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 | ISSUED BY ADHIVE GROUP Marketing today is more complex than ever before. Brands operate across multiple platforms, technologies and data systems, while audiences move fluidly between social media, digital media, search, content and commerce... Read |
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| |  | TANYA SCHREUDER Tanya Schreuder, CEO, Juno Media says that while AI has made media more efficient, it has also made it much noisier… Read |  | |
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 | At the recent Scopen Africa Decade Awards, a key discussion was on the turning point of the global agency model... Read |
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 | Warc has released its Creative 100 list of the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for creativity... read |
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 | Andre Esterhuizen, hybrid craftsman, is Steco hybrid power tools hero… Read |
 | From sport superstars to sitcom legends: LekkeSlaap’s star-studded new advert hits the road… Read |
 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC Africa’s leading independent brand and communications group, Joe Public, has once again affirmed its reputation for consistent creative excellence, being named Agency of the Year at the Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards 2025... Read |
 | Disney Advertising says it has sold out its advertising inventory for the 98th Oscars telecast... Read |
 | GILLIAN RIGHTFORD, ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING Marketing teams everywhere are under pressure to do more with less. Budgets are scrutinised, performance is expected to improve every year, and the digital ecosystem we operate in has become increasingly complex... Read |
| Artificial Intelligence |
 | CARLA DENNEHY As AI usage becomes more commonplace in South African businesses, the question arises over who owns the AI-generated output - the person who created the prompt, or the developer of the AI program? Read |
 | YouTube is expanding its AI-generated likeness detection tool to include journalists... Read |
 | KOO GOVENDER, ISSUED BY ADVERTISING MEDIA FORUM AI has become a cliched topic in the boardroom – and it has already started to change how we operate as a business... Read |
| Branding |
 | A new report by the organisation Rebrand Africa has ranked the continent’s most “impactful country brands”, using a soft-power framework that looks at how nations shape their global image... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Dentsu SSA has appointed Laurelle Simonetti to its business transformation practice, strengthening dentsu’s ability to help organisations shift from transformation ambition to transformation delivery... Read |
 | DR. STEPHAN HELARY You can’t call yourself an eco-friendly or sustainable brand when you use plastic packaging or non-biodegradable ingredients... Read |
 | FANNY GEORGES His story reflects the promise often promoted by TikTok that the platform can lift anyone up... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | The most successful brands of the future won't just be the ones with the best interfaces; they will be the ones that proved they were worthy of their customers' trust... Read |
| Digital |
 | Are you a remarkable young South African professional? Profmed wants to hear your story... Read |
 | LUNGELO DLAMINI A new cybersecurity social contract is emerging. It is based on three simple principles: protect data, communicate transparently, and respect consumer privacy... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TDMC For any South African retailer with an e-commerce element, the accreditation level of your digital agency is paramount. And should be verified... Read |
 | ISSUED BY LOCATION BANK In today’s fast-paced digital environment, businesses are overwhelmed with data but often lack the clarity needed to act on it quickly... Read |
| ESG |
 | JOHN ARVANITAKIS Sustainability is becoming a commercial requirement in the global events industry, writes John Arvanitakis, chairperson of the Event Greening Forum... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY GL EVENTS SOUTH AFRICA PTY (LTD) GL events South Africa is proud to announce the launch of its new Furniture Range, a purpose-built collection designed to meet the evolving needs of exhibitions, conferences, and brand experiences across the events industry... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | The 98th Academy Awards, the most coveted awards in movies, took place last night, Sunday,15 March. read |
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 | EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA Afda is proud to celebrate the success of recently graduated alumnus Khaya Dube, whose short film Umxoxiso won the Young Voices Competition at the 2026 Joburg Film Festival... Read |
| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU In a publishing landscape where consumer and B2B titles are shrinking, TFG’s magazine portfolio is bucking the trend. Instead of contracting, it’s surging rapidly, consistently, and against all market expectations... Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Dentsu Africa has released a new Impact Brief with a message the industry can no longer ignore. Africa is not catching up. Africa is overtaking... Read |
 | ISSUED BY LUMICO We live in a fragmented digital age. Yes, technology helps us to work smarter, but working smarter has no reach in marketing if the fundamentals of understanding and trust are not in place... Read |
