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Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards 2025

Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards 2025

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#Effies2025 | Halo and Pineapple: 100% sustained results

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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 )

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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 )

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"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

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(L to r:) Kabelo Makwane, ICT executive, Ricky Hendricks, Google Marketing Strategy & Partnerships in SSA, Alex Okosi, managing director, Africa, Google, Janet Booysen,Massmart marketing VP (acting) and Anwar Jappie, chair @ Effie Awards (Image source: LinkedIn

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#CannesLions2026 | 2 exceptional SA creatives named to prestigious juries

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Blades of our lives: How Philips Series 3000 won by speaking to South Africans in their tongue

Blades of our lives: How Philips Series 3000 won by speaking to South Africans in their tongueTBWA

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This alcohol brand’s “low calorie” claim didn’t hold up, rules ARB

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WPP considers strategic divestment of Burson

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