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#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

#RAPT BizTrendsTV | Mongezi Mtati: Local is better

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

Vodacom launches edu-tainment platform for customers

How to build a brand that lasts when the trends don't just change every year, but every dayPhoebe Opperman, DUO Marketing + Communications

Limited-edition Corona bottles pay tribute to South African seaside gems

Limited-edition Corona bottles pay tribute to South African seaside gems

#BehindtheCampaign: MTN SA celebrates with Do not disturb the Season campaign

Design Bridge and Partners launch bold new corporate brand for Tiger BrandsOgilvy South Africa

EXCLUSIVE: IAB South Africa releases the first Bookmarks Digital Rankings 2025

EXCLUSIVE: IAB South Africa releases the first Bookmarks Digital Rankings 2025

Machine celebrates major wins at the 2025 Pendoring Awards for Spotify

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Discover the power of the ocean in Corona Studios' new short film, First Beach

Discover the power of the ocean in Corona Studios' new short film, First Beach

To reach younger donors, the South African Guide Dog Association, together with VML, created AI pupfluencer, Maxx Reps (Image supplied)

AI pupfluencer created to reach younger audience for Guide Dog Association

#Orchids&Onions: A helicopter for wors? Sixty60 soars while CarTrack sinks

#Orchids&Onions: A helicopter for wors? Sixty60 soars while CarTrack sinksBrendan Seery

How to build a brand that lasts when the trends don't just change every year, but every day

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Limited-edition Corona bottles pay tribute to South African seaside gems

Limited-edition Corona bottles pay tribute to South African seaside gems

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G20 Africa summit: The battle for narrative ownership

22 Nov 2025

A partnership between BrandSA and Netflix celebrates and showcases South Africa's vibrant cultures in a film hosted by that highlights the country’s attractions (Image source: © Bizcommunity )

Jason Goliath hosts Brand SA-Netflix film on SA for G20 Summit

21 Nov 2025

Ogilvy and SAB Carling Black Label 2023 winners of the IAS-sponsored FM AdFocus Partnership Award (Image: Source © AdFocus Awards )

FM AdFocus Awards 2025: The power of partnership in a changing industry

21 Nov 2025

Africa's constraints can be beautiful opportunities for growth

Africa's constraints can be beautiful opportunities for growth

eatbigfish 21 Nov 2025

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 )

Has Black Friday become a reflex for brands?

Thando Mxosa 19 Nov 2025

Luxury shoppers are not only looking towards well-known brands like Gucci. Source: Luxity.

SA shoppers look beyond popular luxury brands

Karabo Ledwaba 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

Flash Gala case study highlights rising importance of branding in fresh produce

Flash Gala case study highlights rising importance of branding in fresh produce

19 Nov 2025

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

Windhoek Beer’s new campaign, Real Beer, Real Food and Nothing Else has hit the streets with the arrival of the Windhoek Beer Hops Truck (image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign: Real Beer, Real Food and Nothing Else

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

Lobengula Advertising proves the importance of employee marketing with winning 5 Assegai Awards

Lobengula Advertising proves the importance of employee marketing with winning 5 Assegai Awards

Lobengula Advertising 18 Nov 2025

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Public domain vs commercial use: Why Disney is drawing battle lines over Mickey Mouse jewellery

Nishaat Slamdien 17 Nov 2025

Makazole Mapimpi stars in the new campaign. Source: Supplied.

Makazole Mapimpi leads J.C. Le Roux’s sparkling new campaign

17 Nov 2025

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)

How earned-media insight turns marketing constraint into competitor advantage

17 Nov 2025

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

Influencer-driven campaign first of a kind for Vodacom

17 Nov 2025

Nando’s Oh What a Place!: From category noise to cultural signal

14 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

14 Nov 2025

The Undercover Ad is a campaign of AI-generated songs which are secretly advertisements that don’t sound like advertisements at all (Image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign: The Undercover Ad

13 Nov 2025

In 2026, there will be changes to the Cannes Lions Awards (Image source: © Bizcommunity)

#CannesLions2026: A new Creative Brand Lions and other changes

13 Nov 2025

OLC leads at the 2025 Shop! Awards South Africa

OLC leads at the 2025 Shop! Awards South Africa

OLC Through The Line Communications 13 Nov 2025

Confidence: The key differentiator for banking brands

12 Nov 2025

Sola Oke is the managing director for Pernod Ricard Africa. Source: Supplied.

#AfricaTechFestival: Sola Oke on technology, innovation and Africa’s cultural future

Karabo Ledwaba 12 Nov 2025

Matthew Nkala of Catalyst Africa

How the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon cancellation tested brand empathy

Matthew Nkala 11 Nov 2025

In the final RAPT BizTrendsTV episode of the year, we turn the tables on trends, as host (Left) Bronwyn Williams moves from host to guest, interviewed by Bizcommunity editor, (Right) Danette Breitenbach (Image composite by Ruth Cooper © Bizcommunity)

RAPT BizTrendsTV | The Headline Act: Turning the tables

11 Nov 2025

Creative legend John Hunt retires

Creative legend John Hunt retires

11 Nov 2025

Decoding Gen Z: The first post-brand generation

Japhet Manda, Brave Group 11 Nov 2025

South Africa's Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) joined 34 global consultancies in closed-door sessions at AdForum 2025 in London (Source: © 123rf )

5 key trends from the AdForum Worldwide Summit 2025

11 Nov 2025

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From SEO to GEO: How brands can stay visible in the age of AI search

Leanne Levine 10 Nov 2025

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

Brendan Seery 10 Nov 2025

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