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Marketing & Media

Building a winning brand: How small businesses can stand out in a crowded market

Jeremy Lang, Issued by Business Partners Limited 17 hours

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 hours

Biggles Removals weekly update on the East Rand’s property, infrastructure and moving trends

Residential Property

Biggles Removals weekly update on the East Rand’s property, infrastructure and moving trends

Issued by Biggles Removals 16 May 2025

Donald Chauke from Demographicia asks if Nedbank’s pink tax campaign that takes on gender pricing is enough (Image credit: Nedbank)

Marketing

Nedbank’s pink tax campaign takes on gender pricing but is it enough?

15 May 2025

A report by shareholder activist organisation Just Share has shown that South Africa’s largest polluters pay so little carbon tax that it barely has any impact on their greenhouse gas emissions. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Climate Change

Corporate lobbying derailed South Africa’s climate goals, report finds

Liezl Human 14 May 2025

Music strikes a chord for SA’s consumer class

Research

Music strikes a chord for SA’s consumer class

Issued by BrandMapp 13 May 2025

Source: Supplied.

Property

Sectional title is hot property for first-time buyers in Cape Town

13 May 2025

#Orchids&Onions: Carling Black Label's Mother's Day ad challenges traditional masculinity

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Carling Black Label's Mother's Day ad challenges traditional masculinity

Brendan Seery 12 May 2025

Supplied image: Vantara’s collaboration with the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP) led to the reintroduction of 41 Spix’s Macaws into the wild in Brazil.

Environment & Natural Resources

How South Africa’s conservation efforts can thrive with Indian partnership

Dr Nomfundo N.V. Mnisi 9 May 2025

The Future of Measurement 2025, part of Warc’s Evolution of Marketing programme, highlights emerging trends in media and creative measurement (Image supplied)

Marketing

3 Media and creative measurement trends from Warc

9 May 2025

Small but mighty: How SMEs are leading the ESG revolution

SMEs

Small but mighty: How SMEs are leading the ESG revolution

Issued by icandi CQ 6 May 2025

Jannine Purkiss challenges the age-old myth that process kills creativity. She says process should not crush creativity; it should make space for it (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

EXCLUSIVE: Creative Chaos? Not on my watch. Why process is the secret ingredient to innovation

Jannine Purkiss 30 Apr 2025

Advertising

Surging UK ad spend hits £42.6bn, driven by online and TV VOD growth

30 Apr 2025

Middle East business travel to grow 6.1% in 2025, adapting to global shifts

Tourism & Travel

Middle East business travel to grow 6.1% in 2025, adapting to global shifts

29 Apr 2025

Spar’s strategy to boost private label sales in SA

Retailers

Spar’s strategy to boost private label sales in SA

Max Oliva 24 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Treasury has announced that no VAT increase will take place on 1 May as scheduled

Economy

VAT to remain at 15% as government withdraws 1 May increase

24 Apr 2025

Diary of a CMO: What’s marketing’s contribution to profit?

Research

Diary of a CMO: What’s marketing’s contribution to profit?

Mary Kyriakidi, Issued by Kantar 23 Apr 2025

Flight Mate Leisure Travel offers South Africans a fresh way to book affordable flights and hotels

Travel

Flight Mate Leisure Travel offers South Africans a fresh way to book affordable flights and hotels

Issued by Flight Mate Leisure Travel 22 Apr 2025

Medical Aid

Umvuzo Health turns 21:Sets benchmarks in South Africa's medical schemes

25 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Prof Nara Monkam, Chair in Municipal Finance at the African Tax Institute (ATI).

Infrastructure & Utilities

Empowering Africa’s cities: The case for fiscal autonomy and financial expertise

Nara Monkam 23 Apr 2025

Residential Property

Bank on it: Pre-approval reshapes property purchases for smart buyers

22 Apr 2025

How AI is transforming the future of cars in SA

4th Industrial Revolution

How AI is transforming the future of cars in SA

William Petherbridge 16 Apr 2025

Warc research shows that globally, newsbrand ad spend is forecast to fall to $32.3bn this year, a 33.1% decrease from 2019, as hard news stories – from trade wars to armed conflicts – draw audiences but not ad dollars. (Image supplied)

Advertising

Warc: News media struggles as brands favour softer content

16 Apr 2025

Injecting new energy into the economy via youth entrepreneurship

Research Reports

Injecting new energy into the economy via youth entrepreneurship

Issued by Next Generation 15 Apr 2025

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Razor PR's Wynand Coetzer - 3 Lessons in measuring the impact of communications

