In this first-to-TV production, 12 of the Coolest OG's are competing for a R100,000 grand prize by going through a series of fun and really cool challenges to see if they are truly Thee Coolest OG.
What can leaders learn from cities? Read now as Bronwyn Williams unpacks The Life and Death of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs...
Bronwyn Williams 25 Jan 2021
Lerato Mokhethi, a freelance journalist and communications consultant, lists five areas of marketing and creative operations being disrupted by SaaS...
Lerato Mokhethi 30 Sep 2020
The excitement is building as five contestants prepare to battle it out to win the brand-new Volkswagen Polo Vivo...
Issued by Smile 90.4FM 11 Mar 2020
Bojane Segooa has a lifelong passion for education. Not only is she currently completing her Master's degree in Innovation, while working as a senior lecturer at Unisa's department of financial accounting...
Leigh Andrews, Issued by SAICA 11 Jul 2019
To consider that Nigeria, infamous for anti-vaxx campaigns leading to polio outbreaks, has any lessons for Americans may be shocking...
Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019
The 21st Encounters International Documentary Festival will be taking place in Cape Town and Johannesburg from 6 to 16 June...
Issued by AFDA 14 May 2019
In case you missed it, season six of Survivor had a glorious immunity special, where the island dwellers were treated to a full Steers experience...
Issued by DNA Brand Architects 12 Sep 2018
Ogilvy Johannesburg took home a Grand Prix for Kimberly-Clark's 'The World's First Baby Marathon' in the film communication category at this year's Loerie Awards on Saturday, 18 August at the Durban ICC...
Jessica Tennant 31 Aug 2018
In 2016, the Afrikstart Crowdfunding in Africa Report, named South Africa as the leading rewards-based crowdfunding hub in Africa, estimating its value in the region of R415.8m in 2025...
While the advertising industry is cluttered with award shows, the Midas Awards that recognise the world's best financial advertising are ones to watch as this form of brand messaging is aimed at gaining the rarest kind of consumer trust imaginable. Here's how SA's own Cullinan agency recently proved its weight in gold...
Leigh Andrews 13 Feb 2018
As part of a social responsibility campaign, Namibia's Debmarine embarked upon a long road safety awareness campaign to promote and inculcate road-safety consciousness in Namibia...
This festive season Gautengers will descend on a drought-ravaged Mother City, putting more strain on water supply. They will be encouraged to exchange five kilos of their on-flight baggage allowance for five litres of water...
I love advertising. I'm not talking digital, above-the-line or direct marketing. I'm not talking about Maslow, about the human condition or the Zero Moment of Truth. I'm talking about the act of telling a story, the act of creating something meaningful. Marketing a product to someone so well that they're willing to part with money they've earned from hard work or stealing...
Dale Ferreira 27 Jun 2017
This year's non-profit partner in the Torch Awards is ‘Today, I'm Brave', which started out as a social experiment to inspire an Ebola-stricken community in Sierra Leone and evolved into a non-profit...
A recent social experiment by leading online classified platform OLX has highlighted that most South African households have money 'tied up' in unwanted goods...
Just like the adrenalin and anticipation you feel before going on a rollercoaster, so were the TEDxCapeTown speakers waiting to present their talks to an excited audience on 15 October at Ratanga Junction...
Beverley Klein 19 Oct 2016
With lack of diversity and gender equality strongly in the media spotlight this month, the timing of Y&R Cape Town's #BreakTheMould campaign couldn't have been better...
Leigh Andrews 25 Aug 2016
South African agencies are coming home with 13 pencils from the 2016 D&AD Awards! On the third and final day of D&AD judging, 514 pencils were awarded...
It's a social experiment and a commercial adventure, an 'experiventure'," says, Exclusive Books CEO Benjamin Trisk of the bookseller's new store in Hyde Park Corner, Johannesburg...
Sue Blaine 11 Dec 2015
Rewind a couple of years and you'll find that it's not so long ago that we had to wait all weekend for the store doors to re-open...
Charlene Olivier 7 Dec 2015
I am sick of it. Absolutely and utterly done. If one of my compatriots in the media gets charged just one more time with covering only the bad news and doing diddly squat for nation-building, I think I might blow a gasket...
Janine Lazarus 3 Nov 2015
Squad Digital, Kenya's leading digital advertising agency, is using this digital technology to rally citizens to be patriotic and peaceful in a bid to create cohesiveness...
