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BRENDAN SEERY
When Pepe Marais was saved by a surfer two decades ago, no one could have guessed they'd start a business together... read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
It's becoming harder than ever to 'kill the story' in these technologically advanced times...read
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LOUISE MARSLAND
The women of Africa are our most valuable, untapped resource, the AWIEF 2018 conference heard...read
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The Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards has announced its regional winners for 2018...read
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JESSICA TENNANT
The Embassy of Israel in South Africa recently announced Johannesburg-based entrepreneur Josh Lasker, founding partner of robotic nurse 'Abby' (formerly known as Healthinator) as the winner of the local Start Jerusalem Competition 2018... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
eMedia Investments launched Open News on Thursday, 1 November. I visited the studios in the eMedia building on Stirling Street for a glimpse at the magic behind the scenes with MD, Nisa Allie on their fresh, honest alternatives to the news you see elsewhere... Read
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RUTH COOPER
MasterChef SA season two winner and all-around local foodie celebrity Kamini Panther launched her new chef-inspired, healthy food delivery service FÜDY through Uber Eats at the beginning of this month... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Cape Town-based, award-winning entrepreneur, business and life strategist, leadership expert and international speaker Sandras Phiri shares some insights on what is needed to become a successful entrepreneur... Read
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The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC), in association with World Famous Events, announced South Africa's 2018 small business and entrepreneur champions today, 9 November 2018... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
When it comes to macho, there are few products more oozing in testosterone in this country than bakkies. Rough, tough and hard to bluff, as our Army sergeant used to swear he would make us (...before dissolving into laughter)... Read
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Epica has announced its preselected entries for the 2018 competition with seven South African entries making the cut... Read
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The Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has officially launched and takes over the work of administering the Code of Advertising practice on behalf of the advertising and marketing industry, regulating the content of advertising... Read
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BDO South Africa has appointed The Looking Glass and Alphabet Soup to launch their first local advertising campaign in line with BDO's merger with Grant Thornton Johannesburg... Read
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Branding
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
Not every brand is an Amazon that can disrupt its category, but every brand can learn lessons from disruption brands; lessons that can be applied to any market... Read
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South African online marketplace SA Florist has rebranded to Bloomable, with the aim to redefine itself in the market and expand its focus beyond flowers... Read
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CRM, CX, UX
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Panel discussions are notoriously difficult to report back on, but I couldn't resist sharing insights from a selection of the country's most valuable brands on factors that enhance the value they provide customers as per last week's Kantar Millward Brown SA BrandZ launch... Read
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GARETH HAWKEY
Mobile represents an unparalleled opportunity for savvy retailers to reach customers in more personalised, efficient and powerful ways... Read
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GARY ALLEMANN
Earlier this year, Liberty Life became one of the first global firms to suffer a major breach under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Here's how the Design Indaba 2019 campaign breaks new ground as it was born out of creative curiosity and collaboration between man and machine... Read
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A new interactive installation designed by award-winning designer Es Devlin, and commissioned by Mercedes-Benz South Africa, is now open to the public... Read
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Digital
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LEIGH ANDREWS
M&C Saatchi Abel was one of the IAB Bookmark Awards' top six-ranked digital agencies presenting at the Digital Agency Showcase at Red & Yellow School. Founding partner Jason Harrison explained why Miley Cyrus is more influential than Stephen Hawking... Read
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The MMA SA's Smarties Awards were held on Thursday, 1 November where the winners were announced including, Digitas Liquorice that scooped 9 awards, 5 Golds, 2 Silvers and 2 Bronzes. Of this 2 are Golds in categories that were open to entries from within the EMEA region... Read
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
We are entering the digital era. In 2022 voice commerce sales is projected to be US$40bn in the US alone. Does this mean marketers should abandon long-term branding?... Read
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MARCUS 'THE MALTESE FALCON' BREWSTER
At a media briefing this month, the island state of Malta has announced it would be considering citizenship for robots... Read
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TAMLYN WILSON, ISSUED BY SO INTERACTIVE
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Direct Marketing
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The winners of the 2018 Assegai Awards have been announced at an awards ceremony that was held at The Polo Room/Inanda Club on Thursday 8 November... Read
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
Ogilvy Cape Town and Johannesburg had the Midas touch at the Direct Marketing Association of Southern Africa's (Dmasa) Assegai Awards last night, turning 19 of their entries into gold awards... Read
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Education
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Entrepreneurship
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It is essential to promote entrepreneurship both qualitatively and quantitatively in South Africa and Total is bringing back its Startupper of the Year Challenge to 40 African countries... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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GILLIAN TOEFY, ISSUED BY HETZNER
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Flock Eventing Platform's app proved a hit with delegates at the recent SA Investment Conference, which saw investors pledge more than R290bn in investments into the country... Read
