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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

#Effies2025 | Halo and Pineapple: 100% sustained results

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

Boxer has launched its newest division, BMedia. Pictured: (Right) Paul Coetzee, group executive: commercial, marketing, retail media and factories officially welcomes Bmedia’s head of department (left) Adrian Naidoo to the Boxer Family at Boxer’s head office in Westville, KZN (Image @ Boxer)

Discount supermarket launches 360° retail media division

It was Sunset Time as thousands of user-generated sunsets transformed high-traffic billboards into moments of golden hour calm across the country. Source: Supplied.

Corona bets on user-generated sunsets for its latest outdoor push

Marketers and agencies need to ensure their values align (Image source: © 123rf )

Part 2: Less noise, more nerve | Marketers: Focus on headline earnings, not awards

Warc global ad outlook. Source: Warc.

Warc Media: Meta outperforms, YouTube misses as AI reshapes online ad growth

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

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

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

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

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

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

It was Sunset Time as thousands of user-generated sunsets transformed high-traffic billboards into moments of golden hour calm across the country. Source: Supplied.

Corona bets on user-generated sunsets for its latest outdoor push

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Marketers and agencies need to ensure their values align (Image source: © 123rf )

Part 2: Less noise, more nerve | Marketers: Focus on headline earnings, not awards

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IAB South Africa’s first Insights Series webinar of 2026, Upskilling & building talent in an AI world, takes place on Thursday, 2 April at 11 am (Image supplied)

IAB SA 2026 Insights Series: How to upskill and build talent in an AI world

31 Mar 2026

EvaluateExplorer: AI-driven innovation that hits the target

EvaluateExplorer: AI-driven innovation that hits the target

Dr Nicki Morley, Kantar 31 Mar 2026

RAPTBizTrendsTV | 54 Magazine's Phindile Khoza: African culture on the global stage

RAPTBizTrendsTV | 54 Magazine's Phindile Khoza: African culture on the global stage

Danette Breitenbach 31 Mar 2026

Chantel Harrison is the MD of iProspect. Source: Supplied.

#BehindtheSelfie: iProspect MD Chantel Harrison on longevity and meaning

31 Mar 2026

Car Service City‘s refreshed Don’t Be That Guy campaign can be seen one of South Africa’s busiest commuter routes on a major digital billboard placement on the N1 in Midrand (Image supplied)

Car Service City's DOOH campaign rooted in real motoring experiences

30 Mar 2026

Artificial intelligence is reshaping customer experience at every touchpoint, but brands that win will be those that balance smart automation with genuine human connection. (Image supplied)

5 ways AI is transforming CX

Terena Chetty 27 Mar 2026

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ARB rules RocketNet's fibre promotion misleading

Karabo Ledwaba 27 Mar 2026

The fifa World Cup 2026 is predicted to drive $10.5 billion surge in ad spend but ad impact has diminished amid a shifting media landscape (Image supplied)

Fifa World Cup 2026 drives $10.5bn ad surge, but with diminshed impact

26 Mar 2026

The IAB South Africa has announced full jury panel for The 2026 Bookmark Awards (Image supplied)

#Bookmarks2026 | Jury chairs and jury members announced

26 Mar 2026

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Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout

Rob Nicholls 26 Mar 2026

Guinness Extra brings Guinness’ official beer partnership with the Premier League to life in key markets, including Africa and Asia (Image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign | Guinness Extra: Inspired by fans

26 Mar 2026

Agency ends success speculation by winning awards

26 Mar 2026

4 South African creatives have been chosen to sit on the NYF International Shortlisting Jury (L to r:) Zainab Mitha, art director,Joe Public, Robyn Campbell, senior vice president, Publicis Groupe, Martin Schlumpf, executive creative director and Jasmin Vandersteen, mid-weight copywriter, Joe Public (Image by Lesely Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

4 South African creatives on 2026 NYF Advertising Awards' International Shortlist Jury

25 Mar 2026

The 10-person agency team is becoming one person with a laptop

The 10-person agency team is becoming one person with a laptop

Mathabatha Sexwale, Brave Group 25 Mar 2026

Digital marketing in South Africa – No longer optional for top companies

Digital marketing in South Africa – No longer optional for top companies

Broad Media 25 Mar 2026

The Lead Creative | No more costume for Nando's, Investec's secret sauce

The Lead Creative | No more costume for Nando's, Investec's secret sauce

Danette Breitenbach 24 Mar 2026

Chicken Licken’s 'Soulman Load Up' kicks off with General Raj

Chicken Licken’s 'Soulman Load Up' kicks off with General Raj

Joe Public 24 Mar 2026

Hacking the human code: Why we’re done with the "agency standard"

Hacking the human code: Why we’re done with the "agency standard"

Lesley Rencontre, DUO Marketing + Communications 24 Mar 2026

Team Conviviality powers Pernod Ricard’s African growth with tech, data, and market-first media from Dentsu

Team Conviviality powers Pernod Ricard’s African growth with tech, data, and market-first media from Dentsu

Dentsu 24 Mar 2026

Consumers don't have an ad problem: Great ideas haven't changed, the industry has

Consumers don't have an ad problem: Great ideas haven't changed, the industry has

23 Mar 2026

"We are facing a skills bifurcation, where the freelancers who embrace AI as a tool will command premium rates, and those who don’t will face price compression," Frank Ogagba, founder, Freelance Locals (Image source: © 123rf )

SA freelancers face a skills bifurcation, not a job apocalypse from AI - for now

23 Mar 2026

Flash Gala’s marketing campaign reaches over 100 million globally

Flash Gala’s marketing campaign reaches over 100 million globally

23 Mar 2026

Why creative risk-taking is essential for advertising success

Why creative risk-taking is essential for advertising success

Penquin 23 Mar 2026

New SABC’s executive of news & current affairs appointed

New SABC’s executive of news & current affairs appointed

20 Mar 2026

Eleven global strategy leaders join Ellie Bamford to define the year’s best in creative effectiveness. Source: Supplied.

Meet the global leaders guiding NYF's 2026 Creative Effectiveness Awards

20 Mar 2026

New York Festivals Lady Liberty will host a global virtual panel, Rewriting the Creative Playbook from the Middle East and the Role Women Play (Image source: © Bluffteon Today )

NYF spotlights women shaping the Middle East’s creative future

19 Mar 2026

Metropolitan’s Gogo Vivian and the Fam campaign explores financial planning conversations through the insight of family drama (Image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign | Metropolitan’s Gogo Vivian sparks financial planning conversations

19 Mar 2026

#Orchids&Onions: When Castle Lite gets it right

#Orchids&Onions: When Castle Lite gets it right

Brendan Seery 18 Mar 2026

South African businesses before vs after advertising with MyBroadband – the results

South African businesses before vs after advertising with MyBroadband – the results

Broad Media 18 Mar 2026

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Warc Effective 100: Unilever and Ogilvy Top 2025 Rankings

18 Mar 2026

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