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 | KARABO LEDWABA South African media personality and former YoTV presenter Lumko "Johnson" Leqela has died... read |
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 | PRINOLA GOVENDEN Racism continues in newspapers despite an increase in Black ownership...read |
|  | BRENDAN SEERY Uniquely South African ads starring local icons make an instant impact with the viewer...read |
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 | ISSUED BY THIRST BAR SERVICES There is much to look forward to this summer. This is the first time in over two years that we can return to our familiar ways of celebrating the warm months and festive season... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM The last trading quarter is an ideal time for business owners to look towards an end of year game. Here are eight things that business owners can do to carry them over the 2022 finish line into 2023... Read |
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 | JAMAINE CHIWAYE Brands should consider gaming as a key advertising avenue... Read |
 | BELINDA MURRAY SA's freelance creatives are in high demand by agencies, but what do agencies and freelancers want to tell each other... Read |
 | RICHARD FRANK Brands can probably take a sit-back-and-see-what-unfolds attitude for now... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC A dictionary might tell you that a 'sister' is a girl/woman who has parents in common with someone else, or it might refer to a female friend/peer. But Chicken Licken has chosen to defy the dictionary's conventions... Read |
 | MPUME NGOBESE, ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC To quote the great Nelson Mandela: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SPARK MEDIA Spark Media is pleased to announce a new addition to our leadership team. Chris Halstead, previously a business unit head in our team, has been promoted to head of sales, a significant addition to our leadership... Read |
 | Havas Middle East has been awarded the New York Festivals AME Platinum Award in the Middle East & Africa region... Read |
 | The New York Festivals Advertising Awards announced the DE&I Award winners with Zulu Alpha Kilo taking the gold... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Recognised for making positive 'waves' in the Industry, dentsu South Africa (SA) celebrates Clare Trafankowska, managing director of iProspect SA for being awarded the highly regarded 'Media Agency Rising Star' at the prestigious Most Awards 2022... Read |
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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The Cannes Lions rankings are out and SA is ranked 13th position globally... Read |
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 | PAULA SARTINI Employee branding is a critical component of the customer experience says Paula Sartini, founder and CEO at BrandQuantum... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SMOKE CUSTOMER INTELLIGENCE Smoke Customer Intelligence, a voice of the customer software provider, has received ISO 27001 certification. The certification validates Smoke CI's commitment to its customers' data security requirements... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY THE HARDY BOYS Senior dogs and cats in shelters aren't usually chosen first, but that doesn't mean they don't make great companions... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY NEW MEDIA New Media and Visi creative director Mark Serra has won the Art Director of the Year special recognition award at the 2022 Eddie & Ozzie Awards... Read |
 | South African visual artist Bronwyn Katz and Ghanaian author Ayesha Harruna Attah have been selected as mentees in the 2023-2024 cycle of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative... Read |
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 | GARY ALLEMANN The African banking sector is being completely transformed by the digitisation process, but big questions remain over the speed of that transformation and the nature of the changes... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY DMASA The unmissable Assegai Awards are set to become even more unforgettable as the Direct Marketing Association of SA (DMASA) unveils its new look Assegai Awards Trophy for the 2022 season... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY VEGA SCHOOL In a changing world, new challenges call for new, creative solutions to novel problems across almost all spheres of business... Read |
 | Filmmakers from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda are invited to apply for film development funding and training offered by DW Akademie... Read |
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 | TV series The White Lotus, Euphoria and Squid Game were among the big winners at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards... Read |
 | The winners of the National Geographic photo competition 2022 have been announced... Read |
 | Black women, young people, and people living with disabilities continue to be excluded from meaningful ownership in the South African film and television industry... Read |
| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA This September edition of PSL focuses on Heritage Month, Tourism Month as well as Public Service Month, and on the front cover we feature the CEO of Numolux Group, Hilton Klein... Read |
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 | RONELLE BESTER B2B brands need to take a leaf from consumer marketing playbooks and humanise their communications says Ronelle Bester, MD Red Ribbon Communications... Read |
 | RIRHANDZU SHINGWENYANA Marketing needs both data and creativity to be effective... Read |
