Grey was pleased to learn that it's work has placed in second, third and fifth position in Kantar's Best Liked Ads for Q3 of 2020...
Issued by Grey Africa 9 hours ago
Kantar has announced the top 10 best liked TV ads in South Africa for the third and fourth quarter of 2020...
Issued by Kantar 1 day ago
Heineken raises the bar with new commitments on the environment, social sustainability and responsible consumption on a path to a net zero, fairer and healthier world...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 26 Apr 2021
Grey and WPP Liquid were awarded silver in the Digital/Mobile - Emerging Technologies category at the 2021 Clio Awards for Savanna's 'Decolonise Auto Correct' campaign...
Issued by Grey Africa 23 Apr 2021
Banele Msimanga is the brand manager of Hunter's Cider and over the past year has worked on the brand creating great consumer experiences like Green Room events...
Evan-Lee Courie 22 Apr 2021
Two truths: We forget them and think of everyone as pal - and Savanna knows it; Distell's stance of end justifies means deserves a smelly Onion...
Brendan Seery 20 Apr 2021
Patrick Kutumane unpacks Lucky Star's marketing strategies and brand campaigns, including the rationales behind them, brand sustainability initiatives and more...
Robin Fredericks 19 Apr 2021
Heineken has stated a new ambition to decarbonise its production by 2030 and its full value chain by 2040...
Heineken South Africa has announced the appointment of two new management team members: Joy van Heerden has joined as digital and technology director while Vinicius Genio de Almeida will lead supply chain at the local office...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 14 Apr 2021
On the back of substantial new business won in Europe at the end of 2020, Rapt Creative has opened satellite offices in London and Kiev...
Why do some small businesses achieve success, and most small businesses fail? One of the biggest factors that leads to business failure is a lack of clear direction...
Issued by Small Business Coach 8 Apr 2021
Introducing its latest television commercial, "My friend", Savanna is tackling the #MyFriendZone. Not the one you are probably thinking about; the other kind - the multiple friends South Africans tend to make going around their daily business...
Issued by Grey Africa 8 Apr 2021
Lance Dodgen, Heineken South Africa Marketing Manager: Cider is the custodian of the Dutch brewing company's Strongbow and Fox Cider brands...
Jessica Tennant 30 Mar 2021
As we approach the one-year 'anniversary' of that first day of South Africa's hard lockdown, it's a good time to look back at these challenges, writes Heineken SA MD Gerrit van Loo...
Gerrit van Loo, Issued by Heineken South Africa 29 Mar 2021
The Heineken Africa Foundation and Heineken SA have partnered with WaterAid in its drive to tackle the spread of Covid-19 and other diseases, as well as significantly broaden access to clean water across the continent...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 19 Mar 2021
Natasha Maharaj, marketing director at Distell, shares the rationales behind its brand campaigns...
Evan-Lee Courie 17 Mar 2021
Lizanne Peters was recently appointed as business unit director at Joe Public Cape Town. She has over 16 years industry experience across various sectors...
Evan-Lee Courie 25 Feb 2021
Heineken raises a toast to the country's bartending staff and tells the stories of some of SA's most loyal working in pubs, restaurants and bars across South Africa...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 25 Feb 2021
Advertising has piggybacked on technology since the 17th century and in our modern world has evolved to a pervasive presence in the daily lives of people across the globe. A little bit too pervasive some would say...
Edward Herridge 23 Feb 2021
Even though Savanna is well known for its quirky, dry sense of humour, the brand decided to take a stand and create an awareness campaign that drives a very important message to its consumers: Drinking and driving is no joke...
Issued by Grey Africa 17 Feb 2021
South Africa's Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has asked Heineken South Africa to withdraw or amend an advertisement for Windhoek beer on the basis that it entrenches toxic masculinity, suggesting that "real men drink real beer"...
Grey Group has appointed Marcus Moshapalo as its new creative director. He will lead the creative charge in the WPP #LIQUID team on Hunter's Cider and Viceroy...
Issued by Grey Africa 19 Jan 2021
The 2020 South African Comedy Awards celebrated the best in the comedy industry at the Soweto Theatre on 12 December...
Issued by Grey Africa 17 Dec 2020
Tshepo Yvonne Mosadi, human resources director at Heineken South Africa, provides some HR trends to help managers build a foundation for success in 2021 and beyond...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 8 Dec 2020
The folks who believe that it's possible to beat the odds, get out there and make things happen in a world that's asked us to slow down and stay indoors. While we might call our friends who do this show-offs, we call the brands that do this Challengers...
