Alistair King & James Barty: A magical combination

[Danette Breitenbach] James Barty and Alistair King have been named the FM AdFocus Awards 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award...

3 crisis management steps to protect influencers from reputational damage

[Madelain Roscher] Since Balenciaga launched its holiday horror "Gift Collection" advertising campaign featuring disturbing images of young children, public anger has not abated...

TBWA: proving to be a master of all at the FM AdFocus Awards 2022

[Danette Breitenbach] Last night TBWA was crowned the FM AdFocus Awards 2022 Agency of Year...

The moonwalk economy and making the circle bigger

[Keke Mahlelebe] I've always regarded the moment Michael Jackson smoothly moonwalked in front of 47 million people in 1983 to be a perfect demonstration of this beautiful global sharing culture wave we are all experiencing right now...

#BehindtheSelfie: Marco Valente, founder of The Iconic Group

[Emily Stander] We caught up with CEO and founder of The Iconic Group (formerly known as Motion Icon), Marco Valente...

Navigating complexities as communicators

[Dan Moyane] Dan Moyane says communicators have a tough time ahead of them as the world is not getting any less complex...

Is Musk putting the twit back into Twitter?

[Craig Hannabus] Craig Hannabus examines the Twitter Musk debacle...

#OrchidsandOnions: In the tough going, get giggling

[Brendan Seery] In this messed-up country of ours, when the going gets tough, the tough get giggling...

5 ways to better digital engagement for your business in 2023

[Brent Haumann] After Covid-19, businesses expected 2022 to be the year when they returned to normalcy. It's turned out to be anything but...

#BehindtheSelfie: Mellissa Smith, content coordinator for Burger King South Africa

[Emily Stander] This week, we caught up with the digital marketing and content coordinator for Burger King South Africa, Mellissa Smith...

5 tips to move the marketing needle on a tighter budget

[Niamh NicLiam] Businesses across South Africa are sitting down to fine-tune their 2023 budgets and many marketing leaders will be looking to do more with less...

#OrchidsandOnions: Sneaking in some ambush tactics

[Brendan Seery] The last-minute decision by the authorities in Qatar to ban the sale of alcohol in stadiums for the Fifa World Cup 2024 came as a shock to many...

How Netflix's new openness affects the advertising industry

[Leslie Adams] After years of cloaking its viewership statistics in secrecy, Netflix recently announced that it would join the UK's Broadcast Audience Research Board...

It's a chicken fight as Nando's and Pedros tussle over ads

[Karabo Ledwaba] Nando's has complained to the Advertising Regulatory Board about Pedros alluding to its brand in three advertisements...

#BehindtheSelfie: Madelain Roscher, managing director of PR Worx

[Emily Stander] We caught up with the magnanimous managing director of full-service marketing-communications agency PR Worx, Madelain Roscher...

Zkhiphani editor-in-chief Mandisa Ntsinde has died

[Karabo Ledwaba] Zkhiphani editor-in-chief Mandisa Ntsinde has died after a long battle with cancer...

Magazines ABC Q3 2022: print publications remain critical but stable

[Karabo Ledwaba] According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) of South Africa the magazine category for Q3 2022 has remained relatively stable despite some publications missing declarations...

Newspapers ABC Q3 2022: Daily and local papers decline but numbers steady

[Karabo Ledwaba] .The Audit Bureau of Circulations South Africa's (ABC) figures for Q3 2022 show daily newspapers are down on both a y-o-y and quarter-on-quarter basis...

#BehindtheBrandManager: Nontobeko Sibiya, Nando's marketing manager in communications

[Karabo Ledwaba] Nontobeko Sibiya shares her rich experience in communications and how she ended up at Nando's as a marketing manager in communications...