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|  | | Titled Feeling J’Bay, the short documentary is less about surfing and more about what happens when nature, identity, and community come together...read |
|  | | Sowetan is mourning the loss of its executive editor, Pearl Sebolao, who passed away in hospital on Saturday...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY HOOK, LINE & SINKER At HLS, PR is not just about visibility, it’s about responsibility. HLS is proud to support purpose-led organisations that are actively shaping a better world... Read |  | DANETTE BREITENBACH Razor PR opened its doors in 2020 to offer a communications proposition that was elevated well beyond traditional media relations... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE To mark World PR Day 2025, Bizcommunity caught up with Abulele Ndamase, senior account executive at The Bread, a creative brand consultancy based in Johannesburg, South Africa... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE Luto Nyoka, a senior PR account executive at MSL Group, believes that PR professionals should build and maintain strong relationships with media, as collaboration between PR professionals and the media is essential in this industry... Read |  | NICOLE CAPPER, ISSUED BY MANGO-OMC Mango-OMC has been around for decades – literally decades! As an agency, we have worked across diverse sectors, with diverse clients, and even more diverse objectives... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE Melanie Ramjee is an award-winning publicist and the managing director of Tutone Communications, a 100% female Black-owned, boutique PR agency... Read |  | KISHA READER-BAIN Tin Can's Kisha Reader-Bain says PR is the thread that weaves connection across the fabric of society... Read |  | ISSUED BY BULLION PR & COMMUNICATION Celebrated annually on 16 July, World PR Day recognises the pivotal role public relations plays in shaping communication, trust, and reputation... Read |  | BRIDGET VON HOLDT Inzalo Consulting's Brigdet von Holdt asks what World PR Day means in today’s context, especially for those of us operating in Africa... Read |  | |
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| |  | ISSUED BY MACHINE_ Machine, a creative solutions agency, has earned eight finalist spots at the 2025 IAB Bookmark Awards, demonstrating the breadth and depth of its creative and strategic capabilities... Read |
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 | DARREN MORRIS Marketing is no longer the colouring-in department. It hasn't been for a while, but too many brands still operate like it is... Read |
| Marketing & Media |
 | The IAS Media Assurance Masterclass Series reveals that 70% of procurement professionals are
overwhelmed by marketing contracts, while agencies quietly exploit the gaps... Read |
 | With platforms like ChatGPT now widely used, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly shifted from science fiction to everyday reality... Read |
 | RIALENE NEL Rialene Nel joined VML on a learnership after winning a student showcase. Now she has a full-time job at the agency. She shares advice for grads looking to break into advertising... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BOUNDLESS This year’s Durban July wasn’t just about fashion and flair. It became the epicentre of a bold, multi-channel protest... Read |
 | KYLE VAN ROOI, ISSUED BY DENTSU Back in 2023, a few curious minds sat in a meeting room, accompanied by some rather questionable coffee, and asked a deceptively simple question... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING Effie South Africa has confirmed that its 2025 jury has been expanded following a record number of entries for this year’s programme. A total of 112 entries were received - an unprecedented 44% increase over the 2024 season... Read |
 | Video is rapidly evolving, with half of advertisers already leveraging generative AI to create video ads, according to the IAB’s 2025 Digital Video Ad Spend & Strategy Full Report... Read |
 | Omnicom announced its results for the quarter ended 30 June 2025, on Wednesday, 16 July... Read |
 | According to Warc Media forecasts, Reddit has demonstrated remarkable year-on-year growth with global advertising revenue projected to reach $1.8bn in 2025... Read |
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| Branding |
 | Advertising executive Leo Burnett’s timeless insight, ‘Products are made in factories, but brands are created in minds,’ has never rung truer, especially in the world of wine... Read |
 | The world’s most valuable beers, spirits, and champagne and wine brands recorded total brand value growth in 2025, according to a new report from Brand Finance... Read |
 | NATALIE VAN DER MERWE AND ANDREW KING Call centres are increasingly using mobile numbers for outbound calls — an effective tactic, but one that goes against regulations, potentially damaging brand reputation and public perception... Read |
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 | RIAZ GALANT "Long-term customers have a higher lifetime value to companies, while acquiring a new customer can be between five and 25 times more expensive than retaining an existing one," writes Riaz Galant, commercial director at Achievement Awards Group... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HELM Intelligent customer experience company Helm has been recognised as the second-ranked Solutions Provider in sub-Saharan Africa in the latest SMARTIES Business Impact Index (BII)... Read |
 | BRUCE VON MALTITZ 86% of customers are willing to pay more for better service. But what does ‘better’ really mean, and why does better matter, writes Bruce von Maltitz, CEO of 1Stream... Read |
| DEI |
 | ISSUED BY AFRIGIS At AfriGIS, our commitment to geospatial data is matched by our commitment to people... Read |
| Direct Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY DMASA Let’s stop calling them “credentials.” That word suggests admin. A formality. Something you knock together after the work is done... Read |
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| Education |
 | ISSUED BY NORTHLINK COLLEGE Northlink College is preparing to host its highly anticipated Annual Golf Day on Friday, 14 November 2025 at the picturesque Devonvale Golf Club in Stellenbosch... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ALGOA FM Three nonprofit organisations serving the Eastern Cape and Garden Route have been selected as beneficiaries of the 2025 Algoa FM Big Walk for Cancer presented by Isuzu Motors South Africa... Read |
