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VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Loeries CEO Preetesh Sewraj on the real value of the Awards

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Loeries CEO Preetesh Sewraj on the real value of the Awards

Danette Breitenbach 8 Oct 2026

Remuneration & Payroll

The cost of great talent: Inside the 2026 Ad Talent Salary Survey

7 Oct 2026

(Left) Dominique Baxewanos, creative director at VML South Africa, and her colleague senior conceptual art director (right) Hanro Manefeldt worked on a Loeries finalist breast cancer awareness campaign for Dove, and share how it brought a sense of purpose to their careers (Image supplied)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | The Dove Real TLC campaign: Not a pdf, but a life-saving impact

5 Oct 2026

Numbers are not the death of creativity. Bad measurement is

Marketing

Numbers are not the death of creativity. Bad measurement is

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 15 Sep 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Goldberg joins Halo Cape Town as ECD

Advertising

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Goldberg joins Halo Cape Town as ECD

24 Jun 2026

Fumani Khumalo (left) and Zinhle Mbatha (righht) are stepping into creative leadership roles at VML South Africa after being promoted to creative director positions.

Advertising

VML South Africa bolsters creative leadership team with two internal promotions

16 Apr 2026

Mateen Suliman, business development executive for digital media at iqbusiness unpacks five common myths shaping digital marketing decisions (Image supplied)

Marketing

5 Common myths shaping digital marketing today

Mateen Suliman 25 Mar 2026

Advertising

Warc Effective 100: Unilever and Ogilvy Top 2025 Rankings

18 Mar 2026

New York Festivals has opened entries for its 2026 Advertising Awards with a new campaign from Grey New York that calls out awards gimmicks and puts the focus back on the work. (Image supplied)

Advertising

NYF Advertising Awards open for 2026 with a sharp “no BS” message

14 Jan 2026

Youth Marketing

Decoding Gen Z: The first post-brand generation

Japhet Manda, Issued by Brave Group 11 Nov 2025

Branding

Playing it safe is killing your brand

Issued by eatbigfish 18 Aug 2025

Warc has revealed insights from the winners of the Cannes Creative Effectiveness Lions 2025 (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

Warc: 3 themes from Cannes Lions for commercial success

14 Aug 2025

Source: © Ask Traders WPP CEO Mark Read says WPP's financial performance in Q1 was in line with expectations, and performance is anticipated to improve in the second half

Advertising

WPP's Q1 results dip, tariffs not expected to directly impact the network

25 Apr 2025

#BizTrends2025: Grid Worldwide’s Clinton Bridgeford - The challenge of creativity in 2025

Advertising

#BizTrends2025: Grid Worldwide’s Clinton Bridgeford - The challenge of creativity in 2025

Clinton Bridgeford 28 Jan 2025

Ramona Kayembe, draftLine director for AB InBev Africa, spoke exclusively to Bizcommunity on Brutal Fruit's Sheebeen campaign (Image by Bizcommunity)

Advertising

Brutal Fruit Shebeen campaign empowers women in a way that is true to the brand

Danette Breitenbach 10 Jan 2025

Image by Terry Levin @Bizcommunity.com. AI in Advertising is brought to you by the Association for Communication and Advertising. It examines AI and how it is changing the industry

Artificial Intelligence

AI in Advertising: AI - The most pressing challenge to the future of our industry

Jarred Cinman 30 Aug 2024

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: All the South African winners

Danette Breitenbach 24 Jun 2024

Advertising

From Provocative to Evocative: Why an emotional response to advertising is essential for brands

Mongezi Mtati 20 Jun 2024

Midnight appoints creative industry veteran Nick Liatos as associate partner

Advertising

Midnight appoints creative industry veteran Nick Liatos as associate partner

12 Oct 2023

Image supplied. The London International Awards (LIA) has announced its first-ever Created for Creatives LIA Legend Award with Mark Tutssel as the first recipient

Advertising

First-ever Created for Creatives LIA Legend Award to Mark Tutssel

4 Oct 2023

Faheem Chaudhry to leave M&C Saatchi Abel Johannesburg

Advertising

Faheem Chaudhry to leave M&C Saatchi Abel Johannesburg

2 Jun 2023

The One Club for Creativity’s Portfolio Night will take place 1 June this year. Branding for Portfolio Night 2023 was created by Nana Rausch at Quick Honey, based in New York and Berlin

Advertising

One Club for Creativity's Portfolio Night open for agencies to host

2 Mar 2023

Source © The Citizen While South Africans love overseas brands, they also love local brands such as Nando's

Marketing

Unpacking SA's marketing economy

9 Feb 2023

Dentsu launches Procurement Academy for media and creative agencies

Marketing & Media

Dentsu launches Procurement Academy for media and creative agencies

Issued by Dentsu 8 Feb 2023

“The Missing Chapter” by Leo Burnett (India) for Procter & Gamble won one of the PR Grand Prix Awards in 2022

Advertising

Epica Awards 2022 results announced!

