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 | | Impact BBDO Dubai has been named Middle East & Africa Agency of the Year in The One Club for Creativity’s 2025 Global Creative Rankings, based on cumulative results from the world’s leading awards shows this year...read |
|  | | Netflix’s interest in African stories comes with a colonial power dynamic that research and scholarship have not fully explored, says The Conversation's Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed...read |
|  | | 10 African PR professionals to watch in 2026...read |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | Warc's global advertising spend report forecasts growth to close the year... Read |
| Advertising |
 | OpenAI, for example, has hinted that advertising may soon be part of the company’s ChatGPT service... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC Chicken Licken has released an original song and music video as the culmination of its #SoulFood2TheWorld campaign... Read |
 | ISSUED BY THE ODD NUMBER A decade of liberating brands, people and possibilities... Read |
| Branding |
 | A December 2025 report on celebrity fashion businesses has ranked Kim Kardashian’s Skims as the world’s most successful celebrity-owned clothing brand... Read |
 | Schweppes returns with bold new look, iconic Skittle bottle and straight drinking flavours for today's changing social moments… Read |
 | RAY LANGA Ray Langa, group chief executive of Leagas Delaney South Africa, dismantles the tired assumption that visible luxury is unsophisticated while European restraint represents refinement... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ICANDI CQ In 2025 the world saw brands make bold moves – some brilliant, others downright disastrous... Read |
| Design |
 | Johannesburg is weathering a storm, but the city's creative hubs are booming... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | The newly launched cinema complex also debuts Scene Bistro & Bar, giving guests the option to enjoy a meal, drink, or in-seat service as part of their visit. Read |
| Marketing |
 | New 250ml bottle pack brings South Africa’s favourite drinks to people, at a recommended retail price of R6, delivering greater access and affordability for consumers nationwide... read |
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 | With a new season of Emily in Paris now streaming on Netflix and its glossy portrayal of aspirational city living back in the spotlight, a new ranking suggests that Paris may not be the most attainable place to live like Emily... Read |
 | Unilever has announced a change to its global marketing leadership as part of an ongoing effort to sharpen its growth strategy and align marketing more closely with its business groups... Read |
 | FREDINE SWIGELAAR, ISSUED BY MATTE BLK Insights-led integrated marketing agency, Matte BLK, scooped the widely coveted and prestigious 2025 Standard Bank Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) Award’s Growth Award on Friday, 12 December... Read |
| Media |
 | ESTHER TOMORROW, ISSUED BY MDNTV As 2025 comes to a close, Boikanyo Malepe, assistant editor at MDNtv, reflects on a year that shaped her into a more conscious, courageous, and community-centred journalist... Read |
 | ESTHER TOMORROW, ISSUED BY MDNTV A multimedia journalist reflects on national reporting, newsroom pressure and ethical storytelling... Read |
 | ESTHER TOMORROW, ISSUED BY MDNTV As 2025 draws to a close, Nonn Botha, MDNtv’s International and Geopolitical Reporter, reflects on a year shaped by innovation, bold storytelling, and a deep commitment to people driven journalism... Read |
 | Meta Platforms has begun rolling out a major software update for its AI‑powered smart glasses lineup, introducing new features designed to improve everyday usability and audio experiences... Read |
 | PAUL MIDDLETON, ISSUED BY EBONY+IVORY In a media landscape dominated by digital-first narratives, advertising is at risk of forgetting the power of integration... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | BRADLY HOWLAND Bradly Howland, Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (Prisa) president says as the country winds down for its December break, it’s worth pausing to assess the communications environment we have been navigating… Read |
| Promotions & Activations |
 | Starbucks is teaming up with YouTube megastar MrBeast in a high-profile collaboration designed to blur the lines between screen and store... Read |
| Radio & Podcasts |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Primedia Broadcasting is proud to announce that The Money Show with Stephen Grootes has been officially recognised by Apple Podcasts editors as one of South Africa’s Top 10 Podcasts of 2025... Read |
| Retail |
 | This growing reliance on convenience, combined with unmistakably South African personality, shaped this year’s cravings landscape... read |
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 | Understanding how alcohol consumption patterns evolve across different demographics enables retailers and brands to identify opportunities for growth... Read |
 | The rise of community-centric retail: A new era for South African townships... Read |
 | By type of enterprise, restaurants and coffee shops were the largest contributors to overall growth, recording a 10.1% year-on-year increase... Read |
 | DUNCAN MIRIRI AND EMMA RUMNEY Diageo has agreed to sell its 65% stake in East African Breweries to Japan's Asahi Holdings for $2.3bn, divesting its last direct African beer holding... Read |
| Social Media |
 | SONWABILE WOLELA, ISSUED BY OFFERNET Scrolling through Facebook Marketplace or local community groups has become second nature. A new couch, fridge, pair of sneakers or washing machine appears in your feed... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | Manzi Water has announced a new brand partnership with Danél Louw, one of South Africa’s elite female Hyrox athletes... Read |
| Streaming |
 | Netflix has launched a daily highlights show dedicated to the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), aimed at fans who want to catch up or relive the tournaments most epic moments... read |
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 | Netflix’s Stranger Things continues to cement its status as one of the platform’s biggest global hits, with the series posting record-breaking viewership figures across its five-season run... Read |
| TV |
 | Canal+ signs new multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to keep 12 TV channels on DStv... Read |
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 | CAMILLUS EBOH Nigeria will enforce sweeping new tax laws from 1 January, President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday, dismissing criticism over discrepancies between the gazetted text and the version passed by lawmakers... Read |
 | Africa’s economic boom is opening new doors for business travel. Here’s why travel managers need to act now to tap into the continent’s potential... Read |
 | FBW Group is supporting Airtel Africa’s Nxtra to deliver East Africa’s largest, sustainable data centre at Tatu City, Nairobi, boosting digital infrastructure. Read |
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 | The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources recently announced 2026's first fuel price drop... Read |
 | RAYMOND PARSONS South Africa enters 2026 with cautious optimism, stronger fundamentals and easing constraints, but needs faster reforms and investment to unlock meaningful, job-rich growth... Read |
 | Motus retrenches 86 employees and plans wider remuneration changes amid a tough motor retail market. MISA steps in to protect workers as competition and economic pressures mount. Read |
 | Beyond essential expenses like food and transport, school uniform costs continue to add significant pressure to family budgets... Read |
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William James "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." Lewis Carroll "If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." Paulo Coelho "When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple." Norman Vincent Peale "Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy." Confucius "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." |
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 | Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) team has released the 2025 Global AI Vibrancy Tool, ranking 36 countries by their artificial intelligence ecosystems — with South Africa the only African nation to feature in the global index... Read |
