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The Spar Carols by Candlelight with Jacaranda FM took place at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on 11 December 2018. Jo Black, Karen Zoid, Kurt Darren, Charlize Berg, Nadine, Nianell, Swing City, Nick from Rubber Duc, and the Ndlovu Youth Choir performed at the event.

The winners of the 2018 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards were recently announced at The Venue in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg.

Openview recently unveiled its brand new television commercial. Fronted by the people's captain Siya Kolisi and record-breaking Olympian Wayde van Niekerk, this stirring TVC reinforces Openview's position as the champion of free entertainment in South Africa.

Smile 90.4FM breakfast host Lindy Hibbard (now Lehto) recently got married. She and her then-fiance and now-husband Peter celebrated their matrimony with 100 of their closest friends and family at Die Woud in Caledon.

In this episode of #StateoftheMedia, Nadia Hearn of 2oceansvibe Radio, chats to Leigh Andrews, Editor-in-Chief of Marketing & Media and Angie White, Head Of the Press Office Department at Bizcommunity.com about the creative award season, the Khashoggi murder mystery, media freedom, the launch of TV news channel Open News and Bizcommunity's #EntrepreneurMonth.

The festive season is upon us. And as we get ready to let our hair down and kick our feet up, Debonairs Pizza rolled up its sleeves one last time to launch a meal that would make this year's festive a little more 'feast-ive' - without breaking the bank, of course.

One of FCB Africa's sister agencies, FCB Inferno, has launched the latest evolution of its “This Girl Can” campaign with Sport England, entitled “Fit Got Real”.

The BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable South African Brands was recently launched at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The study, conducted by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown, identifies and ranks local brands by their dollar value.

The official rankings of the 2018 Loerie Awards, which was held in Durban earlier this year, have been released. The rankings arrange an overview of the performance of the advertising and brand communications industry throughout Africa and the Middle East.

The seventh annual 5 For Change Black Tie Gala debuted in Joburg on 27 October. The event raised funds and awareness for five social enterprise beneficiares: Dlala Nje, Olico Maths Education, Hustlenomics, CRSP Dsgn and enke: Make Your Mark. Read more about the event here.

The Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2018 took place on 26 October 2018 at the Konzerthaus in Berlin, Germany. Below are images from the event. For more information on the event, click here.

The 20th Sunday Times Top Brands Survey took place on 24 October 2018 at The Empire in Parktown, Johannesburg. Click here to read more.