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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.

The Loeries, Africa and the Middle East’s premier brand communications festival runs from 8 to 10 October 2025. View a gallery of The Mayor's Brunch, which took place, 8 October at The Bungalow in Cape Town.

"Owning their measurement and performance will empower marketers in the boardroom. Marketing is business, and so we need to align to what the business finds important commercially and in measurement.".

Melusi Mhlungu, We Are Bizarre's founder & chief creative officer, says all he has wanted to do in his career is be a sponge in the world and then come back to South Africa and wring out all that he has absorbed.

In this episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV, Nicole Adriaans, business executive: data, analytics & AI at BlueSky, talks about the future workplace, which she believes will reward how well individuals partner with AI to turn knowledge into value and wisdom.

A macro trend that has been gaining momentum since the pandemic is the Analogue Renaissance trend. A return to real-world connection and human-first experiences, this episode of RAPT BizTrends TV explores this trend with Carmen Murray, the founder of Carmen Murray Communications.

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.

Slow fashion designer Katlego Mokwana recently showcased her brand, Mother of Gao, at a press day event hosted by H&M at its showroom at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. As the winner of the Emerging Designer award at the 2024 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, Mokwana received a cash prize of R100,000 to support the growth of her business as well as access to mentorship and networking opportunities from H&M South Africa....

In this episode of BizTrendsTV, Faith Popcorn, renowned futurist and the CEO of Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve, who has been instrumental in identifying transformative social trends and societal movements, offers critical guidance on how business leaders and global citizens can engage with a trend she calls the people's pushback.

Tom Osborn, the co-founder of the Shamiri Institute, is behind one of Kenya’s most promising mental health interventions, one designed by young people, for young people and rooted firmly in African ways of thinking.

This episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on brands in a future where digital wallets are a gamechanger as the technologies of digital identity, crypto/blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) converge.

The 7th annual Africa Tech Week Awards, held on 3 June 2025 during the Sentech Africa Tech Week conference, celebrated the continent’s top tech innovators. Hosted by comedian Alan Committie, the black-tie event featured a keynote by Hon. Solly Malatsi, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, who emphasised the importance of recognising progress in South African and African tech.

The Hertex HAUS Bellville Showroom has reopened following a comprehensive transformation, introducing a space that integrates interior design, lifestyle, and hospitality elements.

Born in 1994, Gen Z are the born free generation and they are redefining the world from work to play, opening challenges and opportunities that brands need to understand they want to stay relevant and thrive in the Gen Z world.