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Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards 2025

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

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The Provoke Media Sabre Awards 2026 EMEA winners have been revealed (Source: @ Provoke Media )

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Joe Public brings home a haul of Pencils and Merits at The One Show 2026

Joe Public brings home a haul of Pencils and Merits at The One Show 2026Joe Public

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Warc identifies 8 blockers to advertising effectiveness

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Heinz brings back the iconic glass bottle for limited time

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Why creativity still matters when algorithms are marketing’s first audience

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Spotify releases new ad formats

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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)

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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)

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Flash Gala’s marketing campaign reaches over 100 million globally

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