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 | BRENDAN SEERY Polished: Well-spoken rapper could have been headed for better things; Tshwane council's social media team gets the nod for lots of giggles...read |
|  | EVAN-LEE COURIE It's been announced that Brave Group CEO, Karabo Songo will join the Regenesys Creatives Advisory Board...read |
|  | EVAN-LEE COURIE Mikateko Chauke was recently appointed head of strategic communications and PR at African Bank...read |
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 | RYAN MCFADYEN One of the major trends I referenced in an earlier article was a growing focus on wellness and mindfulness within culture... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY INNOVATE DURBAN Innovate Durban recently launched its third annual offering of its Innovation Publication. The publication provides information to all stakeholders, including innovators and investors, on the state of innovation in KZN... Read |
| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Grey Advertising Africa recently announced that it will serve as the new creative agency for Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MOTSEPE ADVERTISING On Wednesday, 2 March, empowered B2B advertising agency, Motsepe Advertising took their first charity initiative to the heart of Johannesburg since its inception in September 2021... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH This year four South African creatives sit on various Dubai Lynx Awards juries... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The Cannes Lions and The One Club for Creativity have both come out in support of Ukraine... Read |
 | The New York four-month night school programme, D&AD Shift with Google, concluded this week... Read |
 | Ad industry giant WPP has announced it will cease operations in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. The company reportedly employs 1,400 people in the country... Read |
| Branding |
 | ISSUED BY KANTAR Banks were the most valuable category in the 2021 Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable South African Brands ranking, comprising 28.6% of its total value... Read |
 | In an effort to respond to the changing needs of local entrepreneurs, Coca-Cola Beverages SA is rebranding its Bizniz in a Box initiative... Read |
| CSI |
 | The Cross Trainer has donated laptops to help the Daveyton, Johannesburg youth achieve their ambition of becoming tomorrow's business leaders... Read |
| Design |
 | ISSUED BY DAX DATA Change is at the heart of creativity - but what fuels this change? How can we predict it, control it, or even create it?... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY JUST DESIGN Like many of our South African heritage brands, Enterprise had followed a rather stable and fairly predictable visual path - up until last year, that is. With a change in ownership came a change in tack, and a total packaging makeover... Read |
 | The Pentawards 2022 has introduced a new 'Five Senses' campaign that celebrates diverse, tactile and sensorial creativity... Read |
 | In September 2021, Nando's Pinecrest in KwaZulu-Natal unveiled a poignant art piece - a charcoal drawing by artist Nkoali Nawa that commemorates the African spirit in the face of adversity... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY SMART MEDIA The customer's digital in-store experience is arguably the most impactful way to amplify your brand story, grab attention and position a product. Read |
 | CRAIG LEBRAU, ISSUED BY LEBRAU PRESS If there is anything that is worth something in today's world, it's digital marketing... Read |
 | ADELAIDE TSHABALALA To say social media has become as important as breathing over the past few years would not be an understatement. We have seen a massive shift, largely due to the pandemic... Read |
 | Mondia Digital has launched Mondia Entertainment (mENT), a business-to-business, multi-content, premium digital entertainment platform powered by technology... Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY OUR SALAD MIX World Wildlife Day, celebrated on 3 March, is proclaimed by the United Nations as the global day to observe and raise awareness of the world's wild animals and plants... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER Recently, Digify Africa won gold at the Smarties Awards for their innovative learning chatbot Naledi... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE Client loyalty is fast being usurped by relevance as a critical driver for marketers... Read |
 | Comic Con Africa has announced the addition of StreetCon to the event this year... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | With the operationalisation of the Films and Publications (FP) Amendment Act of 2019, South Africans will be protected against harmful content that is distributed by online distributors... Read |
 | Anant Singh and Videovision Entertainment have taken the decision to no longer license its content to Russia... Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY NEW MEDIA New Media has announced the promotion of Jeanine Boshoff to division head for the content marketing agency's newly launched Story Station... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SCAN DISPLAY Scan Display supplied a full shopfitting solution for The Fashion Cube at Table Bay Mall in Cape Town in November last year... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WAVEMAKER For the past 13 years, Wavemaker and GroupM have worked with major South African retail brand Pick n Pay... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ENGAGEMENT FACTORY, A BLEND360 COMPANY Fatima Ross has been appointed as director of content and creative at Engagement Factory, a Blend360 company. She will oversee all operational procedures and policies for the content and creative deliveries... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NAHANA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP Twizza may have humble beginnings rooted in the Eastern Cape, but they are now established as a household name in Mzansi... Read |
 | ISSUED BY LUME COMMUNICATIONS Exciting opportunities for digital, marketing and media experts... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Paul Moloi, marketing manager at Liqui Fruit, shares more about the South African fruit juice brand's latest campaign, #RealLooksGoodOnYou... Read |
 | JAMES MACDONALD Data-driven attribution has become one of the most critical elements of modern marketing. Simply put, it uses data to determine which interventions have the greatest impact on the success of marketing campaigns... Read |
 | Millennials are a complex generation with a wide array of nuances and interests. They belong to a generation that experienced a childhood without technology... Read |
| Media |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Chris Botha, Park Advertising's group MD, shares his experience of the industry and looks forward to its future... Read |
