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|  | KARABO LEDWABA The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) has confirmed that it will be holding a meeting of members to discuss if Jarred Cinman will be removed as a director of the ACA...read |
|  | BRENDAN SEERY It was interesting that, after one of the longest, and most successful partnerships, Toyota and FCB could not read from the same page...read |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Hunter's Cider, in partnership with WPP Liquid, operating out of Grey Advertising Africa, has been refreshing the brand with its new 'Refresh the Rules' positioning... Read |
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| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC The Big John Burger is legendary. It's big, very big, and it's bound to beat the biggest hunger... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ADVERTISING WEEK AFRICA Hartbeat's New "Branding with Hart" programme to debut at first-ever AWAfrica Conference, featuring a keynote from Kevin Hart, insights from Hartbeat Leadership and other tastemakers on How to Break Through with Purpose, Humor and Heart... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC Brand and communications group, Joe Public, recently launched Cell C's latest summer campaign, 'Spin Your World' just in time for the summer holiday excitement... Read |
 | The London International Awards (LIA) has revealed its 2022 global and regional of the year winners... Read |
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 | We chat to Professor Beatrys Lacquet, the director and head of Wits Plus, about part-time Wits degrees as well as a range of business and language short courses. View |
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| Branding |
 | PANKHURI MALHOTRA Brand partnerships between seemingly disparate companies or organisations are all around us... Read |
 | The Index highlights 29 brands that are leading the way globally in delivering positive social or ecological impact through sport... Read |
 | Technology brand Lenovo has announced that it has entered a partnership with South African rugby team, The Sharks... Read |
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 | Cannes Lions has introduced a new Lion award for 2023: The Entertainment Lions for Gaming... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | According to the South African Loyalty Whitepaper, 79% of consumers who use loyalty programmes claim to use Clicks ClubCard, while Pick n Pay Smart Shopper is the second most popular... Read |
| Design |
 | Design Indaba has partnered with Google Arts and Culture to launch an online project that showcases 60 specially curated artworks... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY BOO! SURPRISING MEDIA SOLUTIONS Gqeberha's beachfront mall, Boardwalk Mall has recently enjoyed a R500m extension and redevelopment. Just in time for the season... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MANN MADE Nedbank extends golf experience to the virtual world with fan experiences planned to take place in Ubuntuland... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TECHSYS DIGITAL What do heritage and R100,000 have in common? How about Takealot's Heritage Day Design challenge, designed by local agency, Techsys Digital!.. Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY GAGASI FM Gagasi FM's music concert, the annual Beach Fest is back!... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM Jacaranda FM and Spar showcase Carols by Candlelight in two formats this year... Read |
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 | South African horror film, The Domestic, was announced as the African winner at ScreamFest LA 2022... Read |
 | The Joburg Film Festival will be taking place in Sandton while the JFF Youth and Audience Development programme continues in the Ekurhuleni and Tshwane regions this month... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY OLD FRIENDS YOUNG TALENT (OFYT) Invigoration of leadership and talent sees agency on a new business winning streak... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Dentsu Creative, formerly known as John Brown Media, with client Old Mutual have just walked off with global accolades for Best Global Integrated Content Campaign of the Year... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WUNDERMAN THOMPSON Wunderman Thompson in South Africa has created a specialist Business to Business (B2B) task force to help take B2B businesses and brands into the evolving B2B marketing landscape... Read |
 | ZUKO MDWABA As many brands reduce spend amidst rising macroeconomic uncertainty, interest rates and costs of doing business, marketers are having to make strategic investments with finite resources... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA Vanessa Govender was recently appointed the chief marketing officer for Infinity Brands... Read |
