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Open Chair has sent a request to the industry on the eve of Loeries Creative Week asking for safety allies... |
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 | | As the world marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, two creatives who worked on a Loeries finalist breast cancer awareness campaign for Dove share how it brought a sense of purpose to their careers. read |
|  | EVAN-LEE COURIE Keagile Makgoba, head of communications at TikTok, says the scale of content uploaded to the platform makes technology essential, but that automated systems cannot operate effectively without human oversight... read |
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 | Effie South Africa is pleased to announce that tickets for the 2026 Effie Awards Gala are now available for purchase... read |
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 | Mzansi Mango flavour gets double gold as water brand, aQuellé, continues to innovate for South African consumers... read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM This November put the competition in the shade, with your darkest and most creative BlackFriday promotions, so your brand can shine out!... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE University of Johannesburg (UJ) students put their marketing skills to the test in the Telkom Plug’d UJ Student Challenge... Read |
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 | MUSA KALENGA Musa Kalenga, CEO of the Brave Group says AI filters now sideline up to 40% of emails before customers see them... Read |
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 | DELANO CHENGAN, ISSUED BY M+C SAATCHI ABEL I am an art director who was asked to write an op-ed. I am the picture person, they tell me, but I have always loved to write, and I think I do it pretty well, you know for a picture person... Read |
| Artificial Intelligence |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDTECH+ The global AI Culture Week initiative offers a different approach to closing the AI skills gap by giving people the time and permission to learn by doing... Read |
| Branding |
 | MUQMINAH PONTAC Muqminah Pontac, graphic designer at Special Effects Media, looks at how to turn a "good-looking" graphic into an asset that actually belongs to the brand... read |
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 | YAZEED OSMAN The lesson for retailers is that participating in culture does not mean owning it. Brands can create the product, but customers determine whether it feels authentic enough to buy — and give... Read |
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 | A new Tuffy campaign uses plastic bottle tops to help South Africans access specialist medical care... Read |
| Media |
 | ISSUED BY MDNTV Nonprofit independent newsroom MDNtv has been nominated for Online Media House of the Year and Social Media Platform of the Year at the North West Media Awards 2026... Read |
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 | TEBOGO MOTSHWENE, ISSUED BY NOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS South Africa's wall-mural category already has presence, craft and community relevance... Read |
| Retail |
 | The development forms part of TFG's broader omnichannel strategy, in which stores are increasingly being positioned as connected sales, discovery and fulfilment points rather than locations limited to their physical inventory... read |
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 | Developed in support of Cancervive, the campaign changes one in every 12 caps on Spar 500ml Still Water bottles to pink, representing the statistic that one in 12 women... Read |
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 | Brands can now search, hire, and manage Snapchat creators on Collabstr, with over 25% of its one million plus creators ready to work. Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU If clients trust us with their brands, their data, and their media investment, should access to those environments depend on personal accounts at all?... Read |
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 | Airlink has launched its first Mauritius route, adding twice-weekly direct connectivity between Cape Town and the Indian Ocean island... Read |
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 | The Central Energy Fund’s latest projections indicate a petrol price hike of around R3.21 for 95 Unleaded and R3.01 for 93 Unleaded... Read |
 | A total of 61,645 new vehicles were sold locally during the month, up from 54,706 in September 2025, according to Naamsa... Read |
 | NINA GREYLING Competing rights to the same land are triggering mining deadlocks... Read |
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 | The Inbox Effect - 7 Oct 2026 , Online
Join us for The Inbox Effect, a live webinar replay with Musa Kalenga, brought to you by Everlytic and the Brave Group. More info >> |
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 | PROPAK CAPE 2026 - 27 Oct 2026 to 29 Oct 2026 , Cape Town
Discover the Future of Packaging at Propak Cape 2026, the biggest packaging show of its kind in the Western Cape. More info >> |
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 | Digital Marketing Conference - 11 Nov 2026 to 12 Nov 2026 , Cape Town
Digital Marketing Conference will bring together marketing professionals from various industries to explore the latest trends, strategies, and innovations in the ever-evolving landscape of digital marketing. More info >> |
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