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#HeritageMonth | Vicks and artist Zee Feels wrap South Africa in relief

#HeritageMonth | Vicks and artist Zee Feels wrap South Africa in relief

#HeritageMonth: Castle Milk Stout revitalises SA heritage with Songs to Savour

#HeritageMonth: Castle Milk Stout revitalises SA heritage with Songs to Savour

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Chronically online: South Africa’s digital dilemma for sexual healthJessica Gbedemah

SA e-commerce market to surpass R130bn in 2025

SA e-commerce market to surpass R130bn in 2025

Source: © 123rf Dustin Chick, chief executive at Razor Public Relations South Africa says clickbait should be keeping those of us responsible for managing organisational reputation wide awake at night. More importantly, we should be doing something about it – now

EXCLUSIVE | Razor's Dustin Chick: When headlines lie, trust dies. Why clickbait is PR’s next big battlegroundDustin Chick

How can South African retailers use augmented reality to improve shopping experiences?

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Absa won the Grand Prix Award. Source: YouTube.

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Source: © VML Parusha Partab, chief strategy officer, VML South Africa says leading with empathy – not noise – is how brands can get the balance right between grounded messaging and standout creativity

#BizTrends2025 | VML's Parusha Partab: Empathy in a surreal world and other trendsParusha Partab

Source: © 123rf Customer expectations are rising fast. They expect real-time answers on the channels they already use every day. In South Africa, that channel is WhatsApp

How and why WhatsApp is SA's biggest CX opportunity

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Her Collective, a platform to inspire and elevate women in South Africa’s media and advertising sector, launched recently in Bryanston. At the event were (left to right:) Kirsten Dugmore - Independent: Kirelley, Celia Collins, Lerina Bierman - Dentsu, and Michelle Sharnock - Heed (Image supplied)

Her Collective: “When women get together with collective intention, magic happens"

Incubeta acquires RocketSource to expand human-centred AI capabilities

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#HeritageMonth: Castle Milk Stout revitalises SA heritage with Songs to Savour

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Source: © 123rf In sub-Saharan Africa, TikTok removed over 7.5 million videos in Q3 2024, rising to more than 8 million in Q4 2024—an increase of 14.06% quarter-on-quarter

TikTok removes than 8 million videos in Q4 2024 in SSA, highlighting online safety

27 Mar 2025

Ster-Kinekor, as the official representative to Cannes Lions, is proud to announce HeinekenÒ as the official sponsor of the Cannes Young Lions Competition for South Africa (Image supplied)

#Cannes2025: Heineken official sponsor of the Ster-Kinekor Cannes Young Lions Competition SA

27 Mar 2025

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Facebook agrees to halt targeted ads for UK user after legal challenge

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Mar 2025

Marketing reimagined: Book your tickets for the New Gen Trends In Marketing And Technology Conference

Marketing reimagined: Book your tickets for the New Gen Trends In Marketing And Technology Conference

Lavello Marketing Solutions 26 Mar 2025

Agencies aren’t waiting on AI – so why are brands still playing catch-up?

Agencies aren’t waiting on AI – so why are brands still playing catch-up?

Shaune Jordaan, Hoorah Digital 26 Mar 2025

Converge Africa 2025 preliminary agenda reveal: Charting the future of digital commerce

Converge Africa 2025 preliminary agenda reveal: Charting the future of digital commerce

Vuka Group 25 Mar 2025

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The evolving battle over social media moderation: Free speech vs regulation

Grant Lapping 25 Mar 2025

AI in Advertising forum: Industry urged to understand, apply, and act

AI in Advertising forum: Industry urged to understand, apply, and act

Association for Communication and Advertising 25 Mar 2025

Tseliso Rangaka is the new CCO for Accenture Song SA. Source: Supplied.