 | JANET MACKENZIE The Films and Publications Amendment Act came into effect on 1 March 2022. The primary amendments introduced are the regulation of the online distribution of films, games and publications... Read |
 | The media industry association Publisher Support Services has challenged Google and Meta to be compensated for their content... Read |
 | D&AD has released a statement standing in solidarity with the people of Ukraine... Read |
 | Cresta Awards and Lürzer's Archive urges the industry to isolate, block and repudiate Russia... Read |
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| Mobile |
 | The share of mobile digital ads grew considerably, while desktops got demoted to a secondary mode for users to access the internet... Read |
| Newspapers |
 | Media24 is selling the bulk of its media operations in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) to Capital Newspapers (CN) for an undisclosed amount... Read |
| One Show Awards |
 | TBWA\Chiat Day New York senior copywriter Dotun Bello has partnered with The One Club for Creativity to launch a free 10-week Lagos Creative Development Bootcamp... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY APO GROUP APO Group's media monitoring reports are the most comprehensive available in the press release industry... Read |
 | Should entrepreneurs and marketing professionals be investing less time, effort, and money into their websites? Read |
| OOH |
 | LERUMO MAISELA, ISSUED BY KENA OUTDOOR South Africa has lost two million jobs since before the pandemic. Over ten million of our people are unemployed... Read |
 | Third party verification of Digital Out of Home (DOOH) is in South Africa through a partnership between Outdoor Auditors and Seedooh... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | EMMA MONTOCCHIO "I'm getting lots of great PR coverage on a variety of platforms but it's not translating into sales - where's the gap?" Read |
 | MIRANDA LUSIBA When most companies communicate via newspapers, magazines, radio and or TV - they are essentially hoping to attract several loyal customers that will eventually become their brand ambassadors... Read |
 | Steinreich Communications Group, Inc has acquired the Omniado Agency, a South African design and digital marketing agency... Read |
| Printing |
 | The World Printers Forum of Wan-Ifra has opened registrations for the International Color Quality Club (ICQC) 2022-2024 is open... Read |
| Promotions & Activations |
 | ISSUED BY STUDENT VILLAGE Once upon a time there was a brewery called Heineken that wanted to drive trial of their new apple cider to a kingdom of young, smart and attractive students... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY OFM RADIO The Covid-19 pandemic not only had far-reaching implications for the economy, it also had a devastating effect on the creative, arts and entertainment sectors... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GAGASI FM As a leading South African household brand, Sasko celebrates over 90 years of serving communities daily with care and thus a collaboration with The Sound of the City, Gagasi FM, makes for a befitting and impactful partnership... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The Infinite Dial 2022 South Africa found radio remains strong in SA, despite the increase in online audio consumption... Read |
| Research |
 | Edelman South Africa released the local findings of the global communication firm's 2022 Trust Barometer report, The Cycle of Distrust... Read |
| Retail |
 | Although the Covid-19 pandemic has created a more understanding response from consumers, they are no longer accepting this as an excuse from service providers... Read |
 | The Covid-19 pandemic has caused untold disruption to the business world, turning it completely on its head. It has changed long-established working practices... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA As part of its long-standing commitment to the music industry, cider brand Hunter's, in partnership with Grey Advertising/WPP Liquid, donated R100,000 to the Music In Africa Foundation for its work in supporting the African music sector... Read |
| Streaming |
 | Current Netflix CMO, Bozoma Saint John, is exiting the organisation, amicably, with Marian Lee taking over the role... Read |
| TV |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA Multichoice will carry fewer e.tv channels from 1 April... Read |
 | MultiChoice and eMedia have renewed their agreement to continue to broadcast eNCA (Channel 403) exclusively on the DStv platform... Read |
 | Russia TV (RT), channel 407, has been discontinued on the DStv platform until further notice... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE #BehindtheSelfie returns this week and we chat to Samantha Coom, founder and CEO of The Social Craft... Read |
| Prism Awards |
 | The Prism Awards 2022 entries close on 7 March 2022 at 5pm... Read |
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 | Microsoft has announced new initiatives to accelerate the growth of 10,000 African startups and fast-track investment in Africa's startup ecosystem over the next five years... Read |
 | Professional investors are forecasting strong growth in the value of Africa's internet economy with mobile phones central to the expansion, new global research* for blockchain-based mobile network operator World Mobile shows. Read |
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 | SARAH SCHIFFLING AND NIKOLAOS VALANTASIS KANELLOS The war in Ukraine is threatening further disruption to already stretched supply chains... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor steers clear of criticising Russia's war attrocities at the 49th United Nations Human Rights Council... Read |
 | SANET MADONSELA While the world watches with bated breath as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine rages, and an insufferable humanitarian crisis unfolds; the world prepares for the secondary onslaught of price hikes in food, oil and gas as Russia and Ukraine's supply chains come to a standstill... Read |
 | The United States and the Western Cape will be celebrating their first anniversary as trade partners, in particular their signing on of the Trade and Investment Promotion Partnership... Read |
 | The last case of wild polio virus in Africa was identified in northern Nigeria in 2016 and globally there were only five cases in 2021, which is what makes a polio outbreak in Malawi particularly worrying... Read |
 | US payments firms Visa and Mastercard said they were suspending operations in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, and that they would work with clients and partners to cease all transactions there... Read |
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 | Merchant Capital and Payflex have launched a cash advance solution that aims to breathe new life into SA's growing small retail sector... Read |
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