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 | BRENDAN SEERY In this Orchids and Onions column, Brendan Seery finds that Clientele stands up to crumbling service, but City Power disappoints...read |
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|  | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING Effie South Africa has announced that 44 finalists have been selected following the first round of judging for the 2025 programme...read |
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 | Kantar and the United Nations Global Compact invite marketers to participate in the CMO Blueprint for Sustainable Growth Benchmark Survey... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EATBIGFISH In an age where attention is the new currency, playing it safe may be the most dangerous strategy of all... Read |
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 | CHLOE POSTHUMUS In a world where AI is transforming marketing at lightning speed, Dr. Gillian Hammah explores how the best marketers will blend human creativity with machine efficiency... Read |
 | CHLOE POSTHUMUS VW SA's Bridget Harpur says great marketing isn’t just fluff — it’s the fuel that drives lasting brands... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS GROUP Achievement Awards Group scooped the Pinnacle Award at the Recognition Professionals International (RPI) 2025 Best Practice Standards® Awards held at the IMA Summit in Austin Texas, USA in July... Read |
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 | DEREK COLES Derek Coles, president and MD of McCann Joburg, says ‘digital-first’ isn’t enough and makes a case for idea-first thinking in modern advertising… Read |
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 | Lesego Kotane joins Machine as managing director... Read |
 | MEAGHAN FURLANO Commentators and social media users have argued the campaign serves as a conservative dog whistle... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU With gender-based violence (GBV) at crisis levels in South Africa, Dentsu Creative South Africa, People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA), and creative studio Make Reign have launched a nationwide... Read |
 | JOSEPH TEMITOPE, ISSUED BY DENTSU The Cannes Lions Festival is a global creative Mecca, a place where campaigns transform into cultural landmarks and agencies etch their names into the history books... Read |
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 | The world’s top 100 most valuable and strongest food, non-alcoholic drinks, and dairy brands are included in the Brand Finance 2025 global food and non-alcoholic drinks rankings... Read |
 | NOMIKA SINGH-GOVENDER Nomika Singh-Govender, general manager: business management at Digitas, on how the agency’s rebrand combines global scale with local insight to create powerful connected experiences for its clients… Read |
 | Shifting consumer habits, increased private label competition, and rising input costs have made adaptability not just a strength, but a necessity, particularly for smaller brands carving out space on crowded shelves... Read |
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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The 7th edition of the South African Customer Experience Report has been released... Read |
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 | MONIQUE VREY, ISSUED BY MOONSPORT A candid take on how time constraints can shape creativity and how to use this pressure, alongside gut instinct and collaboration to fuel outputs... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA The 15th edition of Top500: South Africa’s Best Managed Companies is due to be released in the final quarter of 2025... Read |
 | Time Out Johannesburg becomes the second South African city to join the brand's international media portfolio... Read |
 | LEIGH CRYMBLE Leigh Crymble, behavioural linguist, BreadCrumbs Linguistics, examines the latest craze of ‘trendjacking’... Read |
| Education |
 | The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) South Africa’s Education Council has announced its Front Row delegates for 2025... Read |
 | EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA Afda is thrilled to announce the opening of its fifth campus in Hatfield, Tshwane in 2026, building on its established campuses in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Gqeberha... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy South Africa is proud to announce that applications are now open for the 2026 cohort of the Ogilvy Giants Graduate Programme... Read |
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 | Onwaba Gonyora, director at Brahman Hills, shares tips on how to effectively manage vendor relationships to ensure smooth and successful events... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK Clockwork was recognised at the 2025 IAB SA Bookmark Awards, winning three bronze awards for creative and strategic work across a diverse client portfolio... Read |
