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Maybe we should stop celebrating Women's Day

Women's Month

Maybe we should stop celebrating Women's Day

Melanie Campbell, Issued by Hoorah Digital 11 hours

If AI takes the junior jobs, who learns the craft?

Advertising

If AI takes the junior jobs, who learns the craft?

Masego Motsogi, Issued by M+C Saatchi Abel 11 hours

Sunlight is in the process of amending its packaging. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Unilever granted extension to change Sunlight Platinum packaging

Karabo Ledwaba 14 hours

Why the best marketing leaders don't always start in marketing

Women's Month

Why the best marketing leaders don't always start in marketing

Issued by Penquin 12 Aug 2026

When is a personal post actually an advertisement?

Consumer Law

When is a personal post actually an advertisement?

Robyn Shepherd, Issued by SchoemanLaw 1 day

AI is optimising for ad fraud… because you told it to

Artificial Intelligence

AI is optimising for ad fraud… because you told it to

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 1 day

#WomensMonth | Edna Mohale: Living much more deliberately in her purpose

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Edna Mohale: Living much more deliberately in her purpose

Danette Breitenbach 1 day

Reach 2 million South African car buyers in one place

Online Media

Reach 2 million South African car buyers in one place

Issued by Broad Media 1 day

the new Radio Audience Measurement Survey (RAMS) has now passed 29,000 respondents (Image source: © 123rf )

Research

BRC RAMS: Radio currency approaches full annual sample

1 day

Siwelile Thusi (left), Lotang Mokoena (middle) and Mbali Mchunu (right).

Marketing & Media

#WomensMonth | The young women changing the game in strategy

Karabo Ledwaba 1 day

Adtopia expands DStv channel portfolio, adding sport, wildlife and youth entertainment to its TV network

TV

Adtopia expands DStv channel portfolio, adding sport, wildlife and youth entertainment to its TV network

Issued by Adtopia 1 day

Search helped people find brands. ChatGPT Ads will help them choose

Advertising

Search helped people find brands. ChatGPT Ads will help them choose

Issued by RedSeptember 1 day

Penquin has announced the appointment of Albert De Andrade as chief creative officer (right)and Lerato Moleko as strategy director (left)b(Image supplied)

Advertising

Brand and communications agency Penquin appoints CCO and strategy director

1 day

Musa Kalenga, CEO, Brave Group asks what happens to agency fees when AI halves the hours? (Image source: © 123rf )

Marketing & Media

How AI is challenging traditional agency billing models and defining value

Musa Kalenga 1 day

Competing with giants: How local brands can win in a high-budget digital landscape

Digital

Competing with giants: How local brands can win in a high-budget digital landscape

Issued by Traffic Brand 2 days

Women shaping AI global creative work from South Africa

Women's Month

Women shaping AI global creative work from South Africa

Issued by Brandtech+ 2 days

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign | A Good Bet: Introducing Virgin Bet to South Africa

2 days

Baadaye and BAE Agency appointed exclusive commercial sales partner for iDiski Media

Marketing & Media

Baadaye and BAE Agency appointed exclusive commercial sales partner for iDiski Media

Issued by Branded African Entertainment 3 days

BOS Ice Tea turns Rosebank into a creative canvas

OOH

BOS Ice Tea turns Rosebank into a creative canvas

3 days

South African advertising will teach you a thing… or two

Advertising

South African advertising will teach you a thing… or two

Lwazi Nene, Issued by M+C Saatchi Abel 3 days

The All-New Toyota Rrav4 Ad campaign invites you to be part of the adventure (Image supplied)

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign | Capturing the Rav4 brand heritage: Be part of the adventure

3 days

#WomensMonth | The Odd Number’s Mbali Mchunu: Africa should export strategic thinking, not stereotypes

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | The Odd Number’s Mbali Mchunu: Africa should export strategic thinking, not stereotypes

Karabo Ledwaba 3 days

Marketing

More leads won’t fix a weak conversion system

Issued by Livespace 21 Apr 2026

CRM, CX, UX

The hidden revenue cost of slow response times

Issued by Livespace 2 Jun 2026

Marketing

Why businesses keep attracting the wrong enquiries

Issued by Livespace 5 Mar 2026

Advert translation requires an understanding of context, culture, tone, humour, idioms, consumer behaviour and the original campaign objective/s, says Nozibele Zondi (Image: @ Trams Tours

Advertising

South African ad translations need culture, not just language

Nozibele Zondi 21 Aug 2026

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) needs R120m if it is to fulfil its mandate as a public broadcaster and cover the 2026 local government elections (Source: @ SABC )

Media

SABC's R120m 2026 election coverage funding shortfall

21 Aug 2026

What are you waiting for?

