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Tshiamo Maremela is the new CEO. Source: Supplied.

PR & Communications

Tshiamo Maremela steps up as Orchard on 25’s new CEO

13 hours

#Orchids&Onions: Nedbank's AI ad with a forward-thinking vision

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Nedbank's AI ad with a forward-thinking vision

Brendan Seery 1 day

Effie Awards South Africa announces 2025 jury panel

Marketing

Effie Awards South Africa announces 2025 jury panel

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 6 Jun 2025

The One Club for Creativity

Key insights from The One Show 2025 you can’t miss

6 Jun 2025

Michelle Lourens is headed to Cannes. Source: Supplied.

Youth Month

#YouthMonth: Michelle Lourens, IMA’s ‘Swiss army knife’, joins Cannes Lions Open Chair Programme

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Jun 2025

Anton Visser - Group COO SA Business School & Alefbet Learning 4 LR

Skills Development & Training

Learnerships: The antidote to youth unemployment, skills mismatch

Anton Visser 4 Jun 2025

Andrew Trench has passed away. Source: LinkedIn.

Media

Remembering a formidable journalist and editor, Andrew Trench

4 Jun 2025

The rise and rise of the little giants – and the creative reformation ahead

Advertising

The rise and rise of the little giants – and the creative reformation ahead

Kurt Schröder, Issued by DoubleShift 3 Jun 2025

SA wine industry maps bold future amid global and local pressures

Viticulture & Oenology

SA wine industry maps bold future amid global and local pressures

28 May 2025

Leadership qualities for complex times

Management & Leadership

Leadership qualities for complex times

Phil Isle, Issued by CONTRACT 26 May 2025

Merging gaming and virtual play with real world commerce

Media

Merging gaming and virtual play with real world commerce

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 26 May 2025

Mathebe Ngwenya's bold leap from corporate banking to beauty entrepreneurship

Accounting & Auditing

Mathebe Ngwenya's bold leap from corporate banking to beauty entrepreneurship

Issued by SAICA 23 May 2025

Clockwork listed among Africa’s top 10 agencies with Best in Show finalist spot and 2 Sabre awards

Marketing

Clockwork listed among Africa’s top 10 agencies with Best in Show finalist spot and 2 Sabre awards

Issued by Clockwork 22 May 2025

The call is coming from inside the house. How to overcome silos to fast-track profits

Marketing

The call is coming from inside the house. How to overcome silos to fast-track profits

Jaco Lintvelt, Issued by Incubeta 21 May 2025

Stop optimising your mistakes: Why brave creative is the key to marketing's future

Marketing

Stop optimising your mistakes: Why brave creative is the key to marketing's future

Vanessa Bolosier, Issued by Incubeta 20 May 2025

Primary & Secondary Education

Whole child education: True teaching lies beyond report cards

Lionel Botha 16 May 2025

Pola Maneli Port Elizabeth and BCKRDS Johannesburg are among the global winners in the ADC 104th Annual Awards Middle East & Africa Region along with agencies and designers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates (Image supplied)

Advertising

2 South African agencies awarded in Global ADC 104th Annual Awards

15 May 2025

Carl Willoughby chief creative officer, TBWA and chairman - Creative Circle Awards says Awards are a reminder that even in this age of algorithms, that brilliant, brave creativity still matters (Image supplied)

Advertising

Exclusive: TBWA's CCO Carl Willoughby: More than just bragging rights - awards matter to creativity, credibility, business

Carl Willoughby 14 May 2025

VML South Africa named Agency of the Year at 2025 Smarties Awards

Marketing & Media

VML South Africa named Agency of the Year at 2025 Smarties Awards

Issued by VML 13 May 2025

Welcome to GenEra: A new chapter for young creatives in advertising

Advertising

Welcome to GenEra: A new chapter for young creatives in advertising

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 12 May 2025

Source: Pexels.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Justice sought for George collapse victims as damning report looms

8 May 2025

Source: © 123rf Eve Pennington says this should be the golden age of marketing, but agency models haven’t kept pace

Marketing & Media

EXCLUSIVE: Eve Pennington - Has our industry lost its way? A view 25 years in

Eve Pennington 5 May 2025

Source: © UNESCO
This year, World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, will focus on the profound influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on journalism and media under the theme: Reporting in the Brave New World – The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media

Media Freedom

World Press Freedom Day 2025: The impact of AI on media and press freedom

2 May 2025

Existing shareholders (left) Musa Kalenga, group CEO, and chairperson (right) Andile Khumalo have acquired the Brave Group’s founding shareholders' shares, transitioning the agency’s to a 100% Black-owned business(Image supplied)

