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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The latest results released by the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) of South Africa is "something worth shouting about!"read |
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| |  | EMILY STANDER We speak to Fran Luckin, chief creative officer at Grey Africa, to find out more about her opinion on women in the workplace and representation in media... Read |  | JENNA BERNDT We sat down with some of Southern Africa's female thought leaders in the travel, tourism, destination, events and hospitality space to share what Women's Day 2021 means to them... Read |  | RUTH COOPER We got in touch with music journalist, podcaster, event curator and artist manager, Tecla Ciolfi this Women's Month to chat career highlights, podcasting through a pandemic and taking up space... Read |  | EMILY STANDER Mahlaba has some significant experience in how to work for what you believe in... Read |  | |  | CASSIE JAGANYI Fundamental change to the corporate landscape remains a key opportunity area for the advancement of gender equality, says Procter & Gamble's Cassie Jaganyi... Read |  | IMRAN SALIE Meet the woman behind the German lubricant brand Liqui Moly in South Africa... Read |  | Sharon Mashishi, started her 100% Black-, youth- and female-owned engineering firm, Bahlaping Mash Trading, just over a year ago when she saw opportunities to provide services to companies in her mining town... Read |  | Not everyone knows what an important role the engineering department plays in the effective operation of a hospital... Read |  | ENID LIZAMORE There's no doubt that women make an outstanding contribution to the financial services sector, but global trends indicate the industry's transformation is slow... Read |  | LOUISE KOTZE Former Washington correspondent, Tian Wei's statement that "any society that fails to harness the energy and creativity of its women is at a huge disadvantage"... Read |  | ISSUED BY RX AFRICA Meet six of the super women who keep RX Africa on track, and disrupt the status quo with innovative thinking as they go... Read |  | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM Hot Cares is Hot 102.7FM's charity initiative and has partnered with the Palesa Pads Foundation's Women's Day Bucket Challenge initiative to provide much needed menstrual pads for young women in disadvantaged communities with the ultimate objective being to #KeepAGirlChildinSchool... Read |  | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM This Friday and Saturday at Zwartkops Raceway, Charise van der Merwe will be representing Hot 102.7FM in the Pozidrive VW Challenge... Read |  | ISSUED BY ISILUMKO ACTIVATE Isilumko Activate's all-women leadership team pauses for a moment to look back, while bubbling with excitement for what lies ahead!... Read |  | ISSUED BY TQ GROUP Stalwart digital marketing agency TQ Group's important new partnership with Legacy Africa Capital Partners heralds an all-women board of directors for the group... Read |
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 | South Africa is the only country in the world where a nationally favoured sausage is called a russian - and Eskort took advantage of this for a new, fun campaign... Read |
 | LUIS RODRIGUEZ There are three building blocks to innovation. The idea creation is only the beginning, with designing and killing ideas, and lastly scaling, as the other two parts, says Accenture's Luis Rodriguez... Read |
 | KGOMOTSO MOALUSI Across Africa - where we still need to double the number of C-suite and executive female leaders to reach gender equality - women suffer from impostor syndrome... Read |
| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) and Effie Awards South Africa are pleased to announce that the jury for the 2021 Effie Awards South Africa has been confirmed... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SMART MEDIA In-store advertising innovator Smart Media's new arch solution is situated in the dispensary waiting area in 50 selected Dis-Chem stores across the country... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NAHANA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP Debonairs Pizza, the leading quick-service restaurant in the pizza category, has launched its Awesome Foursome Treat TVC... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Feel-good factor: Ad in stark contrast to doom and gloom in SA; Gumtree spot-on with entertaining offering about buying or selling a vehicle... Read |
 | Brave Bison has announced their acquisition of Greenlight Digital and Commerce, and how this will impact the company... Read |
| Branding |
 | ISSUED BY BATELEUR BRAND PLANNING Tshepo Maleka joined Bateleur in August as a research assistant following a casual conversation with the managing director of Bateleur, Gordon Hooper... Read |
 | MOTI GRAUMAN We talk about things like brand building, brand love and affinity, salience, resonance, and mental availability that's not the same as really understanding branding... Read |
 | Traditionally, marketing has not been seen to sit at the core of a business. However, this case study indicates that this is starting to change... Read |
 | As countries slowly open up and businesses start to get back into the office, we see this recovery is coinciding with a pivotal time in the fight against climate change... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | JG BEZUIDENHOUT Generating leads to turn customers into prospects is key, but without a large budget and full-time staff dedicated to lead generation, it can be a difficult task... Read |
 | REAGEN KOK The phrase in-house will likely soon be rolling off our tongues as big corporates opt to bring their marketing and advertising functions in-house... Read |
 | BRENT HAUMANN If asked, many organisations will tell you that they offer an omnichannel customer experience. A good proportion of them, however, would be wrong... Read |
| Design |
 | ISSUED BY EBONY+IVORY There's #creative fun and then there's the thrill of the chase of #opencreativity briefs. We opened up our brief and challenged our #ImpactPossibilities designers to translate some of this hands-off year's design trends... Read |
