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 | CRISTELLE SNYMAN, ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC For years, the conversation around email marketing has focused on volume: more campaigns, more sends, more touchpoints. But that thinking misses the real challenge. Most brands do not have an email frequency problem. They have a relevance problem... Read |
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| Liesl Lategan, executive producer of Spitfire Films, has been selected as South Africa's representative at Cannes Lions for the 2026 See It Be It (SIBI) talent programme... Read |
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 | KARABO LEDWABA Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba has raised the alarm over the role of gambling advertising in South Africa’s growing betting crisis... Read |
 | The deal, valued at more than $500 m, marks a significant investment by Publicis into the rapidly expanding world of sports marketing... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ONPOINT PR There’s a sound that rings through South African homes - the whistle of the boiling pot, the crackle of coals at a weekend braai, the cheerful chatter of family and friends coming together. And at the centre of these moments, always, is White Star... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TBWA Bernini, South Africa’s only premium real spritzer made from wine with flavours, is turning a familiar social truth into a beautifully observed campaign with the launch of Last To Leave... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ROGERWILCO South Africa’s car market recorded its strongest sales performance in nearly two decades in 2025. But the way people choose brands is changing... Read |
 | NOMONDE KESWA, ISSUED BY EATBIGFISH My son is three years old. He’s already built a brand relationship with our local Woolies that most CMOs would envy – and they don’t even know he exists... Read |
 | Harley-Davidson has launched a new global brand platform, Ride, as part of a broader effort to refresh its identity and strengthen its connection with riders ahead of a wider corporate strategy update expected in May... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA As the summit returns in 2026, we spoke to Mahlangu about why brand has become an economic conversation... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BLUEGRASS DIGITAL For many organisations, the content management system sits at the centre of their digital experience. It powers websites, supports marketing teams, and enables content delivery across channels... Read |
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KARABO LEDWABA Die Kantoor—an adaptation of the hit series The Office—is the official South African version of the show... Read |
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 | The latest Imax with Laser Technology theatre at The Zone ensures that cinema fans will get to feel the full scale and emotion of the director’s vision when they watch their films as they were made to be seen... Read |
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 | ANNE HARDY AND GIANCARLO FEDELI Rather than using the traditional “4 Ps” of marketing (price, produce, place and promotion) to attract tourists, de-marketing uses them to keep people away... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CAXTON MEDIA Local South African consumers readily support retail loyalty clubs, with food and grocery programmes being the most popular and garage programmes ranking the lowest, ROOTS 8.1 has found... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU If you want to understand where culture is heading, follow the light, literally... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING Effie South Africa, in partnership with Ipsos, has released the third Effie South Africa Ipsos Trends Report, highlighting what the 2025 winning cases reveal about marketing effectiveness... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OLD MUTUAL MASS AND FOUNDATION CLUSTER Old Mutual’s Mass and Foundation Cluster (MFC) has launched the Khokha Umoya brand positioning campaign... Read |
 | Positioned as an “anti–social media activation”, the campaign borrows the visual language and tone of digital platforms, only to subvert them... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY OCTAGON Futures Sport & Entertainment today announced the formal launch of Futures Africa, marking the next phase of the agency’s global expansion as the industry’s leading provider of data and analysis for the sports media and fan landscape... Read |
 | Nelson Mandela University has launched a student-driven Creative Media Lab... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA Your future customers are reading MyBroadband to stay informed about ICT developments, new products and services, regulatory changes, and business trends... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY LEVERGY Leading passion marketing agency Levergy is pleased to announce the appointment of Koketso ‘KK’ Gaofetoge as its new head of PR... Read |
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 | The new ‘Bar De Change’ concept, launched at OR Tambo International Airport, reimagines the traditional bureau de change by allowing travelers to effectively “lock in” South African beer prices before departing... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY OFM RADIO Central South Africa’s leading commercial radio station, OFM, has kicked off 2026 with an exceptional first quarter, marked by strong audience engagement, innovative campaigns, and continued brand growth... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY NABOB MEDIA A powerful conversation on success, mindset and the future of South Africa... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY BMI RESEARCH Between 2 and 5 seconds*. That’s the sweet spot for capturing attention today. But not merely on a single advert – multiple exposures to messaging... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDMAPP Even as spiking petrol and diesel prices are squeezing South African wallets tighter than the backlog of oil tankers trying to get through the Strait of Hormuz, new car sales are showing strong growth... Read |
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| Beyond the product itself, the update signals a broader retail play — one that places packaging, shelf impact, and brand storytelling firmly in focus... Read |
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 | DUNCAN MIRIRI A Kenyan court on Thursday, 9 April, dismissed a bid to stop Diageo's $2.3bn sale of its local subsidiary East African Breweries Limited (EABL) to Japan's Asahi Holdings... Read |
 | TSHEPO MOILA Fresh insights into how South African consumers are shopping have emerged from iqbusiness insights’ latest study, conducted on AfricanPulse... Read |
 | Designed to simplify and streamline the shopping experience, Pixie represents the next phase in Sixty60’s evolution — moving from fast delivery to intelligent, personalised commerce... Read |
| Social Media |
 | At a time when online spaces are increasingly shaping identity and self-worth, the campaign highlights how harmful narratives around masculinity are impacting young men themselves... Read |
| TV |
 | Since its launch in August 2025, Women In Sports Africa has built a growing and engaged audience, while carving out a unique space in the continent’s sports media landscape... Read |
 | SportyTV has secured a license from Fifa to broadcast all 104 matches of the Fifa World Cup 2026 in South Africa on a Pay TV basis... Read |
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 | MAXWELL AKALAARE ADOMBILA A Canada-based firm and Zambian miner will pilot a sustainability bond to formalise artisanal miners, linking investor returns to social outcomes... Read |
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 | Held during South African Innovation Week, these awards mark the end of the 2025/26 GCIP-SA accelerator programme... Read |
 | Nissan South Africa made headlines locally for—some may say—less-than-ideal reasons... Read |
 | COLLEEN HOWE AND SIYI LIU Oil prices rose on supply fears, Hormuz disruption, despite ceasefire easing tensions; weekly losses persisted amid damaged infrastructure and constrained tanker traffic... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON Middle East escalation fuels market uncertainty; oil and dollar rise... Read |
 | The Tasman has been developed as a purpose-built double cab, rather than adapted from an existing platform... Read |
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