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2026 Effie Awards South Africa extended deadline announced

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Nick Hamman joins Time Out South Africa

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Santiago Sánchez-Lozano is the new CEO for WPP Production in EMEA. Source: LinkedIn.

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Dr. Nyembezi’s has been appointed as group executive: technology at SABC. Source: SABC.

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