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Icasa to hold public hearings on the second draft national radio frequency plan 2025
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#Effies2025 | Halo and Pineapple: 100% sustained results

#Effies2025 | Ogilvy and VW: Creating campaigns for societal change

FM AdFocus Awards 2025

FM AdFocus Awards 2025

#Effies2025 | TBWA's City Lodge's SOS Grand Effie campaign

Why affiliate marketing is tech’s most effective route to market

Why affiliate marketing is tech’s most effective route to marketBianca Leonard

Flux Trends will present The State We’re In 2026” – Navigating the Dark Forest in February (Image source: © Marvin Zettl

FluxTrends presents its trends for 2026 Navigating the Dark Forest

Meta taps new president and vice chairman

Meta taps new president and vice chairman

In 2026 the CMO Council reflects on 25 years of an evolving and defining role for the chief marketing officer in the C-Suite (Image source: © CMO Council )

CMO Council's 25th anniversary reflects on CMOs evolutionary role

WOO president Tom Goddard. Source: WOO.

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A Burson study has revealed that companies with the strongest reputations earned nearly five percent ‘Reputation Return’ in shareholder value (Image source: © 123rf )

Burson: The value of reputation reveals a $7tr global economy

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#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.Gillian Rightford

Effie Worldwide announces Iridium Jury for 2025 Global Best of the Best

Effie Worldwide announces Iridium Jury for 2025 Global Best of the Best

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#BizTrends2026 | Absa's Erica Bopape: What 2026 will demand of financial services marketersErica Bopape

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I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneousJean-Hugues Roy

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills trainingMedia Development and Diversity Agency

TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

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The 30-Second Rule: What goes viral decided by algorithms

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‘If you don’t like dark roast, this isn’t the coffee for you’: How exclusionary ads can win over the right customersJaclyn L. Tanenbaum and Karen Anne Wallach

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FluxTrends presents its trends for 2026 Navigating the Dark Forest

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Why you should publish sponsored articles on Daily Investor

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What’s next? The tech trends steering 2026

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The lost art of integration: Why media strategy needs both flesh and digital

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MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

Media Development and Diversity Agency MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

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Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan backs Adbot to build tools that multiply marketing capacity

AdBot Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan backs Adbot to build tools that multiply marketing capacity

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In Africa, beyond traditional public affairs, corporate diplomacy is the missing tool

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You behave yourself into the reputation you have or want, you don’t communicate yourself there, writes Razor PR CEO Dustin Chick (Image source: © Affinity Health )

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Johannesburg's creative media hub is a R320bn opportunity

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Tunisian journalist Chatha Belhaj Mubarak freed after sentence cut

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Dr Chris Blair, Group Director at 21st Century

#BizTrends2026 | 21st Century's Dr Chris Blair: Navigating radical change in the working world

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In 2026 the CMO Council reflects on 25 years of an evolving and defining role for the chief marketing officer in the C-Suite (Image source: © CMO Council )

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Dr Mario Landman, Executive of Education Technology and Innovation at the Independent Institute of Education

#BizTrends2026 | The IIE's Dr Mario Landman: Tremors & quakes - trends shifting education

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WOO president Tom Goddard. Source: WOO.

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#BizTrends2026 | Nerdware’s Lerato Mothopeng: Inclusive digital transformation for Africa

#BizTrends2026 | Nerdware’s Lerato Mothopeng: Inclusive digital transformation for Africa

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Meta taps new president and vice chairman

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No Muse(ic) leads to Calabash 2026 cancellation, refunds issued

No Muse(ic) leads to Calabash 2026 cancellation, refunds issued

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A Burson study has revealed that companies with the strongest reputations earned nearly five percent ‘Reputation Return’ in shareholder value (Image source: © 123rf )

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#RAPTBizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

#RAPTBizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

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Surge in South African e-commerce: Top brands drive 47% growth in 2025

Surge in South African e-commerce: Top brands drive 47% growth in 2025

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In 2026 the CMO Council reflects on 25 years of an evolving and defining role for the chief marketing officer in the C-Suite (Image source: © CMO Council )

CMO Council's 25th anniversary reflects on CMOs evolutionary role

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#BizTrends2026 | Nerdware’s Lerato Mothopeng: Inclusive digital transformation for Africa

#BizTrends2026 | Nerdware’s Lerato Mothopeng: Inclusive digital transformation for Africa

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A Burson study has revealed that companies with the strongest reputations earned nearly five percent ‘Reputation Return’ in shareholder value (Image source: © 123rf )

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#RAPTBizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

#RAPTBizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

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ACA executive director Gillian Rightford says in 2026, leadership itself becomes a creative act (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

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New York Festivals has opened entries for its 2026 Advertising Awards with a new campaign from Grey New York that calls out awards gimmicks and puts the focus back on the work. (Image supplied)

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Dr ChatGPT: What OpenAI’s foray into health and wellness means for healthcare marketing

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Effie Worldwide announces Iridium Jury for 2025 Global Best of the Best

Effie Worldwide announces Iridium Jury for 2025 Global Best of the Best

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Brendan Jacobs, Head of Agriculture, Business and Commercial Banking, Standard Bank South Africa

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Venessa Dewing, VP Sales. DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa

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Dorcas Dlamini Mbele, Senior Director, Commercial, Sub Saharan Africa, Marriott International

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