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Calling SA’s creators: 2026 Content Creator Awards now open

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The MMA South Africa Next! Conference 2026 will look at where marketers should focus their efforts to drive real growth and deliver measurable impact (Image supplied)

MMA South Africa Next! Conference 2026: Driving growth in modern marketing

12 May 2026

Scopen has just finished a new wave of the Agency Scope Study in China and found that the Chinese market is structurally organised around multi-partner ecosystems. Pictured: Zhujiang River and modern building of the financial district at night in Guangzhou, China. (Image source: © 123rf )

Agency Scope China 2025/26 | A multi-partner ecosystem with no single lead agency

12 May 2026

The Boundless team, with newly escaped from prison Fran Luckin. (I know Mouse is there somewhere...) (Image supplied)

A prisoner, an escape mastermind and a mouse walk into an agency

Danette Breitenbach 12 May 2026

SuperSport’s new advertising campaign will launch to coincide with the start of the Fifa World Cup 2026 (Image supplied)

Supersport's Fifa World Cup Sleep can wait campaign launches

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

The MRF's latest Maps data cover the full 2025 calendar year and shows that on-demand streaming penetration averaged 21% annually (Image source: © 123rf )

Maps provides 5 year record of consumer behaviour

7 May 2026

FNB eBucks and other local brands triumph at 2026 International Loyalty Awards

FNB eBucks and other local brands triumph at 2026 International Loyalty Awards

7 May 2026

In the Spend Trend Report 2026, 75% of respondents engage in sports betting in some shape or form (Image source: @ Carte Blanche )

#BizTrends | Spend Trend 2026 Part 2: Consumers adopt value-seeking spending strategies

Danette Breitenbach 7 May 2026

The global ad stars football stars like Thierry Henry and David Beckham. Source: YouTube.

Lay’s bets on football fever with new World Cup campaigns

7 May 2026

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iPendoring 2026 opens: Indigenous-language work gets a direct One Show shot

6 May 2026

Retroviral’s Find Your Fire, a trilogy of films for the Eastern European market, is an example of local talent and creativity overcoming geography (Image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign | Bic’s Find Your Fire: A South African-born idea for the global market

6 May 2026

MMA South Africa's Grand Jury 2026 reflects modern marketing leadership

5 May 2026

Candice Goodman looks at why conversations, clicks and competitions are becoming the safest way to collect data (Image source: © 123rf )

Exclusive | Building trust through conversations, clicks and competitions

Candice Goodman 5 May 2026

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Chloe Posthumus 4 May 2026

Boxer has launched its newest division, BMedia. Pictured: (Right) Paul Coetzee, group executive: commercial, marketing, retail media and factories officially welcomes Bmedia’s head of department (left) Adrian Naidoo to the Boxer Family at Boxer’s head office in Westville, KZN (Image @ Boxer)

Discount supermarket launches 360° retail media division

4 May 2026

Dove launches a nationwide search for South Africa’s most inspiring creators. Pictured left to right: Mpoomy Ledwaba, Coachella Randy, Lwandile Makhaza, and Thickleeyonce are members of the Dove Creator Council (Image supplied)

#SkinThatDoves | Dove launches nationwide search for SA’s most inspiring creators

4 May 2026

Lebo Madiba,(left) founder and managing director of PR Powerhouse, received the prestigious Gold award for Powerful Voice in Communication at the World Communications Forum Association (WCFA) awards in Davos, Switzerland (Image supplied)

Top African PR professional receives international gold award

30 Apr 2026

With more channels, more data, more expectations and less room for waste, marketers are under increasing pressure (Image source: © 123rf )

Part 1: Less noise, more nerve | How South African marketers are spending smarter; creating braver

30 Apr 2026

A key theme going into 2026 is social engineering and the impact that has on fraud (Image source: Spend Trend 2026 Report)

#BizTrends | Spend Trend 2026 Part 1: Social engineering and its impact on fraud

Danette Breitenbach 29 Apr 2026

"Consistent organic growth remains our North Star. While it will take time to outpace historical losses, our Q1 results are in line with expectations and ahead of Q4 2025," says Cindy Rose, WPP CEO (Image source: @ WPP

No surprises in WPP Q1 results

28 Apr 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

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Clio Awards | SA agencies showcase how local can land internationally

Danette Breitenbach & Karabo Ledwaba 24 Apr 2026

#CannesLions2026 | 2 exceptional SA creatives named to prestigious juries

24 Apr 2026

Pictured (L to r): Katja Fasink, CEO of key7 Communications and Cyber Security, Slovenia,Maxim Behar, WCFA president and CEO of M3 Communications Group, Bulgaria, Lebo Madiba, managing director, PR Powerhouse, South Africa, Diego Biasi, PR and Digital Strategy Consultant and Founder and CEO of BPRESS Italy,and Sergii Bidenko, reputation and crisis advisor at SEC Newgate Ukraine and member of the Management Board of ICCO (Image composite: @ Ruth Cooper, Bizcommunity)

Corporate crisis: The broken heart of communications

Lebo Madiba 24 Apr 2026

The Spend Trend Report highlights consumer spending trends in 2026 (Image supplied)

#BizTrends | SA consumer resilient, but still loves a treat!

Danette Breitenbach 23 Apr 2026

Effie invites brands to shape the next generation of marketing talent through Effie College

Effie invites brands to shape the next generation of marketing talent through Effie College

Association for Communication and Advertising 23 Apr 2026

Ogilvy tops the creative agencies. Source: Supplied.

These are South Africa’s best agencies to work for, according to Scopen

23 Apr 2026

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