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 | GAVIN BROWN The UN recognises 180 currencies worldwide as legal tender, all of them issued by nation states. It does not recognise cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in this way, even if communities of enthusiasts have been treating them as a means of exchange for over a decade now...read |
|  | WAYNE BISCHOFF Now that we live in a world of Netflix, Spotify and smartphones, people often ask why radio still has such strong staying power as a mass medium and as a channel for advertising...read |
|  | JUANITA PIENAAR Young creative Hana Jayne shares more about collaborating with Adidas's NTWRK Area3 and answers why it is important for brands to support and collaborate with young creative talent and what brands need to keep in mind when marketing to young people...read |
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 | LEIGH ANDREWS Before the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicked off last week, I caught up with six of this year's 7 SA judges for their predictions of the creative work that would roar as winners. Let's see who best saw into the future... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY HOWARD AUDIO The commercial for which Howard Audio composed the original music, Allan Gray's 'Father's Share', has won bronze and silver Film Lions at this year's 66th Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity... Read |
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| |  | JENNA BERNDT It doesn't matter your age; we all love a good travel adventure. This #YouthMonth, we seek out incredible experiences to have in Africa that are perfect not only for Generation Z and millennials but all ages... Read |  | Portia Malele is an ambitious 32-year-old blazing a trail for female talent in the traditionally male-dominated world of mining... Read |  | TUMI RABANYE, ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP As I enter the last lap of my third decade on this earth, by virtue of my physical stature, I am often exposed to a first-hand sample of what youth status must feel like today... Read |
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| Branding |
 | RON CREGAN A legislative trend of applying branding and marketing restrictions on alcohol, junk food and sugar is gaining traction across the world and posing a threat to some of the worlds' most famous brands... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY DNA BRAND ARCHITECTS Telkom continues to grow affinity within the youth market in South Africa, coming in at second spot as the Coolest Telecoms Provider in the Sunday Times Generation Next Awards 2019... Read |
| ESG |
 | For the first time, Vaseline has replaced its iconic Petroleum Jelly jar branding with a limited-edition collection of eight original designs. The temporary makeover is part of the brand's Journey of a Jar campaign... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY WORX GROUP When it comes to pulling off a successful event, it goes without saying that you simply can't neglect your marketing... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM Hot 91.9 FM and Real Comedy are proud to announce the first Hot 91.9FM Comedy Jam on Saturday, 3 August 2019 at Centre Court, Emperors Palace... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN Producer, writer and director Judy Naidoo's Kings of Mulberry Street brings together the rich and colourful world of the Indian community in the '80s.. Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY TUMI Leading international travel and lifestyle brand TUMI has collaborated with music legend, designer and actor Lenny Kravitz and his daughter, actress and musician Zoë Kravitz, for its latest campaign... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM The mandate of South African Tourism in terms of the Tourism Act is to provide for the development and promotion of sustainable tourism for the benefit of the Republic, its residents and its visitors... Read |
| Mobile |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE For years, Thuli Hlongwane was a versatile and highly experienced IT management professional with an impressive background in the IT industry.... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA MyBroadband Business recently opened its doors, offering South African IT and telecoms companies the best marketing and PR tools available... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY SPARK MEDIA Building brands, looking for opportunities to talk to potential buyers or product users by geographic area and potentially influencing behaviour. This works best when we understand what makes consumers tick... Read |
| Retail |
 | GARETH SMITH Digital transformation has been a hot button topic across industry sectors in recent times. But what does this digital shift mean for retailers and brands looking for a different in-store consumer experience? Read |
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 | A 1,758-carat-diamond bigger than a tennis ball was recently mined in Botswana. Despite this, the resource-rich country knows that diamonds don't last forever... and when the resources run out, a diversified knowledge-based economy needs to be in place. And that's where corporate executive education could be a gem... Read |
 | Kenyan parenting support platform MumsVillage has launched an online store. The MumsVillageShop features a curated range of genuine local and global parenting and baby brands... Read |
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 | The past few years have seen arguably the biggest exodus and purge of leaders from the country's top companies and SOEs in recent history, with more heads expected to roll in future... Read |
 | DEREK BOSE Globally, the shift towards automation is being driven by the need to increase agility and provide customers with a greater sense of immediacy... Read |
 | The one sure thing in the world's economies today is that problems are getting broader, deeper, more significant and will become more prevalent. The question is, are we equipped to navigate the new problem-driven paradigm? Read |
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