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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Matthew van der Valk, executive creative director at Geometry, shares why some members of the Cape Town team have joined VMLY&R South Africa... Read |
 | JOHANNA MCDOWELL Johanna McDowell looks at how intermediaries are assisting with good solid handovers at the end of the pitch process during the Covid period - and succeeding virtually and effectively... Read |
 | The Luum Awards has a selection of judges that include executives of creative agencies and directors for communications and marketing for global NGOs... Read |
| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY THINK CREATIVE AFRICA Through-the-line advertising agency Think Creative Africa has won the Inspired Education Group account following a multi-agency selection process... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOWARD AUDIO Howard Audio is delighted to announce our upgrade to a Dolby Atmos listening room! Many of our streaming clients, including Netflix, are now insisting on Atmos mixes for many projects and now that Apple Music is offering Atmos in binaural spatial sound, we're expanding our studio offering to include this cutting edge technology... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Boerboel Wear: Clever, eye-catching campaign on social media; Net#work BBDO comes up with a unique way to celebrate staffers... Read |
 | Has digital killed the radio star? Read |
 | Linear television is still very much alive and well, as are innovative advertising strategies for linear channels... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY WITS PLUS Professor Beatrys Lacquet, the director and head of Wits Plus, delves into some of the Language department's courses, why language skills and development are so important for business, as well as the evolution of language in the digital age, and the rapid growth and demand for South African Sign language (SASL) in businesses and organisations... Read |
| Branding |
 | JAMAINE CHIWAYE How should brands, big or small, approach their involvement in sports? Read |
 | The sharing of a story by one person to another has been amplified with the dawn of technology... Read |
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 | Pick n Pay and Boxer are the first retailers to become a collection point for the SRD grant... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | HYTHER NIZAM Customer relationship management (CRM) is a massive industry. In fact, it's the biggest software market in the world that continues to see steady growth... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA Business and Arts South Africa NPC (Basa), partnered by the Automobile Association of South Africa (AA), has commissioned independent non-profit record label Rootspring to compose and produce a song calling on every South African to rise!.. Read |
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 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Chamdor is a premium sparkling grape drink made from some of the best grape sources in the world and is a leading, premium non-alcoholic beverage available throughout Africa. Chamdor lets consumers celebrate life's most special and memorable moments in affordable luxury... Read |
 | ISSUED BY RX AFRICA d e s i g n / CONNECT 21 presented by Decorex Africa and 100% Design South Africa is currently underway!... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EBONY+IVORY There's #creative freedom in the last three trends that we explore in this week's Creative Curves series grand finale... Read |
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 | DIPUO TSHOAGONG, ISSUED BY WUNDERMAN THOMPSON I recently watched a video that got me thinking about the kinds of digital experiences customers want from brands they choose to give their hard-earned money to... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HUAWEI For a short time only, you can buy both the Huawei Wi-Fi6 AX3 Dual Core and the Huawei LTE B535 router at Telkom on the SmartBroadband 40GB Wireless Package... Read |
 | VUKANI MNGXATI Changing consumer needs are driving strong tech demand and business needs to respond and quickly... Read |
| Education |
 | JACKIE CARROLL We can no longer talk about literacy and numeracy without also talking about digital literacy... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA Topco Media is proud to announce that they will partner with The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) for the 18th annual Standard Bank Top Women Conference, taking place on 6 and 7 October 2021... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | Johannesburg's longest-running multi-genre film festival, the Jozi Film Festival (JFF) will be held onsite and online from 1 to 10 October 2021... Read |
 | The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) recently presented the findings of the third Economic Impact Assessment Study (EIAS)... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA To launch the new Polo Vivo Mswenko, Volkswagen South Africa, and Ogilvy Cape Town collaborated with some of Mzansi's hottest creatives, GALXBOY (founded by Thatiso Dube) and Yay Abe (Russell Abrahams) to kickstart a crowd-sourced campaign inspired by the streets of SA and the spirit of "Mswenko"... Read |
 | ERNEST NORTH The best-loved brands of the digital age have powered their growth by scaling positive word of mouth... Read |
 | The Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) has appointed new leadership for the coming year... Read |
