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Generation Z is getting older and ageing out of novelty. At the same time, technology is shaping brands' relationships with customers. In this episode, we explore one of the most urgent cultural questions facing brands today: What happens when Gen Z decides you're not cool anymore?.

With more than 100 trusted outlets across South Africa, MANZI Water offers a wide range of beverages and affordable, environmentally friendly water refill solutions, bringing safe, clean drinking water to the heart of every community.

In this episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV, Nokulinda Mkhize, a cultural advisor, integral coach, speaker, and practising songoma, with nearly two decades of experience in indigenous healing, talks about how spirituality is changing the world of work.

The Loeries radio jury member and executive for brand, marketing and digital at Pick n Pay, Katherine Madley, chatted to VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity on the state of retail.

The Loeries 2025 in-person jury judging session took place on Monday and Tuesday, 6 and 7 October, in Cape Town. VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity caught up with some of the jury presidents to glean some of the highlights of the entries and what constitutes a winning entry.

"Owning their measurement and performance will empower marketers in the boardroom. Marketing is business, and so we need to align to what the business finds important commercially and in measurement.".

Melusi Mhlungu, We Are Bizarre's founder & chief creative officer, says all he has wanted to do in his career is be a sponge in the world and then come back to South Africa and wring out all that he has absorbed.

In this episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV, Nicole Adriaans, business executive: data, analytics & AI at BlueSky, talks about the future workplace, which she believes will reward how well individuals partner with AI to turn knowledge into value and wisdom.

A macro trend that has been gaining momentum since the pandemic is the Analogue Renaissance trend. A return to real-world connection and human-first experiences, this episode of RAPT BizTrends TV explores this trend with Carmen Murray, the founder of Carmen Murray Communications.

This episode of The Lead Creative examines Cannes in terms of cultural nuance and global impact with Xolisa Dyeshana, chief creative officer of Joe Public, and the 2025 Cannes Lions Audio & Radio jury president, together with gold-winning agency Bananas, and its founder and chief creative officer, Saf Sindhi.

In this episode of BizTrendsTV, Faith Popcorn, renowned futurist and the CEO of Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve, who has been instrumental in identifying transformative social trends and societal movements, offers critical guidance on how business leaders and global citizens can engage with a trend she calls the people's pushback.

This episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on brands in a future where digital wallets are a gamechanger as the technologies of digital identity, crypto/blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) converge.

Born in 1994, Gen Z are the born free generation and they are redefining the world from work to play, opening challenges and opportunities that brands need to understand they want to stay relevant and thrive in the Gen Z world.

This episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on agentic AI and how it is revolutionising business, especially on the continent.

The second episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on the informal economy, a key growth trend reshaping South Africa’s and Africa's economies. Often referred to as the grey economy, it is brimming with potential.