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Peelerz sweetens its fruit claims after ARB complaint

Food & bev. services

Peelerz sweetens its fruit claims after ARB complaint

Chloe Posthumus 6 hours

Idris Elba’s Akuna Group opens applications for new AI filmmaking programme in SA

4th Industrial Revolution

Idris Elba’s Akuna Group opens applications for new AI filmmaking programme in SA

10 hours

VML SA's Jarred Cinman and Tahaab Rais from Publicis Groupe Middle East discuss AI and its impact on humans (Image: Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

IMC Conference

#IMC2026 | The good and dark side of AI and its impact on humans

Danette Breitenbach 10 hours

AAA School of Advertising celebrates student success at leading creative industry awards

Advertising

AAA School of Advertising celebrates student success at leading creative industry awards

Issued by AAA School of Advertising 9 hours

MyBroadband review videos – Build trust in your products, solutions, and services

Online Media

MyBroadband review videos – Build trust in your products, solutions, and services

Issued by Broad Media 10 hours

How Offernet protects client media budgets from ad fraud through VeriNET

Digital

How Offernet protects client media budgets from ad fraud through VeriNET

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 1 day

Retailers

#BlackFriday push as TFG launches Shopfest

1 day

Ogilvy Namibia CEO Megan Pritchard: The industry has changed. The responsibility hasn’t.

Advertising

Ogilvy Namibia CEO Megan Pritchard: The industry has changed. The responsibility hasn’t.

Megan Pritchard 1 day

OOH

60,000 kilometres of brand visibility: How The Scoin Shop is rethinking outdoor advertising

Issued by The Scoin Shop 1 day

Joe Public wins inaugural Effie Awards Agency of the Year

Effie Awards

Joe Public wins inaugural Effie Awards Agency of the Year

Issued by Joe Public 23 Oct 2026

Expert paid advertising agency now offers ChatGPT ads for South African brands

Advertising

Expert paid advertising agency now offers ChatGPT ads for South African brands

Issued by Woww 23 Oct 2026

Access is no longer the advantage

Marketing

Access is no longer the advantage

Issued by Dentsu 23 Oct 2026

Omnicom’s results for the quarter ended September 20206, posted yesterday, 22 October, show revenue of $6.4bn, a 7.2% organic growth. Pictured: John Wren, chairman and chief executive officer of Omnicom. (Image source: @ PR Week UK

Advertising

Omnicom Q3 2026 results reflect benefits of IPG acquisition

23 Oct 2026

This year’s Loeries Young Creative, Sebastian Dupper of LePub Johannesburg talks about winning the title, his work and how he got into advertising (Image supplied)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | Young Creative, LePub’s Sebastian Dupper: Years of work culminates in one moment

Danette Breitenbach and Cheryl Hunter 23 Oct 2026

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign | Coronation revisits its long-standing Trust is earned

23 Oct 2026

TBWA’s Backslash: Being hard to influence is the new cultural flex

Research

TBWA’s Backslash: Being hard to influence is the new cultural flex

Issued by Omnicom Advertising South Africa 22 Oct 2026

Marketing budgets will face Treasury's value-for-money test in 2027 says Alkemi Collective CEO, Bradly Howland (Image source: @Towfiqu barbhuiya, Unsplash

Marketing & Media

#MTBS | Marketing needs to deliver value for money

Bradly Howland 22 Oct 2026

South Africa’s seventh edition of Agency Scope is set to start fieldwork in May 2027 (Image source: © 123rf )

Marketing & Media

Agency Scope 2027/28 to kick off in May 2027 with new additions

21 Oct 2026

New ad platform pilot generates R100m in sales

Banking & Finance

New ad platform pilot generates R100m in sales

21 Oct 2026

Effie SA's new committee leadership for 2027 announced

Effie Awards

Effie SA's new committee leadership for 2027 announced

21 Oct 2026

The Grand Effie, the highest honour recognising South Africa’s most effective campaign of the year, was awarded to Edelman South Africa and Women for Change for “The Unburied Casket” in the Non-Profit category (Image: @Bizcommunity)

Advertising

2026 Effie Awards SA celebrate inaugural Marketer of the Year and Agency of the Year

20 Oct 2026

Independent regional radio station raises stakes with media sales agency appointment

Advertising

Independent regional radio station raises stakes with media sales agency appointment

19 Oct 2026

Brandtech+ has partnered with SA creative schools to prepare talent for an AI-first industry (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