 | UNATHI MALUNGA, ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA South African corporates are still reaching for the same outdated template: the gala dinner, the heritage month sponsorship, the once-off art competition. These inherited models are neat, familiar, and easy to execute - but in today’s imagination-driven economy, they no longer serve the sector or the country... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO In the true spirit of Mandela Day, East Coast Radio officially handed over a newly built home to Thembele Shangase and her children in Inchanga, KwaZulu-Natal... Read |
 | ISSUED BY THE ROOMS NETWORK “What does it look like when compassion meets action?”... Read |
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 | South Africa’s business events and creative industries are set to benefit from the introduction of two new visa categories aimed at improving international access to the country’s exhibitions, conferences and film projects... Read |
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 | MFUNDO NTSIBANDE Mfundo Ntsibande, managing director, Translucent Media, asks if the creative, film, and production economy is ready for the radical transformation brought about by Artificial Intelligence… Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC Inbox icons, subject line sorcerers, CTA kings – the results are in. The 2025 You Mailed It Awards by Everlytic have crowned their champs... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU What does it take to craft work that truly connects not just with consumers, but with communities, identities, and lived experience?... Read |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE In the ever-evolving marketing landscape, few channels have sparked as much hype - and scrutiny - as influencer marketing... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC Email inboxes are a busy place – so how do you make sure your message isn’t shifted straight to the dreaded Junk folder?... Read |
 | ANDREW TURNER, ISSUED BY INCUBETA Despite the growing cost of living, PwC research shows that consumers are willing to pay a 9.7% sustainability premium, and NYU Stern says products marketed as sustainable grew 2.7 times faster than products that weren’t... Read |
| Media |
 | TINI SEVAK Tini Sevak, VP of audiences & data, CNN International Commercial says credible news environments offer something rare and powerful: trust… Read |
 | South African journalist, author and keynote speaker Bruce Whitfield has been awarded Best Thought Leadership Speaker at The Speaker Awards in London... Read |
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| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY DAILY MAVERICK After another sold out edition in 2024, Daily Maverick’s headline event, The Gathering 2025, brought to you in partnership with Ninety One, returns on Thursday, 28 August 2025... Read |
| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY KENA OUTDOOR When you think of Soweto, the iconic Cooling Towers are impossible to miss. What once stood as relics of a difficult past now rise as bold, living artworks, and Kena Outdoor is proud to have been part of that transformation... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | ISSUED BY HAVAS JOHANNESBURG Havas Red has been appointed as the consumer public relations agency for Philip Morris South Africa, a subsidiary of Philip Morris International (PMI), a leading international consumer goods company committed to delivering a smoke-free future... Read |
| Publishing |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA Standard Bank Top Women Leaders celebrates the gender empowerment journey of South Africa as seen through the lens of the publication... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Joburg, get ready for the ultimate experience! Anele and The Club Live 2025 is set to take place on 19 July 2025, and this is a chance for fans to be part of something truly special... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OFM RADIO This July, OFM celebrates 39 years of being the sound of your life – and we’re giving back to the people who made it all possible: our listeners... Read |
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| Retail |
 | South Africa’s forecourt retailers are shifting their focus beyond the pump toward food, convenience, and partnerships... Read |
 | Takealot and Pick n Pay are rolling out more convenient pickup points in Pick n Pay supermarkets... Read |
| Social Media |
 | The awards are set to spotlight digital storytelling and authentic engagement in South African tourism... Read |
| The One Club of Creativity |
 | The Type Directors Club has announced that Carol Wahler, who led the global organisation for over four decades, will transition into the role of executive director emeritus... Read |
| TV |
 | This refreshed imaging for SABC 2, designed to appeal to modern South African families... Read |
| Pendoring |
 | The Pendoring Awards 2025 has announced it is officially open with submissions closing on 22 August 2025... Read |
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 | SACHIN CHANDERDHEV The conditions under which the global manufacturing sector creates value are shifting. Carbon intensity and environmental compliance now shape industrial performance in ways that were previously treated as secondary... Read |
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 | JOHNNY DAVIS, AHMED DHUPLI AND SIMANGALISO SITHOLE As the use of AI tools becomes more prevalent in the workplace, businesses face new legal, ethical, and operational challenges... Read |
 | Transport Minister Creecy dissolved the RAF board over governance failures, legal disputes, leadership gaps, and financial instability, initiating urgent reforms and oversight. Read |
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Thomas A. Edison "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." St. Jerome "Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best." Frank Zappa "A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open" Og Mandino "Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later." Benjamin Franklin "Well done is better than well said." |
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 | Bizcommunity has compiled a list of how you can get involved in Mandela Day 2025... Read |
 | NTANDOKAZI NTOZAKHE A large amount of South Africa’s economic activity flows through its informal sector, with over one million street vendors playing a vital role... Read |
