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VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 2: Katherine Madley on the state of retail

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Safrea applauds SASJA as World Conference of Science Journalists 2025 opens in South Africa

Safrea applauds SASJA as World Conference of Science Journalists 2025 opens in South AfricaSafrea

Hidden truths, hunting treasure and heroes on the History Channel

Hidden truths, hunting treasure and heroes on the History ChannelHearst Networks Africa

New Tops at Spar brand TVC brings together culture, community and choice

AI Overviews are rewriting the rules of search marketing – here’s how to adjust your strategy

AI Overviews are rewriting the rules of search marketing – here’s how to adjust your strategyNatascha Torres

Scopen's South Africa’s Top 10 Most Admired Marketing Professionals for 2025 has been released (Image supplied)

Scopen’s South Africa’s Top 10 Most Admired Marketing Professionals for 2025

(Image source: © UNPD Bradly Howland, CEO of Alkemi Collective, says South Africa’s recent hosting of the G20 Summit is a live, high-stakes demonstration of what strategic communication looks like. Pictured: G20 South Africa Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting

5 communications insights from SA's recent hosting of the G20 SummitBradly Howland

Pick n Pay rolls out first Halo-led TVC, starring Mango Groove

Pick n Pay rolls out first Halo-led TVC, starring Mango Groove

Update on YE Live in South Africa

Update on YE Live in South AfricaDentsu

Phygital: The future of brand connection in a blended worldBonita Christie

#SAPR2025: The rise of AI and the fall of AVEs

#SAPR2025: The rise of AI and the fall of AVEsDanette Breitenbach

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News influencers are reshaping the media – insights from Kenya, Nigeria and South AfricaAmy Ross Arguedas and Nic Newman

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New Afrikaans newspaper launching in 2026

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5FM’s "16 Days, 16 Voices" shines spotlight on GBV survivors' stories

Hidden truths, hunting treasure and heroes on the History Channel

Hidden truths, hunting treasure and heroes on the History Channel

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Meet the 2025 Western Cape Vodacom Journalist of the Year Winners

14 Nov 2025

The final Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry report (MDPMI) has been released (Source: © 123rf )

MDPMI report released; Google commits R688m to SA media

13 Nov 2025

The Undercover Ad is a campaign of AI-generated songs which are secretly advertisements that don’t sound like advertisements at all (Image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign: The Undercover Ad

13 Nov 2025

In 2026, there will be changes to the Cannes Lions Awards (Image source: © Bizcommunity)

#CannesLions2026: A new Creative Brand Lions and other changes

13 Nov 2025

When a global powerhouse like the BBC ends up apologising for a “misleading edit” of Donald Trump’s speech - a move that’s now sparked resignations and a potential $1bn lawsuit - it shakes more than their newsroom. It shakes faith in journalism itself (Image supplied)

The BBC-Trump saga: Questioning integrity in journalism and PR

Hayley Hillary 13 Nov 2025

Source: © 123rf The No-Nonsense Guide to Getting Cited by AI is a white paper that introduces a comprehensive framework for adapting content strategies to AI assistants

How to stop being invisible to AI assistants

12 Nov 2025

Sola Oke is the managing director for Pernod Ricard Africa. Source: Supplied.

#AfricaTechFestival: Sola Oke on technology, innovation and Africa’s cultural future

Karabo Ledwaba 12 Nov 2025

Vodacom inks Africa internet deal with Musk's Starlink

Vodacom inks Africa internet deal with Musk's Starlink

Pushkala Aripaka, Nqobile Dludla 12 Nov 2025

Ghana’s first advanced Out-of-Home (OOH) measurement platform has been launched (Image supplied)

Ghana gets first OOH measurement platform

12 Nov 2025

Top 53 Debut Programme participants advance to the Catalyst Phase

Top 53 Debut Programme participants advance to the Catalyst Phase

Business and Arts South Africa 12 Nov 2025

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How the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon cancellation tested brand empathy

Matthew Nkala 11 Nov 2025

In the final RAPT BizTrendsTV episode of the year, we turn the tables on trends, as host (Left) Bronwyn Williams moves from host to guest, interviewed by Bizcommunity editor, (Right) Danette Breitenbach (Image composite by Ruth Cooper © Bizcommunity)

RAPT BizTrendsTV | The Headline Act: Turning the tables

11 Nov 2025

Creative legend John Hunt retires

Creative legend John Hunt retires

11 Nov 2025

Galaxy KDay 2026 revealed: Sandringham Farm takes centre stage as the new festival home

Galaxy KDay 2026 revealed: Sandringham Farm takes centre stage as the new festival home

Primedia Broadcasting 11 Nov 2025

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Fighting for the royalty treatment: IP disputes in SA's music scene

Fathima Ismail and Sara-Jane Pluke 11 Nov 2025

Decoding Gen Z: The first post-brand generation

Japhet Manda, Brave Group 11 Nov 2025

South Africa's Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) joined 34 global consultancies in closed-door sessions at AdForum 2025 in London (Source: © 123rf )

5 key trends from the AdForum Worldwide Summit 2025

11 Nov 2025

Taxi rank takeovers: Bree goes digital for brands

Taxi rank takeovers: Bree goes digital for brands

Blue Label Media 11 Nov 2025

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

Brendan Seery 10 Nov 2025

Reckitt has appointed WPP Media to manage its media planning and buying across 21 European markets (Image supplied)

Reckitt appoints WPP Media

10 Nov 2025

The International Andy Awards Africa regional jurors have been announced (Image by Lesely Svenson © Bizcommunity)

The International Andy Awards Africa regional jurors announced

10 Nov 2025

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BBC director-general Tim Davie steps down amid Trump scandal

10 Nov 2025

Sentech scoops 2 prestigious awards at SABA Media Awards 2025

Sentech scoops 2 prestigious awards at SABA Media Awards 2025

SENTECH 10 Nov 2025

#BehindtheCampaign: Daily Sun style campaign busts cancer myths

#BehindtheCampaign: Daily Sun style campaign busts cancer myths

7 Nov 2025

Thule Ngcese, creative partner & co-founder at Distrikt 9, a supplier development partner of VML South Africa, has watched from the jury room as work out of the Middle East increasingly dominates the Loeries. The South African creative industry, he says, needs to up its game (Image supplied)

Thule Ngcese: "Time to lead, not follow. SA needs to up its game."

Thule Ngcese 7 Nov 2025

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Disney Africa, Sporting Chance Foundation mark a decade of Disney Healthy Happy Play

7 Nov 2025

SABC News team awarded the Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize

SABC News team awarded the Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize

6 Nov 2025

The team of (left) Zainab Mitha, art director and (right) Jasmin Vandersteen, copywriter, at Joe Public, Durban (Image supplied)

6 ME and Africa creatives named in Next Creative Leaders

6 Nov 2025

The age of integrated media

The age of integrated media

Kelvin Storie, Primedia Broadcasting 6 Nov 2025

Warc’s The Future of Commerce Media 2025 examines trends, advertising investment and the impact of AI on retail media (Image source: © 123rf )

Retail media: Agentic AI commerce arrives, estimated value of $136bn in 2025

5 Nov 2025

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