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Tshegofatso Lebethe is an account director at Tribeca Public Relations. Source: Supplied.

Artificial Intelligence

The heart of PR still beats human

Tshegofatso Lebethe 5 hours

Garon Campbell is the founder and AI director at Breadbin Productions. Source: Supplied.

Artificial Intelligence

AI allows filmmakers to push creative limits

Garon Campbell 1 day

Artificial Intelligence

A backlash against AI imagery in ads may have begun as brands promote ‘human-made'

Paul Harrison 1 day

Commercial & Industrial

Mazda unveils ‘first’ bubble billboard in SA to support brand campaign

2 days

#Orchids&Onions: Illegal billboards, brilliant billboards and a very strange unicorn

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Illegal billboards, brilliant billboards and a very strange unicorn

Brendan Seery 2 days

CMOs face a ‘reputation and results’ reckoning, according to NIQ’s 2026 Outlook

Marketing

CMOs face a ‘reputation and results’ reckoning, according to NIQ’s 2026 Outlook

Issued by NielsenIQ 2 days

PR & Communications

Newsroom management to boost brand awareness and authentic SEO

Issued by TenacityPR 3 days

The hidden cost of not owning your marketing assets

Marketing

The hidden cost of not owning your marketing assets

Heleen Alberts 3 days

In the final session of the 2025 Marketing Masterclass series, industry leaders unpacked why safe, predictable advertising is failing and how entertainment, bold thinking and real consumer insight are the new keys to relevance. (Image Supplied)

Marketing

Marketing masterclass: Why “boring” brands are losing attention

3 days

The partnership playbook: How strategic alliances are rewriting customer retention rules in SA

CRM, CX, UX

The partnership playbook: How strategic alliances are rewriting customer retention rules in SA

Michelle Geere, Issued by AdBot 21 Nov 2025

The best hires don’t wait for January, and neither should recruiters

Talent Acquisition

The best hires don’t wait for January, and neither should recruiters

Nolundi Matomane, Issued by Pnet 19 Nov 2025

Peak season 2025/26: 3 must-do marketing priorities for South African retail

Retail Marketing

Peak season 2025/26: 3 must-do marketing priorities for South African retail

Anwar Jappie, Issued by Google 19 Nov 2025

Black Friday has become one of the loudest and most predictable days in the marketing calendar. Penquin’s strategy director, Thando Mxosa, says the noise has disguised how disconnected brands have become from the people they’re meant to serve (Image source: © 123rf )

Marketing

Has Black Friday become a reflex for brands?

Thando Mxosa 19 Nov 2025

Influence or illusion

Marketing

Influence or illusion

Jonty Fisher, Issued by Publicis Groupe Africa 18 Nov 2025

10 marketing trends for 2026

Marketing

10 marketing trends for 2026

Issued by Kantar 18 Nov 2025

Caxton launches new integrated media solution with unrivalled reach

Media

Caxton launches new integrated media solution with unrivalled reach

Issued by Caxton Media 17 Nov 2025

Source: ExecuJet MRO Services

Aviation

ExecuJet completes ADS-B upgrades on multiple business jets in South Africa

17 Nov 2025

Offernet wins 4 Assegai Awards for Innovation in South African Performance Marketing

Direct Marketing

Offernet wins 4 Assegai Awards for Innovation in South African Performance Marketing

Issued by Offernet 14 Nov 2025

A screenshot of the advertisement on YouTube Shorts.

Advertising

Energy drink in hot water over 'drinking and driving' ad

Karabo Ledwaba 14 Nov 2025

Understanding the growing emotional drivers behind consumer choice

FMCG

Understanding the growing emotional drivers behind consumer choice

Issued by TLC Worldwide Africa 13 Nov 2025

Atzaró Cape Town achieves 831% return on Google Ads investment with Cape Marketing Agency

Marketing

Atzaró Cape Town achieves 831% return on Google Ads investment with Cape Marketing Agency

Issued by Cape Marketing Agency 13 Nov 2025

In 2026, there will be changes to the Cannes Lions Awards (Image source: © Bizcommunity)

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2026: A new Creative Brand Lions and other changes

