Join us for a trip down memory lane as we celebrate 35 years of South Africa's favourite TV commercials...
Issued by Kantar 5 Dec 2019
There has long been a need for the advertising industry to modernise. Now digital transformation is upon us and change is non-negotiable. At the same time, the industry is facing disruption from new entrants...
Alistair Mokoena 3 Aug 2018
The annual Apex events were held at the Sandton Convention Centre today, 16 July, where the Association for Communication and Advertising hosted its 'NeXt Level of Thinking Masterclass' and the Apex Awards...
16 Jul 2018
In number-one spot for a second year in a row is Samsung, this time with their Knox-Seagull ad. The ad is part of a global campaign that was made to "travel", telling a funny universal story that consumers around the world can relate to...
Issued by Kantar 20 Mar 2018
With a total of 64 points, the Johannesburg based advertising agency The Odd Number, winner of the 2017 Pendoring Umpetha Award, has emerged at the top of this year's Pendoring ranking...
14 Nov 2017
The 2017 Pendoring winners were announced in front of a packed and appreciative audience at the glittering annual awards evening at Vodacom World in Midrand tonight...
27 Oct 2017
Ciclope, a leading international festival recognising exceptional craft in moving image, has invited four prominent figures in the SA film industry to sit on the jury of its upcoming awards show...
Issued by Ninety9cents 19 Oct 2017
Ciclope, a leading international festival, has invited four prominent figures in the South African film industry to sit on the jury of its upcoming awards show...
16 Oct 2017
The 2017 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards finalists have been revealed, with 21 agencies making the cut across six agency categories and a further eight finalists from two media agency categories so far...
22 Sep 2017
The Pendoring finalists once again reflect the richness of South Africa's cultural and language diversity, as 27 South African advertising agencies have produced 98 finalists in all of SA's indigenous languages (excluding English)...
21 Sep 2017
In South Africa's best liked ads we see storytelling emerging as the central protagonist, with wonderful local nuances and emotion used to cement the memory and brand association...
Issued by Kantar 7 Sep 2017
Ogilvy Johannesburg did particularly well at the Loeries this year, as runner up (in second place) to the Agency of the Year with 17 awards, the highlight being a Grand Prix in the Radio Station Commercials category for its KFC Double Down Sad Man Meal campaign...
Jessica Tennant 4 Sep 2017
The Marketing Achievement Award (MAA) is to be launched by the newly formed House of Innovation to honour vision and innovation in growing and redefining the ever-changing South African marketing landscape...
24 Aug 2017
Finalists have been announced in the Loeries' Digital & Interactive Communication category, which is sponsored by Google...
14 Aug 2017
While boasting a record number of entries and finalists, the Apex Awards once again proved just how high its standard is with no Grand Prix awarded and only one gold Apex given out at last night's 2017 Apex Awards...
Danette Breitenbach 7 Jul 2017
Ogilvy & Mather SA scored its third radio Grand Prix in four years on Friday night at the 2017 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity...
Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 28 Jun 2017
The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity came to an end on 24 June 2017, rounding out a full week of award shows that celebrated creativity across various categories. Here's how SA fared overall
24 Jun 2017
The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Film Lions award ceremony on its final night, 24 June 2017, with another Gold Lion coming home to SA...
24 Jun 2017
The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Radio Lions award ceremony on 23 June 2017, with SA walking away with the Grand Prix and lots of metal...
23 Jun 2017
Kantar Millward Brown's Best Liked Ads list celebrates South Africa's favourite TV commercials. These are the ads that have been rated as the best liked by the South African audience...
Issued by Kantar 8 Jun 2017
Kantar Millward Brown's Best Liked Ads list celebrates SA's favourite TV commercials. These are the ads that have been rated as the best liked by the South African audience...
Issued by Kantar 18 May 2017
Winners of the final 7 categories of the 44th One Show Awards have been announced at Cipriani Wall Street, with SA responsible for a further 6 bronze, 1 silver and 1 gold pencil, which was also crowned ‘best of discipline' for radio, as well as 10 merit awards - this puts us in 10th best country ranking...
