PR just got harder — Alignment is the key, says Meltwater

[Karabo Ledwaba] With traditional coverage harder to secure, PR teams must now ensure messaging reaches audiences through both human reporters and AI-driven channels...

#BizTrends2026 | Special Effects Media’s Jarryd Terblanche: Narrative voice is becoming the differentiator

[Jarryd Terblanche] Jarryd Terblanche, conceptual copywriter at Special Effects Media, looks at how narrative voice will cut through digital marketing’s content saturation in 2026…

#BizTrends2026 | M&C Saatchi Abel’s Johannes (Jojo) Keiper: Why creativity can’t be reasonable anymore

[Johannes Keiper] Johannes (Jojo) Keiper strategy director at M&C Saatchi Abel and the Up&Up Group argues why taste, participation and human judgment will matter more than ever in 2026…

7 ways brands can avoid being quietly muted by Gen Z in 2026

[Nicole Glover] Gen Z isn’t cancelling brands loudly anymore they’re muting them. Nicole Glover, executive creative director of digital at Penquin shows how brands that don’t follow through risk disappearing from relevance...

#BizTrends2026 | Quantum Studios' Dr. Chris Roets: Memory-led marketing trends that will shape the year

[Chris Roets] Quantum Studios founder, Dr. Chris Roets believes memory will steer brands to success in the AI era...

#BizTrends2026 | F45's Karen Loader: 3 pillars reshaping sports marketing

[Karen Loader] Karen Loader explains how functional fitness, strength, pilates and recovery are reshaping sports marketing…

#Superbowl2026: Serena Williams, DJ Khaled back GLP-1 ads

[Karabo Ledwaba] It was the battle of the GLP-1s at the Super Bowl...

GL events South Africa celebrates dual wins at the EXSA Awards - GL events South Africa PTY (LTD)

[Lerato Marule] GL events South Africa has strengthened its position as a specialist in the events and exhibitions industry after securing two top honours at the recent EXSA Awards...

#BizTrends2026 | Reach Africa’s Leslie Adams: 5 streaming trends for 2026

[Leslie Adams] Leslie Adams, sales director at Reach Africa examines five streaming trends to watch in 2026…

#BizTrends2026 | Second Rodeo's Dan Brocklebank: Why the most important marketing trend for 2026 is not new at all

[Dan Brocklebank] Head of strategy at Second Rodeo Dan Brocklebank believes the 2026 marketing trend is not new...

South Africa needs a new CMO for tourism

[Karabo Ledwaba] One of South Africa’s most strategic marketing positions is up for grabs...

#BizTrends2026 | Brave Group’s Bibi Bonnecwe: Why human truths matter more than marketing trends

[Bibi Bonnecwe] Bibi Bonnecwe, executive creative director at Brave Group, looks at why in 2026 human truths matter more than marketing trends…

#BizTrends2026 | Up & Up Group’s Jacques Cilliers: AI is everywhere. Taste is our advantage.

[Jacques Cilliers] The Up & Up Group’s creative director of AI and Automation, Jacques Cilliers says it's not about how to use AI, but about why we’re using it in the first place…

Political objections not enough to ban Canik's firearm billboards, rules ARB

[Karabo Ledwaba] The Advertising Regulatory Board has dismissed a complaint against Canik firearm billboards positioned along Johannesburg’s Grayston Drive, ruling that the advertisements do not breach the Code of Advertising Practice’s provisions on children...

Is programmatic digital OOH (pDOOH) a gimmick?

[Richard Lord] Richard Lord, freelance media specialist, questions whether programmatic digital OOH (pDOOH) is just a gimmick…

#BizTrends2026 | The Platinum Club’s El Broide: Collaborating with AI is the PR power move for 2026

[El Broide] El Broide, managing director, The Platinum Club says collaborating with AI, not competing with it, is the PR power move for 2026…

#Orchids&Onions: Sugar scares and DA's AI blunders

[Brendan Seery] In this week’s Orchids and Onions, Brendan Seery shows how a public health campaign shows how fear can be used responsibly while a political misstep shows how easily credibility can be destroyed...

Meet the woman building a beauty brand on the streets of Joburg

[Karabo Ledwaba] Rita Shangase didn’t build her makeup service brand in a studio or behind a counter...

#BizTrends2026 | Novus Group's Joe Hamman: Goodbye vanity metrics, hello decision monitoring

[Joe Hamman] Joe Hamman, director, Novus Group says 2026 will see the evolution from media monitoring to decision monitoring…

#BizTrends2026 | Brandtech+’s Gabrielle Gray: AI isn’t taking creative jobs - it’s creating better ones

[Gabrielle Gray] Gabrielle Gray, global head of capabilities, Brandtech+ believes we have entered an era of another creative revolution where technology doesn’t replace human imagination, it amplifies it…