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|  | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC UNITED Joe Public United took home top honours by being awarded as the Agency of the Year and Regional Agency of the Year at this year's Loerie Awards...read |
|  | JESSICA TENNANT Creative solutions agency Machine_ recently announced the appointment of ECD Jabulani Sigege to their Cape Town team...read |
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 | ISSUED BY SUMITOMO DUNLOP Dunlop South Africa's innovative Grandtrek Uncharted expedition and brand campaign, conceptualised by FCB Durban clinched a Bronze Award at the prestigious annual Loerie Awards held during the 2021 Loeries Creative Week in Cape Town... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT This year's Loeries Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award winner, Khensani Nobanda, Nedbank group executive: Group Marketing and Corporate Affairs, tells us that it comes down to driving real business growth and using creativity to achieve this. Read |
 | TERRY LEVIN As a Capetonian having made our way to the Loeries at Sun City via every known form of transport bar donkey cart, to the realms of what was then Bophuthatswana, now Northern Province, seemed an eternally subtropical state... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER On the third day of Loeries Creative Week, Siba and Brian Mtongana hosted a masterclass about building an authentic and impactful brand... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE At this year's Loeries, Tyler Lambert and Kevin Radebe were named the two winners in the highly competitive 'Young Creatives Award'.... Read |
   
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 | SHARYN LEAVER Heightened expectations for digital experiences, pivots to human-centered tech transformation, and anywhere-work strategies going sideways ... Read |
 | Being in the creative industry requires one to always be ahead of the curve when it comes to thinking outside the box... Read |
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| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK Advertising is one of the oldest industries around, and yet it remains as relevant today as it was decades ago... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NAHANA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP Bestmed, the biggest self-administered and fourth-largest medical scheme in South Africa, recently launched its first-ever TVC in collaboration with FCB Joburg... Read |
 | When Thabo, the self-proclaimed kota king with advanced, titantic-kota eating skills, graced our screens in a Budget Insurance advert, social media users wanted in on where they could purchase *that* kota. It's been a closely guarded secret until now... Read |
 | A group of 32 creatives in 14 countries and regions have been named winners in the Young Guns 19 competition, celebrating creative professionals age 30 or younger... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MEGAVISION MEDIA MegaVision Media's MegaSpaza offering has been an incredibly successful venture for the company. The core product value lies in creating a mutually empowering and respectful relationship between the brand and the spaza shop owner... Read |
| Covid-19 |
 | In the run-up to the G20 summit in Rome, Italy, on October 30-31, a G20 Manifesto that outlines seven actions G20 leaders must take before the meeting... Read |
| Design |
 | De Beers Group has announced the winners of the 2020/2021 De Beers Group Designers Initiative Shining Light Awards... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR Tractor Outdoor recently partnered with Brutal Fruit in an impactful activation that demonstrated exactly how out-of-home media can integrate seamlessly within an omni-channel strategy, to stunning effect... Read |
 | CANDICE LEE REEVES, ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC Email marketing is something most businesses are doing but few get right. Fortunately, by tweaking your approach, email marketers can make great inroads to creating content that drives engagement... Read |
 | DEON MBAILE As social architects, leaders play an essential role in organisations by setting the vision and strategic direction, building relationships, shaping culture... Read |
 | CRAIG HANNABUS A few years ago, I had the pleasure of working on a colds and flu medication brand. It was an OTC product, readily available and incredibly popular. We were having a few issues though... Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU This October, 14 local female entrepreneurs became the second cohort in South Africa to graduate from dentsu's global mentorship programme - Female Foundry... Read |
 | Google has announced the launch of the Global Initiative for Excellence in Journalism Education to enhance journalists' training in Africa... Read |
 | The Red & Yellow Creative Business School in partnership with the Publicis Groupe Africa will award students with bursaries to equip them with top skills for the creative industry... Read |
 | The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will officially open applications for the 2022 academic year on Tuesday, 2 November 2021 until 7 January... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN The genre-bending, cult-style South African film Fried Barry marks the feature-length directorial debut of Ryan Kruger and has been distributed internationally in over 50 countries and garnered 23 awards... Read |