9 Dec 2022

Image supplied. Vumile Mavumengwana, cofounder and ECD of Odd by Dsgn Johannesburg is a jury member for design The One Show 2023

The One Club for Creativity

Vumile Mavumengwana named as One Show 2023 jury member

9 Dec 2022

Image supplied. (L to r) Faheem Chaudhry, AdFocus aWards chairperson, Robyn Burger, Lisa Black and Angelina Faria (Student of the Year winner

Marketing & Media

FM AdFocus Awards Student of the year: Highlighting future creatives

Danette Breitenbach 5 Dec 2022

The emotion was visible when Alistair King and James Barty of King Kings were honoured with the FM AdFocus Awards Lifetime Achiever Award recently

Advertising

Alistair King & James Barty: A magical combination

Danette Breitenbach 2 Dec 2022

Imraan Christian. Source: Supplied.

The One Club for Creativity

The ingenuity behind Young Guns 20 creative Imraan Christian

Karabo Ledwaba 10 Nov 2022

Source © Fath Spotify’s Como Esta It TVC has launched

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign: Spotify's TVC Como Esta It

22 Sep 2022

#OrchidsandOnions: The good, the creative and the slush pile

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: The good, the creative and the slush pile

Brendan Seery 15 Aug 2022

Source: © Contagious

Cannes Lions

Cannes Lions 2022 Grand Prix winners round up

30 Jun 2022

Source: ©Tripadvisor Loeries 2022 is live in Cape Town

Loeries Creative Week

Loeries 2022 live in Cape Town

Danette Breitenbach 7 Jun 2022

Supplied: From left: Angela Franken, campaign manager; Irina Vlad, MD and Bianca Uys, commercial director.

Media

Interpreting data to drive dynamic creative

1 Jun 2022

Supplied.Award-winning creative director Senzo Xulu has joined Conversation LAB as executive creative director

Advertising

#Newsmaker: Award-winning Senzo Xulu joins Conversation Lab

Danette Breitenbach 12 May 2022

Young Guns Colorful finalists

Film & Cinematography

COLORFUL finalists get free entry to Young Guns 19

7 Jul 2021

$TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg's a winner once again at The One Show$

The One Club for Creativity

TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg's a winner once again at The One Show

Issued by TBWA 11 Jun 2021

The One Club expands One School to Chicago and Atlanta

Education

The One Club expands One School to Chicago and Atlanta

2 Feb 2021

Trends

#BizTrends2021: Humanise your brand with sustainable advertising

Nombini Mehlomakulu 6 Jan 2021

#ACACaresCovid19: Pivoting to digital; audiences, privacy and access

ACA Celebrating Diversity

#ACACaresCovid19: Pivoting to digital; audiences, privacy and access

31 Aug 2020

Spotify creative director Oriel Davis-Lyons. Image supplied.

The One Club for Creativity

One Club launches free One School portfolio programme for Black creatives

21 Jul 2020

#AfricanAdShowcase: MultiChoice may have a competitive edge over streaming services

African Ad Showcase

#AfricanAdShowcase: MultiChoice may have a competitive edge over streaming services

2 Dec 2019

#AfricanAdShowcase: World Sports Betting ad taps into South Africa's love of the Springboks

African Ad Showcase

#AfricanAdShowcase: World Sports Betting ad taps into South Africa's love of the Springboks

28 Oct 2019

The One Club for Creativity

2020 Young Ones entries are open

11 Oct 2019

Image credit: Alex on Unsplash.

Advertising

Strategy vs creative: The number one pitch killer

Johanna McDowell 5 Sep 2019

Tosin Lanipekun, executive director of Advertising Week Africa.

Advertising

Joburg to host first Advertising Week Africa

Louise Marsland 12 Aug 2019

New report reveals customers want security, service and localised experiences

Research

New report reveals customers want security, service and localised experiences

25 Jun 2019