Tseliso Rangaka named Accenture Song's chief creative officer in South Africa

24 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Apple as the 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

#Cannes2025: Apple named 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

24 Mar 2025

A new era for community and brand experience: Motherland OMNi partners with Kasie FM

Motherland OMNi 24 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen's research shows that the latest global trends signal a growing reliance on AI, a strong push toward integrated agency solutions and a strategic re-evaluation of in-house marketing structures

EXCLUSIVE: Scopen research - Be integrated, AI-powered and strategic, or be left behind

20 Mar 2025

Aleksandra Surogina, head of operations & content, Special Effects Media South Africa says we need to stop being marketers, and start being storytellers (Image supplied)

Stop being marketers... Start being storytellers!

Aleksandra Surogina 20 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf The legal bid of eTV, Media Monitoring Africa and SOS Support public broadcasting continues today, Wednesday 19 March in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria

Television access at risk for millions of South Africans as analogue switch-off date is contested

19 Mar 2025

South Africa joins Google's global cloud network with new hub

South Africa joins Google's global cloud network with new hub

19 Mar 2025

Dentsu Creative scores second win under Pepkor umbrella with FoneYam

Dentsu Creative scores second win under Pepkor umbrella with FoneYam

Dentsu 19 Mar 2025

Social media's impact: Driving business strategies from marketing to ROI

Social media's impact: Driving business strategies from marketing to ROI

Clara de Wet, 18 Mar 2025

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Unlock hidden revenue: How to turn your data into a profit powerhouse

Gil Sperling 18 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Leslie Adams, sales director at Reach Africa, asks, while TV licences are outdated, is a streaming levy the right fix?

The TV licence is dead! Long live the streaming levy - or not?

Leslie Adams 17 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Ogilvy One’s global CTO Ravi Pal will present a virtual session at Adobe Summit 2025 in Las Vegas from today, Monday, 17 March to Thursday, 20 March on strategies for future-proofing AI and delivering customer-centric growth

Ogilvy One CTO Ravi Pal: Strategies for future-proofing AI and delivering customer-centric growth

17 Mar 2025

MTN's annual profit hammered by Nigeria currency devaluation

MTN's annual profit hammered by Nigeria currency devaluation

17 Mar 2025

How GoodApp plans to formalise SA’s informal service sector

How GoodApp plans to formalise SA’s informal service sector

Shaheen Price 17 Mar 2025

5 essential website trends for 2025 and how WordPress addresses them all

5 essential website trends for 2025 and how WordPress addresses them all

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Angelika Venter, graphic designer for Edge Communications discusses what makes good design vs bad design (Image supplied)

The strategic role of graphic design in branding and marketing

Angelika Venter 13 Mar 2025

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Advertisers will now be able to measure carbon impact with Google's new tool

13 Mar 2025

The new digital dilemma: Proving marketing’s value in a profit-driven world

The new digital dilemma: Proving marketing’s value in a profit-driven world

Jaco Lintvelt, Incubeta 13 Mar 2025

Google’s 2025 Hustle Academy applications now open

Google’s 2025 Hustle Academy applications now open

12 Mar 2025

Accelerating action against gender bias in AI

Accelerating action against gender bias in AI

Henda Scott, Helm 12 Mar 2025

The Interactive Advertising Bureau South Africa's (IAB SA) 17th annual Bookmark Awards has appointed nine jury chairs and a full panel of judges alongside Elizabeth Mokwena, the jury president (Image supplied)

IAB South Africa 2025 Bookmark Awards names nine jury chairs

11 Mar 2025

Ogilvy has strengthened its senior leadership, with the appointment of Ipi Thibedi. Pictured left to right: Pete Case (CEO of Ogilvy), Ipi Thibedi (Group MD), Nkosinathi Biko (Chairman of Board, Ogilvy), Neo Makhele (Chief Strategy Officer), Angela Madlala (Chief People Officer), Graham Vivian (Chief Financial Officer)

Ipelegeng (Ipi) Thibedi joins Ogilvy South Africa’s as group managing director

11 Mar 2025

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