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.

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.

The first Loerie Award winners were announced at a glittering ceremony at the Cape Town City Hall on the 10 October 2024.

The Loeries, Africa and the Middle East’s premier brand communications festival runs from 7 to 11 October 2024. View a gallery of the Loeries Judges Wrap Party, powered by Big Kahuna.

The Loeries, Africa and the Middle East’s premier brand communications festival runs from 7 to 11 October 2024. View a gallery of the Young Creatives Brunch.

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 Loeries, Africa and the Middle East’s premier brand communications festival runs from 7 to 11 October 2024. View a gallery of the Student Expo2024, powered by Publicis Groupe Africa, Launch Event.

The Loeries, Africa and the Middle East’s premier brand communications festival runs from 7 to 11 October 2024. View a gallery of The Mayor's Brunch.

The Loeries, Africa and the Middle East’s premier brand communications festival runs from 7 to 11 October 2024, with judging taking place over the first two days, 7 and 8 October, in Cape Town.

The Loeries, Africa and the Middle East’s premier brand communications festival runs from 7 to 11 October 2024, with judging taking place over the first two days, 7 and 8 October, in Cape Town.

Loeries Creative Week took place in Cape Town from the 4-6 October 2023. View a gallery of the official after party.

Loeries Creative Week took place in Cape Town from the 4-6 October 2023. View the gallery of awards night one.

Loeries Creative Week took place in Cape Town from the 4-6 October 2023. View the gallery of awards night two.