Rhiannon Rees, Issued by eatbigfish 7 Dec 2020
Grey Africa's work was recognised with 24 finalists across eight different categories, three statues and a craft certificate at the 2020 Loeries Creative Awards...
Issued by Grey Africa 4 Dec 2020
Heineken scooped three awards at last week's Assegai Awards in recognition of their #TeamHeineken campaign created to leverage the brand's global sponsorship of Rugby World Cup 2019...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 3 Dec 2020
Distell successfully created a free-to-air E-Stream initiative, which was created in April - just a month into the lockdown - to bring high-quality free entertainment to people to enjoy at home, and to provide a revenue generating platform for entertainers and others in the industry...
With Global Entrepreneurship Week (#GEW2020) having been recognised last week, Heineken South Africa celebrated the success of the small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) that the organisation has supported and partnered with through Heineken's ongoing partnerships and mentorship programmes...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 26 Nov 2020
Heineken South Africa reaffirmed its commitment to the local market and to its aim of delivering quality products to South African customers across the country...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 20 Nov 2020
Heineken South Africa is pleased to announce that Heineken continues its winning streak as South Africa's favourite beer brand, following the beer rising to the top of the beer category of the Sunday Times Top Brands, for a fourth consecutive year in 2020...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 19 Nov 2020
In order for a trade mark to be registrable, it must be distinctive and capable of distinguishing one party's products from another's. What we often see, particularly in the alcohol industry, is, for example, certain ciders, named after the variety of apple used to make the cider itself. But is this name considered 'distinctive' or 'descriptive'...?
Karen Kitchen 29 Oct 2020
Agriculture was the only sector that positively contributed to gross domestic product growth in the second quarter...
Over the past year, Grey Africa has been committed to creating inspiring and innovative campaigns and has been recognised by the industry through multiple accolades and awards. Here are just three of the campaigns that the agency is proud of...
Issued by Grey Africa 26 Oct 2020
What if influencing is an artform? A new campaign by Grey Africa and Liquid, WPP's bespoke agency solution for Distell, proposes that it is. Kind of...Sort of...No, really...
Issued by Grey Africa 23 Oct 2020
Grey Africa is proud to announce that it has been recognised by the Creative Circle for its work on the #SavannaVirtualComedyBar campaign, winning first place in the Digital Interactive Award category...
Issued by Grey Africa 16 Oct 2020
Two of Heineken South Africa's beer brands have made it onto the list of South Africa's favourite commercials. Heineken and Amstel are the only beer brands to feature in the Best-Liked TV Ads of 2019...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 31 Aug 2020
Sibongile Sambo is a trailblazing entrepreneur in the aviation industry. She is the founder and managing director of SRS Aviation, which is the first 100% black woman-owned aviation company in South Africa...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 28 Aug 2020
This #WomensMonth, Heineken South Africa has partnered with Bizcommunity to showcase the phenomenal work and impact of women entrepreneurs such as Duma Collective founder Sibu Mabena...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 27 Aug 2020
This #WomensMonth, Heineken South Africa has partnered with Bizcommunity to showcase the phenomenal work and impact of women entrepreneurs like Divya Vasant...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 26 Aug 2020
A group of entrepreneurs selected by Heineken will receive a complementary online advertising package with a total value of R90,000 to promote their businesses on Bizcommunity...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 24 Aug 2020
This #WomensMonth, Heineken South Africa has partnered with Bizcommunity to showcase the phenomenal work and impact of women entrepreneurs such as Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 19 Aug 2020
"Non-alcoholic products are not about sugary drinks anymore, it is about sophisticated sipping," says Hanneli van der Merwe, co-founder of specialist beverage developer Two Green Lemons...
Lauren Hartzenberg 13 Aug 2020
Remembering and rebellion topped the qualities of the year's hero ads, with liquid messaging at the very top of the list. Sasol's 'This isn't just any fuel, #ThisIsGlugGlug' by FCB Joburg was not only the top ad of Q2 2019 but also the overall best liked ad for the year...
Issued by Kantar 12 Aug 2020
SAB has halted R5bn in investments in South Africa over the next two years, while Heineken SA is reevaluating plans to establish a new major production facility in KwaZulu-Natal...
As the Covid-19 infections peak in the country, Heineken South Africa is extending Covid-19-related support to the families of more than 950 staff members...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 22 Jul 2020
Distell has launched Click2Collect.co.za to help South Africans order alcoholic drinks from more than 22,000 taverns countrywide in a simpler and safer manner...
Hamilton Zwane, content copywriter at Grey Africa, gives some insights into how the SA youth are using social media, what's changed in their social media usage during Covid-19, and what should be trending in the near future...