Preparing students for an AI-first industry

19 Oct 2026

Carling Black Label expands fan engagement through 2026 Carling Knockout Cup

Sport

Carling Black Label expands fan engagement through 2026 Carling Knockout Cup

16 Oct 2026

The border is at the checkout, not the map: 5 lessons from running e-commerce across Africa

E-commerce

The border is at the checkout, not the map: 5 lessons from running e-commerce across Africa

Issued by TDMC 16 Oct 2026

$TBWA\ Hunt Lascaris celebrates standout Loeries Creative Week$

Loeries Creative Week

TBWA\ Hunt Lascaris celebrates standout Loeries Creative Week

Issued by Omnicom Advertising South Africa 16 Oct 2026

The marketing accountability gap every CEO and CFO should be asking about

Marketing

The marketing accountability gap every CEO and CFO should be asking about

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 15 Oct 2026

99c has developed more than 40 AI agents to tackle many of the common, time-consuming challenges of modern agency delivery (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

Agency builds AI capabilities that enhance client delivery

15 Oct 2026

If you can’t manufacture nostalgia, how can younger FMCG brands build lasting connections?

Retail Marketing

If you can’t manufacture nostalgia, how can younger FMCG brands build lasting connections?

15 Oct 2026

A real creative doesn’t fear new tools, like AI; they use them to their advantage, says Elizma Keyter, art director, Retroviral (Image supplied)

Advertising

From the big idea to pitch: How AI is changing the way we sell campaigns

Elizma Keyter 15 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | The future is now, AI is now!

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | The future is now, AI is now!

Danette Breitenbach 14 Oct 2026

FMCG

Heineken Beverages named Brand of the Year at the 2026 Loeries

Issued by Heineken Beverages 14 Oct 2026

SA’s online retail growth depends on trust and consumer confidence

E-commerce

SA’s online retail growth depends on trust and consumer confidence

14 Oct 2026

Suidoosterfees proves the creative economy is becoming a major business engine

Events

Suidoosterfees proves the creative economy is becoming a major business engine

13 Oct 2026

AI presents another opportunity to expand the reach and relevance of African entertainment and media, says PwC’s Africa Entertainment & Media Outlook 2026–2030 (Image source: © 123rf )

Media

AI can help African stories travel further as digital growth reshapes Africa's E&M industry

13 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Passionate and purposeful for breast cancer

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Passionate and purposeful for breast cancer

Danette Breitenbach 13 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Good advertising through creativity

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Good advertising through creativity

Danette Breitenbach 13 Oct 2026

Retail

Will AI put your brand on the festive shopping shortlist?

Pule Martin 13 Oct 2026

WPP has announced that Tyler Turnbull will join the company as CEO of WPP Creative in early 2027(Image source: @ WPP

Advertising

McCann global CEO appointed CEO of WPP Creative

13 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | How technology and creativity can be bedfellows

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | How technology and creativity can be bedfellows

Danette Breitenbach 13 Oct 2026

Boxer grows turnover 6.3% and expands to 600 stores

Banking & Finance

Boxer grows turnover 6.3% and expands to 600 stores

13 Oct 2026

Samsung Galaxy Content Creator Awards unveil final nominees

Social Media

Samsung Galaxy Content Creator Awards unveil final nominees

12 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Marketing is so boring... the future of music media

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Marketing is so boring... the future of music media

Danette Breitenbach 12 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Vaseline Mntana ka Gogo: A nearly missed idea to a global sensation

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Vaseline Mntana ka Gogo: A nearly missed idea to a global sensation

12 Oct 2026

From billboard banner to school bag: Turning waste into opportunity

ESG

From billboard banner to school bag: Turning waste into opportunity

Issued by Go Big Media 12 Oct 2026

7 questions to ask before you hire an SEO company in 2026

Digital

7 questions to ask before you hire an SEO company in 2026

Issued by Bold Online Marketing 12 Oct 2026

Joe Public was crowned Independent Agency and Agency of the Year at Loeries (Image source: @ Loeries

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | Joe Public takes top honours

10 Oct 2026

A new digital screen expands Kena Outdoor’s portfolio in Sandton

OOH

A new digital screen expands Kena Outdoor’s portfolio in Sandton

Issued by Kena Outdoor 9 Oct 2026

Dentsu Africa Pulse | The easy part is over

Marketing

Dentsu Africa Pulse | The easy part is over

Issued by Dentsu 9 Oct 2026

South Africa loses up to R12bn a year to ad fraud, yet the silence is deafening

Advertising

South Africa loses up to R12bn a year to ad fraud, yet the silence is deafening

Marc Dhalluin, Issued by TruthsetsOnline.com 9 Oct 2026