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 | ZIYANDA NGCOBO In a recent decision by the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) against FlySafair, the board found that compliance with Covid-19 regulations extends to "make-believe" marketing initiatives such as advertisements or commercials... Read |
 | DAVID EDWORTHY If you're a brand, here is what you need to know about pitching in advertising... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT This week, we go behind the mask with Till Hohmann, CCO at Geometry EMEA and President of the Loeries Film Craft Jury 2020... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Dove campaign: acceptance by a woman of herself and her body; Billboards for new lifestyle estate are both illegal and dangerous... Read |
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 | Eclipse Communications, previously known as Eclipse Public Relations, recently rebranded to reflect its full-service communications offering and unveiled a fresh new look in celebration of its growth as an agency and its diversity in service offering... Read |
 | Bronwyn Williams, partner at Flux Trends, interviewed Bradley Kirshenbaum at the Alinea Retail Master Class to find out about future retail trends... Read |
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 | BRENT HAUMANN 2020 was the year many of the usual rules were thrown out the window - especially when it came to customer communication... Read |
| Design |
 | Contemporary London dry gin brand, Bulldog Gin, has partnered with four South African artists, designers and creatives to produce unique collaborative pieces that celebrate each creator's individual craft... Read |
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 | JESSICA TENNANT As part of our #EvolutionofWork content feature, Boomtown's all-female digital department shares what the future of work looks like from their point of view and how they're navigating the 'new normal' in the aftermath of Covid-19... Read |
 | BIANCA DELPORT Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown forced many of us to embrace the world of social media and online tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams as a means of survival... Read |
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| Exhibitions |
 | RUTH COOPER In an unprecedented move, Cape Town institution Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary Art Africa) reopens with Home Is Where The Art Is, a wonderfully inclusive exhibition for Capetonians by Capetonians... Read |
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 | DANIEL DERCKSEN 2020 horror film, The Unfamiliar is now available for streaming in South Africa. Daniel Dercksen chats to director Henk Pretorius for the behind the scenes scoop as well as his thoughts on the affect of Covid-19 on the film industry... Read |
 | The 2020 European Film Festival will offer a programme of free special events and filmmaker engagements along with free online screenings of new European films from 12 November... Read |
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 | CLAIRE DENHAM-DYSON In B2B marketing, creating a seamless customer experience can be a key differentiator or justification for a premium. Just how many brands get this right is unknown... Read |
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 | WAN-IFRA Women in News has named Etaf Roudan, director of Radio al-Balad in Jordan as its 2020 WIN Editorial Leadership Award Laureate for the Arab Region... Read |
 | PR and marketing executives from Microsoft, Facebook, Uber, YouTube, Coca-Cola, Harley-Davidson, MasterCard, LEGO and many more are among the panel of judges for the APO Group African Women in Media Award 2020... Read |
| Online Media |
 | SAM SWAINE Despite the grim reaper circling South African publishing, new design-focused and lifestyle-led online magazine, Lifestyling.co.za came alive whilst we were still being birthed into a brave, new world... Read |
 | JANNEKE HENNING Unless businesses pay attention, a myriad of negative productivity consequences could be knocking on our virtual doors. But there are steps we can take to avoid online burnout... Read |
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 | JESSICA TENNANT MetropolitanRepublic recently appointed ECD Kamogelo Sesing, who joined the agency in June 2019, to its board of directors... Read |
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 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS This week, Bronwyn Williams goes back in time to read Tim Berners-Lee's Weaving the Web: The Past Present and Future of the World Wide Web by its Inventor... Read |
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 | The annual report, The State of the Industry: 2020 Mobile Marketing in APAC, has been released, providing a current snapshot into how brands, agencies, media owners and tech vendors see the impact of mobile... Read |
 | Launching in 2021, the biennial study will reveal what brands really think and will help agencies build for success... Read |
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 | Parenting and lifestyle portal BabyYumYum has announced the winners of its Product of the Year Awards for 2020... Read |
 | The winners of this year's Gold Pack Awards were announced during an online ceremony last week. The awards platform is regarded as the premier event for South Africa's packaging industry... Read |
| Social Media |
 | JASON KHUBEKHA The terms "influencer" or "social media influencer" have become a part of our every day conversation, but what does it take to be one? Read |
| Streaming |
 | JUANITA PIENAAR Eddie Chitate, through his production company, Brainstorm Entertainment, has launched a streaming platform called NoFTV... Read |
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 | VIRGINIA HOLLIS Virginia Hollis, co-founder of G2 Connection, explores the debate on whether product integration, into a visual production on TV or in digital, works or not... Read |
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 | NJ AYUK Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, not all of the economic news in Africa has been negative. We continue to see promising developments... Read |
 | New research shows that the choice of fund domiciliation has become an increasingly salient issue for investors and fund managers, and that there are still enormous opportunities for driving capital in Africa... Read |
 | A sharp decline in five key essential services in 14 African countries between January and September 2020 is indicative of how the Covid-19 pandemic could deepen the continent's health services crisis... Read |
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 | LERATO MATABOLA Reskilling the workforce has been identified as a strategic priority to achieve long term growth and sustainability. But how do businesses get started on this initiative when the pressure is on? Read |
 | BURT RODRIGUES Burt Rodrigues, CEO of Biodx gives his insight on travelling and flying now... Read |
 | Bronwyn Williams, partner at Flux Trends, interviewed Lee Naik at the Alinea Innovation Master Class to find out South African businesses can use innovation to become more resilient and sustainable... Read |
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