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#BehindtheCampaign: Capitec shares client stories in Bank on Better

#BehindtheCampaign: Capitec shares client stories in Bank on Better

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The Lead Creative: Unpacking Cannes 2025 with Xolisa Dyeshana and Saf Sindhi

The Lead Creative: Unpacking Cannes 2025 with Xolisa Dyeshana and Saf Sindhi

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Minister Morolong says media, advertising can boost SA reputation & economy

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#BehindtheCampaign: Toyota celebrates over 5 decades of Hilux

Source: © 123rf Industry leader Ann Nurock delivered a thought-provoking keynote, sharing her perspectives on some of the defining themes from the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

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Source: © 123rf The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Apple as the 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

#Cannes2025: Apple named 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

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Counting chickens before they’re dunked? ARB rules in favour of KFC in "wings" dispute

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Motherland OMNi 24 Mar 2025

Sauce Advertising celebrates AI

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Source: © 123rf Scopen's research shows that the latest global trends signal a growing reliance on AI, a strong push toward integrated agency solutions and a strategic re-evaluation of in-house marketing structures

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Aleksandra Surogina, head of operations & content, Special Effects Media South Africa says we need to stop being marketers, and start being storytellers (Image supplied)

Stop being marketers... Start being storytellers!

Aleksandra Surogina 20 Mar 2025

Dentsu and SAB unlock smarter, AI-powered YouTube buying with Google’s VRC

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Kevin Cogill & Kgabele Memela, Dentsu 20 Mar 2025

Effie South Africa and Ipsos to unveil 2024 Effie Trends and Insights Report

Effie South Africa and Ipsos to unveil 2024 Effie Trends and Insights Report

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Source: © 123rf The legal bid of eTV, Media Monitoring Africa and SOS Support public broadcasting continues today, Wednesday 19 March in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria

Television access at risk for millions of South Africans as analogue switch-off date is contested

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Hook, Line and Sinker strengthens leadership team amid 2025 growth

Hook, Line and Sinker strengthens leadership team amid 2025 growth

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2025 Warc Media 100 ranks top-performing global media campaigns

2025 Warc Media 100 ranks top-performing global media campaigns

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Winning by making strategy everyone's business

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#OrchidsandOnions: Shoprite’s 'Rand-a-Rama' ad taps into 90s nostalgia

#OrchidsandOnions: Shoprite’s 'Rand-a-Rama' ad taps into 90s nostalgia

Brendan Seery 17 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Ogilvy One’s global CTO Ravi Pal will present a virtual session at Adobe Summit 2025 in Las Vegas from today, Monday, 17 March to Thursday, 20 March on strategies for future-proofing AI and delivering customer-centric growth

Ogilvy One CTO Ravi Pal: Strategies for future-proofing AI and delivering customer-centric growth

17 Mar 2025

Merrachi's Ramadan campaign sparks debate with hijab-clad Eiffel Tower imagery

Merrachi's Ramadan campaign sparks debate with hijab-clad Eiffel Tower imagery

Karabo Ledwaba 17 Mar 2025

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Many cities are banning ads for airlines, SUVs and fossil fuels – and yours could be next

Freddie Daley 14 Mar 2025

McCann Joburg's Modjadji Mashatola on AME WE Champion jury

McCann Joburg's Modjadji Mashatola on AME WE Champion jury

14 Mar 2025

Scopen has unveiled key trends from its first media agencies’ New Business Report in South Africa, which shows that South African media agencies participated in an average of 45 pitches last year (Image supplied)

South African media agencies compete for new business in 45 pitches annually

14 Mar 2025

Angelika Venter, graphic designer for Edge Communications discusses what makes good design vs bad design (Image supplied)

The strategic role of graphic design in branding and marketing

Angelika Venter 13 Mar 2025

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Advertisers will now be able to measure carbon impact with Google's new tool

13 Mar 2025

At the start of February, The Up&Up Group appointed Deborah Whitlock (right) to the position of marketing director and Sharleen James (left) as the MD of Razor PR (Image by Bizcommunity, Lesley Svenson)

The Up&Up Group make senior appointments as part of the agency's strategic objectives

12 Mar 2025

The newest instalment in Glenfiddich’s Challengers Club series, shot in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, celebrates the transformative power of water (Image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign: Glenfiddich’s Challengers Club film a tribute to the essential role of water

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The streaming giant is on an advertising hunt. Source: Netflix.

WWE RAW on Netflix creates a new advertising battleground for brands

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Promise’s 2024: A year of growth and consolidation in equal measure

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The Interactive Advertising Bureau South Africa's (IAB SA) 17th annual Bookmark Awards has appointed nine jury chairs and a full panel of judges alongside Elizabeth Mokwena, the jury president (Image supplied)

IAB South Africa 2025 Bookmark Awards names nine jury chairs

11 Mar 2025

Ogilvy has strengthened its senior leadership, with the appointment of Ipi Thibedi. Pictured left to right: Pete Case (CEO of Ogilvy), Ipi Thibedi (Group MD), Nkosinathi Biko (Chairman of Board, Ogilvy), Neo Makhele (Chief Strategy Officer), Angela Madlala (Chief People Officer), Graham Vivian (Chief Financial Officer)

Ipelegeng (Ipi) Thibedi joins Ogilvy South Africa’s as group managing director

11 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf The IAS Media Marketing Compliance Masterclass series, in partnership with Media Marketing Compliance (MMC), addressed one of the industry’s biggest concerns—non-disclosed media models

IAS Media Marketing Compliance Masterclass Series: Tackling non-disclosed media models head-on

11 Mar 2025

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Warc's Creative 100 released, Apple no.1 brand for creativity

11 Mar 2025

Radio advertising just got smarter – and more rewarding with Kagiso Media Radio and Mediamark

Radio advertising just got smarter – and more rewarding with Kagiso Media Radio and Mediamark

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