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(Left) Mkhuseli Mancotywa, managing director position, SoulProviders Collective (SPC) and (right) Nosipho Ginindza, chief growth officer, Matrix Communications Group (Image supplied)

Marketing

SPC repositions with new leadership and focus

2 days

Nick Hamman joins Time Out South Africa

Marketing

Nick Hamman joins Time Out South Africa

26 May 2026

Africa’s most powerful media isn’t on the media plan

Media

Africa’s most powerful media isn’t on the media plan

Ingrid von Stein, Issued by Dentsu 11 May 2026

Hospitality

3 pillars shaping Africa’s next hospitality chapter

Joep Schoof 30 Apr 2026

Team Conviviality powers Pernod Ricard’s African growth with tech, data, and market-first media from Dentsu

Media

Team Conviviality powers Pernod Ricard’s African growth with tech, data, and market-first media from Dentsu

Issued by Dentsu 24 Mar 2026

As AI becomes the norm, humanity becomes the advantage

Artificial Intelligence

As AI becomes the norm, humanity becomes the advantage

Koo Govender, Issued by Advertising Media Forum 16 Mar 2026

Cape wine estates poised for luxury tourism boom, says Vergenoegd Löw owner

Tourism

Cape wine estates poised for luxury tourism boom, says Vergenoegd Löw owner

3 Mar 2026

Behind the campaign: Reframing fairness in ride-hailing: The inDrive success story

Marketing

Behind the campaign: Reframing fairness in ride-hailing: The inDrive success story

Issued by inDrive 23 Feb 2026

Marriott's Autograph Collection debuts luxury safari camp in Serengeti

Hospitality

Marriott's Autograph Collection debuts luxury safari camp in Serengeti

2 Feb 2026

Get ready for Up The Creek: 4 days of live music on the Breede River

Events

Get ready for Up The Creek: 4 days of live music on the Breede River

30 Jan 2026

Source: ©Sergey Skripnikov via

Travel

Bryte Travel Index 2025 reveals how South Africans are redefining travel

6 Jan 2026

Levi’s opens 3 new stores in SA

Fashion & Homeware

Levi’s opens 3 new stores in SA

8 Dec 2025

Time Out’s world-famous The Joy Revolution insight series has launched in South Africa and has found that South Africans are (finally) moving decisively from survival to thriving (Image supplied)

Branding

Joy a strategic advantage for brands

5 Dec 2025

Sola Oke is the managing director for Pernod Ricard Africa. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

#AfricaTechFestival: Sola Oke on technology, innovation and Africa’s cultural future

Karabo Ledwaba 12 Nov 2025

Outstanding Innovation 2025: Shaping the future with bold ideas

Research

Outstanding Innovation 2025: Shaping the future with bold ideas

Issued by Kantar 21 Oct 2025

How treating tourism as infrastructure can drive growth in SA

Tourism

How treating tourism as infrastructure can drive growth in SA

20 Oct 2025

Source: © 123rf Choosing the right research partner is now as complex as selecting your creative agency says IAS

Marketing & Media

Why smart marketers treat research selection like an agency pitch

21 Oct 2025

Youth Marketing

Why Francophone Africa's youth are rewriting the rules of brand engagement

Passy Nopoudem 3 Oct 2025

Join a walking tour to explore and celebrate Jozi’s vibrant neighbourhoods and communities

Marketing

Join a walking tour to explore and celebrate Jozi’s vibrant neighbourhoods and communities

Issued by aHead Marketing Services 25 Sep 2025

Events

Corona Sunsets Festival 2025: It's 'More Than Music'

Evan-Lee Courie 17 Sep 2025

Rainbow Chicken puts South African gogos on centre stage

FMCG

Rainbow Chicken puts South African gogos on centre stage

Issued by Rainbow Chicken 5 Sep 2025

How women are shaping the future of regenerative tourism

Travel

How women are shaping the future of regenerative tourism

29 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth: Samsung SA CMO Kgomotso Mannya on building brands with purpose

Technology

#WomensMonth: Samsung SA CMO Kgomotso Mannya on building brands with purpose

Imran Salie 27 Aug 2025

From safety to adventure: How SA hotels redefine solo travel for women

Travel

From safety to adventure: How SA hotels redefine solo travel for women

22 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth: Leonie Andereya on leading with heart in luxury hospitality

Hospitality

#WomensMonth: Leonie Andereya on leading with heart in luxury hospitality

Robin Fredericks 18 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth: Shannon Gahagan on driving Omoda, Jaecoo's growth in SA

