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 | ISSUED BY KANTAR We live in an ‘experience economy’ where experiences are the single most important driver of business growth as evidenced by Kantar data... Read |
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| |  | LEBO MADIBA Lebo Madiba, founder & managing director, PR Powerhouse says the theme of this year’s World PR Day, Building Bridges & Navigating Polarisation calls our industry to its highest purpose of turning communication into common ground… Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE Davin Phillips, executive partner at CSA.Global, believes that PR is about bridging the gap between people, ideas, and possibilities... Read |  | ISSUED BY ONPOINT PR Vista Kalipa is a seasoned PR specialist and the co-founder of OnPoint PR, where he serves as the director of public relations. With over two decades of experience in strategic communication, media relations, and brand management, Vista possesses a unique blend of creativity and professionalism that sets him apart in this fast paced, high intensity-high impact world of public relations... Read |  | DANETTE BREITENBACH Adam Hunter, managing director of Hook, Line & Sinker, says we need to recognise the vital role PR plays in building trust and influence on WPRD2025... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE With 15 years of industry experience under her belt, this World PR Day, we chat to Jana Leonard, founder of JL PR... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE To mark World PR Day 2025, Bizcommunity caught up with Zara Lindsay-Bowman, senior account executive at Butter Knife PR, an all-female, creatively-driven agency based in Cape Town... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE Originally from Gqeberha, Clayton Morar is a seasoned publicist, media strategist, and founder of Clayton Morar Media, a Cape Town-based boutique PR consultancy... Read |  | KHAYA BUTHELEZI Aphinko Communications Group shares insight on the power of purpose-driven PR in Africa—where every campaign is a chance to build bridges, challenge perceptions, and tell stories that matter... Read |  | DANETTE BREITENBACH Tribeca Public Relations says great PR isn’t spin - it’s honest, thoughtful work that helps our clients tell stories people care about... Read |  | Tracy Margetts of iHeart Digital shares insight on the power of belief—shaping narratives, connecting communities, and helping brands find their authentic voice in a noisy digital world... Read |  | MARILIZE JACOBS For decades, the dominant narratives about Africa have been shaped by stereotypes... Read |  | JOE HAMMAN In light of World PR Day, Joe Hamman from Novus Group says as AI transforms search, earned media coverage has become one of the most critical drivers of digital visibility... Read |  | CIARAN R. MAIDWELL Ciaran R. Maidwell believes that in today’s misinformation era, there’s a growing movement to return to the basics... Read |  | ISSUED BY RETROVIRAL When it comes to being boxed into disciplines or integrated marketing comms' lanes, Mike Sharman CCO and founder of Retroviral will vehemently rage against the machine... Read |  | CAROLINE SMITH Caroline Smith, head of PR at Flow Communications, gives advice for PR graduates entering the industry... Read |  | Alkemi Collective's Bradly Howland says World PR Day’s theme this year Building Bridges & Navigating Polarisation could not be more timely... Read |  | BRADLY HOWLAND Bradly Howland, president of the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (Prisa) says professionalising public relations is an economic necessity for South Africa… Read |  | ISSUED BY WE COMMUNICATIONS From consultancies in the UK and South Africa, as well as on-site at Microsoft South Africa, Sarah has over 20 years experience as a B2B and B2C corporate reputation PR specialist in the EMEA region... Read |  | |
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 | This week Warc released its 2025 Global Consumer Trends report exploring the key issues that will influence consumer purchase decisions across brands and categories over the next year... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA You don’t stumble into advertising. You either claw your way in or talk your way through the door... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PUBLICIS GROUPE AFRICA Publicis West Africa (PWA) has been officially named the most awarded agency in Ghana, securing top honors across creative, design, media, digital, and influencer marketing... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA A new wave of creative entrepreneurs is building businesses across South Africa through the Debut Fund Programme, funded by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture... Read |
 | ANDILE RAPIYA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, BRAVADO AT BRAVE, ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP Advertising is shifting fast. Creators now command attention once held by traditional media. Bravado's Andile Rapiya unpacks how this shift is reshaping brand strategy, media planning, and marketing... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY WETPAINT ADVERTISING The problem: Are we rewarding creativity, or just clever engineering?... Read |
