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 | | Mike Abel of M&C Saatchi Group SA was recognised for his excellent contribution to South Africa's business and creative sectors by being awarded a Nelson Mandela University (NMU) 2021 Alumni Achievement Award...read |
|  | | Google revealed the results of its 2021 Year in Search, showing how people go to Search to find answers to their biggest questions...read |
|  | | TBWA has been named Adweek's Global Agency of the Year for 2021...read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Bizcommunity is inviting their creative communities to share their reasons to celebrate the forthcoming festive season under the banner of #FestiveTogether!... Read |
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| |  | DANETTE BREITENBACH Bronwyn Williams shares a taster of what delegates can expect from her executive trend presentation at BizTrends 02.02.2022... Read |  | EMILY STANDER Khumo Theko, a trends analyst and trend spotter, will focus on how brands are cultivating connections, navigating cultural relevance on social platforms through co-collaborations and influential cultural moments that drive consumer engagement... Read |
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| |  | In this exclusive Bizcommunity interview, made possible by the ACA, we go behind the timeline and tactics that went into producing the award-winning Chasing the Sun documentary... Read |
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| |  | In this week's episode Let's Talk Digital host Audrey Naidoo chats to Musa Kalenga, chief future officer of the House of Brave, on the big trends impacting marketing in 2022... Read |
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 | TOM MARSICANO As we prepare to celebrate the Day of Reconciliation, we must remember why it is so important to the people of South Africa... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY HOWARD AUDIO The MTN Summer Campaign is out. Howard Audio was chosen to be the musical force behind the campaign, which utilises the classic Hotstix Mabuse song, "Burnout"... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ABSA Younger populations are usually considered an economic gift for countries. When the share of the working-age population (15 to 64) is larger than the non-working-age share, there is usually a boost in economic productivity, known as a demographic dividend... Read |
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 | BRENDAN SEERY A beaut: Dramatic, colourful in monochrome world of whisky; Misguided and 'crass' PR messaging is enough to bring tears to the eyes... Read |
 | DONO WHITE Now is the time to log the bugs in our industry and fix them - and if some of it sounds too honest - well, you were all thinking it... Read |
 | DAMON STAPLETON The 2020 Olympics started on Friday, 23 July 2021. As you can tell by that non-sensical sentence the world is dealing with some weird shit. I think we can agree most people thought having a major global sporting event in a city full of Covid was a pretty bad idea. It was also clear many of them lived in Tokyo... Read |
 | The Hardy Boys has launched Unilever's Joko tea brand's #DonateYourVoice campaign against gender-based violence... Read |
 | The Epica Awards awarded eight Grand Prix winners, with the McCann Worldgroup named Network of the Year and &Co./NoA, from Denmark... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY GFK In this BizTakeouts interview we speak to Zak Haeri, managing director and Nicolet Pienaar, head of market insights at GfK South Africa, to find out more about the latest market changes and trends, how consumer behaviour is changing, and the importance of real-time access to the latest data and intelligent automation... Read |
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 | EMILY STANDER Hunters, in association with Music in Africa, recently hosted a #MusicNeedsYou concert aimed at helping local artists kick-start their live music events and promote the Covid-19 vaccine... Read |
 | MAXINE SELMER-OLSEN The more articles I read about COP26, the guiltier I feel about my growing pile of black Woolies shopping bags... Read |
| Cannes Lions |
 | Cannes Lions 2022 will see the launch of the new Creative B2B Lions... Read |
| CSI |
 | KFC sparked a conversation about the dire child hunger crisis in South Africa... Read |
| Design |
 | ISSUED BY DAXDATA For years, many creatives saw 3D creativity as equal parts exciting and forbidding. We were blown away by the enveloping, fantastical worlds game developers built and the incredibly immersive 3D visual effects in movies, but many of us thought creating in 3D was too technically demanding... Read |
 | Internationally-acclaimed South African artist, Mary Sibande, has been awarded this year's Helgaard Steyn Prize... Read |
| Digital |
 | MUSA NCULA, ISSUED BY IRVINE PARTNERS Earlier this year, Sea Monster released Lighthouse - a white label brand engagement platform that allows brands to really connect with their customers through gamified content, and share real value with them... Read |
 | SIDDHARTH BAWA In a post-Covid-19 world there has been a palpable shift towards a mobile-first, digital consumption model. Read |
 | MARK BOTHA Digital adoption globally has been accelerated as a result of Covid-19 and the ensuing lockdowns. With people having scrambled to improve their home connectivity, they are in my view now well set up to engage with more digital platforms than prior to the start of the pandemic... Read |
 | Razia Pillay has been appointed the CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau South Africa (IAB SA)... Read |
| Education |
 | EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA David Dennis has been appointed as the new campus dean of Afda Johannesburg. He will be taking up this role from 1 January 2022... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY IRVINE PARTNERS Bluecode Africa has claimed the Digital Transformation Award at the third Annual Africa Tech Week... Read |
| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY HYBRID MEDIA CONSULTING Summer promises many things to look forward to. Bold and vibrant colours, balmy days, and issue 34 of Objekt South Africa await!... Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY XNEELO Being an entrepreneur is tough. Not only do you have to run your business - with all the administrative, financial and legal implications that entails - you also have to market your business too. Research conducted by xneelo within the Heavy Chef entrepreneur community shows that 46% of e-commerce entrepreneurs rate their marketing and sales skills as poor to average... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Savanna Premium Crisp and Dry Cider is at it again, 'tapping' into South African culture the latest campaign this time taps into Twitter Shade because, "Twitter shade is so abundant in our land, that Savanna has recycled it into something useful - real shade to provide relief from the hot African sun this summer... Read |
 | NATASCHA TORRES Over the past year, social media and programmatic platforms have launched a range of powerful new features and tools for digital marketers and advertisers... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE TransUnion Africa has announced the appointment of Amy Beck as chief marketing officer and a member of the company's executive team... Read |
| Media |
 | ISSUED BY NEW MEDIA It's time to officially acknowledge what the industry has achieved amid all the challenges... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU The 2021 Ad Focus African Impact Award was awarded to Dentsu Africa recently for their measurable impact on the marketplace... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU New global research released today shows, in the next 12 months, 59% of consumers worldwide intend to start boycotting brands who don't take action on climate change... Read |
 | Sanef and the CFE want SABC's disciplinary action against Phathiswa Magopeni to ask that the media be allowed to attend the proceedings... Read |
 | Some of the best ideas have made the shortlists of the Warc Awards for Media 2021... Read |
 | The aim is to have independent European fact-checkers set those standards through discussion and agreement... Read |
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 | The One Show's Green Pencil has been reimagined as an official category with its own dedicated jury... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY KENA OUTDOOR South Africa's water and electricity supply has been an ongoing concern for the emerging market and Kena Outdoor, through its innovative branding strategies for Grandpa, has developed an innovative solution... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | THEMBA MSIMANGO Covid-19 disrupted many industries and Public Relations (PR) was no exception. It is great to see that the optimism in the PR industry is improving and recovering... Read |
 | ALLISON MACDONALD It's a jungle out there: wild, untamed and teeming with a huge number of PR strategy beasts... Read |
 | Scout PR & Social Media has been named "PR & Social Media Agency of the Year 2022 - South Africa" at the 2022 Global Business Awards... Read |
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS This week, Bronwyn Williams talks conspiracy theories and the possibility of them coming true... Read |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS This week, Brownyn Williams explores the meaning of utopia after reading Auroville: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY KAYA 959 Kaya 959 is committed to skills development by providing unemployed youth who have completed grade 12 with an opportunity to gain valuable work experience and a qualification... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM Jacaranda FM and Spar unite South Africans through music for a special cause... Read |
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| Research |
 | ISSUED BY KANTAR The fourth edition of The Reykjavík Index for Leadership highlights entrenched prejudice towards women leaders globally... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SOCIAL PLACES Hello from the Social Places team, it is that time of the year again - yes the holidays, but also our Annual Landscape Review Survey!.. Read |
 | MICHAEL SHAPIRO Our use of specific words reflects not only what dominates our language but reflects our thoughts, and perhaps, obsessions... Read |
 | Consumers are returning to in-store shopping in greater numbers, and out-of-home entertainment and travel are on the rise as three in five express optimism about the future... Read |
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 | Many smaller businesses are counting on a robust holiday season to make up for lost Covid revenue. South Africa's love of chat could not only help ensure a good festive season... Read |
| Social Media |
 | TikTok South Africa has unveiled #YearOnTikTok 2021 in celebration of 2021-of-a-kind, which has been made possible by entertainment driven by its community... Read |
 | Dan Mace isn't letting travel bans and his delayed return to New York City mute his festive spirit... Read |
 | TikTok is the second-fastest social media platform to one billion users, just behind Facebook, after reaching the milestone in just 5.1 years... Read |
 | Meta has released its '2021 Africa Year in Review', an infographic capturing some of the company's significant investments and initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
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| Behind the Mask |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE This week we chat to Nontokozo Tshabalala, a winner of the 2021 Loeries Young Creative Award and co-founder of Mam'Gobozi Design Factory... Read |
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 | The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced the winners of the 2021 AWIEF Awards... Read |
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 | TALITA LAUBSCHER AND ALEXIA KAPLAN The Consolidated Direction on Occupational Health and Safety Measures in Certain Workplaces, which was amended by the Minister of Employment and Labour with effect from 11 June 2021, entitles employers to implement a mandatory vaccination policy for certain categories of employees. Read |
 | ALEXANDER WINNING Eskom has applied for a 20.5% electricity tariff increase for the financial year that starts on 1 April 2022, it said on Wednesday, 8 December... Read |
 | WWF SA shares innovative green gift and wrapping ideas to help transform your festive season shopping into a truly Earth-saving adventure.... Read |
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 | The Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP) has undergone some very positive changes and has a new focus and is strengthened to deliver increased impact on the economy... Read |
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