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Episode 3 is the Energy Episode with special guests Kagiso Tshepe, executive creative director at Grid Worldwide, Roanna Williams, chief creative officer and co-founder of Boundless, Fran Luckin, chief creative officer of VML, Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of The Loeries and Brandon Govender, digital & integrated executive creative director at Joe Public.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 2 is the Emotion Episode and features special guests Neo Segola, head of creative at Le Pub, part of the Publicis Group, Sharleen James, chair of the ACA and marketing practice lead at Accenture Song, Tebogo Skwambane, WPP country manager, Terry McKenna, executive creative director of The Odd Number and rounding it off Carl Willoughby, chief creative officer of TBWA / Hunt Lascaris.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 1 focuses on that five percent difference, with special guests Wayne Naidoo, CEO of the Duke Group, Marc Algranti from Algranti Music and Nkanyezi Masango, chief creative officer from Dentsu Creative.

Howard Audio was commissioned by agency King James II to compose the music for the latest Allan Gray campaign, flighting on TV, radio and cinema.

Howard Audio was the dynamic musical force behind the latest Discovery Insure advertising campaign.

In this episode of Breaking Ballet, inspired by the global blockbuster Black Panther, TBWA\ Hunt Lascaris and Joburg Ballet taped into the global sentiment that now is Africa’s time. Breaking Ballet is a series of ‘bite-size ballets’ inspired by today’s big stories.

At the end of 2017, FirstPencil trekked all the way to Sri Lanka to shoot the new Five Roses ad.

It’s January or, as Twitter calls it, #JanuWorry – a popular South African meme that makes light of the financial quagmire most of us currently find ourselves in. From social media to popular talk shows, #JanuWorry has trended consistently all month. After all, humour is always the best way to get through trying times. As we crawl towards payday, and with the ‘end in sight’, what better way to express our JanuWorry fatigue than through comedy and dance?...

Egg Films' Sunu directed Africa On Fire, Native VML's follow-up to the Cannes Gold-winning Absolut One Source campaign.

Arcade Content's Kyle Lewis took some time out of advertising to direct Sebentin (Haters), Zakwe's eye-popping new music video featuring Cassper Nyovest and Musiholiq.

Red Cherry Interactive was briefed by SOS Children's Villages to conceptualise and produce their latest video commercial to raise awareness and encourage the public to donate to the great cause.

Buitenkant (The Outside), a South African short film by William Nicholson, racked up over 100k views in 48 hours after being selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick this week.

Markstry, a Spitfire director that powers Node Content.TV division, shot and directed a brand-new digital advicement for Old Mutual on saving for children's education....

Try running 86,7kms. It's no joke. In these spots for Levergy and New Balance, FirstPencil had real comrades runners writing letters to themselves.

Try running 86,7kms. It's no joke. In these spots for Levergy and New Balance, FirstPencil had real comrades runners writing letters to themselves.