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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

How to articulate your brand purpose into a lived experienceNadia Hearn

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills trainingMedia Development and Diversity Agency

Of all views from videos, 67% come from videos under 30 seconds (Image source: © 123rf )

The 30-Second Rule: What goes viral decided by algorithms

Verified consumer data non-negotiable for SA brandsRoss Joughin

Adheesh Ori, senior director within Accenture Song, South Africa says the South African automotive landscape is clearly evolving, not only through technology or electrification, but in the mindset of the customer behind the purchase (Image source: © 123rf )

Meeting the South African modern car buyers where the customer experience matches the expectationAdheesh Ori

Arielle Horwitz is the engineering manager at Halo Dot. Source: Supplied.

Why the future of retail calls for a checkout revolutionArielle Horwitz

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Trade marks: Global classifications of virtual goods and services - part 1Kaajal Nagindas

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

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Of all views from videos, 67% come from videos under 30 seconds (Image source: © 123rf )

The 30-Second Rule: What goes viral decided by algorithms

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The lost art of integration: Why media strategy needs both flesh and digital

Ebony+Ivory The lost art of integration: Why media strategy needs both flesh and digital

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Real data. Real Africa. Real time. COPO owns African consumer truth

Dentsu Real data. Real Africa. Real time. COPO owns African consumer truth

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Will Smith goes Pole to Pole in new Nat Geo series

The Walt Disney Company Africa Will Smith goes Pole to Pole in new Nat Geo series

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Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan backs Adbot to build tools that multiply marketing capacity

AdBot Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan backs Adbot to build tools that multiply marketing capacity

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Tidal Rave Festival: How a youth festival is building Africa’s cultural infrastructure

BA:KO by EchoHouse Tidal Rave Festival: How a youth festival is building Africa’s cultural infrastructure

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In Africa, beyond traditional public affairs, corporate diplomacy is the missing tool

Opinion & Public In Africa, beyond traditional public affairs, corporate diplomacy is the missing tool

8 Jan 2026

The Carling Black Label Cup and the campaign that changed fan engagement

Caxton Media The Carling Black Label Cup and the campaign that changed fan engagement

7 Jan 2026

You behave yourself into the reputation you have or want, you don’t communicate yourself there, writes Razor PR CEO Dustin Chick (Image source: © Affinity Health )

The Up&Up Group Exclusive: Discovery goes full Jerry Maguire as it tells members to “show them the money”

6 Jan 2026

Biz Most Read Award winners December 2026

Bizcommunity.com Biz Most Read Award winners December 2026

1 Jan 2026

Cammy Msimango on finding her footing in South Africa’s fast-moving digital newsroom

MDNTV Cammy Msimango on finding her footing in South Africa’s fast-moving digital newsroom

24 Dec 2025

Standing ground, serving communities: Boikanyo Malepe reflects on journalism in 2025

MDNTV Standing ground, serving communities: Boikanyo Malepe reflects on journalism in 2025

23 Dec 2025

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On Thursday, 8 January Chinese regulators said they would investigate Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus (Image source: © 123rf )

Meta's Chinese AI acquisition investigated

9 Jan 2026

Verified consumer data non-negotiable for SA brands

Ross Joughin 9 Jan 2026

WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing (Image source: © National Geographic Kids

WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing

8 Jan 2026

Adheesh Ori, senior director within Accenture Song, South Africa says the South African automotive landscape is clearly evolving, not only through technology or electrification, but in the mindset of the customer behind the purchase (Image source: © 123rf )

Meeting the South African modern car buyers where the customer experience matches the expectation

Adheesh Ori 8 Jan 2026

Arielle Horwitz is the engineering manager at Halo Dot. Source: Supplied.

Why the future of retail calls for a checkout revolution

Arielle Horwitz 8 Jan 2026

Amazon’s AI-powered Shop Direct and Buy for Me tools are designed to help shoppers find products beyond its marketplace, but retailers argue the experiment exposes a deeper tension over data ownership, consent and who really controls the future of online shopping (Image source: © 123rf )

Online retailers push back against Amazon's Shop Direct

7 Jan 2026

The brands that win in 2026 will be the ones who view this seasonal moment not as a post-holiday filler, but as the launchpad for behaviour-driven (Image source: © 123rf )

January is an opportunity for brands: 11 social media marketing ideas

Keith Kakadia 7 Jan 2026

As social media giant Meta continues to pivot aggressively toward artificial intelligence, its acquisition of Manus represents an ambition to redefine how AI interacts with everyday users and enterprises around the world (Image source: © 123rf )

Meta’s Manus acquisition: A strategic play for advanced AI agents

7 Jan 2026

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Roblox unveils new ad format to captivate Gen Z and Gen Alpha

7 Jan 2026

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UK introduces landmark junk food advertising ban

Karabo Ledwaba 6 Jan 2026

According to Sociallyin CEO Keith Kakadia, the next phase of digital retail rewards efficiency, conversion, and retention—not spray-and-pray advertising or unchecked scale (Image source: © 123rf )

2026: The year e-commerce gets ruthless

Keith Kakadia 5 Jan 2026

The Walt Disney Company announced a landmark $1bn investment in OpenAI (Image source: © Facebook

AI to unlock new possibilities in imaginative storytelling

5 Jan 2026

The One Club for Creativity reveals 2025 Global Rankings

The One Club for Creativity reveals 2025 Global Rankings

5 Jan 2026

Johannesburg's inner city is alive with creative and cultural small entrepreneurs. Pictured: Victoria Yards (Image source: © Urban Jozi

Johannesburg’s creative hubs are booming: how artists are rejuvenating a failing inner city

2 Jan 2026

Canal+ signs new multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to keep 12 TV channels on DStv (Image source: © 123rf )

Canal+'s last minute deal rescues Warner Bros. Discovery channels

2 Jan 2026

KFC's home-home campaign highlights urban vs rural life in Africa

KFC's home-home campaign highlights urban vs rural life in Africa

24 Dec 2025

Elite Hyrox athlete new Manzi Water brand ambassador

23 Dec 2025

Bradly Howland, Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (Prisa) president says as the country winds down for its December break, it’s worth pausing to assess the communications environment we have been navigating (Image source: © 123rf )

Addressing trust: PR at a turning point, a fundamentally new approach is demanded

Bradly Howland 22 Dec 2025

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Who to watch: Africa's Top 10 PR professionals

19 Dec 2025

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Global ad market growth to accelerate, Big Tech takes market share

18 Dec 2025

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

Vodacom launches edu-tainment platform for customers

12 Dec 2025

IAB South Africa has released the Bookmarks Digital Rankings 2025, the first official ranking system recognising excellence across the country’s digital ecosystem (Image supplied)

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

11 Dec 2025

Machine celebrates major wins at the 2025 Pendoring Awards for Spotify

Machine celebrates major wins at the 2025 Pendoring Awards for Spotify

Machine_ 11 Dec 2025

Mike Saunders, CEO of Digitlab explains the findings of the third annual State of Digital Survey (Image supplied)

It’s a golden age of business data - or is it?

Mike Saunders 10 Dec 2025

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

10 Dec 2025

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