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South African personality Bonang Matheba will host the inaugural People's Pageant SA in 2019. The new pageant aims to celebrate South African women who are helping to transform the world around them... Read
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The second instalment of Comic-Con Africa will be held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg from 21-24 September 2019... Read
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Exhibitions
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Film & Cinematography
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JESSICA TENNANT
Giant Films in collaboration with an international team of creatives recently completed an anti-poaching, 90-second film for Over and Above Africa... Read
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EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA
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The IAB SA has announced a panel of industry leaders who will judge the Bookmark Awards in 2019... Read
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Magazines
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
The Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa's Total Magazine circulation decline continued in Quarter 4 by 1% on the previous quarter, and by 13.7% on the prior year. However, this decline is less than Q2's decline of 3.9% on the previous quarter, and by 15.1% on the prior year... Read
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Media
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Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has declared the executive salaries of the SABC, saying the current crop of executives at the public broadcaster were earning significantly less than their predecessors... Read
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The three international keynote speakers for the Creative Circles at the Epica Awards in Amsterdam are consumer psychologist Dr Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Guido van Staveren van Dijk from Moyee Coffee and Anthony Hehir of DSM's Nutrition Improvement Program... Read
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Media Freedom
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LOUISE MARSLAND
Media activist and former South African journalist and editor, Angela Quintal, has been interrogated in Tanzania... Read
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The Committee to Protect Journalists has welcomed the release of staffers Angela Quintal and Muthoki Mumo, who have safely left Tanzania... Read
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Mobile
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Newspapers
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
The newspaper category suffered its first decline for 2018 in the Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa (ABC) Quarter 3 2018 newspaper circulation, with a decline in the previous quarter of almost 3%... Read
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Online Media
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MICHAEL WALKER
That 20,000 Google employees walked off the job last week is a watershed event, a hugely significant symbolic development for labour relations in the 21st century... Read
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OOH
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PR & Communications
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KYLE ROLFE
The Edelman Barometer confirms that trust in our world is at an all-time low. Whether it's trust in the media in an age of fake news, trust in corporations and their marketing promises, or trust in politicians to act in the best interests of their constituents, trust in general is a scarce commodity... Read
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MARIE YOSSAVA, ISSUED BY GRAPEVINE COMMUNICATIONS
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Printing
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Promotions & Activations
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Publishing
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JUANITA PIENAAR
ZANews has just launched its new board game, House of Cronies, and we spoke to creator, Pierre Cassuto about what goes into publishing a board game and what sets this one apart from the rest... Read
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Radio
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Sifiso Falala takes the reins as new Pan African All Media Research Organisation president... Read
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Retail
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
Danette Breitenbach reports on a presentation, "Growing your category through creating an innovative mindset at shelf," by Esti Prinsloo and that was presented at the recent Marketing Mix Shopper Insights SA 2019... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
We are in living in an omnichannel world. As consumers, we use a number of different paths and signals to get to the products, information and services that we want. Search has become intuitive... Read
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are famous for huge deals and steep discounts. That's why participating in these days can seem like a big retailer's game... Read
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Informal trade and distribution data company, 5M2T clarifies five common myths about the spaza market... Read
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Social Media
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JULIAN THOMAS
As markets become increasingly globalised, saturated and competitive in the digital age, great focus is being placed on the customer experience (CX)... Read
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Sponsorship
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TV
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we got behind the selfie with Trent Key, managing director of MoonSport Content and Entertainment... Read
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Prism Awards
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The 2019 Prism Awards will celebrate 22 years of public relations excellence next year and is calling for entries... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
MyImprint, a tech startup that provides easy access to criminal record and identity verifications, is the first of its kind to innovate a digital consent verification system in South Africa Read
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It's been nine years since the annual threshold required to register as a VAT vendor was increased from R300,000 to R1m... Read
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 AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy, is proud to host their annual Graduation Festival showcasing the hottest new talent coming out of South Africa. Read more >> This premier forum is the perfect platform for women in digital and data industries to come together to collaborate, learn and share practical strategies to benefit their organisations and careers. Read more >> |
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