Radio & Audio Multimedia

One of only four Gold Effies awarded last month at the ACA Effie Awards, the Volkswagen Night School: Rewriting the Rules of the Road campaign from Ogilvy is an example of how traditional marketing has changed, and how a campaign can bring about real societal change.

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.

This episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on agentic AI and how it is revolutionising business, especially on the continent.

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.

CapeTalk's John Maytham launched his new book Rapid Fire at the station's studios in Cape Town on 20 October 2017.

South Africa's leading quick service restaurant in the pizza sector for some 25 years, Debonairs Pizza, is getting the country moving with a fast-paced radio commercial.

On 22 April, the Liberty Radio Awards took place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, and recognised people in the medium who have made worthwhile contributions to the industry.

Jacaranda FM and Trackers' Off the Beat 'n Track took place on 8 April 2017 in Irene, Pretoria. Mountain bike riders entered challenges which included two, five, 15 and 50km mountain bike trails through Tshwane's most scenic routes.

YFM 99.2 has introduced a fresh and new approach to radio, with the launch of ReUp. The show is aimed at a cosmopolitan audience and introduces a line-up of South Africa's newest radio talent.

On 17 November, Hot 91.9 FM, one of Johannesburg's 'hottest' radio stations, celebrated two years on air.

This year's DStv Delicious Festival saw more festival and more food over two days – and did we say The Jacksons? The biggest, best ever and most fabulous DStv Delicious International Food & Music Festival was presented by Nedbank. In its fourth year, the main headline act for Saturday 8 October was Macy Gray and the headline act for Sunday, 9 October were none other than The Jacksons.