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#RAPTBizTrendsTV | The Culture Foundry Co's Luke van der Spuy: When Gen Z decides you're not cool anymore

#Effies2025 | Halo and Pineapple: 100% sustained results

#Effies2025 | Ogilvy and VW: Creating campaigns for societal change

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

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

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

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 fraudDanette Breitenbach

"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

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

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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

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(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

Record sales, shifting rules: The new battle for South Africa’s car buyers

Record sales, shifting rules: The new battle for South Africa’s car buyers

Rogerwilco 17 Apr 2026

Fumani Khumalo (left) and Zinhle Mbatha (righht) are stepping into creative leadership roles at VML South Africa after being promoted to creative director positions.

VML South Africa bolsters creative leadership team with two internal promotions

16 Apr 2026

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Resonate Podcast Festival is coming to South Africa - Applications open for residency

15 Apr 2026

Call for participation: 2026 social media landscape survey opens to South African marketers

Call for participation: 2026 social media landscape survey opens to South African marketers

Ornico 15 Apr 2026

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

Publicis outperforms industry, confirms growth guidance for 2026

14 Apr 2026

Boundless becomes 51% Black-owned, 30% Black female-owned, and marginally more responsible

Boundless becomes 51% Black-owned, 30% Black female-owned, and marginally more responsible

Boundless 14 Apr 2026

IRL is better: Marc-Antoine Barrois' anti-social campaign redefines luxury retail

IRL is better: Marc-Antoine Barrois' anti-social campaign redefines luxury retail

13 Apr 2026

Effie South Africa introduces Agency of the Year and Marketer of the Year rankings for 2026

Effie South Africa introduces Agency of the Year and Marketer of the Year rankings for 2026

Association for Communication and Advertising 9 Apr 2026

#EndtfGBV: Build or Break challenges young men to reject toxic digital culture

#EndtfGBV: Build or Break challenges young men to reject toxic digital culture

9 Apr 2026

#Orchids&Onions: Metropolitan brings the drama, Subaru bores

#Orchids&Onions: Metropolitan brings the drama, Subaru bores

Brendan Seery 7 Apr 2026

Oratile Papo explains what four years of running a social media agency actually taught her (Image source: © 123rf )

Social media is not a vending machine, it’s a relationship

Oratile Papo 7 Apr 2026

Netflix produced a documentary on the dating site. Source: Tudum.

Ashley Madison sheds “affair site” label in major rebrand

Karabo Ledwaba 7 Apr 2026

Agency of experts acquires bass player

Agency of experts acquires bass player

Boundless 1 Apr 2026

Bizcommunity repositions for the future

Bizcommunity repositions for the future

Bizcommunity.com 1 Apr 2026

The influence era: Why creators are rewriting the rules of marketing

Michael Cost 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

EvaluateExplorer: AI-driven innovation that hits the target

EvaluateExplorer: AI-driven innovation that hits the target

Dr Nicki Morley, Kantar 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

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Meta and YouTube’s wakeup call: A global warning South Africa cannot ignore

Faaiza Gangat, Rebecca Matle and Tsholofelo Makhathini 30 Mar 2026

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Why Easter is becoming a key marketing moment on TikTok

Jochen Bischoff 26 Mar 2026

The fifa World Cup 2026 is predicted to drive $10.5 billion surge in ad spend but ad impact has diminished amid a shifting media landscape (Image supplied)

Fifa World Cup 2026 drives $10.5bn ad surge, but with diminshed impact

26 Mar 2026

The IAB South Africa has announced full jury panel for The 2026 Bookmark Awards (Image supplied)

#Bookmarks2026 | Jury chairs and jury members announced

26 Mar 2026

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Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout

Rob Nicholls 26 Mar 2026

Guinness Extra brings Guinness’ official beer partnership with the Premier League to life in key markets, including Africa and Asia (Image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign | Guinness Extra: Inspired by fans

26 Mar 2026

Agency ends success speculation by winning awards

26 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

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