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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

The World Cup is over. Spain won the trophy. But Adidas may have won the marketing battle, says marketing strategist, Matthew Nkala (Image supplied)

Spain won the World Cup. But who won the battle for brand relevanceMatthew Nkala

Jedd Cokayne has been appointed deputy managing director of The Mediashop to work closely with its managing director, Dashni Vilakazi (Image supplied)

The MediaShop appoints deputy MD

Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketing

Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketingTerry Levin

The Interactive Advertising Bureau South Africa (IAB SA) has announced the finalists for the 2026 Bookmark Awards (Image supplied)

#Bookmarks2026 | All the IAB South Africa 2026 Bookmark Awards finalists

The Creative Circle Full Circle 2026, in partnership with Ster-Kinekor, takes place this July and August and hosts a selection of Cannes jury members

#Cannes2026 | Creative Circle’s Full Circle event is back

Kia Tasman ad breaches advertising code, ARB rules

Kia Tasman ad breaches advertising code, ARB rules

Jedd Cokayne has been appointed deputy managing director of The Mediashop to work closely with its managing director, Dashni Vilakazi (Image supplied)

The MediaShop appoints deputy MD

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Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketing

Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketing

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SA leading marketers say brand and performance marketing are no longer rivals

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10 Jul 2026

Motsoaledi speaks at the SAHRC. Source: YouTube.

Motsoaledi warns unhealthy food and alcohol marketing is fuelling disease

Karabo Ledwaba 10 Jul 2026

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

Brendan Seery 9 Jul 2026

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Powerade partners with Bafana Bafana captain for limited Fifa World Cup edition

9 Jul 2026

From decorative motion to meaningful movement

From decorative motion to meaningful movement

Victor Jacobs, M+C Saatchi Abel 9 Jul 2026

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eThekwini announces outdoor ad rules ahead of 2026 local elections

9 Jul 2026

Effie Awards South Africa announces 2026 jury

Effie Awards South Africa announces 2026 jury

Association for Communication and Advertising 8 Jul 2026

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

8 Jul 2026

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 ARB

Irene Gregory 7 Jul 2026

Publicis Groupe Africa: Cannes Lions 2026 Regional Network of the Year for sub-Saharan Africa

Publicis Groupe Africa: Cannes Lions 2026 Regional Network of the Year for sub-Saharan Africa

Publicis Groupe Africa 7 Jul 2026

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

6 Jul 2026

If it feels wrong, it is wrong

If it feels wrong, it is wrong

Jeanine Vermaak and Moemise Kekana, The Up&Up Group 6 Jul 2026

South African marketers enter a new era of social media as AI becomes business as usual

South African marketers enter a new era of social media as AI becomes business as usual

Ornico 3 Jul 2026

Pronutro is not misleading consumers, rules ARB. Source: Supplied.

ProNutro can keep 'original' branding despite recipe change

Karabo Ledwaba 3 Jul 2026

Bukelwa Monqo, founder and managing director, Old Boys Club PR examines the shift to Creators at Cannes and what this means for trust (Image source: © 123rf )

#Cannes2026 | The shift to creators, but who do communities actually trust?

Bukelwa Monqo 3 Jul 2026

Nathan Reddy is the founder of Grid Worldwide. Source: Supplied.

Grid Worldwide exits TBWA\SA in management buyout

3 Jul 2026

The Odd Number named South Africa's leading creative agency for client satisfaction and performance

The Odd Number named South Africa's leading creative agency for client satisfaction and performance

The Odd Number 3 Jul 2026

Mediology and Cheekies Chicken hack Google Maps to take on KFC and Chicken Licken

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Mediology 3 Jul 2026

Publicis Groupe Africa has announced the appointment of Gideon Khobane as managing director: Rest of Africa (excluding West Africa) (Image supplied)

Publicis Groupe Africa appoints managing director: Rest of Africa

2 Jul 2026

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Lego and McDonald’s tap into collectable culture to win the 2026 Fifa World Cup

Maroefah Smith 2 Jul 2026

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Accelerated enterprise demand leads WPP’s AI-driven transformation unit

2 Jul 2026

CMO Council and MartechTribe have revealed a data-driven framework to transform
fragmented stacks into predictive business growth platforms (Image source: © 123rf )

How CMOs can move from martech mayhem to measurable business value

2 Jul 2026

Packard Bell’s Daytona G16 Pro campaign is a fully AI-generated advertising campaign, from concept development and scriptwriting to visuals, audio, and motion graphics (Image@ Tech Financials

Packard Bell launches with industry-first AI-generated campaign

2 Jul 2026

Sprite puts iconic hip-hop lyrics on cans in US campaign

Sprite puts iconic hip-hop lyrics on cans in US campaign

1 Jul 2026

Every year, on 16 July, communications professionals around the world celebrate World PR Day (#WPRD) and Bizcommunity also dedicates the month of July to PR (Image @Bizcommunity)

#WPRD2026 | The Golden Age of Strategic PR is here. Join the organisations defining it.

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Jacques du Preez, Provantage 1 Jul 2026

L’Oréal South Africa expands in-game brand experiences across Maybelline, Garnier and CeraVe

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Bizarre, but it’s happening: Your connected TV budget might be paying for a very attentive refrigerator

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

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