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(Left) Bridget von Holdt, founder of Inzalo Consulting and (right) Maria Gergova-Bengtsson, founder and CEO of United Partners Network, have joined forces (Image by @Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity)

Top PRs form African strategic communications partnership

SA leading marketers say brand and performance marketing are no longer rivals

Brent Lindeque, Good Things Guy reflects on 11 years and 1,000 keynotes (Image supplied)

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Powerade partners with Bafana Bafana captain for limited Fifa World Cup edition

Powerade partners with Bafana Bafana captain for limited Fifa World Cup edition

The skincare line The Ordinary leads all beauty brands with a 7% AI citation share, followed by CeraVe (6%), Sephora (5.5%), La Roche-Posay (5%), and Charlotte Tilbury (4.5%). Image credit:

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Publicis Groupe Africa has announced the appointment of Gideon Khobane as managing director: Rest of Africa (excluding West Africa) (Image supplied)

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2 Jul 2026

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Maroefah Smith 2 Jul 2026

CMO Council and MartechTribe have revealed a data-driven framework to transform
fragmented stacks into predictive business growth platforms (Image source: © 123rf )

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2 Jul 2026

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Packard Bell launches with industry-first AI-generated campaign

2 Jul 2026

Madelain Roscher, founder and CEO, PR Worx and Public Relations Institute of SA (Prisa) member, examines how AI Search has made PR the most powerful discipline in business (Image supplied)

#WPRD2026 | The quiet revolution that just made PR the most powerful discipline in business

Madelain Roscher 1 Jul 2026

Sprite puts iconic hip-hop lyrics on cans in US campaign

Sprite puts iconic hip-hop lyrics on cans in US campaign

1 Jul 2026

Every year, on 16 July, communications professionals around the world celebrate World PR Day (#WPRD) and Bizcommunity also dedicates the month of July to PR (Image @Bizcommunity)

#WPRD2026 | The Golden Age of Strategic PR is here. Join the organisations defining it.

1 Jul 2026

L’Oréal South Africa expands in-game brand experiences across Maybelline, Garnier and CeraVe

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Nhlanhla Ngcobo (left) and Theo Ferreira (right) have been promoted to group executive creative directors at VML (Images supplied, Image composite by Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

VML promotes Cannes-winning ECDs

29 Jun 2026

How to build brand equity. Report finds it's not what CMOs are doing

25 Jun 2026

#Cannes2026 | Silver for Mtana ka Gogo leads SA's latest wins

#Cannes2026 | Silver for Mtana ka Gogo leads SA's latest wins

Karabo Ledwaba 25 Jun 2026

Vote now: Student radio ads celebrating SA's languages hit SABC airwaves (Image supplied)

Pendoring's student radio ad challenge: Vote for the ad that speaks to your heart

24 Jun 2026

The first Cannes 2026 winners have been announced (Image source: @ union )

#Cannes2026 | Joe Public kickstarts SA’s 2026 campaign

Danette Breitenbach 23 Jun 2026

The latest TVC from Ford Everest:Lose Yourself, Find Yourself campaign will flight for the first time on 23 June across national TV and YouTube (Image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign | Preview of Ford Everest's TVC: Lose Yourself, Find Yourself

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2026

Inside Allan Gray × Accenture Song SA’s A Seat at the Table

Inside Allan Gray × Accenture Song SA’s A Seat at the Table

Karabo Ledwaba 22 Jun 2026

African creatives discuss the importance of Cannes to Africa. Picture l to r: Yusuf Adejumo, creative director, TBWA\Concept Nigeria, Audrey Quaye creative director Innova DDB Ghana, Alex van Niekerk, executive creative director at TBWA\Ascent, Graham Cruikshanks, director of Africa operations at TBWA, Eric Mununuzi, chief creative Officer at TBWA\Uganda (Images supplied, composite by Ruth Cooper @ Bizcommunity)

#Cannes2026 | Should Africa care about the Cannes Lions?

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2026

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Brands playing with fire: The 'logik' behind the SCA's decision on passing-off

Ryan Tucker 19 Jun 2026

Matla Media’s Nompumelelo Zwane asks how we can empower the next generation (Image supplied)

#YouthMonth | Marketing's role in empowering the next generation

Nompumelelo Zwane 18 Jun 2026

Jim Stengel has been named as the Cannes inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing. (Image source: @ Lia )

#Cannes2026 | Former P&G marketing officer named inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing

17 Jun 2026

Effie Worldwide has released the 2025 Effie Index (Image supplied)

Global Effie Index: 2025’s most effective marketers, brands and agencies

17 Jun 2026

Gerety Awards 2026 Shortlist has been announced. Source: Supplied.

3 South African campaigns in Gerety craft CUT — Will local agencies win gold?

17 Jun 2026

LinkedIn has introduced Creator Marketplace and BrandWorks (Image source: © 123rf )

LinkedIn extends tools to creators

12 Jun 2026

Pierre Cassuto, Humanz’ global chief marketing officer, says the most costly habit in marketing right now isn’t bad creative. It relates to the campaign itself (Image source: © 123rf )

A campaign is a fiction - the algorithm needs continuity

pierre cassuto 12 Jun 2026

Darren Olivier, Danielle van Deventer and Mandla Ngidi, Adams and Adams, law experts, provide a practical legal guide for Fifa World Cup marketing (Image @ Indian Express

World Cup marketing: Finding the balance between cultural moments and legal boundaries

Darren Olivier, Danielle van Deventer and Mandla Ngidi 12 Jun 2026

#NewBizPressOffice: Meet LNGR

#NewBizPressOffice: Meet LNGR

LNGR 12 Jun 2026

The first Cannes Lions 2026 shortlists are out with Accenture Song and Edelman shortlisted (Image@ b9

#Cannes2026 | SA features in first shortlists

Danette Breitenbach 11 Jun 2026

The collective includes Demographica, Second Rodeo and Halo. Source: Supplied.

Demographica, Second Rodeo & Halo launch Slightly Dangerous Co.

11 Jun 2026

WPP has launched Hex, the company’s frontier studio built for the era of AI. The talent for Hex is sourced from WPP’s Creative Tech Apprenticeship programme (Source@ WPP

WPP launches Hex, the frontier studio built for the era of AI

11 Jun 2026

Khensani (left) and Nhlanhla (right) have formed Nobanda Investment Group.

Nhlanhla and Khensani Nobanda unveil Nobanda Investment Group

10 Jun 2026

The 3rd Space: Where brand conversations actually happen

Jacques du Preez 10 Jun 2026

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