 | The Independent Agency Search and Selection Company (IAS) will be hosting the first virtual Marketers in Conversation... Read |
| Media |
 | ISSUED BY GORDON INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS SCIENCE While the internet and social media have had a transformative impact on society and continue to play a positive role in enabling access to information, this has entangled with unchecked power, misinformation, and hate speech... Read |
 | The Cultural Affinity study is one of the joint activities from the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Netflix and SA Tourism as part of their efforts to showcase South African films and series and encourage and boost tourism to the country... Read |
 | The World Association of News Publishers (Wan-Ifra) will hold the World News Media Congress as a virtual event from 29 November to 2 December 2021... Read |
 | Created by VMLY&R, Reuters has launched its first-ever major campaign 'The Source'... Read |
| One Show Awards |
 | The One Club for Creativity has announced the 94 finalists from 27 countries for the prestigious Young Guns 19 competition... Read |
| Online Media |
 | Gaming has always been one of the most widely practised pastimes, and the pandemic only brought it further into the spotlight.. Read |
| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY KENA OUTDOOR Outdoor media is a challenging and dynamic space. This has been especially true in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, as economic activity and commuter patterns have been disrupted... Read |
| Production |
 | EbonyLife and Sony Pictures Television have launched Àló, a brand-new writers initiative offering a unique platform for writers of African heritage... Read |
 | South African director and creator of Egoli: Place of Gold, Franz Marx has passed away due to Covid-19 complications... Read |
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS This week, Bronwyn Williams talks about selling and persuasion after reading Luke Burgis's Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM Jacaranda FM continues to innovate in the audio space and has launched its first digital pop-up station called, Only Local, on www.jacarandafm.com in celebration of Heritage Month... Read |
 | ISSUED BY YFM 99.2 Gauteng's biggest youth radio station together with Smirnoff, have once again set a standard in the industry with the #BeTheNext radio presenter search winner... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GAGASI FM The virtual edition of the 5th Annual Gagasi FM Shero Awards was held on Friday, 17 September 2021... Read |
| Research |
 | Wunderman Thompson Intelligence has published Into the Metaverse - a new report covering everything brand owners and their agencies need to know... Read |
| Retail |
 | ISSUED BY TBWA But retailers will need to blend the best technology offers, with the best real life brings... Read |
 | ISSUED BY RAND SHOW The wait is finally over! In just a few days we will be opening the highly anticipated Rand Show Spring edition at Fourways Mall... Read |
 | Pernod Ricard is eyeing e-commerce growth and has signed an agreement to acquire UK-based whisky and luxury spirits omnichannel retailer The Whisky Exchange... Read |
| Social Media |
 | ASHLEIGH BURTON Slacktivism (a portmanteau of slacker and activism) has become widely known as the practice of supporting a political or social cause by means of social media... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | Avon has become the exclusive beauty sponsor of Paralympian and ace wheelchair tennis player Kgothatso 'KG' Montjane... Read |
| TV |
 | MultiChoice has launched DStv Internet, a fixed wireless access service which allows the company's customers to connect to the internet with a Wi-Fi router... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE This week, we chat to Romney Irvine-Fortescue, group account director at Rapt Creative... Read |
| D&AD Awards |
 | D&AD has launched the 59th D&AD Annual, published in a free-to-access digital format... Read |
| Pendoring |
 | The Pendoring e tjhunwa ke Hollard Awards have announced their jury for 2021, starting with Loeries Hall of Fame-r, Boniswa Pezisa as jury president... Read |
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 | Egypt is the continent's top investment destination with Morocco second and South Africa third... Read |
 | RMB has arranged and structured Africa's first syndicated sustainability linked loan... Read |
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 | DEREK YU AND CHARLES ADAMS Unemployment remains one of South Africa's most pressing economic and social challenges... Read |
 | South African universities, public libraries and historical archives are sitting on treasure troves of valuable documents and manuscripts that have yet to be digitised... Read |
 | Moving fast to take advantage of new business opportunities usually requires cash flow - thankfully, there are credible alternative finance lenders that can help... Read |
 | Department of health director-general (DG) Dr Sandile Buthelezi has officially been suspended... Read |
 | The Lets vaccine campaign encourages support for the government's Covid-19 vaccination drive... Read |
 | All parties interested in the annual review of the national minimum wage (NMW) for 2022 have until 1 October 2021 to submit written representations concerning possible adjustments... Read |
 | The SA Reserve Bank has not increased interest rates... Read |
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