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The companies winning at ESG aren't telling better stories. They're building greater trust.

Sam Gqomo

Human connection is the ultimate competitive advantage

Kisha Reader-Bain

The women leading in financial services

Tracy Jones

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A strategic content licensing partnership sees e.tv's new daily drama,The Four of Us appearing on Netflix (Image supplied)

Select e.tv content moves onto international streaming platform

#Orchids&Onions: Pick n Pay eats like a champ… and markets like one too

#Orchids&Onions: Pick n Pay eats like a champ… and markets like one tooBrendan Seery

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eThekwini announces outdoor ad rules ahead of 2026 local elections

Pictured: Tsholofelo Dihutso (newly elected vice president, Bradly Howland outgoing president, and Dr Caroline Azionya, new Prisa president (Image supplied)

Prisa gets new president; announces first-of-its kind Africa-wide professionalisation initiative

When it comes to grocery shopping in SA, it's all about the experience

When it comes to grocery shopping in SA, it's all about the experience

The companies winning at ESG aren't telling better stories; they're building greater trust, says Sam Gqomo, MD of WGN Africa(Image supplied)

#WPRD2026 | The companies winning at ESG aren't telling better stories. They're building greater trust.Sam Gqomo

Effie Awards South Africa announces 2026 jury

Effie Awards South Africa announces 2026 juryAssociation for Communication and Advertising

A Zimbabwean migrant carries luggage outside the Zimbabwe Consulate amid fears of anti-immigrant violence ahead of a June 30 deadline set by activists demanding undocumented migrants leave the country, in Cape Town, South Africa, June 22, 2026. REUTERS/Esa Alexander

Tlhogi Ngwato | Who owns a country’s story?Tlhogi Ngwato

Sanra, backed by the Mastercard Foundation have granted about $9.3m in loans and grants to creative businesses in Kenya (Image @ Impact Newswire

Kenya backs creative economy with $9.3m funding

The overall Journalist of the Year at the 2026 Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards is TimesLive’s photojournalist, Sandile Ndlovu (Image supplied)

TimeLive's photojournalist Sandile Ndlovu crowned Sanef Journalist of the Year

Compliance is not a marketing strategy, trust is, says Irene Gregory, CEO of the IMM Institute (Image supplied)

Compliance is not a marketing strategy; trust is - just ask the ARBIrene Gregory

#WPRD2026 | Human connection is the ultimate competitive advantage

#WPRD2026 | Human connection is the ultimate competitive advantageKisha Reader-Bain

#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: Thembeka Dube turns student hustle into luxury label

#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: Thembeka Dube turns student hustle into luxury labelEvan-Lee Courie

Adidas has shifted its $512m global media agency business to the Omnicom Media Group (Image@ Think Marketing )

Adidas shifts $512m global media account to new agency

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#WPRD2026 | Always on, not always seen: The women leading in financial servicesTracy Jones

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Intellectual property and contract law: Lessons from Fifa's clean stadium ruleHerman Blignaut

#Orchids&Onions: Pick n Pay eats like a champ… and markets like one too

#Orchids&Onions: Pick n Pay eats like a champ… and markets like one too

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Karabo Ledwaba 30 Jun 2026

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Johannesburg-born, Amsterdam-based artist Simnikiwe Buhlungu has been named the winner of the 2025/2026 MTN x UJ New Contemporaries Award. (Image supplied.)

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30 Jun 2026

Why ChatGPT ads could become the most important advertising channel since Google

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PRNews OU 30 Jun 2026

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Joe Public 30 Jun 2026

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Amazon is being taken to court for introducing ads to Prime Video. The world will be watching

Jeannie Marie Paterson 30 Jun 2026

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VML promotes Cannes-winning ECDs

29 Jun 2026

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70 years on: Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival marks 1956 Women’s March legacy

29 Jun 2026

Your dashboard is lying to you: Why brands keep missing the 1 trillion rands township economy

Your dashboard is lying to you: Why brands keep missing the 1 trillion rands township economy

Kabelo Kale, The Media Krate 29 Jun 2026

The Partnership Agency celebrate on stage at Cannes Lions 2026. Source: LinkedIn.

