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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)

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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

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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#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

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

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Warc and TikTok say brands need community intelligence to win with AI

Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketing

Non-official Fifa brands score with reverse ambush marketing

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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

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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)

MMA Smarties South Africa 2026 winners announced

22 May 2026

TikTok shifts destination marketing towards creator-led travel discovery

TikTok shifts destination marketing towards creator-led travel discovery

Robin Fredericks 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

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

20 May 2026

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

19 May 2026

The Agency Scope China has found the biggest challenges that marketers face relate to the economic context (Image supplied)

Agency Scope China | Economic context the biggest challenge

18 May 2026

Castle Lager’s Here’s To The Fans That Stood The Test Of Time campaign leading into the Fifa World Cup 2026 is a recreation of defining moments from South African football history (Image supplied)

Castle Lager’s Here’s To The Fans That Stood The Test Of Time recreates SA football moments

18 May 2026

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

15 May 2026

Incognito allows for sensitive chats. Source: Meta.

Meta adds private AI ‘Incognito Chat’ to WhatsApp

14 May 2026

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

The awards are now open for entries. Source: Supplied.

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

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