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 | The Pura Beverage Company has unveiled a complete brand redesign across its flagship ranges - Pura Soda, Pura Kids, and Pura Hydrate... Read |
 | CFI, an online trading provider, has announced that Maria Sharapova will join Lewis Hamilton as global brand ambassador... Read |
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 | ANDREW SOLOMON Different kinds of rewards have different behavioural pros and cons. But, used in combination, they can produce outstanding results... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY DENTSU As digital habits shift, brands are rethinking how they show up where it matters. YouTube is no longer just a place to watch videos... Read |
 | STEPHEN SMITH, ISSUED BY IGNITION GROUP Stephen Smith, creative content manager for Ignition Group, thinks AI is only as good as the humans prompting it... Read |
 | ISSUED BY LOCATION BANK Location Bank, South Africa’s leading digital location and reputation management platform, has helped one of the country’s largest retail chains achieve a dramatic turnaround in customer engagement... Read |
 | ISSUED BY LUMICO The MMA Smarties Business Impact Index has ranked Lumico among the Top 20 Digital/Specialist Agencies in sub-Saharan Africa for 2024, placing the integrated agency at #11 on the prestigious list... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Across sub-Saharan Africa, dentsu teams once again united through the annual One Day for Change initiative, demonstrating how a single day of purpose can create real, lasting impact... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY KENA OUTDOOR On Mandela Day 2025, Kena Foundation and Kena Outdoor rolled up their sleeves to support early childhood education in Soweto – one brushstroke at a time... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU On 18 July, passionate volunteers from dentsu South Africa rolled up their sleeves and joined more than 100 change-makers at Isilimela High School in Langa, Cape Town... Read |
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| Film & Cinematography |
 | Netflix has announced the launch of the ScreenCraft Pathway programme, an on-the-job training initiative in partnership with the Gauteng Film Commission and the KwaZulu-Natal Tourism and Film Authority... Read |
 | This year’s winners were announced across multiple categories, celebrating outstanding projects in development and recognising the next generation of African filmmaking talent... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EDGE GROWTH Beyond The Eyes Network, an independent, black-owned South African media company and creative agency, is forging a new path in a competitive industry long dominated by legacy players and often closed off to newcomers... Read |
 | EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA Afda is proud to announce that its students and graduates have won five prestigious awards at the 2025 Simon Mabhunu Sabela Awards, held on 19 July 2025... Read |
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| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY MEDIA24 The winter issue of Sarie Kos has hit the shelves and it’s bigger, better… and tastier!... Read |
| Marketing |
 | The Bureau of Market Research (BMR) has released its latest flagship study, Consumer Market Outlook for 2025 to 2027... Read |
 | OLAV WESTPHAL, ISSUED BY VICINITY MEDIA Don’t let last-minute planning derail your year-end success. To truly maximise festive season sales, you need more than awareness - you need data-driven targeting, real-time measurement and full visibility into what works... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PENQUIN In the fast-paced world of marketing, agility is everything. However, when speed turns into scramble, even the best creative teams can burn out or miss the mark. That’s where smart operations come in - not as red tape, but as the silent force that keeps the chaos in check... Read |
 | Time is running out to nominate your marketing team or standout colleague for the African Marketing Confederation (AMC) Awards — a celebration of excellence in marketing across the continent... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY DENTSU For much of my early career in creative agencies, media partners felt like distant cousins. They were briefed separately, looped in late, and rarely part of the real thinking... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Retroviral has won silver in the AdAge international awards for small agencies... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ICANDI CQ Is PR dead or evolving? With technology, data and transparency reshaping the landscape, PR professionals that know how to balance human creativity with data-driven ingenuity will shape the future of communication... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy has earned top honours on the global stage, winning at the 2024 Global Sabre Africa Awards, widely considered the gold standard for excellence in public relations and influence... Read |