| Direct Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY DMASA The Assegai Integrated Marketing Awards, in conjunction with the IAS, introduced a new award category into the 2016 awards programme: the IAS Agency Credentials Award... Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY WITS PLUS The Wits Copy-editing and Proofreading course helps you to develop your editing skills and gives you a recognised professional qualification. The last intake is 6 September-12 November 2021, and registration closes on 3 September 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Following the announcement that applications were open for the paid dentsu SA (South Africa) internship programme in May 2021, dentsu SA is proud to announce a total of 19 interns have joined the team in July and August 2021... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA Business and Arts South Africa NPC (Basa) has a vacancy on the board of directors. The purpose of this notice is to call for nominations for a new member to fill this position... Read |
 | ISSUED BY RICHFIELD GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY The Richfield Thought Leadership Series, in partnership with Central Gauteng Lions (CGL), will be hosting the second edition of conversations on Wednesday, 18 August from 6.30pm to 7.30pm... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA Internationally acclaimed clay storytellers, Zizipho Poswa and Andile Dyalvane, have crafted the trophies that will be awarded to the winners of the 24th BASA Awards... Read |
| Magazines |
 | The Podcast Sessions, founded by editor Rutendo Nyamuda, was first launched in 2020... Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Savanna Premium Cider is an unlikely suspect when it comes to promoting vaccination, however that's what the Savanna brand has been doing... Read |
 | TASNEEM CASSIM, ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK Gaming's growth comes new opportunities for brands to align appropriately and turn the sector into a lucrative playing field for brands and organisations to explore... Read |
| Media |
 | NATHAN GEFFEN AND MIA MALAN The Mail & Guardian published an article on its website on Friday questioning the safety and efficacy of Covid vaccines... Read |
 | The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) will virtually host the 2021 Galliova Awards event on 15 October, with entries closing on 2 September. Read |
 | The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (Samro) is celebrating its 60th birthday this year, and marking some achievements along with it... Read |
 | The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is deeply saddened by the recent passing of its former chief executive officer, Pakamile Pongwana... Read |
| Mobile |
 | The ordering platform is 100% automated and leverages natural language processing... Read |
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| PR & Communications |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy PR is on a winning streak, landing several pieces of local and international new business in recent months... Read |
 | JENNIFER LEPPINGTON-CLARK Hill+Knowlton Strategies South Africa managing director, Jennifer Leppington-Clark, shares her five tips on how companies and brands can survive a crisis situation... Read |
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS This week, Bronwyn Williams shares lessons learned after reading Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM Hot 102.7FM is sad to announce that the station's head of news and news anchor on Joburg's Hottest Breakfast, Ragani Achary, passed away due to Covid-19... Read |
 | [LISTEN] Today marks one year since the passing of Bob Madbena, and Kaya 959 paid tribute... Read |
 | Learn more about the what the new Sports Radio service will include, and when it will go live... Read |
 | Vodacom is bringing the Premier League action live to local mobile phone users through its newly launched service, the Vodacom Sports Radio... Read |
| Research |
 | CANDICE ROBERTSON, ISSUED BY WAVEMAKER When it comes to accessing the African market, one of the most important things brands need to understand is this: one size doesn't fit all... Read |
 | The majority of the subsectors included in the report have recorded cumulative brand value losses this year, as the sector negotiates the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
 | Google has released the most searched topics on the search engine over the past 15 years... Read |
 | South African marketers remain optimistic about their organisations' futures despite unprecedented change and challenges over the recent past... Read |
| Retail |
 | Authentic Brands Group has a portfolio of more than 30 brands and a history of buying up struggling brands such as Juicy Couture, Forever 21 and Barneys New York... Read |
 | Mahlare joins the Takealot Group from Illovo Sugar South Africa where she was managing director... Read |
| Social Media |
 | ADELAIDE TSHABALALA You don't have to be an executive in a Fortune 500 company to be a thought leader... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | Sea Harvest has expressed its support of South African surfing and Olympic surfers by honouring Bianca Buitendag... Read |
| Streaming |
 | ISSUED BY SHOWMAX Devilsdorp, Temptation Island SA, Africa & I, Kipchoge: The Last Milestone, Five Tiger, Jan S3, and Big Brother Naija... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SHOWMAX Showmax Pro is the only streaming service on the continent to livestream every single match of the English Premier League, La Liga and Serie A and the DStv Premiership, courtesy of SuperSport... Read |
 | Walt Disney CEO Bob Chapek revealed the launch date for Disney+ in South Africa in a recent earnings results call... Read |
| TV |
 | ISSUED BY FOX NETWORKS GROUP In remembrance of the attacks on September 11 in New York City, Washington DC and Pennsylvania 20 years ago this year, National Geographic will premiere a six-part documentary series, 9/11: One Day In America... Read |
 | MICHAEL J. SOCOLOW Ratings still matter. But focusing narrowly on ratings mistakenly applies a 20th-century audience metric to a 21st-century event... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | EMILY STANDER This week, we spoke with Arthurt Wade Anderson, CEO of Forge Academy... Read |
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 | In response to the difficulties average young Africans experience when attempting to enter the workforce, Nestlé kickstarted the "Nesternship" programme... Read |
 | The Gambian government said BP has agreed to settle a $29,3m outstanding commitment to drill an exploration oil well in the West African country's offshore A1 block, which the company was awarded two years ago... Read |
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 | JOHANNES MASITENG Chinese ride-hailing platform DiDi is set to expand its services to Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban in the coming months... Read |
 | While digital transformation and the increasing demand for fourth industrial revolution (4IR) skills present a massive opportunity for economic growth in Africa... Read |
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