Wynand Coetzer 15 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Trust in advertising has dropped by eight percent, despite the claim that 71% appreciate brands that engage in social issues, over half still feel underrepresented in advertising, highlighting a disconnect

Advertising

Advertising trust drops 8% - indicates a disconnect with consumers

10 Apr 2025

A game-changer for brands entering the Kasi Economy: Tributree delivers unmatched real-time data on township retail amidst rising costs

Retail

A game-changer for brands entering the Kasi Economy: Tributree delivers unmatched real-time data on township retail amidst rising costs

Issued by Evolve Unlimited 9 Apr 2025

Is strategic CSI dead... or just evolving?

CSI & Philanthropy

Is strategic CSI dead... or just evolving?

Cathy Duff, Issued by Trialogue 8 Apr 2025

Smartfill selected among leading start-ups in the Blue Earth BE100

Design

Smartfill selected among leading start-ups in the Blue Earth BE100

Issued by DY/DX 19 Aug 2024

Advertising

YouTube advertising awards now include South Africa

7 Apr 2025

Source: Pexels.

Property Development

R750m budget change hits housing developments in three provinces

Daniel Steyn and Sandiso Phaliso 4 Apr 2025

Marketing budgets: A catalyst for ESG transformation

ESG

Marketing budgets: A catalyst for ESG transformation

Sipetile Sixishe, Issued by Motherland OMNi 3 Apr 2025

How the profit-driven marketer can unlock growth with outperform marketing

Marketing

How the profit-driven marketer can unlock growth with outperform marketing

Issued by Incubeta 2 Apr 2025

Why Aren’t More Businesses Doing Personalisation Better?

Marketing

Why Aren’t More Businesses Doing Personalisation Better?

Andrew Solomon, Issued by Achievement Awards Group 26 Feb 2025

Bracing for impact: How the proposed VAT increase could affect insurance companies and policyholders

Insurance & Actuarial

Bracing for impact: How the proposed VAT increase could affect insurance companies and policyholders

Issued by Securitas® Financial Group 31 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf While Global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, according to a new study from Warc, this is a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from the marketing effectiveness experts’ November forecast

Marketing

Warc study shows growth this year but still downgrade of almost one percentage point

28 Mar 2025

How the SA consumer class cuts costs

Research

How the SA consumer class cuts costs

Issued by BrandMapp 27 Mar 2025

Marketing & Media

10 Tips for building a strong partnership with your agency

Johanna McDowell 27 Mar 2025

The future of marketing is storified

Marketing

The future of marketing is storified

Candy Dempers, Issued by MediaHeads 360 27 Mar 2025

Marketing

What’s holding businesses back from mastering personalisation?

Andrew Solomon 26 Mar 2025

#Budget2025: Navigating everyday living amid rising VAT and food prices

Retail

#Budget2025: Navigating everyday living amid rising VAT and food prices

24 Mar 2025

The VAT hike and the rising cost of education: Why alternative schooling remains an affordable option

Primary & Secondary Education

The VAT hike and the rising cost of education: Why alternative schooling remains an affordable option

Issued by Impaq 20 Mar 2025

Dentsu and SAB unlock smarter, AI-powered YouTube buying with Google’s VRC

Online Media

Dentsu and SAB unlock smarter, AI-powered YouTube buying with Google’s VRC

Kevin Cogill & Kgabele Memela, Issued by Dentsu 20 Mar 2025

SOLshop aims to empower SA's food producers with direct market access

E-commerce

SOLshop aims to empower SA's food producers with direct market access

20 Mar 2025

Retail revolution: the rise of group purchasing organisations in SA

Retailers

Retail revolution: the rise of group purchasing organisations in SA

19 Mar 2025

FNB's eBucks expansion with Pick n Pay set to revolutionise grocery shopping in SA

Banking & Finance

FNB's eBucks expansion with Pick n Pay set to revolutionise grocery shopping in SA

18 Mar 2025

Social media's impact: Driving business strategies from marketing to ROI

Social Media

Social media's impact: Driving business strategies from marketing to ROI

Clara de Wet, 18 Mar 2025

Bucket lists drive a shift in shopping habits: happiness over possessions

Sales

Bucket lists drive a shift in shopping habits: happiness over possessions

18 Mar 2025

Budget 2.0 tax hangover for the public

Accounting & Auditing

Budget 2.0 tax hangover for the public

Issued by SAICA 17 Mar 2025