Radio & Audio

What are you waiting for?

Anchen Lintvelt, Issued by OFM Radio 20 Aug 2026

Humanz appoints new country manager for South Africa

Artificial Intelligence

Humanz appoints new country manager for South Africa

20 Aug 2026

Ogilvy wins its 10th Bookmarks Agency of the Year title

IAB Bookmarks Awards

Ogilvy wins its 10th Bookmarks Agency of the Year title

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 20 Aug 2026

2026 iPendoring Awards taps senior talent from Ogilvy to Joe Public

Pendoring

2026 iPendoring Awards taps senior talent from Ogilvy to Joe Public

20 Aug 2026

South Africa’s top financial companies have one thing in common

Online Media

South Africa’s top financial companies have one thing in common

Issued by Broad Media 20 Aug 2026

Media

Retail media spending set to hit $223bn by 2027 as growth eases

20 Aug 2026

Marilize Jacobs explores what a subject matter expert is vs. a thought leader and why women get stuck at "sme" (and how to break out (Image supplied)

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Why women need to be thought leaders

Marilize Jacobs 19 Aug 2026

#Newsmaker | Siwelile Thusi brings a new strategy to Orchard on 25

Advertising

#Newsmaker | Siwelile Thusi brings a new strategy to Orchard on 25

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Aug 2026

Former Nielsen commercial lead Hopolang Mothibeli joins Ornico in a strategic senior appointment

Advertising

Former Nielsen commercial lead Hopolang Mothibeli joins Ornico in a strategic senior appointment

Issued by Ornico 18 Aug 2026

#Orchids&Onions: Nedbank and Joe Public show the dark side of the high life

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Nedbank and Joe Public show the dark side of the high life

Brendan Seery 18 Aug 2026

The IAB SA Front Row Industry Programme welcomes 15 delegates for 2026

Education

The IAB SA Front Row Industry Programme welcomes 15 delegates for 2026

18 Aug 2026

7 wins at the 2026 Bookmark Awards including Gold for Escape It

IAB Bookmarks Awards

7 wins at the 2026 Bookmark Awards including Gold for Escape It

Issued by Clockwork 17 Aug 2026

Wonder names Lotang Mokoena head of strategy

Advertising

Wonder names Lotang Mokoena head of strategy

17 Aug 2026

#WomensMonth | Firdous Osman on taking the leap to build Dopemine

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Firdous Osman on taking the leap to build Dopemine

Karabo Ledwaba 17 Aug 2026

Nomaswazi Phumo, head of strategy of Leagas Delaney South Africa says premium brands don’t have a quality problem. They have a distinction problem (Image supplied)

Branding

5 ways to build a distinctive brand

Nomaswazi Phumo 17 Aug 2026

Shamy Naidoo, director, Transit Ads looks at why South Africa's transit environment demands its own creative rules, and what it means to lead it (Image supplied)

OOH

3 ways to build creative for the third space

Shamy Naidoo 17 Aug 2026

The Clio Awards rankings are out now. Source: Clio Awards.

Advertising

South African ad talent earns top spots in Clio Africa & ME rankings

Karabo Ledwaba 14 Aug 2026

In a first, the Best Digital agency Award at Bookmarks was shared between two agencies: Accenture Song (pictured) and Ogilvy (Image: @Bizcommunity)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2026 | It's a first! Best Digital Agency awarded to two agencies

14 Aug 2026

Calculating your career ROI: When education pays off – and when it absolutely doesn’t

Higher Education

Calculating your career ROI: When education pays off – and when it absolutely doesn’t

Ravin Baburam, Issued by Regent Business School 13 Aug 2026

The 2026 South African Cannes Young Lions reflect on their. Cannes experience (Image supplied)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2026 | SA Young Lions: The opportunity to learn and grow

14 Aug 2026