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#Effies2025 | Halo and Pineapple: 100% sustained results

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

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Vodacom has launched a new social-led content platform, the Value News Network (VNN).

Vodacom launches edu-tainment platform for customers

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The marketing genius of Spotify WrappedIshani Banerji

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Reddit challenges Australia’s social media ban for children

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Australia’s social media ban is now in force. Other countries are closely watching what happensLisa M. Given

Machine celebrates major wins at the 2025 Pendoring Awards for Spotify

Machine celebrates major wins at the 2025 Pendoring Awards for SpotifyMachine_

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The marketing genius of Spotify Wrapped

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30 years of iPendoring: Celebrating language, culture, and creativity in South Africa

30 years of iPendoring: Celebrating language, culture, and creativity in South Africa

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Following last month’s ACA Effie Awards, Gillian Rightford, executive director, shares her thoughts on the Awards (Image: Bizcommunity)

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

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Danette Breitenbach 26 Nov 2025

Ogilvy named Digital Agency Of The Year at the 2025 Smarties

Ogilvy named Digital Agency Of The Year at the 2025 Smarties

Ogilvy South Africa 26 Nov 2025

#RAPT BizTrendsTV | Mongezi Mtati: Local is better

#RAPT BizTrendsTV | Mongezi Mtati: Local is better

Danette Breitenbach 25 Nov 2025

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Jessica Gbedemah 25 Nov 2025

Bryan Habana's Greens & Gold promotion hits 1.3 million views

Bryan Habana's Greens & Gold promotion hits 1.3 million views

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Blackweek has announced Johannesburg as the location for the inaugural African Edition in November 2026 (Image source: © Blackweek )

Inaugural Blackweek Africa edition location announced

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All the South African Social Media Award winners

All the South African Social Media Award winners

24 Nov 2025

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SA media plays vital role in ending female genital mutilation in Africa

24 Nov 2025

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G20 Africa summit: The battle for narrative ownership

22 Nov 2025

Digital ‘Purple Wave’ in SA exposes tech-driven GBV risks

Digital ‘Purple Wave’ in SA exposes tech-driven GBV risks

21 Nov 2025

TikTok launches exclusive TikTok Insiders programme to accelerate agency growth in South Africa

TikTok launches exclusive TikTok Insiders programme to accelerate agency growth in South Africa

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The ABC Q3 2025 figures have been released (Image by Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

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Danette Breitenbach 20 Nov 2025

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SAHPRA issues warning over illegal marketing and sale of GLP-1s

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SA's Purple Revolution to end GBV goes global

Chloe Posthumus 19 Nov 2025

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with SANEF member during a handover of M20 Johannesburg Declaration. From left to Right: Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, William Bird, director of Moxii Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa, Makhudu Sefara, chairperson of Sanef and Enoch Godongwana, Minister of Finance.

President Ramaphosa pleased with M20 Johannesburg Declaration initiative

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Black Friday has become one of the loudest and most predictable days in the marketing calendar. Penquin’s strategy director, Thando Mxosa, says the noise has disguised how disconnected brands have become from the people they’re meant to serve (Image source: © 123rf )

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Thando Mxosa 19 Nov 2025

Regine le Roux, founder and managing director, Reputation Matters, says the trend of brands issuing tongue-in-cheek “apology” notices written in the style of crisis communication misses the mark (Source: © 123rf )

The “Mock Apology” trend: A case of brands crying wolf

Regine le Roux 19 Nov 2025

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RCS Violence Survey finds rise of tech-facilitated GBV in SA

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Dale Hefer, CEO of the Nedbank IMC on stage at this year's Nedbank IMC. The official 2025 Nedbank IMC White Paper has been released (Image source: © IMC)

2025 Nedbank IMC White Paper: 5 calls to action for marketers

18 Nov 2025

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Why people trust influencers more than brands – and what that means for the future of marketing

Kelley Cours Anderson 18 Nov 2025

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Jonty Fisher, Publicis Groupe Africa 18 Nov 2025

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More marketing leaders are turning to competitor intelligence by using earned-media data to see what’s working in the market before spending a cent (Image supplied)

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17 Nov 2025

Vodacom’s official 2025 Summer Campaign launched the Radisson Red Hotel in Cape Town (Image supplied)

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17 Nov 2025

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South African boys are fighting an invisible battle with pride and pain

Jessica Gbedemah 17 Nov 2025

Ogilvy South Africa and Yum! took the top industry honours at the Marketing and Media Alliance sub-Saharan Africa's 2025 Smarties (image supplied)

Ogilvy and Yum! take top honours at MMA SSA Smarties

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