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|  | | Scopen has released its Best Agency to Work For South Africa 2025/26 report... read |
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 | ISSUED BY KANTAR Savanna puts South Africa on the global stage at the 2026 Advertising Effectiveness Awards... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOOK, LINE & SINKER Selecting the right PR agency is becoming significantly more demanding... Read |
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| Cannes Lions |
 | Two South African creatives have been named to serve in the most prestigious juries at Cannes... Read |
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| |  | DANETTE BREITENBACH The Spend Trend Report highlights consumer spending trends in 2026... Read |
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| Nedbank IMC |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE From multi-platinum stages to the Comrades road: Kabelo Mabalane joins Nedbandk IMC 2026. A story of reinvention, resilience and leadership... Read |
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| Advertising |
 | PULA SIMANGO Pula Simango says creative fitness isn’t a personality trait; it’s conditioning... read |
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 | KARABO LEDWABA The ruling, issued on 17 April 2026, centres on whether the advertiser could sufficiently prove the accuracy of its calorie claim in line with the Code of Advertising Practice... Read |
 | ROSEMARY BARONETTI, ISSUED BY M+C SAATCHI ABEL South African brands are under pressure. Growth is harder to find, consumers are constrained and competition is intensifying. But many businesses are still measuring themselves against the wrong competitors... Read |
 | inDrive has finally introduced cashless payments in South Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TBWA TBWA\Hunt Lascaris and Philips have launched a campaign that proves a simple truth: an international brand speaking to you in your mother tongue feels like home... Read |
 | Brands looking to make a meaningful contribution to the future of marketing are being invited to sponsor a brief for the next Effie College programme... read |
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 | The Lab is drawing attention to a critical but often overlooked stage in the product lifecycle: what happens after clothing enters the wardrobe... Read |
 | BRIAN JAY TANG AND KANG G. SHIN Half of the participants who received sponsored and disclosed ads indicated they did not notice the presence of advertising language in the responses they received... Read |
 | WPP's Quarter 1 performance is consistent with expectations... Read |
| Artificial Intelligence |
 | Solly Malatsi has announced the withdrawal of the Draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy following an internal process... read |
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 | LUKE MARTHINUSEN, ISSUED BY MO AGENCY MO Agency has launched a dedicated Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) service and AI crawl analytics platform to help businesses get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews... Read |
 | MICHELLE GEERE, ISSUED BY ADBOT Who else is living this right now? Your CEO or MD disappears for a long weekend. They come back buzzing. They've discovered AI... Read |
 | Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA) has refreshed its iconic VW You and Me television advert from the 1980s as part of their 75th anniversary in South Africa... Read |
| Branding |
| South African Sauvignon Blanc producers increase entries and medal wins at the 2026 Sauvignon Selection by CMB, highlighting global momentum... Read |
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 | CHELSEA LODEWYK Chelsea Lodewyk from Publicis Commerce / Digitas gives insight into why belief, not just performance, is becoming the most valuable currency in modern marketing... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | ISSUED BY LUMICO When organisations rely on public support, their digital platform becomes one of their most powerful tools. Therefore, a well-designed website must build trust, communicate impact, and make it easy for supporters to take action... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CAN!DO The carefully designed dashboards are only as valuable as the decisions they enable. For many organisations, significant investment has gone into implementing the right platforms, carefully designed dashboards and analytics tools only to find that oftentimes, business users continue to rely on email threads, informal check-ins, and instinct to navigate their daily decision making processes... Read |
 | LUKE MARTHINUSEN, ISSUED BY MO AGENCY Johannesburg-based MO Agency has been ranked 16th worldwide for HubSpot software sold and managed, making it the highest-ranked Africa & Middle East partner in HubSpot's global ecosystem... Read |
| Digital |
 | Ocean Basket is putting its customers at the centre of its new app... read |
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 | MUSA KALENGA, ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP Global advertising will cross $1tn in 2026. Dentsu's latest forecasts put the number at a 5.1% year-on-year increase, outpacing global GDP growth of 3.1% by a full two percentage points. The industry is celebrating... Read |
 | CANDICE JAGESUR, ISSUED BY IGNITION GROUP South Africa is expanding digital access, but real participation in an AI-driven economy depends on continuous learning, adaptability and practical digital capability... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ALGORITHM AGENCY South African performance marketing agency unveils proprietary platform that tracks how brands appear across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude, signalling a new era for organic marketing strategy... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Dentsu South Africa, in partnership with CSA, a culture-led business, has opened applications for the third year of the Dentsu School of Influence... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TDMC Key takeouts from Dentsu’s landmark Brand Reset report... Read |
