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The rankings, which identify the most attractive creative and media agencies to work for in South Africa, are based on feedback from more than 230 professionals across both agency types... |
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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The Spend Trend Report highlights consumer spending trends in 2026... read |
|  | | The Spar Group has appointed John Bradshaw as its first chief marketing officer (CMO), marking a significant shift in how the retailer manages its brand and marketing strategy... read |
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 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING Brands looking to make a meaningful contribution to the future of marketing are being invited to sponsor a brief for the next Effie College programme... Read |
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| Advertising |
 | WPP has become one of the first media and marketing services companies to integrate Earth AI models and datasets... Read |
 | ROSEMARY BARONETTI, ISSUED BY M+C SAATCHI ABEL South African brands are under pressure. Growth is harder to find, consumers are constrained and competition is intensifying. But many businesses are still measuring themselves against the wrong competitors... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TBWA TBWA\Hunt Lascaris and Philips have launched a campaign that proves a simple truth: an international brand speaking to you in your mother tongue feels like home... Read |
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| Branding |
 | CHELSEA LODEWYK Chelsea Lodewyk from Publicis Commerce / Digitas gives insight into why belief, not just performance, is becoming the most valuable currency in modern marketing... Read |
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 | LUKE MARTHINUSEN, ISSUED BY MO AGENCY Johannesburg-based MO Agency has been ranked 16th worldwide for HubSpot software sold and managed, making it the highest-ranked Africa & Middle East partner in HubSpot's global ecosystem... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ALGORITHM AGENCY South African performance marketing agency unveils proprietary platform that tracks how brands appear across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude, signalling a new era for organic marketing strategy... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TDMC Key takeouts from Dentsu’s landmark Brand Reset report... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Dentsu South Africa, in partnership with CSA, a culture-led business, has opened applications for the third year of the Dentsu School of Influence... Read |
| ESG |
 | The next two Street Store activations will take place in Cape Town and Johannesburg on 23 May 2026, continuing a movement built on dignity, choice and mindful giving... Read |
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 | MONICA GOMES, ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP Let me tell you what I keep hearing in boardrooms and on Zoom calls across the marketing world: 'Our agency is using AI now, so surely the fees should come down... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy South Africa is honoured to have been named both the Best Creative Agency to Work For as well as, the Best Agency Group to Work For, in the Scopen 2025/26 Report... Read |
| Retail |
 | South Africa’s Easter trading period showed retailers that consumers are still spending, but not in the same way as before... Read |
 | BLESSED HWAIRE At the centre of the retail transformation is a young, mobile-first generation whose expectations are reshaping how retailers engage, sell, and build loyalty... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MALL OF AFRICA Milestone birthday celebrated with large-scale installation, retail moments and live entertainment... Read |
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KGOTHATSO TEMA The influencer economy in South Africa has reached a clear turning point, as creators across Instagram, TikTok and X have started publicly declining trade-exchange deals... Read |
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 | DUNCAN MIRIRI African institutional capital rises 25% to $2tn, driven by gold, but fails to fund infrastructure, highlighting misalignment and job creation challenges... Read |
 | LHDA and Webuild sources confirm LHWP Phase II objectives, implementation, design, timelines, and collaboration, supported by SAnews on launch and regional significance... Read |
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 | LIEZL HUMAN “I want to create a better life for my children” says evicted farm woman. Read |
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