12 May 2017
5 May 2017
The jurors for Cannes Lions 2017 have been announced and include 10 South African creatives...
5 May 2017
Ogilvy SA picked up five Pencils at the 2017 D&AD Professional Awards in London on Thursday, 27 April. This was the best performance of the night by any South African agency...
Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 3 May 2017
All the winners of D&AD 2017 Pencils have been announced and we have the colours of the 13 South African entries that made the grade...
27 Apr 2017
The second set of D&AD Pencil winners have been announced, with an additional 10 South African entries making the grade in the final categories...
26 Apr 2017
Finalists in the ‘radio' category have been revealed for One Show 2017, with nine SA entries making the grade...
18 Apr 2017
Finalists in the 'interactive' category have been revealed for One Show 2017 with an SA entry making the grade...
7 Apr 2017
Finalists in the 'print and outdoor' category have been revealed for One Show 2017 with 11 SA entries making the grade...
6 Apr 2017
Finalists in the 'direct marketing' category have been revealed for One Show 2017 with two SA entries making the grade...
6 Apr 2017
Finalists in the film category have been revealed for One Show 2017, with three SA entries making the grade...
6 Apr 2017
The IAB SA has announced the Bookmark Awards finalists for 2017. Following several weeks of judging, the panel has narrowed down a record number of entries into a shortlist of official finalists, each demonstrating talent and digital innovation in their respective categories...
22 Feb 2017
The winners of the October/November/December Creative Circle Awards have been announced...
27 Jan 2017
IDidTht's November SA Film Reel was judged by Molefi Thulo, creative director at Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg. He awarded the Best of Reel for Direction Craft to Kyle Lewis from Arcade Content for Volkswagen's #011Beats. Here's why...
6 Dec 2016
Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg played a major role in the launch of the new and exciting Vodacom "Play Every Day" summer campaign, where integration played a major role...
Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 16 Nov 2016
Following requests by advertising agencies and creatives for an official ranking of the 2016 Pendoring winners and finalists, the Pendoring Advertising Awards have heeded the call and decided to issue their first ever ranking based on this year's gold, silver and overall winners, as well as finalists (shortlisted) in both the professional agency and student categories.
Issued by Vega School 16 Nov 2016
For the first time, the Pendoring Advertising Awards have released an official ranking of the 2016 Pendoring winners and finalists in both the professional agency and student categories...
8 Nov 2016
The Pendoring Awards highest accolades, the Prestige Award and Umpetha Award truly reflects the diverseness of South Africa...
Danette Breitenbach 31 Oct 2016
Humour, cute kids and slice-of-life stories continue to engage viewers. Kantar Millward Brown's Best Liked Ads list celebrates South Africa's favourite TV commercials...
Issued by Kantar 13 Oct 2016
KFC, Chicken Licken and Nando's are ruffling feathers as the top three brands on the Loeries Official Rankings, while Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg has been named the number one agency for 2016...
Issued by Loeries 6 Oct 2016
In 2012, KFC changed their tagline to 'So Good', but South African consumers, stubborn as they are, never stopped licking their fingers...
Cari Van Wyk 13 Sep 2016
Howard Audio, with their name on 21 shortlisted finalists this year, congratulates all their clients and colleagues who walked away with birds this year...
Issued by Howard Audio 30 Aug 2016
The second night of the Loeries Awards provided accolades for the big categories such as TV and Radio, with FoxP2, Ogilvy & Mather and Network BBDO featuring strongly...
Beverley Klein 21 Aug 2016
All winners of the 38th Annual Loerie Awards, which took place on 20 and 21 August 2016 at the Durban ICC, have been announced. Congratulations to the winners...
21 Aug 2016
The Saturday night winners of the 38th Annual Loerie Awards, which took place 20 August 2016 at the Durban ICC, have been announced. Congratulations to all the winners...
20 Aug 2016
The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Saturday, 20 August, and Sunday, 21 August at the Durban ICC.
19 Aug 2016
Finalists have been announced in the Loeries' Live Events, Activations & Sponsorship categories...
18 Aug 2016
Finalists have been announced in the Loeries' Media Innovation category...
18 Aug 2016