Creative fitness isn’t a personality trait; it’s conditioning

Pula Simango 21 Apr 2026

East Coast Radio, LottoStar and Breadline Africa join forces to eradicate pit toilets in KZN schools

East Coast Radio, LottoStar and Breadline Africa join forces to eradicate pit toilets in KZN schools

East Coast Radio 21 Apr 2026

The most expensive lie in marketing

The most expensive lie in marketing

Dustin Martin, Tractor Outdoor 21 Apr 2026

Communications under pressure: Why trust, visibility and reputation are shifting at once

Communications under pressure: Why trust, visibility and reputation are shifting at once

Brandfundi 21 Apr 2026

Hot 102.7FM refreshes line-up from 1 April without missing a beat

Hot 102.7FM refreshes line-up from 1 April without missing a beat

HOT 102.7FM 21 Apr 2026

Kena Outdoor appoints Richard Rachidi as MD to drive performance-led growth in changing OOH landscape

Kena Outdoor appoints Richard Rachidi as MD to drive performance-led growth in changing OOH landscape

Kena Outdoor 21 Apr 2026

You're spending more to be heard less. That's not a growth strategy

You're spending more to be heard less. That's not a growth strategy

Musa Kalenga, Brave Group 21 Apr 2026

God's Work awarded Radwan El Kashef Prize at Luxor African Film Festival

God's Work awarded Radwan El Kashef Prize at Luxor African Film Festival

21 Apr 2026

Africa news

Google Earth AI integration bridges the gap between digital marketing and physical reality

Google Earth AI integration bridges the gap between digital marketing and physical reality

23 Apr 2026

The Sabre Awards EMEA shortlist includes top SA and African PR agencies (Image source: © Provoke Media

SA and African agencies feature on Sabre Awards EMEA shortlist

20 Apr 2026

iME appoints Carol Tshabalala as CEO, Africa

iME appoints Carol Tshabalala as CEO, Africa

17 Apr 2026

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Death of Burundi's communications minister raises questions

Vincent Mumo Nzilani 17 Apr 2026

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