VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Film strong as effectiveness gains ground

[Danette Breitenbach] Jury presidents for Film, Radio: Non-English and Effectiveness give their take on this year's entries...

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | The future is in good hands

[Danette Breitenbach] The Young Creatives and Student Awards show that the industry is in good hands...

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Open Chair flies high at Creative Week

[Danette Breitenbach] VML Birdwatching at the Loeries examines why Open Chair is such an important initiative in the industry...

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Kenya's rise on the creative stage

[Danette Breitenbach] VML Birdwatching at the Loeries chats to Kenya's Dentsu Creative's chief creative officer, Maxwell Ngari...

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Loeries CEO Preetesh Sewraj on the real value of the Awards

[Danette Breitenbach] VML Birdwatching at the Loeries chats to Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of the Loeries...

#Loeries2026 | Embrace the Madness, find the courage

[Danette Breitenbach] Loeries Creative Week kicked off with the Mayor's Brunch at Cabo Beach Club...

AI changes inbox visibility; marketers need to rethink strategy

[Musa Kalenga] Musa Kalenga, CEO of the Brave Group says AI filters now sideline up to 40% of emails before customers see them...

#TikTok360Event | TikTok expands trust and safety infrastructure as creator base grows in SA

[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...

ARB says CapeTalk's Outsurance pointsmen advertisement is misleading

[Danette Breitenbach] The ARB has instructed CapeTalk to withdraw the Outsurance pointsmen programme advertisement related to the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Area...

#TikTok360Event | South African creators could win big as TikTok One rolls out

[Evan-Lee Courie] The platform is evolving beyond entertainment to support creators building careers and businesses, while giving brands new ways to connect with audiences...

AI in media monitoring: Not a choice between tech and people

[Joe Hamman] AI is changing how media monitoring companies track, process, and analyse coverage. Joe Hamman, director at Novus Group, does not believe the choice is between technology and people...

#Orchids&Onions: Hollard hits the right tune; Ekurhuleni strikes a sour note

[Brendan Seery] In this week's Orchids and Onions, Brendan Seery looks at Hollard's latest campaign...

Emmys 2026: The biggest winners from television’s night of nights

[Chloe Posthumus] The 78th Emmy Awards celebrated the standout shows, performers and creators who shaped the 2025–26 television season...

25 years in - Carlo Murison on building Two Tone Global

[Karabo Ledwaba] Two Tone Global's 25-year story is one of survival, reinvention and a stubborn belief in African creativity...

Ad fraud: The cheapest lead may be the most expensive lead you ever buy - Offernet

[JG Bezuidenhout] Digital advertising platforms have become extraordinarily good at optimisation. The problem is that they optimise for the outcome we give them, even when that outcome is a poor proxy for what the business actually needs...

AI makes ad targeting routine, forcing brands to bet on creative

[Natascha Torres] AI may have levelled the playing field on digital targeting, but it has raised the stakes for creative. Natascha Torres examines how brands can use generative AI, creative analytics and continuous testing to keep campaigns fresh and competitive...

Gail Schimmel | Consumer scepticism will rise as AI changes advertising

[Gail Schimmel] As AI, deepfakes and digital scams make consumers increasingly sceptical of what they see and hear, ARB CEO Gail Schimmel argues that trust is becoming advertising’s most valuable currency...

‘We are already here’: Paul Reynell on Africa’s next PR chapter

[Karabo Ledwaba] Paul Reynell reflects on his time at Prisa, the challenges facing the PR industry and why African communicators need to stop waiting for permission to tell their own stories...