 | PIETER GROENEWALD Perhaps one of the areas we're seeing the most rapid development, and the demand to adapt, is in the realm of marketing... Read |
 | This first module will help marketers speedily identify and address major industry shifts... Read |
| Media |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU We are delighted to announce that Astrid Staegemann has been promoted to media director for iProspect South Africa... Read |
 | CANDY DEMPERS, ISSUED BY MEDIAHEADS 360 Creative people ask questions, nurture ideas, open minds, develop thoughts, unsettle the status quo, motivate the mind's eye, are curious, understand the square peg and the round hole, embrace challenge, inspire confidence, shift paradigms, and observe quietly... Read |
 | The 14th annual Feather Awards, held at the Market Theatre on 10 November, have announced the winners... Read |
 | Police in the Philippines have implicated the country's prison chief as being behind the killing of a journalist... Read |
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 | Group revenue, however, rose by 7.7% to R53.7bn, thanks to additional three million customers and demand for data and financial services... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA BusinessTech offers a range of advertising options which make it easy to reach the business owners who visit the site every day... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY OFM RADIO OFM's very own Shandor Potgieter, the host of the Good Morning Breakfast Show, 6-9am on weekdays, will take on the K-Way SkyRun 100 race to raise funds for the Reach for a Dream Foundation... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Primedia Group, the parent company to leading radio brands 947, 702, Kfm 94.5, CapeTalk and Eyewitness News, today announced the appointment of Kelvin Storie as the chief intelligence officer... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY BMI RESEARCH BMi Research has developed a new school satisfaction measurement tool for high-performing public and private schools... Read |
 | ISSUED BY VERVE Verve, the experts in culture, communities, and smart digital insight, have made five senior research hires across their global hubs in Chicago, Sydney and London... Read |
| Retail |
 | ISSUED BY VICINITY MEDIA The printed broadsheet - the cornerstone of retail advertising - is finally undergoing digital transformation!.. Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Toys R Us marketing manager Catherine Jacoby unpacks this season's retail trends and what the company's recent 'Coolest Toy Store' title win means to the brand... Read |
 | Levi Strauss & Co. has named Michelle Gass as its new president, and also announced that she will succeed Chip Bergh as the company's CEO within the next 18 months... Read |
 | Puma's chief executive Bjørn Gulden will replace Kasper Rorsted as Adidas CEO, the sportswear giant has announced... Read |
 | Engen is targeting an extensive national rollout of Café 365 across its network of more than 1,000 service stations by the end of 2023... Read |
| Social Media |
 | NATALIYA ILYUSHINA Some Twitter users have been migrating to Mastodon, a decentralised social media network... Read |
 | MARK HUMPHERY-JENNER Mark Zuckerberg is untouchable even after taking accountability for Meta's financial problems... Read |
| Streaming |
 | NBA Africa and ESPN Africa have announced a multiyear agreement that will allow ESPN2 (DStv 219 and Starsat 249) to broadcast a record of more than 180 NBA regular season and Playoff games each season... Read |
| The One Club of Creativity |
 | KARABO LEDWABA Award-winning filmmaker Imraan Christian is inspired by the youth, his ancestors and his dreams... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | EMILY STANDER In her role, Tafadzwa Samushonga is responsible for driving the growth and expansion of Bolt Food in the country... Read |
| Pendoring |
 | ISSUED BY HOORAH DIGITAL Hoorah Agency won three awards at the 2022 Pendoring Awards for their latest work on the Bain's Whisky brand - the Bain's X Pata Pata Reimagined TVC... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC This year's Pendoring Awards ceremony took place on 3 November 2022, aptly themed #LetYourLanguageLoose, the event showcased the top advertising in SA's indigenous languages. Joe Public and its clients collected a total of 23 awards... Read |
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 | HUMPHREY MALALO A Kenyan court on Thursday allowed a request by public prosecutors to withdraw a 7.4bn shillings ($60m) corruption case against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, citing insufficient evidence... Read |
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 | GRAEME MILLAR Many small businesses believe that because of their size, they don't have anything worth stealing. But with the festive season just around the corner, now is the time of year to pay even closer attention to cybersecurity... Read |
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