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ISSUED BY JNPR Heineken Beverages today announced a landmark partnership with eMedia Investments, one of South Africa’s leading and most influential media groups... |  |
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 | ISSUED BY STUDIO 545 Studio 545, a 100% Black female-owned culture intelligence studio, has officially launched to help brands and agencies build cultural fluency... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Socially, when two people just ‘click’ it describes that instant moment of connection, a sense of mutual understanding with a like-minded individual who shares your values... Read |
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| Cannes Lions |
 | ISSUED BY THE UP&UP GROUP The Up&Up Group is excited and honoured to be represented on the official agenda at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity... Read |
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| |  | ANDREW WALMSLEY, ISSUED BY TECHSYS DIGITAL More people are using AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini to help them decide what to buy, which brands to trust and where to spend their money... Read |  | ISSUED BY HELM In the race to adopt AI technology, many companies are overlooking a critical question... Read |
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| Nedbank IMC |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Nedbank IMC speaker Ifeoma Jibunoh, Cassava Technologies' corporate VP: chief marketing officer, talks about AI shifting businesses... Read |
| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE As brands seek to reach high-value consumers in their daily routines, Outdoor Network has extended its digital out-of-home (DOOH) footprint... Read |
 | Shoprite's Low-Duuuma! has Benni McCarthy dancing in the aisles... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH What will Cannes hold for South Africa based on previous awards shows... Read |
 | WPP Production, WPP’s integrated global production company, has announced the promotion of Santiago Sánchez-Lozano to chief executive officer for EMEA... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PENQUIN South African brand and communications agency Penquin is celebrating a strong period of growth, marked by a series of strategic new hires across its business in recent months... Read |
 | Starbucks Korea has suffered a sharp decline in sales following backlash over a controversial marketing campaign accused of trivialising one of South Korea’s darkest historical events... Read |
 | Uber Eats and Special US win Grand Effie at 2026 Effie Awards United States Gala... Read |
 | ISSUED BY AAA SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING Three students, one idea, and a process that never settled. This is the simplest way to explain how Team So’ Réal from the AAA School of Advertising earned its place on the global stage at the L'Oréal Brandstorm 2026 finals in Paris... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA Nigeria leads the 2026 Pitcher Awards shortlist across multiple categories, as Dentsu Creative South Africa is recognised for its Corona Africa First Beach campaign... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC Readers of The Star, The Mercury and Cape Times opened their newspapers this week to find something deeply uncomfortable: period blood stains on the front page, seeping through to the pages beneath... Read |
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| Artificial Intelligence |
 | COURTNEY CHAPPLE, ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP Here is a thought that should keep agency owners up at night: when a consumer asks an AI assistant what to buy, that assistant already has a preference. Courtney Chapple takes a closer look... Read |
 | GARON CAMPBELL Across Africa, progress has often happened by bypassing intermediate stages entirely... Read |
| Branding |
 | South African brands dominate the Africa 200 2026 report by Brand Finance... Read |
 | Firzt Realty rebranded as Firzt Property Group... Read |
 | A Las Vegas performer has accused Taylor Swift of trademark infringement, setting up a legal fight over branding, consumer confusion and who gets to own the “showgirl” identity... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | TSHEPO MOILA While online South African consumers are becoming increasingly open to integrated ecosystems that simplify their lives and deliver more value, a clear friction point has emerged... Read |
| Digital |
JAPHET MANDA, ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP When Drake dropped three new albums on the third Friday of May this year, South African brands responded predictably... Read |
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 | NQOBILE DLUDLA Solly Malatsi briefed a parliamentary committee on Tuesday, 25 May, after pulling the earlier draft... Read |
| ESG |
 | Spar is driving conversations about menstrual health by teaming with community radio stations... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA As South Africa’s transformation landscape continues to evolve amid changing economic realities and growing demands for accountability, the Nedbank Top Empowerment Conference 2026 returns... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SA EVENT DECOR Welcome SA Event Decor, a Johannesburg-based company, specialising in providing decor services to the events market, who has just opened its very own Biz Press Office... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | Launching on Monday, 1 June 2026, the collaboration will give qualifying Edgars Club members access to discounted movie tickets and concession deals across Nu Metro cinemas nationwide... Read |
 | His body of work includes scores for films such as The Last of the Mohicans, In the Name of the Father, Notting Hill, Mississippi Burning and Labyrinth... Read |
 | The festival will screen in cinemas and online across Australia and New Zealand from 21 June to 26 July... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MULTICHOICE From award-winning productions and hit drama series, to independently owned production companies, the impact of Africa’s next generation of storytellers is becoming increasingly visible across the continent’s entertainment industry... Read |
| Marketing |
GREG STREATFIELD Most brand segmentations are built on how people answered a questionnaire, not on
what drives their behaviour argues Knowsis founder Greg Streatfield... Read |
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 | Nick Hamman has joined Time Out South Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Red Star made a strong impression at the prestigious MMA Smarties 2026 Awards, taking home eight awards in total, including a highly sought-after gold for Real-Time Marketing for its Heineken UEFA Champions League (UCL) campaign... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy South Africa and its client partners are celebrating an amazing night at the Smarties SA Awards, where a commitment to culture-first, social-powered creativity translated into twenty-one wins and true measurable impact... Read |
 | REMI DU PREEZ Remi Du Preez, managing director at Polygon, says when budgets shrink, brands feel the pressure to disappear, but staying visible (and smart) is what actually wins... Read |
