The Loeries radio jury member and executive for brand, marketing and digital at Pick n Pay, Katherine Madley, chatted to VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity on the state of retail.
The Loeries 2025 in-person jury judging session took place on Monday and Tuesday, 6 and 7 October, in Cape Town. VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity caught up with some of the jury presidents to glean some of the highlights of the entries and what constitutes a winning entry.
This episode of The Lead Creative examines Cannes in terms of cultural nuance and global impact with Xolisa Dyeshana, chief creative officer of Joe Public, and the 2025 Cannes Lions Audio & Radio jury president, together with gold-winning agency Bananas, and its founder and chief creative officer, Saf Sindhi.
Episode 3 is the Energy Episode with special guests Kagiso Tshepe, executive creative director at Grid Worldwide, Roanna Williams, chief creative officer and co-founder of Boundless, Fran Luckin, chief creative officer of VML, Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of The Loeries and Brandon Govender, digital & integrated executive creative director at Joe Public.
Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 2 is the Emotion Episode and features special guests Neo Segola, head of creative at Le Pub, part of the Publicis Group, Sharleen James, chair of the ACA and marketing practice lead at Accenture Song, Tebogo Skwambane, WPP country manager, Terry McKenna, executive creative director of The Odd Number and rounding it off Carl Willoughby, chief creative officer of TBWA / Hunt Lascaris.
Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 1 focuses on that five percent difference, with special guests Wayne Naidoo, CEO of the Duke Group, Marc Algranti from Algranti Music and Nkanyezi Masango, chief creative officer from Dentsu Creative.
The Radio Advertising Bureau South Africa (RAB) recently hosted its third annual RadioWorks Conference. Comments Zama Thango, RAB content specialist, "One of the most talked-about highlights was the 'must see' fun skits created by MCs Azania Mosaka and 'Ray-Ray' Mphande that played on the many misperceptions about radio. Thoroughly enjoyed by delegates. Must-see viewing!".
The winner of the annual Small Business Awards was announced to be Neil McLellan, owner of The Little Fisherman, a fresh fish retailer and deli in Lakeside. With over five hundred nominations this year, this small business stood out as a significant contender from the start.
As part of the 49 million campaign, The community of Soweto and surroundings were invited to come and view the Dynamic glass house exhibition on Thursday, 8 March 2012 - 10 March 2012, at Maponya Mall.