13 Nov 2025

Zebra's Global Shopper Study reveals AI's role in retail loss prevention

Research

Zebra's Global Shopper Study reveals AI's role in retail loss prevention

13 Nov 2025

Clicks without credibility: Why ad spend alone won’t deliver this Black Friday

Retail Marketing

Clicks without credibility: Why ad spend alone won’t deliver this Black Friday

Issued by Hellopeter 12 Nov 2025

Rethinking AI-Generated advertising: How real people really react

Artificial Intelligence

Rethinking AI-Generated advertising: How real people really react

Ecem Erdem and Věra Šídlová, Issued by Kantar 12 Nov 2025

Creative legend John Hunt retires

Advertising

Creative legend John Hunt retires

11 Nov 2025

MyBroadband readers have revealed their Black Friday 2025 shopping plans in South Africa

Online Media

MyBroadband readers have revealed their Black Friday 2025 shopping plans in South Africa

Issued by Broad Media 11 Nov 2025

Youth Marketing

Decoding Gen Z: The first post-brand generation

Japhet Manda, Issued by Brave Group 11 Nov 2025

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Mental health

How sports betting puts South Africans’ mental health on the line

11 Nov 2025

Advertising

Netflix's ad-supported tier hits 190 million viewers

10 Nov 2025

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

Brendan Seery 10 Nov 2025

Thule Ngcese, creative partner & co-founder at Distrikt 9, a supplier development partner of VML South Africa, has watched from the jury room as work out of the Middle East increasingly dominates the Loeries. The South African creative industry, he says, needs to up its game (Image supplied)

Advertising

Thule Ngcese: "Time to lead, not follow. SA needs to up its game."

Thule Ngcese 7 Nov 2025

$The TBWA\Hunt Lascaris Save Our Stay campaign takes aim at the unpredictable world of short-term rentals and is an example of how funny isn’t frivolous, it’s effective (Image supplied)$

Advertising

Humour is our superpower and it’s no laughing matter

5 Nov 2025

Niko Kougioumtzis, RAPT Creative strategist asks culture, pop culture, and the marketing mirror: which influences which? (Image source: © Professional Jeweller )

Marketing

What came first: Marketing or culture?

Niko Kougioumtzis 4 Nov 2025

Hiring your first employee: practical steps for small businesses

HR

Hiring your first employee: practical steps for small businesses

Ilana Bouwer, Issued by Pnet 4 Nov 2025

The KFC at Epsom Downs Shopping Centre, Bryanston, Sandton (image source: © Eva-Last

Branding

KFC first in Quarterly Buzz Ranking, reflects shift in marketing landscape

31 Oct 2025

First SA Google Search CPC and CTR industry benchmark

Digital

First SA Google Search CPC and CTR industry benchmark

Issued by AdBot 31 Oct 2025

Gail Schimmel, CEO of the Advertising Regulatory Board, talks about the need to regulate advertising of online gambling (Image source: © 123rf )

Advertising

A hot topic: Online gambling advertising regulation

Gail Schimmel 30 Oct 2025

Tanika Corneleus, digital campaign lead at midnight says automated marketing isn’t a set-and-forget solution – it needs the right data and metrics (Image supplied)

Digital

How automation can help marketers get better ROI from ad campaigns

Tanika Corneleus 30 Oct 2025

Communications leader, Perri King, crowned at Forty Under 40 South Africa

DEI

Communications leader, Perri King, crowned at Forty Under 40 South Africa

28 Oct 2025

Digital

Black Friday's digital waste: Are brands getting buried?

Scott Reinders 27 Oct 2025

Advertising

Online gambling ads: Somebody has to say “enough”

Sarah Britten 27 Oct 2025

The digital circuit breaker: Why marketing can no longer outsource resilience to IT

Digital

The digital circuit breaker: Why marketing can no longer outsource resilience to IT

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 23 Oct 2025

Image credit: on Pexels

Paediatrics

Flavourings in South African baby food could pose health risk, finds new Stellies study

22 Oct 2025

Branding

Half of B2B CMOs think brand doesn’t matter. They’re wrong

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 22 Oct 2025

VML South Africa has appointed Danelle Stiles (left) as chief operating officer and Insaaf Khan (right) as chief client officer (Image supplied, composite: Bizcommunity © Lesley Svenson)

Advertising

VML's new-look exco, with 2 significant appointments

21 Oct 2025

Source: © 123rf Warc Media’s latest Platform Insights by WARC Media provides comprehensive data-driven intelligence on LinkedIn’s advertising landscape

Research

LinkedIn's advertising bigger than other mid-size social platforms

21 Oct 2025

WhatsApp, the ‘killer app’ for word-of-mouth in SA’s township economies

Marketing

WhatsApp, the ‘killer app’ for word-of-mouth in SA’s township economies

Mathabatha Sexwale, Issued by Brave Group 21 Oct 2025