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Does advertising still matter in the age of AI slop?

Artificial Intelligence

Does advertising still matter in the age of AI slop?

Anthea Whitehead, Issued by AAA School of Advertising 3 Sep 2026

We Buy Cars' advert has stirred debate. Source: YouTube.

Advertising

Why everyone is talking about the latest WeBuyCars advert

Thegandra Naidoo 24 Jul 2026

WeBuyCars earns top honours at YouTube Awards

Media

WeBuyCars earns top honours at YouTube Awards

Issued by The Nielsen Network 10 Oct 2025

Four leaders from Africa ar eon the 2025 Gerety MEA jury. (L to r): Nnenna Onyewuchi, Koo Govender, Linda Kachingwe-Sisya,Nnenna Onyewuchi,Jeanine Gomes. (Source: © Bizcommunity, Image by Ruth Cooper)

Advertising

4 creative and marketing leaders from Africa in Gerety 2025 MEA jury

4 Feb 2025

A legacy of experience and wisdom

Advertising

A legacy of experience and wisdom

Paul Middleton, Issued by Ebony+Ivory 29 Aug 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: Bic inspires with Paralympian Mpumelelo Mhlongo

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Bic inspires with Paralympian Mpumelelo Mhlongo

Brendan Seery 24 Jul 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: Trevor Noah and KFC unravel the chicken conspiracy

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Trevor Noah and KFC unravel the chicken conspiracy

Brendan Seery 2 May 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Bravo to uniquely South African ads

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Bravo to uniquely South African ads

Brendan Seery 12 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

#OrchidsandOnions: Proving speed is of the essence

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Proving speed is of the essence

Brendan Seery 15 Feb 2022

#OrchidsandOnions: Cheapie bucks the trend

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Cheapie bucks the trend

Brendan Seery 23 Feb 2021

Advertising. Why do bad ads happen?

Advertising

Advertising. Why do bad ads happen?

Damon Stapleton 25 Nov 2020

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The One Club for Creativity

ADC 99th Annual Awards Week: TBWA\Media Arts Lab wins Best of Show and Agency of the Year

22 May 2020

Finalists announced for global ADC 99th Annual Awards

The One Club for Creativity

Finalists announced for global ADC 99th Annual Awards

21 Apr 2020

#OrchidsandOnions: Ads give lots to crow about

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: Ads give lots to crow about

Brendan Seery 10 Mar 2020

13 employee benefits that make you stand out

Employer Branding

13 employee benefits that make you stand out

Terry Rowinski 12 Dec 2019

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Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: Campaign that hits the spot

Brendan Seery 3 Dec 2019

Left to right - IAB SA CEO, Paula Hulley; Stina van Rooyen, the head of brands at Kantar; Camilla Clerke, ECD at HelloFCB; and Luzuko Tena from the paid search team at 2U.

Marketing

IAB Insight Series: Beating the benchmark

Maroefah Smith 26 Sep 2019

D&AD Awards 2019: ALL winners announced!

D&AD Awards

D&AD Awards 2019: ALL winners announced!

24 May 2019

Screen grab from the ad.

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions - Toyota pushes the right 'hipster' buttons

Brendan Seery 26 Feb 2019

Marketing

Profile of a modern agency strategist

Devin Ross 22 Feb 2019

Image © Nextvoyage on

Advertising

Anybody want tickets to Fyre Festival?

Damon Stapleton 30 Jan 2019

#Newsmaker: Sean Donovan on TBWA's outstanding year

Advertising

#Newsmaker: Sean Donovan on TBWA's outstanding year

Jessica Tennant, Issued by TBWA 13 Dec 2018

Brad Reilly of Network BBDO's presentation at the Red & Yellow School's #DigitalAgencyShowcase. Image via Shae Leigh of Red & Yellow School .

Digital

#DigitalAgencyShowcase: How non-digital agencies win at digital

Leigh Andrews 1 Nov 2018

Screen grab from the ad.

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: Nespresso does go big

Brendan Seery 30 Oct 2018

Screen grabs from the ad.

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: Nike's Caster Semenya ad just does it

Brendan Seery 18 Sep 2018

Screengrabs from the ad.

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: Don't take this ad with a pinch of salt...

Brendan Seery 22 Aug 2017

Screenshots from the ad.

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: #MakeTime...for those you love. But, don't pass the buck if you're a big brand

Brendan Seery 27 Jun 2017

Kaiser interviewing mentalist Gilan Gork.

Marketing & Media

#AfricaMonth: Hein Kaiser in the media and marketing mix

Leigh Andrews 30 May 2017

Screengrabs from the ad.

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: When there's no getting over that rainbow, a dog will still love you...

Brendan Seery 23 May 2017

Advertising

All the SA Pencil winners: D&AD 2017

28 Apr 2017

Team Hot 91.9 FM at the Liberty Radio Awards. Image © Times Media.

Radio & Audio

Making great radio with the Liberty Radio Awards

Danette Breitenbach 24 Apr 2017

Advertising

The great comfort of bad Super Bowl ads

Damon Stapleton 8 Feb 2017

Phillips and Kazi being just as serious in front of the lens as they are behind it.

Advertising

#BehindtheSelfie with... Robyn Phillips and Azraa Kazi

Leigh Andrews 11 Jan 2017

How to create high impact advertising

Advertising

How to create high impact advertising

Chris Brewer 18 Jul 2016

Cats selling carpets. © Nailia Schwarz –

Advertising

Writing good advertising copy (Part 6)

Chris Brewer 11 Jul 2016

Writing good advertising copy (Part 5)

Advertising

Writing good advertising copy (Part 5)

Chris Brewer 4 Jul 2016

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Advertising

Writing good advertising copy (Part 4)

Chris Brewer 27 Jun 2016

Writing good advertising copy (Part 3)

Advertising

Writing good advertising copy (Part 3)

Chris Brewer 20 Jun 2016

Method writing... © Peter Bernik –

Advertising

Writing good advertising copy (Part 2)

Chris Brewer 13 Jun 2016

What's the ad really selling? © George Rudy –

Advertising

Writing good advertising copy (Part 1)

Chris Brewer 6 Jun 2016

Advertising

The brief

Chris Brewer 23 May 2016

[Orchids & Onions] Salt-of-the-earth ad is real deal

Advertising

[Orchids & Onions] Salt-of-the-earth ad is real deal

Brendan Seery 19 Apr 2016

Exponential study finds interactive video units outperform standard, pre-roll ads

Digital

Exponential study finds interactive video units outperform standard, pre-roll ads

Issued by VDX.tv 14 Apr 2016

Screengrab from the ad

Advertising

[Orchids & Onions] Single dad's struggle brings message home

Brendan Seery 5 Apr 2016

Buys and Abdinor

IAB Bookmarks Awards

[IAB Digital Summit 2016] IAB native advertising guidelines

Danette Breitenbach 4 Mar 2016

Screenshot of the ad.

Advertising

[Orchids & Onions] Appealing campaign that gets my vote

Brendan Seery 23 Feb 2016