 | Find out the theme for DIFF 2022, and when to submit entries for the 43rd edition of the festival... Read |
 | Learn more about the Isiphethu International Student Film Festival and how to submit your entries... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY HAVEYOUHEARD Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently said that Facebook's future lies in the virtual metaverse... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ROCKETSEED Your business has skeletons in the closet... that's right. You heard me. But don't fear, so does every other business, regardless of the industry sector... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ATKASA - DIGITAL AGENCY In this day and age, the first point of contact with a business is usually their social media pages. However, companies sometimes make the mistake of holding off on their website while putting all the focus on their social media... Read |
 | CHRISTA KRUGER, ISSUED BY WAVEMAKER It's that time of year again, when we look into our crystal balls to see how best to approach 2022. But the world around us has changed so much, it's hard to know what to anticipate... Read |
 | Today's discerning customers have high expectations from the brands they choose to associate with... Read |
 | Twenty months of pandemic uncertainty and a complete shift in consumer behaviour has left many CMOs scratching their heads... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY TBWA How does a car manufacturer hack an internationally popular navigation app to provide a previously unconsidered South African market with unique tech aimed at keeping them safe on the road? Enter Nissan Shwii - a downloadable series of Zulu-language audio commands compatible for use on the Waze platform... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER Journalism is not a single-faceted pathway of either writing, editing or interviewing... Read |
 | The GCIS in partnership with Digify Africa, is to host a virtual masterclass session for small business and media entrepreneurs.... Read |
 | AdForum and The Epica Awards have combined their resources to launch Press Club, a new platform for journalists... Read |
 | ISSUED BY IPSOS With feelings of unsatisfactory choices for political parties in 2016, did South Africans vote the same again? Read |
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 | Wikimedia Foundation is launching a campaign in collaboration with the South African creative community to showcase the power of knowledge... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | EMILY STANDER We spoke with Lasi Mashaba to find out more about how she ended up in the PR industry, the effect of PR on brand reputation, and more... Read |
 | The companies participating in Scopen´s PR Scope Spain 2021/22 showed an average turnover of €280m annually... Read |
| Production |
 | ISSUED BY PERFECT WORD Acquisition will bolster Infor solutions designed to help customers improve manufacturing operations and performance... Read |
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS "The point is that every single man who was there knows that the story is nonsense and yet it has never been contradicted. It will never be overtaken now. It is a completely untrue story grown to legend while the men who knew it to be untrue looked on and said nothing." ~ Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Primedia Broadcasting stations 947, 702, Kfm 94.5 and CapeTalk have delivered strong performances in the latest BRC RAMS Amplify release... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM Jacaranda FM shares the Broadcast Research Council of South Africa's latest Radio Audience Measurement survey results... Read |
 | ISSUED BY YFM 99.2 YFM, iconic in its mere existence and fondly referred to as 'Y', has undergone an official evolution. The station synonymous with youth culture in South Africa will now also be visually identified as Y... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM Hot 102.7FM has announced the date for the 2021 Teddython Fundraiser. "Teddython raises much-needed funds for Hot Cares, enabling them to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those around us," says Lloyd Madurai, Hot 102.7FM managing director... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO East Coast Radio is celebrating the release of the BRC RAMS Amplify data and radio currency. The station now reaches 1,256,000 people over a seven-day period... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY KANTAR No time to make consumer-led business decisions, but need answers to your burning questions yesterday? Get the scoop on Kantar's agile solutions using quality data with the support of a team of industry experts... Read |
 | TESSA BARON, ISSUED BY KLA With the South African municipal elections due to be held on 1 November, the burning question is - will South Africans seize the opportunity to make their voices heard? We did some research to find the answer... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ORNICO Ornico has been monitoring and measuring the performance of the political parties during the crucial municipal election month of October and presents the findings under a report... Read |