| Education |
 | Walmart and Google partner with Fluence Africa for “YouTube-First” creator training in South Africa… Read |
| ESG |
 | In a powerful demonstration of purpose-led collaboration, East Coast Radio (ECR), in partnership with LottoStar, and Breadline Africa is making a tangible difference in the lives of learners across KwaZulu-Natal through a critical school sanitation initiative... read |
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 | The next two Street Store activations will take place in Cape Town and Johannesburg on 23 May 2026, continuing a movement built on dignity, choice and mindful giving... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY THE PUBLICITY WORKSHOP Registration is now open for Fame Week Africa 2026, the continent’s leading platform for the creative and cultural industries, taking place from 28 October to 1 November 2026... Read |
 | NELLA ETKIND Nella Etkind, Special Effects Media, says if you’re running an ordinary webinar in 2026, you are wasting your time, and most likely other people’s too… Read |
 | Ciza, Shandesh, Thukuthela and Jazzworld dominate the night as the METRO FM Music Awards 2026 celebrate 40 years of Metro FM with standout wins, iconic performances and lifetime honours in Durban... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | The film was honoured for “its powerful artistic vision and its sincere exploration of African identity and collective struggle.”... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MULTICHOICE In a modest production office in Johannesburg, a local film producer recounts the moment a project collapsed – not because of poor ratings or lack of funding, but because it was pirated within hours of release... Read |
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 | WPP has become one of the first media and marketing services companies to integrate Earth AI models and datasets... Read |
 | MONICA GOMES, ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP Let me tell you what I keep hearing in boardrooms and on Zoom calls across the marketing world: 'Our agency is using AI now, so surely the fees should come down... Read |
 | Warc has published its 2026 Global Consumer Trends report which exams the key issues that will influence consumer purchase decisions across brands and categories over the next year... read |
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 | ISSUED BY WE DO DIGITAL The most valuable thing your agency can do might be to tell you what you don’t want to hear... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy South Africa is honoured to have been named both the Best Creative Agency to Work For as well as, the Best Agency Group to Work For, in the Scopen 2025/26 Report... Read |
 | JACO LINTVELT, ISSUED BY INCUBETA Humans are driven more by emotion than logic and 95% of our buying decisions are made subconsciously... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CAPE MARKETING AGENCY Cape Marketing Agency drives scalable lead generation and cost efficiency for Absolute Ablutions through Google Ads optimisation... Read |
| Media |
 | GARON CAMPBELL Garon Campbell, founder and director of Breadbin Productions says AI is bringing in editors to the beginning stages... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Carat South Africa has been named Best Media Agency to Work for in South Africa by Scopen, a recognition that speaks directly to who we are and what we stand for as a business... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA Daily Investor is the go-to finance and investing news website in South Africa, making it the best place to advertise your products and services... Read |
| OOH |
 | DUSTIN MARTIN, ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR A piece landed in my feed recently that stopped me mid-scroll... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KENA OUTDOOR Kena Outdoor has announced the appointment of Richard Rachidi as its new managing director, marking a strategic step forward as the out-of-home (OOH) industry undergoes rapid transformation and increased competition... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | LEBO MADIBA Lebo Madiba reports from the Davos Communications Summit in Switzerland... Read |
| South African Public Relations (PR) agencies win 17 Provoke Media EMEA IN2 Sabre Awards... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BRANDFUNDI Communications teams now face a far more demanding environment. The challenge goes beyond more channels, content, or faster news. Forces shaping trust, visibility, and reputation are shifting at once... Read |
 | Pulse Communications' Samantha Thomas and Kirsten Roos say that good PR is getting lost in the approval process... Read |
| Production |
 | The Cape Town International Animation Festival (CTIAF) is all about celebrating the art of animation and helping the next generation of animators to learn, grow, and up their skill sets... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO The Mancosa East Coast Radio Business Breakfast once again cemented its status as one of KwaZulu-Natal’s premier business events... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM Hot 102.7FM, 2025 Telkom Commercial Station of the Year, is turning up the dial with a refreshed on-air line-up designed to keep listeners engaged from sunrise to late night, blending the station’s signature Old Skool sound with the personalities listeners know and love... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM Hot 102.7FM has secured the top position in the Media and Telecommunications sector of South Africa’s Growth Champions 2026 report for the second year running... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY ROGERWILCO Approval recognises the role of locally produced marketing insight in advancing professional standards and continuous learning across the industry... Read |