 | JUDITH MIDDLETON, ISSUED BY DUO MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS As the CEO of DUO Marketing + Communications, I've spent over two decades navigating the landscape of brand building and public relations particularly within the technology sector... Read |
| Promotions & Activations |
 | ANDREW WALMSLEY, ISSUED BY TECHSYS DIGITAL I’ve worked on hundreds of campaigns at Techsys Digital over the years, across industries, budgets, and channels. I say that not to boast, but to give context: this isn’t a critique from the sidelines, or sour grapes over a lost pitch. It’s a perspective from inside the machine, my personal take on a promotional trend that’s becoming more common, and more problematic... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Get ready, Joburg! The countdown is on for the most epic family day out of the year! Galaxy 947 Joburg Day is back and better than ever... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM Jacaranda FM, one of Mzansi’s leading radio stations, proudly celebrates the monumental milestone of its community upliftment initiative, Good Morning Angels... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY ROGERWILCO Join Rogerwilco, YOUKNOW Technologies and MoyaApp at no cost on Tuesday, 30 July, at 10am for the launch of the Fast Food and QSR Digital and Mass Market Trends Report... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC Everlytic’s latest 2025 research report, developed in partnership with BreadCrumbs Linguistics, unpacks the real power of incentive-based email campaigns... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KLA According to the latest YouGov Profiles data, analysed by consumer insights agency KLA, South Africans have shown consistently positive attitudes toward emerging technology between 2021 and 2025... Read |
| Retail |
 | The regulations set out minimum standards for meat analogues and prescribe the labelling requirements, and compliance to the standards for meat when presented for sale... Read |
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 | ALEX DE BRUYN Alex de Bruyn, founder and CEO of Let'sCreate, believes loyalty is ripe for disruption and has a few ideas on how brands and companies can go about it... Read |
 | VADYN MOODLEY Vadyn Moodley, lead strategy consultant at Red Corner, takes a look at how the price of tickets may be excluding a vast majority of its fans... Read |
| Social Media |
 | AMANI PATEL From viral catchphrases to branded hashtags that drive engagement, influencers and social media creators are increasingly shaping brand identities from the outside in... Read |
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 | BRAD GUYMER As we mark the birth month of the Springboks’ most iconic supporter, it’s hard not to wonder what hopes he might have held for this new chapter in South African rugby... Read |
| Streaming |
 | SA Chart Pulse, created by culture agency CSA Global, is a new weekly music ranking that reflects how South Africans really discover and engage with music — across the various streaming platforms... Read |
| TV |
 | The Competition Tribunal has approved the merger between French media group, Canal+, and South African pay-TV operator, MultiChoice Group Limited, following a hearing held last week... Read |
 | SHIRLEY ADONISI, ISSUED BY MULTICHOICE When M-Net embarked on the Mzansi Magic journey in 2010, they hoped that it would be establishing a channel that people would take to heart... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | Ntombie Dlamini is the marketing manager at Konica Minolta South Africa, a company known for its smart workplace technology and digital print solutions... Read |
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 | Cox had been serving as acting CRO: SA region since May 2025, and before that was executive vice-president: processing for the SA region... Read |
 | HUMPHREY NXUMALO Tech and finance are transforming Africa’s smallholder farms. Humphrey Nxumalo of Solidaridad Southern Africa unpacks how digital tools and inclusive finance can drive scalable, lasting impact... Read |
 | Nigeria is emerging as both a source and destination market in global tourism, driven by new bleisure and safety travel trends, according to a new BCG report... Read |
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 | The week a report on the biggest construction disaster in South Africa was released, the Engineering Council of South Africa revealed it had sanctioned the Paarl engineer who signed off on the plans... Read |
 | TANYA STRAUSS Sars has entered its AI era — and the taxman is watching more closely than ever. With artificial intelligence now scanning bank records, crypto trades, and lifestyle mismatches, there’s nowhere left to hide... Read |
 | ANRI DU TOIT The recent industrial dispute between FlySafair and its pilots has made headlines - and not just for the flight cancellations and operational chaos it caused... Read |
 | Rain has announced a leadership transition, with founder and CEO Brandon Leigh stepping down from his executive role... Read |
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