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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 2025 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards were announced last night, 26 November, at Arena Holdings in Johannesburg.

Last month, the Effie Awards South Africa announced the winners for this year. The Grand Effie winner was TBWA\ Hunt Lascaris’ for its client, the City Lodge Group, for the campaign, SOS - Save Our Stay, for which the agency also won gold.

Kwa Coach in Klipspruit, Soweto, specialises in pork products. Although only in Soweto, it is known to Cape Town and Durban township residents, from social media and word of mouth.

In this episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV, Nokulinda Mkhize, a cultural advisor, integral coach, speaker, and practising songoma, with nearly two decades of experience in indigenous healing, talks about how spirituality is changing the world of work.

The Loeries Awards Creative Week culminated in the Awards event at the Cape Town City Hall on 10 October, Friday evening. View a gallery of the official after party.

The Loeries Awards Creative Week culminated in the Awards event at the Cape Town City Hall on 10 October, Friday evening. View a gallery of the awards night two.

The first night of The Loerie Awards took place on Thursday, 9 October at the iconic Cape Town City Hall. View a gallery of the Chair Persons Party.

The first night of The Loerie Awards took place on Thursday, 9 October at the iconic Cape Town City Hall. View a gallery of the awards night one.

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 Judges Wrap party.

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.