 | Uncle Waffles is the latest partner to sign to Adidas' Lifestyle portfolio... Read |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE With humble beginnings in rural KZN as well as on the streets of Soweto, Melusi Mhlungu has made sure that these experiences have provided him with invaluable lessons in his journey to creative acclaim... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CAPE MARKETING AGENCY Cape Marketing Agency delivers measurable results for Prominent Roofing through Google Ads PPC... Read |
 | MUSA KALENGA, ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP How CMOs and ad agencies can work together to make marketing more effective than ever before... Read |
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 | Activist Zulaikha Patel will now be contributing to a new segment on Newzroom Afrika's AM Report... Read |
 | SABC clarified the development of its new sales operating model... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SAFREA The Southern African Freelancers’ Association (Safrea) is deeply saddened and disturbed by the recent killing of journalists in Gaza... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA Newsday - South Africa’s newest news publication - launched on 1 August 2025... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING The Primedia Sport & Entertainment Masterclass 2025 has emerged as a transformative event, successfully convening an illustrious assembly of industry leaders... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MEDIA24 Daily Sun was named Publisher of the Year – earning the coveted Black Pixel – at the prestigious 2025 Bookmark Awards in Sandton on Thursday night, cementing its place as a leading voice in South African digital media... Read |
 | The first application window from the Digital News Transformation Fund (DNTF) opens on 25 August 2025... Read |
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 | The Pura Beverage Company recently launched what might be the smallest outdoor media campaign in one of the world’s busiest cities... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDFUNDI In 2015, Brandfundi opened its doors with a simple promise: no inflated retainers, no jargon-laced fluff – just clear, clever, high-conviction communication that delivers results... Read |
| Production |
 | ISSUED BY GREATSTOCK For too long, creatives in Africa have faced the same frustrating problem – searching for stock imagery that truly reflects the faces, lifestyles, and culture of the continent... Read |
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 | The winners of the inaugural Community Radio Awards have been announced... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING The Best of the Cape Awards, powered by Yoco, has unveiled its winners for 2025, and the enthusiasm among Capetonians is at an all-time high!... Read |
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 | A new podcast focusing on South Africa’s communications, public relations and reputation management industry has been launched... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY NIELSENIQ NielsenIQ (NIQ), in collaboration with World Data Lab (WDL), has released a comprehensive generational spending report focused on Generation X, the cohort born between 1965 and 1980... Read |
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 | The new-look store is the first full-line store – integrating food, fashion, beauty and home – that expresses the Woolies next generation store concept... Read |
 | From 16 August 2025, for the two-month launch phase, Absa Rewards members who pay with qualifying debit or credit cards can earn up to 60% cashback... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GOOGLE Rekgabile Sito is a senior analytical consultant within the Google specialist team for sub-Saharan Africa. Sito works on Search insights and bespoke analytics to support clients to achieve their marketing objectives... Read |
 | The biggest boosts came from textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods, which grew by 4.6% and added 0.8 percentage points to overall growth... Read |
 | World-renowned chef and healthy food advocate Jamie Oliver has returned to South Africa to endorse Simple Truth, Checkers’ private label wellness brand... Read |
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 | KARABO LEDWABA Both client and agency emphasise that authenticity wasn’t a bolt-on, it was the foundation... Read |
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 | GIULIA PARAVICINI AND DAVID LEWIS Rubaya produces around 15% of the world’s coltan... Read |
 | Mastercard’s whitepaper, Harnessing the transformative power of AI in Africa, demonstrates AI’s potential to drive financial inclusion, job creation and innovation in Africa... Read |
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 | DEE-DEE MATHELELA On 22 July 2025, the Gauteng High Court dismissed Sitrusrand Boerdery’s review of the Department of Employment and Labour’s refusal to issue a Working Conditions and Salary Benchmarking Certificate... Read |
 | STEVE KRETZMANN Commercial property owners are challenging the City’s budget in court, but the mayor argues they are selectively interpreting the law... Read |
 | A court decision has hindered TotalEnergies' offshore drilling plans in the Western Cape... Read |
 | South Africa's unemployment rate climbed to 33.2% in the second quarter of 2025, Statistics SA has revealed... Read |
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