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#Effies2025 | Ogilvy and VW: Creating campaigns for societal change

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

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Digital skills shift from startup survival to scalable business growth

Digital skills shift from startup survival to scalable business growth

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

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From Rhode Skin to Lattafa: The brands that won beauty in 2025Maroefah Smith

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

(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

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World Aids Day 2025: WhatsApp AI companions transform SA's Aids response

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

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

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

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Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards: Meet the 2025 winners

#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

Amstel’s Friends of Amstel campaign hits over 1 million entries

Amstel’s Friends of Amstel campaign hits over 1 million entriesTechsys Digital

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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

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 Africa

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From Rhode Skin to Lattafa: The brands that won beauty in 2025

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G20 Africa summit: The battle for narrative ownership

22 Nov 2025

alcohol advertising is more regulated than people think, says Angela Russel, CEO of the Drinks Federation of South Africa (Image source: © 123rf )

Alcohol advertising: Accountability not aspirational, but actionable

Angela Russel 21 Nov 2025

The literary “Oscars”: Here are the 2025 South African Literary Awards winners

The literary “Oscars”: Here are the 2025 South African Literary Awards winners

21 Nov 2025

Custom magazines are the star of the ABC Q3 2025 for magazines (Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

ABC Q3 2025 Magazines: Custom the star of the show

Danette Breitenbach 20 Nov 2025

The ABC Q3 2025 figures have been released (Image by Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

ABC Q3 2025 Newspapers: Locals the silver lining

Danette Breitenbach 20 Nov 2025

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SAHPRA issues warning over illegal marketing and sale of GLP-1s

20 Nov 2025

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SA's Purple Revolution to end GBV goes global

Chloe Posthumus 19 Nov 2025

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with SANEF member during a handover of M20 Johannesburg Declaration. From left to Right: Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, William Bird, director of Moxii Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa, Makhudu Sefara, chairperson of Sanef and Enoch Godongwana, Minister of Finance.

President Ramaphosa pleased with M20 Johannesburg Declaration initiative

19 Nov 2025

Black Friday has become one of the loudest and most predictable days in the marketing calendar. Penquin’s strategy director, Thando Mxosa, says the noise has disguised how disconnected brands have become from the people they’re meant to serve (Image source: © 123rf )

Has Black Friday become a reflex for brands?

Thando Mxosa 19 Nov 2025

Regine le Roux, founder and managing director, Reputation Matters, says the trend of brands issuing tongue-in-cheek “apology” notices written in the style of crisis communication misses the mark (Source: © 123rf )

The “Mock Apology” trend: A case of brands crying wolf

Regine le Roux 19 Nov 2025

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RCS Violence Survey finds rise of tech-facilitated GBV in SA

19 Nov 2025

Dale Hefer, CEO of the Nedbank IMC on stage at this year's Nedbank IMC. The official 2025 Nedbank IMC White Paper has been released (Image source: © IMC)

2025 Nedbank IMC White Paper: 5 calls to action for marketers

18 Nov 2025

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Why people trust influencers more than brands – and what that means for the future of marketing

Kelley Cours Anderson 18 Nov 2025

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Why children must shape Africa’s digital future

Refilwe Mokoena and Anzio Jacobs 18 Nov 2025

More marketing leaders are turning to competitor intelligence by using earned-media data to see what’s working in the market before spending a cent (Image supplied)

How earned-media insight turns marketing constraint into competitor advantage

17 Nov 2025

Vodacom’s official 2025 Summer Campaign launched the Radisson Red Hotel in Cape Town (Image supplied)

Influencer-driven campaign first of a kind for Vodacom

17 Nov 2025

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South African boys are fighting an invisible battle with pride and pain

Jessica Gbedemah 17 Nov 2025

Assegai Awards 2025 shine in a sold-out celebration of excellence

Assegai Awards 2025 shine in a sold-out celebration of excellence

DMASA 14 Nov 2025

Ogilvy South Africa and Yum! took the top industry honours at the Marketing and Media Alliance sub-Saharan Africa's 2025 Smarties (image supplied)

Ogilvy and Yum! take top honours at MMA SSA Smarties

14 Nov 2025

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2025 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards: Check out the 24 finalists

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

Atzaró Cape Town achieves 831% return on Google Ads investment with Cape Marketing Agency

Atzaró Cape Town achieves 831% return on Google Ads investment with Cape Marketing Agency

Cape Marketing Agency 13 Nov 2025

Lesaka’s Lincoln Mali named 'All Africa Business Leader of the Year' at 13th AABLA Awards

Lesaka’s Lincoln Mali named 'All Africa Business Leader of the Year' at 13th AABLA Awards

Nielsen Network 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

Bluegrass Digital celebrates connection at London Indaba Dinner

Bluegrass Digital celebrates connection at London Indaba Dinner

Bluegrass Digital 12 Nov 2025

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