Dealers

#WomensMonth: Shannon Gahagan on driving Omoda, Jaecoo's growth in SA

Imran Salie 18 Aug 2025

Source: © Digitas Digitas Liquorice’s rebrand to simply Digitas is not a merely cosmetic transformation; instead, it signals a streamlined promise: one name, one network, one purpose in a digital landscape that is in constant flux

Branding

Digitas rebrand: More than a cosmetic transformation

Nomika Singh-Govender 14 Aug 2025

African universities urged to lead AI revolution

4th Industrial Revolution

African universities urged to lead AI revolution

8 Aug 2025

Source: Supplied

Travel

The future of travel is local — and here’s why it matters

Samuel Nassimov 30 Jul 2025

Marketing

Last call to nominate outstanding African marketing talents for AMC Awards

28 Jul 2025

#WPRD2025 | Retroviral's Mike Sharman: PR is the dark arts of integrated marketing communications

World PR Day

#WPRD2025 | Retroviral's Mike Sharman: PR is the dark arts of integrated marketing communications

Issued by Retroviral 25 Jul 2025

Vukile Property opens multi-tenant emporium at Daveyton Mall, Benoni

Commercial Property

Vukile Property opens multi-tenant emporium at Daveyton Mall, Benoni

23 Jul 2025

Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Cape Town: A playful, contemporary city stay

Hospitality

Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! Cape Town: A playful, contemporary city stay

Robin Fredericks 3 Jul 2025

Kfm 94.5 opens nominations for Best of the Cape Awards 2025

Radio & Audio

Kfm 94.5 opens nominations for Best of the Cape Awards 2025

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 2 Jul 2025

An AI that mentions chicken randomly whenever interacted with has been revealed to be an all-new South African artificial intelligence (AI) platform created by KFC, the Kentucky AI Integrated Assistant (Image supplied)

Advertising

The Kentucky AI Integrated Assistant: Going to extraordinary lengths for the taste of KFC

19 Jun 2025

The rise of shopping malls as experience-driven marketplaces

Retail

The rise of shopping malls as experience-driven marketplaces

Kelly Belman 13 Jun 2025

A day of prestige: Johnnie Walker Blue Polo unites icons of fashion, whisky and polo in Johannesburg

Events

A day of prestige: Johnnie Walker Blue Polo unites icons of fashion, whisky and polo in Johannesburg

Issued by OrchardOn25 12 Jun 2025

#AfricaMonth: Minor Hotels’ Lindi Mthethwa on why regional collaboration is key to Africa’s tourism potential

Hospitality

#AfricaMonth: Minor Hotels’ Lindi Mthethwa on why regional collaboration is key to Africa’s tourism potential

Robin Fredericks 30 May 2025

Consumers prefer relevant local advertising – new research

Media

Consumers prefer relevant local advertising – new research

Issued by Caxton Media 23 May 2025

Bigger isn’t always better. Here’s why

Advertising

Bigger isn’t always better. Here’s why

Dawn Rowlands, Issued by Dentsu 21 May 2025

Art and wine transform luxury travel experiences

Travel

Art and wine transform luxury travel experiences

21 May 2025

Source: ©Nolre Lourens via

Tourism

Cape Town launches new visitor guide celebrating local talent and tourism

14 May 2025

Ntokozo Nhlanhla, executive creative director, Digitas Liquorice says the creator economy is Africa’s chance to leapfrog into a new era of influence, where creators set global trends (Image supplied)

Digital

The next global marketing frontier: Africa’s creator economy

Ntokozo Nhlanhla 12 May 2025

Khayelitsha’s Kasi culture: How a township experience is reshaping Cape Town’s tourism

Tourism

Khayelitsha’s Kasi culture: How a township experience is reshaping Cape Town’s tourism

25 Apr 2025

The Ritz-Carlton to launch luxury safari camp in Kenya’s Masai Mara

Hospitality

The Ritz-Carlton to launch luxury safari camp in Kenya’s Masai Mara

24 Apr 2025

From airports to opportunity: The untapped power of travel hubs

Travel

From airports to opportunity: The untapped power of travel hubs

Dalit Shekel 23 Apr 2025

Marriott’s new regional VP on sub-Saharan Africa’s hospitality growth

Hospitality

Marriott’s new regional VP on sub-Saharan Africa’s hospitality growth

Robin Fredericks 22 Apr 2025

Exciting new breakthrough artists join the Galaxy KDay 2025 lineup

Radio & Audio

Exciting new breakthrough artists join the Galaxy KDay 2025 lineup

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 14 Mar 2025