#CannesLions | Africa’s winning roundup

Karabo Ledwaba 29 Jun 2026

Natascha Torres, head of digital media strategy at iqbusiness asks are you buying media or buying attention? (Image source: © 123rf )

4 ways to measure what counts: Attention, not clicks

Natascha Torres 29 Jun 2026

CEM Africa returns to Cape Town as CX leaders tackle trust, AI and the future of CX

CEM Africa returns to Cape Town as CX leaders tackle trust, AI and the future of CX

CEM Africa Summit 29 Jun 2026

Takealot swings to first full-year profit as revenue tops $1bn

Takealot swings to first full-year profit as revenue tops $1bn

Nqobile Dludla 29 Jun 2026

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Broad Media 29 Jun 2026

Fandom as algorithmic fuel: How AI is killing traditional marketing

Fandom as algorithmic fuel: How AI is killing traditional marketing

Mathabatha Sexwale, Brave Group 29 Jun 2026

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#Cannes2026 | Heineken is Creative Brand of the Year

28 Jun 2026

Edelman and Women for Change have won at Cannes Lions. Source: Supplied.

#Cannes2026 | Kenya and South Africa win big in social impact categories

Karabo Ledwaba 27 Jun 2026

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'Use it or share it' - call for comment on ECA Amendment Bill

Daniel Pretorius, Claire Franklyn, Bradley Dunbar, Enock Mogajana and Kalenda Opai-Tetteh 26 Jun 2026

#YouthMonth | Walk in the footsteps of SA schoolchildren and get them school shoes

#YouthMonth | Walk in the footsteps of SA schoolchildren and get them school shoes

Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2026

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The hidden burnout crisis facing social media marketers

Kelly Cours Anderson, Ashley Hass and Breanne A. Mertz 26 Jun 2026

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Love wins at the World Cup “Pride Match” between Egypt and Iran

26 Jun 2026

AI is accelerating almost everything in B2B marketing, except the one thing that actually matters: the decision, says Nicky Turnbull, strategy director at VML South Africa (Image source: © 123rf )

B2B marketing: You don’t win deals where you think you do

Nicky Turnbull 26 Jun 2026

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Joe Public 26 Jun 2026

Mr Price launches first co-created collection with social influencer Sphokuhle

Mr Price launches first co-created collection with social influencer Sphokuhle

26 Jun 2026

Woolworths Holdings Group CEO Sam Ngumeni. Image supplied

Woolworths reshapes leadership structure to accelerate growth under new Group CEO

26 Jun 2026

MDNtv Creative Arts Capacity Building Programme is creating jobs and giving young people purpose

MDNtv Creative Arts Capacity Building Programme is creating jobs and giving young people purpose

Lungile Mkhize, MDNTV 26 Jun 2026

MultiChoice Talent Factory celebrates its 2025/26 graduating class

MultiChoice Talent Factory celebrates its 2025/26 graduating class

MultiChoice 26 Jun 2026

Coca‑Cola switches Stoney Ginger Beer to clear bottles to boost recyclability

Coca‑Cola switches Stoney Ginger Beer to clear bottles to boost recyclability

26 Jun 2026

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A member of Uganda People's Defence Forces stands at the headquarters of Nation Media Group - Uganda, (NMG-U), a building that houses Daily Monitor, KFM and Dembe FM radios, as government closes the media house, in Kampala, Uganda, June 28, 2026. Source: REUTERS/Stringer

Nation Media Group seeks reopening after Uganda military closes outlets

Reuters 30 Jun 2026

The Partnership Agency celebrate on stage at Cannes Lions 2026. Source: LinkedIn.

#CannesLions | Africa’s winning roundup

Karabo Ledwaba 29 Jun 2026

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Delivering AI systems at the speed and scale to meet consumer demand

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Tanzanian duo win H&M Foundation’s 2026 Global Change Award

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