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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

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How South Africa's youth are rewriting the marketing playbook

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

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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

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Why African marketing is moving beyond reach and demographics

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#BehindtheCampaign | Pick n Pay’s Eat Like a Champion answers age old question

(Left) Bridget von Holdt, founder of Inzalo Consulting and (right) Maria Gergova-Bengtsson, founder and CEO of United Partners Network, have joined forces (Image by @Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity)

Top PRs form African strategic communications partnership

Dentsu School of Influence graduates new wave of business-ready creators

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AI is the wrong word. This is about building a creative marketing operating system

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Beyond borders: Why 2026 should be remembered as Africa's World Cup

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As AI rewrites the inbox, marketers are told to write for 2 readers

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WWF South Africa’s Mandela Day campaign calls on South Africans to dedicate their 67 minutes to nature close to home or even at home. Image supplied.

WWF South Africa’s Mandela Day campaign asks SA to sweep before Mother Nature’s door

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The Ordinary leads AI beauty rankings as Chanel and other legacy brands lose ground

#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 Public

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How South Africa's youth are rewriting the marketing playbook

How South Africa's youth are rewriting the marketing playbook

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Publicity For Good founder Heather Holmes has been named the PRNews 2026 Top Women in PR & Communications Honouree (Image supplied)

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17 Jun 2026

Effie Worldwide has released the 2025 Effie Index (Image supplied)

Global Effie Index: 2025’s most effective marketers, brands and agencies

17 Jun 2026

Gerety Awards 2026 Shortlist has been announced. Source: Supplied.

3 South African campaigns in Gerety craft CUT — Will local agencies win gold?

17 Jun 2026

(Left) Marilize Jacobs, founder, VocalCord PR and Reputation Management and (right) Thabani Mnyakeni, chief creative officer, TM Relations, say that youth is not an age, it’s a mindset (Image supplied)

#YouthMonth | Youth is a mindset rather than an age bracket

Marilize Jacobs & Thabani Mnyakeni 15 Jun 2026

SA youth: The myth of the digital-only generation

SA youth: The myth of the digital-only generation

Caxton Media 15 Jun 2026

The invisible hand: Architecting advocacy without selling out

The invisible hand: Architecting advocacy without selling out

Mathabatha Sexwale, Brave Group 15 Jun 2026

LinkedIn has introduced Creator Marketplace and BrandWorks (Image source: © 123rf )

LinkedIn extends tools to creators

12 Jun 2026

New independently aggregated study reveals $1.4bn in global pDOOH adspend in 2025, representing 7% of total DOOH (Source: @

Programmatic DOOH hits $1.4bn but remains an opportunity

12 Jun 2026

Pierre Cassuto, Humanz’ global chief marketing officer, says the most costly habit in marketing right now isn’t bad creative. It relates to the campaign itself (Image source: © 123rf )

A campaign is a fiction - the algorithm needs continuity

pierre cassuto 12 Jun 2026

TikTok Live is open. Your customer is inside. So where are you?

TikTok Live is open. Your customer is inside. So where are you?

Runyararo Mutsinze 12 Jun 2026

Darren Olivier, Danielle van Deventer and Mandla Ngidi, Adams and Adams, law experts, provide a practical legal guide for Fifa World Cup marketing (Image @ Indian Express

World Cup marketing: Finding the balance between cultural moments and legal boundaries

Darren Olivier, Danielle van Deventer and Mandla Ngidi 12 Jun 2026

Cheslin Kolbe named Nissan Africa ambassador in Navara Pro-4X deal

Cheslin Kolbe named Nissan Africa ambassador in Navara Pro-4X deal

12 Jun 2026

The first Cannes Lions 2026 shortlists are out with Accenture Song and Edelman shortlisted (Image@ b9

#Cannes2026 | SA features in first shortlists

Danette Breitenbach 11 Jun 2026

The collective includes Demographica, Second Rodeo and Halo. Source: Supplied.

Demographica, Second Rodeo & Halo launch Slightly Dangerous Co.

11 Jun 2026

WPP has launched Hex, the company’s frontier studio built for the era of AI. The talent for Hex is sourced from WPP’s Creative Tech Apprenticeship programme (Source@ WPP

WPP launches Hex, the frontier studio built for the era of AI

11 Jun 2026

Why 'waiting for infrastructure' doesn’t work

Why 'waiting for infrastructure' doesn’t work

David Blyth, eatbigfish 11 Jun 2026

Khensani (left) and Nhlanhla (right) have formed Nobanda Investment Group.

Nhlanhla and Khensani Nobanda unveil Nobanda Investment Group

10 Jun 2026

The 3rd Space: Where brand conversations actually happen

Jacques du Preez 10 Jun 2026

AAA launches South Africa’s first master of digital marketing degree

AAA launches South Africa’s first master of digital marketing degree

AAA School of Advertising 10 Jun 2026

The old playbook is finished. So is the way we measure TV in South Africa

The old playbook is finished. So is the way we measure TV in South Africa

TDMC 10 Jun 2026

Mr Price awards R1m prize to AI entrepreneur

Mr Price awards R1m prize to AI entrepreneur

10 Jun 2026

Good work is not hard. Work that works is

Good work is not hard. Work that works is

Dawn Rowlands, Dentsu 10 Jun 2026

B2B marketing in the age of dark social: Tracking and leveraging the influence you can’t see

B2B marketing in the age of dark social: Tracking and leveraging the influence you can’t see

We Do Digital 10 Jun 2026

The death of the mass campaign

The death of the mass campaign

Mosa Ntwampe, Brave Group 10 Jun 2026

Supplied image: Sibusiso Ndlovu, CEO of Media Creative Hub

School marketing in 2026: Why trust and community matter

Sibusiso Ndlovu 9 Jun 2026

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One Club Creative Hall of Fame 2026 inductees named

9 Jun 2026

The distinctiveness crisis: The tools are equal, the thinking is not

9 Jun 2026

ITFFA 2026 honours global tourism films in Johannesburg

ITFFA 2026 honours global tourism films in Johannesburg

9 Jun 2026

The ScreenCraft Pathways Trainees pictured with Pelin Mavili, Netflix director of Global Affairs for Middle East, Turkey and Africa; Ben Amadasun, Netflix VP of Content for Middle East & Africa; Keitumetse Lebaka, CEO of the Gauteng Film Commission, Zamabuya Msibi acting manager: Enterprise Development at the KZN Tourism & Film Authority and Lebogang Maile, the Gauteng MEC for Education, Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation.

14 SA creatives land year-long film and TV training with Netflix

8 Jun 2026

The era of marketing opinion is ending. Revenue science comes next

The era of marketing opinion is ending. Revenue science comes next

JG Bezuidenhout, Offernet 8 Jun 2026

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