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 | SIZWESIHLE DLAMINI By now it is well documented that the various Covid-19 lockdowns accelerated the more widespread adoption of a number of digital tools... read |
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 | GREG GATHERER We're now long past the point where a customer experience stands out simply because it's digital...read |
|  | | Ogilvy South Africa wishes to advise that the Group CEO, Enver Groenewald has left the company, effective 31 December 2021...read |
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 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS The last 1000 days have forced players in the public and private sector to adapt to a new set of creative and financial constraints, says trend economist... Read |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has served the people of Afghanistan for 30 years. And it's not stopping now.... Read |
| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY HUAWEI With global digital advertising spending estimated at $378bn in 2020, the number is expected to reach a total of $646bn by 2024. Traditionally, advertisers were dependent on the choices made by consumers to develop unique ways to empower brands... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WETPAINT ADVERTISING With just a few days left, it's only fair to end off with a little bit of bragging, right? See what we did there? It seems like we've been on a winning streak. Receiving awards left and right, so we've truly earned the bragging rights... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The future can be both exciting and daunting. It presents opportunities and possibilities, but also fear of the unknown... Read |
 | TymeBank's latest TVC series for MoreTyme engages in-store customers who are looking at a product but don't have all the money to pay for it... Read |
 | The US, France and Canada have been ranked as the top three countries by the 2021 Epica Awards... Read |
 | TV presenter, actress and model, Anele Zondo, features in the AneleXCatrice campaign which launched recently... Read |
 | New York Festivals AME Awards has released the 2021 AME Report... Read |
| Branding |
 | EMILY STANDER With a look-back to 2021, we can see the impact that esports and gaming have had on the way that companies think about branding... Read |
 | Two years ago, Nando's South Africa began supporting Cape Town-based non-profit organisation Bridges for Music... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | GENEX-INSIGHTS The terms customer experience (CX) and user experience (UX) are often used interchangeably... Read |
 | ISSUED BY FRESHWORKS Freshdesk helped increase satisfaction scores across 20 million Multichoice subscribers; while Freshservice streamlined internal employee IT support tickets... Read |
 | South African consumers are expected to have spent R250bn in 2021 - a 20% increase from 2020... Read |
| Design |
 | EMILY STANDER We spoke with the convenience general manager of BP, Belinda Peterson, to find out more about the Wild Bean Design-A-Cup Competition... Read |
 | Have you got a sustainable fashion story you want told in an immersive digital format?... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA An image which sums up the last couple of years (without including expletives) is that of building a ship at the same time as sailing it... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DIGICALL Leading South African business process outsourcing provider, Digicall, have announced their acquisition of Advance Call and its certified Ethics & Fraud contact centre platform... Read |
 | Of the 45 African animators that participated in Ada Animation's Bootcamp, SA animator, Kearabetswe Moumakwe, won Ada Animation Bootcamper... Read |
 | Google says it takes 50 milliseconds for someone to decide if they like an image on an ad... Read |
| Education |
 | To raise awareness of the #R10GoesALongWay campaign, MultiChoice has partnered with the FundiFoundation... Read |
| ESG |
 | Castle Lite's campaign brings to the fore the critical topic of renewable electricity... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Carat Ghana, a Dentsu company, has grabbed gold and silver at the 15th Gong Gong Awards by the Advertising Association of Ghana (AAG) held at the Alisa Swiss Spirits Hotel in Accra... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has released a national call for jury members... Read |
| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU John Brown Media South Africa (JBSA) is thrilled to have scored a hat trick at The Content Council's prestigious Pearl Awards in New York. The 2021 winners were announced in an online ceremony held on Friday 10 December... Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY EBONY+IVORY In this valuable marketing strategy tutorial, renowned South African media coach - Gordon Muller - workshops audience identifying Socio-economic Measures (SEMs). He maps out aha-moment scenarios to answer the question, "How do we go about finding the right path in our media choices?" He helps marketers figure out how to find the nuggets of audience intelligence in Fusion... Read |
| Media |
 | McDonald's has moved US media buying and planning from Omnicom's OMD to Publicis Groupe's Starcom... Read |
 | As the year-end rush kicks in and the year-long sprint comes to an end, we may just forget to take a break and treat ourselves... Read |
| Media Freedom |
 | On Wednesday 29 December about 200 police raided the office of Stand News... Read |
| Mobile |
 | Consumers continue to spend more on various mobile apps and games as the smartphone ecosystem expands... Read |
| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE The Provantage Media Group (PMG) has donated R6m of their inventory to spotlight gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa. During a webinar presented with Shared Value on 7 December 2021, PMG's head of Human Capital and Group Projects, Chris Hitchings, called on businesses to stand up and help - now... Read |
 | Digital out of Home (DOOH) advertising is the most effective way to reach young, consumers... Read |