The shortlists for the Branded Entertainment and for the Design & Package Design categories at the London International Awards (LIA) have been announced. Winners will be announced on 10 November 2015...
Ann Nurock spoke to Mariska Oosthuizen, Head of Brand and Sonja Sanders, Head of Marketing at Sanlam, during Loeries Creative Week Durban 2015, on how creativity must be commercial...
Ann Nurock 18 Aug 2015
Egg Films and its sister company Arcade were among the big winners at the Loerie Awards, with their directors picking up two Golds, three Silvers, five Craft Certificates and two Bronzes across the TV & Cinema and Branded Content categories alone...
Issued by Egg Films 18 Aug 2015
No one can create great work without a great client. It's for this reason that the Creative Circle has launched an award that recognises the clients who recognise the value of creativity...
The kaleidoscope of colour that greeted the US Supreme Court decision on marriage equality on Friday, was significant for many reasons, not least, as a case study for brands following key news events...
Louise Marsland 29 Jun 2015
The full Cannes Lions Branded Content & Entertainment shortlist has been released, with two finalists from one South African agency! The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony tomorrow evening...
The full list of winners for the Cannes Lions PR category has been announced...
The full Cannes Lions Design shortlist has been released, with 1 SA agency cracking the nod! The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony tomorrow evening...
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Our clothes as well as our food will in all likelihood be grown in labs in the future. The latest fashion trend, bio-fashion, uses the living cultures of micro-organisms such as yeast, fungi and algae to produce fabric, reports Native VML...
Louise Marsland 22 Jun 2015
The full Cannes Lions Outdoor shortlist has been released, with five South African agencies on the list! The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony tomorrow evening...
The full Cannes Lions Media shortlist has been released, including four South African agencies! The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony tomorrow evening...
The full Cannes Lions PR shortlist has been released, with 1 South African agency included as a finalist! The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony tomorrow evening...
The full Cannes Lions Promo & Activation shortlist has been released, with 3 SA agencies cracking the nod! The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony tonight...
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In our feature running until Loeries Creative Week in Durban this August (yes, August, not September and Durban, not Cape Town!), we find out what Joe Public's creative team of Adam Weber and Roanna Williams expect...
Leigh Andrews 14 May 2015
For the second consecutive year, Atmosphere Communications has scooped top honours in the Campaign of the Year category at the PRISM Awards...
Launched on 26 February, the 20-minute 'One Rand Man' documentary, will now be made available to schools, as well as financial advisers who want to educate their clients.
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Have you ever thought about the way you think? Or about the biases that inform your decision-making processes? You should, especially if you're involved in mobile research...
Leigh Andrews 11 Nov 2014
OTTAWA, CANADA: A chatty robot with an LED-lit smiley face was sent hitchhiking across Canada this summer as part of a social experiment and reached its final destination having covered several thousand kilometres on the road.
Always has launched the #LikeAGirl campaign to change the negative perception of the phrase and make #LikeAGirl a declaration that means downright amazing...
South African YouTube celebs, Gareth Allison and Nic Small of Derick Watts & The Sunday Blues have signed up to participate in a campaign, framed as a social experiment that will have them trapped for five days to simulate what it would be like being stuck in a hotel room with a cold or flu, whilst on a dream holiday.
The short film 'Dove: Patches' highlights how the right state of mind can unlock a powerful feeling of beauty that lives inside all women.
I find it strange that with all the hype and bluster surrounding the billion or so Facebook users, the half billion twits and the tacked together Pinterest users, the moment brands decide to participate in "new media" they are arrogant enough to believe that they can bring their rules to our common practice of being social.
Felix Kessel 28 Jan 2014
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How does creativity drive business? How do you inspire creativity in others? In an exclusive series for Bizcommunity, Sarah Britten interviews seven creative leaders from around the world. See them in person at the International Seminar of Creativity in Cape Town on 20 September, which forms part of Loeries Creative Week Cape Town.
'Voyage' is a new campaign from Heineken that takes different men from across the world and drops them in remote global locations with nothing but the most basic of supplies and directions. The result is 'Dropped' - a series of episodic adventures following the explorers on their travel experience.
In a move that promised greater gender equality, women were allowed in the 1990s to enter the traditionally all-male world of underground work in South African mines. But it is time the industry and authorities reflect and take stock of the consequences of this decision thereby informing the way forward.