 | ZIPHINDIWE NGCOBO Isuzu's department executive for marketing, Ziphindiwe Ngcobo says precision is not always resonance... read |
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 | MATHABATHA SEXWALE, ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP The creative is immaculate. The media plan is airtight. The brand managers are quietly pleased with themselves. There is only one problem: the cultural moment your campaign was built around passed three weeks ago... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PUBLICIS GROUPE AFRICA Publicis Groupe Africa chief creative officer Pete Little has been appointed vice chairperson of the Creative Circle, the non-profit industry body that champions creative excellence in South Africa... Read |
 | ANDREW SOLOMON, ISSUED BY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS GROUP Innovation has become one of the most frequently used – and least interrogated – words in business. In practice, it has increasingly become shorthand for technology: artificial intelligence, automation, platforms, dashboards, data at scale... Read |
| Media |
 | BONGI MVUYANA Bongi Mvuyana, strategy partner at Connect, part of The Up&Up Group asks why paid media, one of the single-largest line items in most marketing budgets, receives the smallest slice of executive attention… Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The founder of Social Light, Tony Mautsu talks about building Africa's first AI-powered media monitoring platform... read |
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 | The study examined editorial coverage, advertising activity, search trends and social media mentions across the country’s automotive sector... Read |
 | The Warc Media 100 rankings, an independent global benchmark of the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for media, have been released... Read |
 | Veteran broadcaster Jamal Rayyan, the first presenter to appear on the Arabic news channel Al Jazeera, has died at the age of 73... read |
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| PR & Communications |
 | LEBO MADIBA The 1997 film Wag the Dog has aged into modern-day crisis communications reality, writes
Lebo Madiba of PR Powerhouse... Read |
 | CANDICE BURGESS LOOK According to Candice Burgess-Look, managing director of King of Jungle Communication, AI platforms increasingly prioritise independent journalism over brand-owned content, making PR and earned media critical for visibility.... Read |
 | DAVINA MALAN Davina Malan, managing partner at Tribeca Public Relations, reflects on more than 20 years in the PR industry and why starting the agency pitch process with a conversation, not a proposal, can lead to better outcomes for both brands and agencies... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JENNY GRIESEL COMMUNICATIONS Boutique agency shortlisted for 4 awards, for PR work supporting key Disney Africa launches... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY OFM RADIO OFM celebrates its 40th year in broadcast in 2026. Over this time, the brand has remained true to its audience needs for music, news, and information... Read |
| Radio & Podcasts |
 | SAM SWAINE A CEO with a podcast who publishes consistently becomes something rare in the South African business landscape: a visible thinker with a documented point of view... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA South Africa’s leading finance and investment podcast has become the go-to source for the latest insights from South Africa’s top financial experts... Read |
| Retail |
 | The affected batch tested positive for non-pathogenic Listeria contamination... Read |
 | Nutricia Southern Africa indicated that the affected batches may carry traces of cereulide... Read |
 | The leadership change comes at a time when Woolworths Holdings Limited says it has made significant progress in its strategic repositioning, strengthening its capital allocation discipline and long-term growth prospects... read |
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| Social Media |
 | An additional $200,000 in ad credits have been made available by TikTok to help support local organisations in sub-Saharan African to expand AI media literacy... Read |
 | TikTok has released TikTok Next 2026, its sixth annual global trend forecast, outlining how audience behaviour on the platform is shifting... Read |
 | CAROLINA ROSSINI A Los Angeles courtroom is hosting what may become the most consequential legal challenge Big Tech has ever faced... Read |
| TV |
 | According to SA Rugby CEO Rian Oberholzer, the recent engagements focused on aligning strategic priorities and ensuring rugby continues to reach the broadest possible audience... Read |
| Africa |
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 | Africa’s hotel development pipeline has reached a record 123,846 rooms across 675 projects, with East Africa showing the strongest construction momentum... Read |
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 | WENDELL ROELF AND DUNCAN MIRIRI FlySafair is introducing a temporary fuel surcharge as Middle East tensions push jet fuel prices sharply higher, helping the airline manage rising costs while keeping fares transparent... Read |
 | How agriculture powered South Africa's GDP to a 1.1% growth in 2025... Read |
 | TANIA BROUGHTON The company’s mills must open soon for the sugarcane harvest, but its bank accounts are frozen... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Norman Drieslmann, CEO of Retailability, reflects on how Edgars has repositioned itself for modern consumers by focusing on operational discipline, stronger category strategy and a renewed role for physical retail... Read |