| Retail |
JASON SIVE Jason Sive, CEO of Mobicred and e-commerce executive at RCS, unpacks the structural forces reshaping South Africa’s online retail economy in 2026... Read |
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 | Pep’s Lay-by Buddy initiative invites members of the public to contribute towards settling outstanding lay-by balances for other customers.... Read |
 | From expanded ranges of pet food to dedicated in-store sections and specialist offerings, the category has surged into one of the most prominent, and competitive, spaces in retail... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Nyaladzi Moyo, Danone Southern Africa's recently appointed country director, shares how he is repositioning the business for sustainable growth, strengthening its operational core and aligning with evolving consumer needs... Read |
 | BLESSED HWAIRE At the centre of the retail transformation is a young, mobile-first generation whose expectations are reshaping how retailers engage, sell, and build loyalty... Read |
 | Since opening its first store in Durban in 1970, Game has grown alongside generations of South Africans and continues to be a household name... Read |
 | In the face of digitisation, physical retail stores still drive discovery, impulse purchases and cross-selling in ways that online platforms struggle to replicate... Read |
 | South Africa’s Easter trading period showed retailers that consumers are still spending, but not in the same way as before... Read |
 | Woolworths has reassured the public that Chuckles will be available in all its stores... Read |
| Social Media |
 | KGOTHATSO TEMA The influencer economy in South Africa has reached a clear turning point, as creators across Instagram, TikTok and X have started publicly declining trade-exchange deals... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA At the 2026 Webby Awards, Accenture Song earned Webby Honouree recognition for four South African campaigns, placing its work among the top tier of global digital creativity... Read |
| The One Club of Creativity |
 | The Red and Yellow Creative School of Business, Cape Town’s Emma Blomerus’ entry With Love is South Africa’s only finalist in the One Show’s Young Ones ADC competition... Read |
| TV |
 | As anticipation builds, Top Billing’s return signals a broader shift in local content where legacy formats are being reimagined to engage new audiences while retaining their cultural significance... Read |
| Prism Awards |
 | Entries for the 2026 Prism Summit & Awards have officially opened... Read |
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 | LHDA and Webuild sources confirm LHWP Phase II design, timelines, and collaboration... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON South Africa’s inflation rises to 3.1%, with stronger price pressures ahead from energy costs... Read |
 | WENDELL ROELF The US-Israeli war with Iran has severely crimped jet fuel supplies globally, with the EU among the worst hit... Read |
 | FlySafair has reduced its temporary fuel surcharge for a second week as Jet A1 prices ease slightly, though the levy remains in place until August... Read |
 | SFUNDO PARAKOZOV South Africa’s inflation rose to 3.1% in March, with faster increases expected in April amid fuel price pressures, while interest rates remained unchanged... Read |
 | THALIA PILLAY Thalia Pillay, CEO of Orca Fraud, explores why traditional fraud warnings are losing effectiveness, what’s driving the surge in social engineering attacks, and why financial institutions need to rethink how they intervene, shifting from awareness to real-time prevention... Read |
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 | Taste of Thailand Kicks Off at Food Lover's Market and Market Kokoro in Gauteng - 9 May 2026 , Pretoria
Taste of Thailand has launched successfully, introducing authentic Thai flavours to shoppers in Gauteng, with more in-store experiences to follow at Food Lover's Market and Market Kokoro. More info >> |
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| Taste of Thailand Kicks Off at Food Lover's Market and Market Kokoro in Gauteng - 16 May 2026 , Johannesburg
Taste of Thailand has launched successfully, introducing authentic Thai flavours to shoppers in Gauteng, with more in-store experiences to follow at Food Lover's Market and Market Kokoro. More info >> |
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| Taste of Thailand Kicks Off at Food Lover's Market and Market Kokoro in Gauteng - 23 May 2026 , Johannesburg
Taste of Thailand has launched successfully, introducing authentic Thai flavours to shoppers in Gauteng, with more in-store experiences to follow at Food Lover's Market and Market Kokoro. More info >> |
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| Taste of Thailand Kicks Off at Food Lover's Market and Market Kokoro in Gauteng - 29 Apr 2026 , Johannesburg
Taste of Thailand has launched successfully, introducing authentic Thai flavours to shoppers in Gauteng, with more in-store experiences to follow at Food Lover's Market and Market Kokoro. More info >> |
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| Taste of Thailand Kicks Off at Food Lover's Market and Market Kokoro in Gauteng - 30 May 2026 , Johannesburg
Taste of Thailand has launched successfully, introducing authentic Thai flavours to shoppers in Gauteng, with more in-store experiences to follow at Food Lover's Market and Market Kokoro. More info >> |
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 | Nedbank IMC Conference 2026 - 17 Sep 2026 , Johannesburg
Under the theme Shift Happens™ - Are you ready? the 2026 edition explores how marketing must evolve in response to rapid change. More info >> |
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