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Jedd Cokayne has been appointed deputy managing director of The Mediashop to work closely with its managing director, Dashni Vilakazi (Image supplied)

The MediaShop appoints deputy MD

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Lamine Yamal and his little bro gave Spain the kind of PR money can't buyKarabo Ledwaba

Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketing

Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketingTerry Levin

The evidence behind the applause

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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

Jung Kook for Graff. Source: Graff.

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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

How South Africa's youth are rewriting the marketing playbook

How South Africa's youth are rewriting the marketing playbookSthando Msweli, Matte BLK

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

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The model did not fail. You applied it in the wrong market.

The model did not fail. You applied it in the wrong market.Wayne Tigere, Dentsu

From traditional sponsorship visibility to an immersive experience

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What football taught me about purposeful procurementVicki Scheffel

Ascent Africa advances African expansion through strategic Clarence AI engagement in Namibia

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

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

Customers buy the reflection of themselves, not just the car. Orange sells the dream. Silver sells the tech, writes Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa head of marketing Tarryn Knight (Image supplied)

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Why African marketing is moving beyond reach and demographics

Why African marketing is moving beyond reach and demographicsDentsu

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Lamine Yamal and his little bro gave Spain the kind of PR money can't buy

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Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketing

Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketing

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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

Africa 200 ranking reflects growing confidence of Pan-African brands

26 May 2026

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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

The Provoke Media Sabre Awards 2026 EMEA winners have been revealed (Source: @ Provoke Media )

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25 May 2026

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Turning SEO into GEO: How Rogerwilco is winning the AI search era

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The Marketing + Media Alliance (MMA) Smarties South African winners for 2026 were announced last night. Picture: Ogilvy was awarded Best in Show for Audi TikTok Test Drive (Image supplied)

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22 May 2026

Mscsports wins gold at MMA Smarties for pioneering AI-powered audience engagement with Telkom

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21 May 2026

TikTok shifts destination marketing towards creator-led travel discovery

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Robin Fredericks 21 May 2026

Growth is no longer won in channels

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Dentsu 21 May 2026

AAA School of Advertising’s Team So’ Réal made up of Zaiba Goolam (21), Joel Areington (22), and John Garside (21) recently won the South African leg of the L'Oréal Brandstorm 2026 competition (Image supplied)

AAA School of Advertising’s students qualify for Paris L'Oréal Brandstorm 2026 competition

20 May 2026

Why creativity still matters when algorithms are marketing’s first audience

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20 May 2026

The launch commercial for the all-new Kia Tasman bakkie creates an entire world out of one problem (image supplied)

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20 May 2026

South African student selected as inaugural 2026 Effie Lions Foundation Voices of the Future fellow

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6 internal comms moves that turn culture into real results

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An immersive Table Mountain experience by Chaos Theory and the Millat Group has won a global event award (Image supplied)

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19 May 2026

Dove and Fifa are teaming up to champion the next generation of female sports commentators through the Girl Talk movement (Image generated by AI)

Girl Talk: Finding the next female voice in sports

19 May 2026

Ask Africa appoints Jezile Dhlamini as its chief client partner officer

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Ogilvy South Africa Cape Town is the 2026 One Show ME & Africa Agency of the Year, and Promise Johannesburg ME & Africa Independent Agency of the Year (Image supplied)

Ogilvy and Promise top One Show ME & Africa rankings

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