 | The Broadcast Research Council (BRC) of South Africa's new RAMS (Radio Audience Measurement Survey) Amplify data will be available on 29 October 2021 to the industry... Read |
| Retail |
 | Taking inspiration from nature, the 478sqm Adidas concept store is centred around a biophilic design, aimed at bringing the outdoors inside... Read |
 | The future of shopping seems to be heading towards a space where online and offline will be merged... Read |
 | Between November and December, online buyers are expected to spend $1.2trn worldwide. While this is encouraging news for brands and businesses, consumers will pay a higher price... Read |
 | Game's Q3 consumer survey has found that despite 2021 being a challenging year economically, 67% of South African consumers are hoping to find the best possible deals on popular items this month... Read |
 | The global pandemic has redefined the way we work, the way we shop, and even the way we do business... Read |
 | G-Star Raw has collaborated with local Hip-Hop and Rap artists Shane Eagle, Courtnaé Paul, Moozlie and YoungstaCPT to launch its pinnacle Exclusives by G-Star Raw collection in South Africa... Read |
 | Salesforce has announced new consumer insights and predictions for the 2021 holiday shopping season... Read |
| Social Media |
 | SHAHEER LALA Recently, Facebook experienced its largest outage since 2019. With apps including Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp inoperable... Read |
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 | KEEGAN WEBER As access to the internet continues to broaden, South Africans are increasingly turning to social media channels with queries... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | ISSUED BY LEVERGY Sport and entertainment communications agency Levergy has officially made their mark on the Clio Sports Awards after being nominated in the Partnerships, Sponsorships & Collaborations category... Read |
| Streaming |
 | ISSUED BY MULTICHOICE CONNECTED VIDEO From the minds that brought you Devilsdorp, Every Day is Halloween is the biggest locally-produced horror story to drop first on DStv BoxOffice... Read |
| TV |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA Openview is giving away Vodacom data to the value of R1 million in a brand-new gameshow which is taking place from October 2021 until February 2022... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA Zee One launched on 1 November on Openview. The channel will showcase award winning telenovelas like Guddan, The Heir, Reach for the Stars, Lies of the Heart and Our Perfect Place - firm favourites with audiences around the globe... Read |
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 | While Africa accounts for about one-quarter of the global disease burden, it has just two percent of the world's doctors... Read |
 | The fourth day of the Africa Health Conference yielded discussions on the effect of Covid-19 on the continent's public health services... Read |
 | Access Bank Zambia has reached agreement with the shareholders of ABC Holdings Limited, trading as Atlas Mara Zambia, regarding a merger with Atlas Mara Zambia... Read |
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 | Dentsu APAC CEO and India chairman Ashish Bhasin pulled no punches in an enlightening interview with WOO President Tom Goddard at the recent WOO Asia Forum... Read |
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 | JEFF SCHULTZ & BURAK BASKURT The Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) has been moved from 4 November to 11 November... Read |
 | There is still lots of hard work ahead, but recent developments such as the relaxation of lockdown regulations and the changes to international travel restrictions give a glimmer of hope for SME operators that work in the tourism and hospitality sector... Read |
 | DPO South Africa is expecting similar or greater growth for Black Friday 2021, due in part to local shoppers' increasing comfort with e-commerce... Read |
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 | The #RevivingTownshipEconomies initiative has to date reached 900 businesses, saving over 2700 jobs and counting in township based SMEs... Read |
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| Briefly News, a leading SA news website is looking for a head of entertainment newsdesk.
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| Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced fundraising and partnership manager (Ref. DAR/291/1021). Applications close 10 November 2021. Read more >> |
| Bitventure is looking for a passionate, ambitious and results-driven Marketing Manager. If you are creative, strategic, and well-skilled and experienced in marketing, then this role is for you! Read more >> |
| Broad Media is looking for a university student, recent graduate, or person with junior-level experience to join the company as a receptionist and office assistant. Read more >> |
 | Arora Online is looking for a digital designer to cover a maternity absence. Dates:5 December 2021 - 22 December 2021 5 January 2022 - 4 March 2022 Read more >> |
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