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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

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May the 4th be with you: The internet celebrates Star Wars DayChloe Posthumus

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

Marketers and agencies need to ensure their values align (Image source: © 123rf )

Part 2: Less noise, more nerve | Marketers: Focus on headline earnings, not awards

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Meta expands parental controls with teen AI visibility, joining rivalsKarabo Ledwaba

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

Your brand is already being judged by an AI that has never read your press releaseNkateko Khosa, Brave Group

CMO Council's Marketing’s Power Partners: AI and the Human Essence report explains why AI alone doesn’t deliver growth (Image source: © 123rf )

Why AI alone doesn’t deliver growth - it needs human marketers

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

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Marketers and agencies need to ensure their values align (Image source: © 123rf )

Part 2: Less noise, more nerve | Marketers: Focus on headline earnings, not awards

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The One Club for Creativity has announced its finalists for The One Show 2026, including 80 from the Middle East & Africa (Image supplied)

48 finalists in One Show for South Africa led by Ogilvy and Accenture Song

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

Cape Town Tourism wins global gold for “My Cape Town”

Cape Town Tourism wins global gold for “My Cape Town”

Cape Town Tourism 16 Apr 2026

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The 63% parity threshold: Why SA beauty brands are falling into the “vibe” trap

Nomthandazo Masilela 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

Philip Cohen of Fofum Brands gives insight into how are doubling down on loyalty while consumers are switching more than ever. (Image: )

Loyalty marketing is solving the wrong problem

Philip Cohen 14 Apr 2026

How brands can update their marketing system for the AI era

How brands can update their marketing system for the AI era

Caitlyn Greve 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

Supplied images: McIlhenny Tabasco sauce (L) and Stoli's new “Halapeño Pepper” vodka bottle (R)

Trade dress dispute hots up as Tabasco takes Stoli to court over vodka bottle design

Nishaat Slamdien 14 Apr 2026

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The Pitcher Awards 2026 unveils dynamic jury

14 Apr 2026

The summit was launched in 2025. Source: Supplied.

Inside Pat on Brands' Business to Brand Summit

Karabo Ledwaba 13 Apr 2026

South Africa’s consumer class is back on the road!

South Africa’s consumer class is back on the road!

BrandMapp 13 Apr 2026

The brands winning South Africa’s car buyers aren’t the ones you expect

The brands winning South Africa’s car buyers aren’t the ones you expect

Rogerwilco 10 Apr 2026

Harley-Davidson launches Ride. Source: Harley-Davidson.

Harley-Davidson refreshes brand

10 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

Your consumer isn’t who you think they are right now

Your consumer isn’t who you think they are right now

Nomonde Keswa, eatbigfish 8 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

Nutella floating around Artemis II. Source: YouTube.

WATCH | Nutella goes viral after unexpected appearance on NASA mission

7 Apr 2026

Research consultancy Scopen has turned gratitude into action with the launch of a new bursary initiative linked to its flagship Agency Scope study in South Africa. Pictured: Khensani Nobanda CMO Nedbank, Omolemo Sehole bursary recipient, Johanna McDowell Scopenn Africa partner, Cesar Vacchiano CEO Scopen global (Image supplied)

Scopen Africa awards R90,000 inaugural bursaries

7 Apr 2026

Why relevance, not reach, is the real driver of email performance

Why relevance, not reach, is the real driver of email performance

Cristelle Snyman, Everlytic 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

Tshepo Sefotlhelo says climate change is reshaping how organisations are judged and you cannot communicate your way out of a credibility gap (Image source: @News24 )

Climate risk: A reputation test most organisations are failing

Tshepo Sefotlhelo 2 Apr 2026

New brand advisory firm breaks from traditional PR model

2 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

#Cannes2026 | Cannes Young Lions South Africa 2026 winners

#Cannes2026 | Cannes Young Lions South Africa 2026 winners

1 Apr 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

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