Advertising

The Brave Group transitions to 100% Black-owned business

30 Apr 2025

Net#work BBDO repositions to #WhatIfWeDOBIGTHINGS with new leadership appointments

Advertising

Net#work BBDO repositions to #WhatIfWeDOBIGTHINGS with new leadership appointments

29 Apr 2025

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Musa Kalenga - How agentic AI is revolutioning business

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Musa Kalenga - How agentic AI is revolutioning business

Danette Breitenbach 29 Apr 2025

Clockwork shortlisted across 6 categories at the Sabre Awards Africa 2025

PR & Communications

Clockwork shortlisted across 6 categories at the Sabre Awards Africa 2025

Issued by Clockwork 24 Apr 2025

South Africa has two of the 13 finalists from the Middle East and Africa in the ADC 104th Annual Awards (Image supplied)

Advertising

ADC 104th Annual Awards Middle East & Africa has 13 finalists, two for SA

22 Apr 2025

10 ways Gen Z can use psychology in their careers

Higher Education

10 ways Gen Z can use psychology in their careers

Issued by SACAP 14 Apr 2025

Food For Mzansi wins 21st international media award for Palesa’s Brave Discovery

Agriculture

Food For Mzansi wins 21st international media award for Palesa’s Brave Discovery

Ivor Price, Issued by YehBaby Marketing Creatives 9 Apr 2025

Daily Maverick won three categories in the Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2025, the most from South Africa and also the most of all the entries (Image supplied)

Media

SA leads Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2025 winners list

7 Apr 2025

Lemonaid: How to turn ‘pollycrisis’ into ‘polytunity’

Marketing

Lemonaid: How to turn ‘pollycrisis’ into ‘polytunity’

4 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf The Digital Media Awards Africa 2025 finalists have been announced, with SA and Daily Maverick dominating the list

Publishing

SA and Daily Maverick dominate Wan-Ifra Digital Awards Africa 2025 finalists

2 Apr 2025

Op-Ed: How companies can strengthen democracy in South Africa

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Op-Ed: How companies can strengthen democracy in South Africa

Issued by Trialogue 1 Apr 2025

Ster-Kinekor, as the official representative to Cannes Lions, is proud to announce HeinekenÒ as the official sponsor of the Cannes Young Lions Competition for South Africa (Image supplied)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Heineken official sponsor of the Ster-Kinekor Cannes Young Lions Competition SA

27 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Covid-19

Cyril Ramaphosa addresses heroes of healthcare at Denosa event

25 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Apple as the 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Apple named 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

24 Mar 2025

Branding

Warc's Creative 100 released, Apple no.1 brand for creativity

11 Mar 2025

$The Creative Circle Best of the Year awards took place recently with TBWA\Hunt Lascaris taking Overall Agency of the Year (Image supplied)$

Advertising

Creative Circle Best of the Year awards: Honouring the Class of 76’ and 24’

Alex Goldberg 10 Mar 2025

Sinmisola Hughes-Obisesan. Source: Supplied.

DEI

#InternationalWomensDay2025: Sinmisola Hughes-Obisesan - A visionary driving Africa's creative future

Karabo Ledwaba 7 Mar 2025

5 ways to boost employee confidence and engagement during tough times

HR

5 ways to boost employee confidence and engagement during tough times

Jeremy Lang, Issued by Business Partners Limited 3 Mar 2025

The 97th Oscars were on Sunday. Source: YouTube.

Film & Cinematography

Complete winners of 97th Oscars, South Africa's The Last Ranger misses out

Karabo Ledwaba 3 Mar 2025

Albert de Andrade joins the Sauce Advertising team

Advertising

Albert de Andrade joins the Sauce Advertising team

Phil Manners, Issued by Sauce Advertising 21 Feb 2025

The power of media-owned assets: Why brands should take control of their platforms

Media

The power of media-owned assets: Why brands should take control of their platforms

Shaune Jordaan, Issued by Hoorah Digital 17 Feb 2025

Source: X.com /

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Women Ministry condemns brutal murder of gay activist Imam

17 Feb 2025

Movie lovers are in for a treat this February

Film

Movie lovers are in for a treat this February

Daniel Dercksen 4 Feb 2025

Transformation in agricultural technology demands agile insurance response

Agriculture

Transformation in agricultural technology demands agile insurance response

Andries Wiese 28 Jan 2025

Afda alumni shine on Oscar-nominated film - The Last Ranger

Higher Education

Afda alumni shine on Oscar-nominated film - The Last Ranger

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 27 Jan 2025

#Calabash2025: Robbie Williams - a Better Man - and a changed woman

Music

#Calabash2025: Robbie Williams - a Better Man - and a changed woman

Shan Radcliffe 23 Jan 2025