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The Golden Age of Strategic PR calls for a new interpretation of value

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#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

#Effies2025 | Sanlam's F-Show breaks through the finance category

eMedia has launched Openview Stream, Africa’s first independent Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) platform (Image source: © 123rf )

eMedia launches Africa’s first independent FAST streaming platform

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

#WPRD2026 | The Golden Age of Strategic PR calls for a new interpretation of value

#WPRD2026 | The Golden Age of Strategic PR calls for a new interpretation of value

South African actor Seputla Sebogodi passes away

South African actor Seputla Sebogodi passes away

#WPRD2026 | Yolandi de Wet on why relationships remain PR's greatest asset

#WPRD2026 | Yolandi de Wet on why relationships remain PR's greatest assetRobin Fredericks

Richfield digital experience earns the Mark Awards 2026 shortlisting

Richfield digital experience earns the Mark Awards 2026 shortlistingSo Interactive

Maintaining digital momentum post Digital Maturity Survey

Maintaining digital momentum post Digital Maturity SurveyIncubeta

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

#WPRD2026 | The Golden age of PR reminds us that the P stands for Public

#WPRD2026 | The Golden age of PR reminds us that the P stands for PublicLebo Madiba

Danette Breitenbach (second left) at the PRCA conference 2025.

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68% of Google searches now end without a click, how ZA companies win back traffic with AI visibility

68% of Google searches now end without a click, how ZA companies win back traffic with AI visibilityWoww

#WPRD2026 | Proof: The 5th P for the AI era

#WPRD2026 | Proof: The 5th P for the AI eraMadelain Roscher

The WPP staff cuts are part of CEO Cindy Rose's Elevate28 strategy

WPP £500m savings drive sees hundreds of employees let go

RollerAds launches a full-cycle ad platform with traffic, offers, and monetisation in one workspace

RollerAds launches a full-cycle ad platform with traffic, offers, and monetisation in one workspacePRNEWS

Sixty60’s Pixie shows AI is becoming part of everyday grocery shopping

Sixty60’s Pixie shows AI is becoming part of everyday grocery shopping

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

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Sydney Mbhele, group chief marketing & corporate affairs officer at Absa, talks about the shifts in marketing in banking (Image supplied)

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In the lead up to Cannes Lions 2026, Special Effects Media South Africa's Victoria Oyeboade says African brands need ecosystems, not just endorsements (Image supplied)

#Cannes2026 | The Lions creators reality check: Why African brands need ecosystems

Victoria Oyeboade 3 Jun 2026

#BehindtheCampaign | Ford’s new TVC: A tribute to the South African character

Danette Breitenbach 3 Jun 2026

Google’s AI Overviews are not killing traffic

Google’s AI Overviews are not killing traffic

Wouter Kritzinger, Dentsu 3 Jun 2026

Guy Lundy, country manager, Spencer Stuart South Africa, asks if South Africa’s next CMOs will be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers? (Image supplied)

Will SA’s next CMOs be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers?

2 Jun 2026

(Left) Mkhuseli Mancotywa, managing director position, SoulProviders Collective (SPC) and (right) Nosipho Ginindza, chief growth officer, Matrix Communications Group (Image supplied)

SPC repositions with new leadership and focus

2 Jun 2026

#BehindtheIMC | Cassava Technologies' Ifeoma Jibunoh: AI shifting African businesses

#BehindtheIMC | Cassava Technologies' Ifeoma Jibunoh: AI shifting African businesses

Danette Breitenbach 1 Jun 2026

The Pitcher Awards 2026 winners have been announced, with agencies from Kenya and Mozambique winning Grands Prix (Image source: © The Nation Online

The Pitcher Awards celebrate African creativity with inaugural success for Mozambique

1 Jun 2026

2026 Africa Elevate Scholarship recipients announced

2026 Africa Elevate Scholarship recipients announced

29 May 2026

Uber Eats and Special US win Grand Effie at US 2026 Effie Awards for Football is for Food (Image supplied)

Uber Eats wins US Effie Awards' Grand Effie

29 May 2026

2026 Effie Awards South Africa extended deadline announced

2026 Effie Awards South Africa extended deadline announced

Association for Communication and Advertising 28 May 2026

30 million young South Africans are more focused in games than social (Image source: © 123rf )

Gaming outperforms social for younger generation's engagement

Reach Players 28 May 2026

The Up&Up Group’s CEO and CCO announced as speakers on official Cannes Lions agenda

The Up&Up Group’s CEO and CCO announced as speakers on official Cannes Lions agenda

The Up&Up Group 28 May 2026

Bradly Howland, CEO, Alkemi Collective, examines the danger of AI efficiency (Image source: © 123rf )

AI is making work faster but speed is not the test. Judgment is.

Bradly Howland 28 May 2026

5 ways to tap into Africa’s Ctv wave before everyone else does

5 ways to tap into Africa’s Ctv wave before everyone else does

27 May 2026

Shoprite's Low-Duuuma! sees Benni McCarthy dancing in the aisles (Image supplied)

Shoprite's Low-Duuuma! scores with Benni McCarthy

27 May 2026

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Your customers are unreliable narrators — and your segmentation is built on it

Greg Streatfield 27 May 2026

Remi Du Preez, managing director at Polygon, says when budgets shrink, brands feel the pressure to disappear, but staying visible (and smart) is what actually wins.

7 ways to market smarter when every rand counts

Remi Du Preez 27 May 2026

Nick Hamman joins Time Out South Africa

Nick Hamman joins Time Out South Africa

26 May 2026

Santiago Sánchez-Lozano is the new CEO for WPP Production in EMEA. Source: LinkedIn.

WPP Production appoints new CEO for EMEA region

26 May 2026

Petronella Mphahlele looks at why the IEC uses wall murals for voter registration campaigns in South Africa (Image source: @ IEC https://www.facebook.com/IECSouthAfrica/posts IEC]])

Registration campaign uses murals to reach voters

26 May 2026

Dr. Nyembezi’s has been appointed as group executive: technology at SABC. Source: SABC.

SABC appoints Dr Vuyo Nyembezi as group executive: technology

26 May 2026

Ivan Moroke, MAA chairperson, examines how marketers genuinely drive growth in using the algorithm and the insight to find commercial success (Image supplied)

Algorithm or insight? Neither… it’s a false choice

Ivan Moroke 26 May 2026

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With generative AI surging, Africa’s agile creators narrow Hollywood’s gap

Garon Campbell 26 May 2026

Africa 200 ranking reflects growing confidence of Pan-African brands

26 May 2026

South Africa targets January 2027 for revised AI policy after earlier withdrawal

South Africa targets January 2027 for revised AI policy after earlier withdrawal

Nqobile Dludla 26 May 2026

Drake dropped. Brands scrambled. But one nailed it

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Japhet Manda, Brave Group 26 May 2026

Graham Cruikshanks, director of Africa operations at TBWA says there is a strong desire to recognise African advertising talent (Image supplied)

#AfricaMonth | Recognising Africa's unique advertising voice

Danette Breitenbach 25 May 2026

Sni Mhlongo's coming of age ceremony featured some of her favourite brands. Source: Instagram.

15.9m-view umemulo reframes brand-creator partnerships through participation

Thando Gambushe 25 May 2026

Unlocking trust and attention: Media24 leads the way for advertisers

Unlocking trust and attention: Media24 leads the way for advertisers

Media24 25 May 2026

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