 | From elevated in-store experiences and increased customer engagement to improved internal communication and impressive revenue growth, digital signage offers many lucrative benefits for businesses of all sizes... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | TERENA CHETTY It's not always asked this bluntly, but it is evident that many companies view public relations as irrelevant... Read |
 | CARINA SMITH-ALLIN The brutality of the Covid-19 global pandemic brought about some 'contagious' inspiration in the community of communication experts... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER In this edition of #PraisethePR, we talk to Sasha Kupritz, founder of TenacityPR... Read |
 | KATLEGO MASHISHI As we all know, these are tough times for most PR and advertising agencies... Read |
 | The Sabre Awards for North America, the EMEA region and Africa are open for entries for the 2022 awards competition... Read |
 | Scout PR & Social Media announces the strategic appointment of Debbie Loots... Read |
| Printing |
 | ISSUED BY PRNEWS.OU A leading printing industry market research company has projected a strong year for total large-format printer sales in the South African market... Read |
 | Over the months of October and November, Novus Print sees an approximately 20% increase in print orders for retail customers... Read |
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS Read Bronwyn Williams' list of books worth reading and gifting this festive season... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM Hot 102.7FM presenter Bunny Majaja took to the skies on Sunday, 12 December with her wingman Buddy Bear, the Hot Cares mascot, all in the name of "highlighting" the Hot Cares charity... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KAYA 959 Kaya 959's Brenda Sisane hangs up her headphones. Widely regarded as one of the most iconic radio presenters in South Africa, Sisane is departing Kaya 959. Her last radio show was Sunday 26 December 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KAYA 959 Kaya 959 mourns the passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Considered to be one the most iconic South Africans of the past century, Tutu passed away on 26 December 2021, aged 90... Read |
 | East Coast Radio's digital radio station, East Coast Gold (ECG), has given the station a growth rate of between 29% and 166%... Read |
 | According to Weekend Argus (IOL) and the website capetownetc.com Heart FM and Clarence Ford is set to part ways after a run-in with management... Read |
| Research |
 | South Africa recorded the highest level of discrimination due to ethnicity (19%) across all markets surveyed... Read |
| Retail |
 | Starbucks South Africa is pushing for full vaccination of all staff in its stores... Read |
| Social Media |
 | BRENDAN SEERY No Punches: Campaign prepares anti-vaxxers for life without a jab; 'Freedom Fighters' can't even get their facts - or links - straight... Read |
 | ASHLEIGH BURTON Social media as a digital platform has had a tremendous impact on how we communicate and maintain dialogue... Read |
 | TikTok has launched a creator support programme in South Africa, inviting South African TikTok community members to apply... Read |
 | Just a year and a half after joining Meta as Instagram global VP of Marketing, Melissa Waters is leaving the company... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA Supported by the British Council Cultural Economy programme, and partnered by Common Purpose South Africa, Business and Arts South Africa (Basa) is launching a new Cultural Producers Programme for which applications are now open... Read |
| TV |
 | ISSUED BY DUNLOP TYRES SA With more and more travellers and holidaymakers opting for outdoor recreation closer to home amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a brand-new adventure travel series - launched on kykNET and powered by Dunlop Tyres as the official tyre sponsor - taps into this increased desire for open-air exploration... Read |
 | SABC1 TV presenter Angie Diale has passed away... Read |
 | Business Day TV is beefing up its international coverage as part of a collaboration with Bloomberg Media... Read |
 | The last analogue transmitter in the North West (NW) Province has been switched off... Read |
 | Phathiswa Magopeni, the SABC's editor in chief was found guilty of one of the three charges levelled against her by the SABC... Read |
 | Former SABC chief operations officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been ordered to pay back at least R11.5m "success fee" paid to him by the broadcaster's Governance and Nominations Committee in 2016... Read |
| Africa |
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 | MACDONALD DZIRUTWE AND TOM DALY China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt said on Wednesday it would pay a total $422m to acquire the Arcadia hard-rock lithium mine in Zimbabwe... Read |
 | FIKAYO OWOEYE Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian subsidiary SPDC has declared force majeure on exports of Nigerian Forcados crude oil after the obstruction of a tanker path by a malfunctioning barge... Read |
 | The impact of Covid-19 on the global supply chain on Africa has led to a shift to shopping online... Read |
 | The Pretoria High Court has decided to strike the urgent applications by Zimbabwe Exemption Permits holders from the roll... Read |
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 | LUCINDA HINXMAN In the new normal of hybrid workforces, how does an employer still maintain the integrity of its confidential information, including its trade secrets...? Read |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE Password-protected documents are great - until you have to submit unlocked versions to a third party provider... Read |
 | ALLON RAIZ When I first started out in business, fax machines were the way to communicate. If you needed to send out a quote, you'd fax it. If you wanted to share product information? Yep, you guessed it... Read |
 | The Department of Health says the implementation of the revised Covid-19 contract tracing, quarantine and isolation protocols released last week have been suspended... Read |
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 | DOV GIRNUN For South African entrepreneurs, 2021 was one of the most challenging years in recent memory. There were second and third waves of Covid-19 (and we may still see a fourth)... Read |
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