 | SAVON MATJANE Influencer marketing has often been perceived as a new industry, but in reality it has existed for much longer than many of us can imagine... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NEW MEDIA New Media took top honours in three hotly contested categories as well as a prestigious Special Recognition award at the 2022 Folio Awards... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SOCIAL PLACES Do you know what your customer's experience is with your brand? Do you know about it while the customer is interacting with your brand?... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SOUTHFIELDS Investment holding company, Southfields, fully acquires South African founded global consultancy, Migration, as the first company to emerge from Southfields... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA Research shows that businesses using long-term marketing strategies benefit massively from this approach... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MIGRATION Migration joins the Southfields Group as the first company to sprout into the growing portfolio of the investment holdings and private equity firm... Read |
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 | Following the actions of some local journalists at the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, the trial proceedings will not be broadcast live... Read |
 | Young Africans may love local films and admire creatives but they do not financially support their work... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ADVERTISING MEDIA FORUM June/July in ad-land means one thing and one thing only: Cannes. Yes, that time of year where the global advertising and marketing industry descend on beautiful Cannes in the south of France for suntanning, midnight parties on the beach, and a spot of advertising... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DUKE Under a year after officially launching, Fame, an independent, locally owned media agency, has won two significant awards at the 13th Most Awards held last week... Read |
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 | Cell C's financial results have been postponed due to the health of the company's CEO, Douglas Stevenson... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY HOWARD AUDIO Finding the Forgotten Graduate: a revolutionary storytelling campaign... Read |
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 | The executive director of the National Association of Broadcasters Nadia Bulbulia has been inducted into the South African Radio Awards 2022 Hall of Fame... Read |
| Retail |
 | Chouinard has transferred ownership of the $3bn brand to an environmental trust and a nonprofit organisation. Every dollar not reinvested back into Patagonia will be distributed as dividends to protect the planet... Read |
 | Kanye West (also known as Ye) has terminated the partnership deal between his Yeezy fashion label and prominent retailer Gap... Read |
| Social Media |
 | CRYSTAL ABIDIN The Corn Kid is one of many children who found their way into influencing after social media fame... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ARORA ONLINE TikTok has taken the world by storm and short-form video content has quickly become the algorithm's new best friend... Read |
 | This week TikTok hosted #WhatTheTok, the first-ever TikTok for business media event in South Africa, to showcase how businesses can embrace the TikTok experience and reimagine how they connect with their communities... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HUSTLE MEDIA Whether running influencer campaigns for consumer brands or a retail client, understanding the ideal customer or shopper profiles of the brands we work with is a critical part of running influencer campaigns for our clients with real impact and measurable results... Read |
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 | The global music platform connects artists to audiences with exclusive new music experiences... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY FOX NETWORKS GROUP Play.co.za announced as official sponsor of the ESPN Africa Boxing series... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA Openview launched almost nine years ago and has seen steady growth with daily activations having grown exponentially since the early years. The platform hosts a variety of TV and radio channels that cater to all ages, races, and genders across South Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DSTV MEDIA SALES We are proud to announce and share our success at the 2022 Most Awards ceremony on 8 September... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DSTV Those who follow entertainment industry news are aware that every year, at the start of awards season, there are a number of conscientious objectors who stand around the proverbial water cooler and ask "Why do we need award shows in this day and age?"... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA 10 of our loyal Kuiertyd (eExtra on Openview) viewers are about to fulfil their dreams. From viewing to reality - they are about to experience the trip of a lifetime in Turkey... Read |
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 | KARABO LEDWABA Leslie Adams the sales director at Reach Africa feels fulfilled when his whole team wins... Read |
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 | The Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA), in partnership with Côte d'Ivoire's Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, will be launching in the west African country, with the aim to help develop its digital sector through provision of digital skills... Read |
 | African scientists show with genomics surveillance how Covid-19 variants reached and spread across Africa, showing up mistruths regarding Africa and that the continent was unfairly discriminated and penalised as a result... Read |
 | Norsad Capital signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe to create new opportunities for Zimbabwean businesses... Read |
 | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Mastercard Foundation have announced $275.7m partnership, which will expand the engineering and technology, research, and entrepreneurship programmes at CMU-Africa in Kigali, Rwanda... Read |
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 | WENDELL ROELF Eskom expects a final decision on a new $476m World Bank loan to repurpose its Komati coal-fired power plant before November... Read |
 | Eskom is seeking an average power tariff increase of just over 32% for the financial year that starts on April 1 2023... Read |
 | Government's plans to end recurring load shedding could take at least a year to deliver results... Read |
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