 | ANSA LEIGHTON-BUYS, ISSUED BY DENTSU If your 2026 plan still treats commerce as the place where marketing converts, you have already fallen behind... Read |
 | IVAN MOROKE Ivan Moroke, MAA chairperson, examines how marketers genuinely driving growth in using the algorithm and the insight to find commercial success… Read |
 | LLOYD LEKGAU, ISSUED BY MATTE BLK Marketers have a plumb opportunity to direct a subtle revolution, during a strategic point in the economic trajectory of the country... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC Twincare International is one of South Africa's leading professional beauty distributors, managing 16 international brands (from French skincare house Guinot to global haircare brand Goldwell) across a network of more than 2,000 salons and beauty professionals... Read |
 | Take a look at the latest CMO moves around the world... Read |
| Media |
 | The South African Broadcasting Corporation has appointed Dr. Vuyo Nyembezi as group executive: Technology... Read |
 | Adiela Dramat, senior client partner at Reach Africa gives insight into how streaming is booming across Africa and CTV is where real attention lives... Read |
 | INMA has announced 41 recipients of the 2026 Africa Elevate Scholarship… Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Nedbank, in collaboration with 702 and CapeTalk, proudly launches the 2026 edition of the prestigious Nedbank Business Ignite competition... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MEDIA24 Two new comprehensive lifestyle platforms, News24 All That and Alles on Netwerk24, have just been launched, positioning themselves as the go-to destinations for product reviews, news, and shopping guidance across eight essential lifestyle categories... Read |
| Media Freedom |
 | Visual journalists in Gaza are being recognised by Wan-Ifra for documenting the war... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA To take full advantage of digital marketing, businesses must carefully choose where and how they advertise online... Read |
| OOH |
 | Petronella Mphahlele looks at why the IEC uses wall murals for voter registration campaigns in South Africa… Read |
 | ISSUED BY MAMELA MEDIA There’s a route that tells you almost everything you need to know about Thembisa. Not the stats or the demographics, but the roads themselves... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | BRADLY HOWLAND Bradly Howland, CEO, Alkemi Collective, examines the danger of AI efficiency… Read |
KARABO LEDWABA In its public statement, Woolworths confirmed that improvised explosive devices were detonated at two of its branches... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK Clockwork secured five Sabre EMEA Awards, with three wins at Sabre EMEA 2026, alongside two wins and two Certificates of Excellence at the IN2 Sabre Awards... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ICANDI CQ In an age defined by chaos and complexity, African leadership principles offer new models for communication, collaboration and organisational resilience... Read |
| Promotions & Activations |
 | Betway will replace its logo placement on the back of the Springbok shorts with the names of 23 selected fans, giving supporters a rare opportunity to become part of the matchday experience... Read |
 | Beyond the tap system, the Hydration Pod has been designed as a branded event experience, with a built-in screen and music capability to help create atmosphere at race villages, run clubs and wellness activations... Read |
| Radio |
Kaya FM has snatched up DJ Fresh for its breakfast show... |
 | ISSUED BY KAYA 959 Sizwe Dhlomo will leave the station’s breakfast show, Siz the World with Sizwe Dhlomo, effective 27 May 2026, ending an important chapter in the station’s morning offering... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GAGASI FM The Umzilikazi Secondary School in Utrecht, Newcastle, which was devastated by severe thunderstorms just after Christmas 2025, is being rebuilt with the help of Gagasi FM, The Sound of KZN, and the Hollywood Foundation... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDMAPP In South Africa, sport spectatorship is more than entertainment. It plays an outsized cultural role, giving us a shared national ‘language’ and a powerful source of identity that spans our diverse communities... Read |
| Retail |
The space is intended to give entrepreneurs access to tools, networks and business support within one of Cape Town’s busiest commercial precincts... |
 | Toys R Us South Africa is seeing a major resurgence in franchise-driven toy demand, led not just by kids, but by adults buying toys for themselves and their children... Read |
| TV |
 | ISSUED BY MULTICHOICE Partners Against Piracy (PAP), in collaboration with MultiChoice Talent Factory, has launched a new anti-piracy Public Service Announcement (PSA) aimed at educating audiences on the real-world impact of illegal content consumption... Read |
| Youth Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY REACH PLAYERS 30 million young South Africans are more focused in games than social... Read |
| Effie Awards |
 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) and Effie Awards South Africa have extended the deadline for entries into the 2026 Effie Awards South Africa programme... Read |
| Africa |
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 | JENNIFER RIGBY, AARON ROSS, OLIVIA LE POIDEVIN, CLEMENT BONNEROT AND SILVIA ALOISI Caused by a strain of the virus known as Bundibugyo for which there is no vaccine or treatment, the outbreak has already caused a suspected 220 deaths and 900 cases, according to the WHO... Read |
 | Cross-border payments friction continues to slow African trade despite growing regional opportunity... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON Amid inflation and global uncertainty, the South African Reserve Bank raised rates to 7%, pressuring households... Read |
 | MIRKO MIORELLI, ALEXANDER KLYVE GUDBRANDSEN AND ARDA DIPOVA Countries including the United States, Uganda, Canada and India have tightened travel restrictions and airport screening measures following the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo... Read |
 | RICKY LUNTZ Refuel’s Ricky Luntz presents 3 ways diesel-dependent industries can save despite the rising fuel cost… Read |
 | Strong Lucky Star sales and improved hake catches helps Oceana grow earnings despite weaker global fishmeal prices and ongoing pressure from rising fuel and freight costs... Read |
 | As Medicross’s exclusive BNPL provider, the partnership follows strong uptake across other health-related categories, including optometry and physiotherapy through the PayJustNow platform... Read |
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 | Afrizan delivers end-to-end recruitment and workforce solutions, from permanent and temporary placements to outsourcing, advisory, and project sourcing – helping businesses build stronger, smarter teams. |
 | Studio 545 is a culture intelligence studio helping brands and agencies grow in emerging markets through cultural fluency, creator ecosystems, community strategy, AI-enabled content capability and senior marketing advisory. |
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