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Over 50 countries will gather in Pretoria to advance accountability, transparency, and user rights on digital platforms. (Source: )

South Africa to host global summit on digital platform governance

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Lorraine De Graaff to lead Tiger Brands as chief marketing and strategy officer

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Primedia Group launches Primedia One: An integrated communication ecosystem designed to support the public sector

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Effie 2026 call for entries announced

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Seasoned communications professionals Melissa Attree (left) and Keri-Ann Stanton (right) have launched a new type of agency that doesn’t follow the rules, it makes them (Image Lesley Svenson @Bizcommunity)

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Bibi Bonnecwe, Executive Creative Director at Brave Group looks at why in 2026 human truths matter more than marketing trends (Image supplied)

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Spain announced at the World Governments Summit in Dubai that it plans to join the global push to ban children under 16 from using social media. (Source: )

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#BizTrends2026 | Up & Up Group’s Jacques Cilliers: AI is everywhere. Taste is our advantage.

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South Africa’s Gugu Mthembu, the chief marketing officer for Telkom, has been named Cannes jury president for Creative Business Transformation (Image source: © Forbes Africa )

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Launched by the Digital News Transformation Fund, a new grant programme, Ignite, provides R100,000 grants to early-stage publishers (Image source: © 123rf )

DNTF's new grant provides R100,000 to early-stage publishers

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Driving the future of creativity: Dentsu Creative SA ranks 5 in the region

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2Stories named Best Medium-sized Agency of the Year at the International Content Marketing Awards

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El Broide, managing director, The Platinum Club, says collaborating with AI, not competing with it, is the PR power move for 2026 (Image supplied)

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African journalists encouraged to apply to Wikipedia's Open Knowledge Awards

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Joe Hamman, director, Novus Group says 2026 will see the evolution from media monitoring to decision monitoring (Image supplied)

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