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

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2026 Africa Elevate Scholarship recipients announced

2026 Africa Elevate Scholarship recipients announced

29 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

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

Isu Elihle Awards open for entries with R30,000 for first place

Isu Elihle Awards open for entries with R30,000 for first place

18 May 2026

On the Dot Speciality Publications expands retail book offering with fresh, data-led approach

On the Dot Speciality Publications expands retail book offering with fresh, data-led approach

On the Dot 11 May 2026

The 2026 Cannes Lions Shortlisting Jury includes increased representation from Africa (Image supplied)

#CannesLions2026 | Increased representation from Africa on shortlisting juries

8 May 2026

Media24 won the INMA Global Media Awards’ Best in Africa (image source@ Storm Simpson, News24

Media24 named Best in Africa at INMA Awards

8 May 2026

SA publishers among Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards 2026 finalists

SA publishers among Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards 2026 finalists

5 May 2026

(L to r:) Kabelo Makwane, ICT executive, Ricky Hendricks, Google Marketing Strategy & Partnerships in SSA, Alex Okosi, managing director, Africa, Google, Janet Booysen,Massmart marketing VP (acting) and Anwar Jappie, chair @ Effie Awards (Image source: LinkedIn

First- of-its-kind training bridges gap between digital content and physical commerce

28 Apr 2026

#CannesLions2026 | 2 exceptional SA creatives named to prestigious juries

24 Apr 2026

(Image source: © Firece Pharma Ten South Africans have been named to the Cannes Lions awarding juries

#CannesLions2026 | Awarding juries feature top South Africans

17 Apr 2026

(Source: @Meet Frank Publicis has announced its Q1 2026 results

Publicis outperforms industry, confirms growth guidance for 2026

14 Apr 2026

Bizcommunity repositions for the future

Bizcommunity repositions for the future

Bizcommunity.com 1 Apr 2026

#Cannes2026 | Cannes Young Lions South Africa 2026 winners

#Cannes2026 | Cannes Young Lions South Africa 2026 winners

1 Apr 2026

The Australian internet regulator said it was investigating five of the biggest social media platforms for suspected breaches of its new under-16 ban (Image source: © 123rf )

Australia investigates tech giants over social media ban compliance

31 Mar 2026

IAB South Africa’s first Insights Series webinar of 2026, Upskilling & building talent in an AI world, takes place on Thursday, 2 April at 11 am (Image supplied)

IAB SA 2026 Insights Series: How to upskill and build talent in an AI world

31 Mar 2026

RAPTBizTrendsTV | 54 Magazine's Phindile Khoza: African culture on the global stage

RAPTBizTrendsTV | 54 Magazine's Phindile Khoza: African culture on the global stage

Danette Breitenbach 31 Mar 2026

4 South African creatives have been chosen to sit on the NYF International Shortlisting Jury (L to r:) Zainab Mitha, art director,Joe Public, Robyn Campbell, senior vice president, Publicis Groupe, Martin Schlumpf, executive creative director and Jasmin Vandersteen, mid-weight copywriter, Joe Public (Image by Lesely Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

4 South African creatives on 2026 NYF Advertising Awards' International Shortlist Jury

25 Mar 2026

Social and influencer marketing has become the fastest-growing sector of the global advertising industry (Source: @ The Alvin Report

Social-first: The future of brand building?

24 Mar 2026

While linguistic patterns do exist and certain words have increased in frequency, the real issue is not the presence of AI, it is the absence of a distinctive voice (Source: @ Novelty Insider

AI sameness: It's not the use of AI, but how it used

24 Mar 2026

Fort Hare seeks exceptional media, PR and communications talent for 2 new strategic posts

Fort Hare seeks exceptional media, PR and communications talent for 2 new strategic posts

University of Fort Hare 23 Mar 2026

"The Golden Age of Strategic PR" is the World PR Day’s (WPRD) official theme for 2026 (Image supplied)

World PR Day 2026 | "The Golden Age of Strategic PR”

17 Mar 2026

The resurgence of curated newsletters is visible globally and in South Africa (Image supplied)

Exclusive | The growing appetite for curated newsletters and content

17 Mar 2026

South Africa's Deputy Minister of the Presidency, Kenny Morolong, opened the TikTok Safer Internet Summit in Nairobi (Image supplied)

TikTok provides $200,000 in ad credits to expand AI media literacy in sub-Saharan Africa

11 Mar 2026

Today Die Papier, the new weekly Afrikaans newspaper from Novus Media, launches, available nationwide in print and online through its digital platforms (Image supplied)

Die Papier launches

6 Mar 2026

Natascha Torres, head of digital media strategy at iqbusiness examines the power of micro communities (Image source: © 123rf )

The power and relevance of micro communities for B2B brands

Natascha Torres 6 Mar 2026

Justice Ponnan has accepted the appointment as chairperson of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa’s (BCCSA) Appointment and Appeals Committee (AAC) (Image supplied)

Justice Ponnan appointment to uphold broadcasting integrity

6 Mar 2026

Media24 has started a statutory consultation process with Coity Press staff (Image source @ All About Ads

43 year old newspaper icon set to close

2 Mar 2026

The Audit Bureau of Circulations' (ABC) Q4 (October to December) 2025 release shows a decline of 2.5% by newspapers (Image source: Lesely Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

ABC Q4 2025 Newspapers: Dailies up but total sector down

Danette Breitenbach 19 Feb 2026

The resilience of the magazine market is reflected in its eighth consecutive quarter of year-on-year growth in the Q4 (Image source: Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

ABC Q4 2025 Magazines: 8th consecutive quarter of y-o-y growth as magazines show resilience

Danette Breitenbach 19 Feb 2026

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