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DANETTE BREITENBACH As Cannes kicks off, African creatives look at what the festival means to African creativity... |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Lynn Reines, head of marketing at Cape Union Mart, shares with Bizcommunity the thinking behind its new positioning, how changing consumer behaviours are shaping the outdoor retail landscape, and more... read |
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|  | SHARLEEN JAMES Sharleen James, managing director of Razor PR, explores why communicating credibility has shifted from a marketing function to a core C-suite responsibility... read |
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 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING This spring, experience Joburg like never before. On Saturday, 5 September 2026, 947 Joburg Day returns to Crocodile Creek Polo Club, but it’s no longer just a concert... Read |
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| Cannes Lions |
 | Jim Stengel has been named the Cannes inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing... Read |
 | ISSUED BY THE UP&UP GROUP The COO of Connect, Scott Reinders, will be joining Dr Karen Nelson-Field from Amplified, and Google’s Carl Wåreus, on the WARC Podcast at Cannes Lions, hosted by Alex Brownsell... Read |
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| |  | From a shy intern who rarely spoke in meetings to OFYT's creative director, Aakifah Rodrigues reflects on the opportunities, mentorship and self-belief that shaped her journey... Read |  | NOMPUMELELO ZWANE Matla Media’s Nompumelelo Zwane asks what the role of marketing is in empowering the next generation… Read |  | JESSICA GBEDEMAH They marched for a voice, and we inherited the microphone, writes Jessica Gbedemah… Read |  | ISSUED BY MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY AGENCY This Youth Month, the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) sat down with four community media projects – Alex FM, Kgatleng FM, Ulwazi Magazine and Youth Voice Newspaper – to reflect on the aspirations, challenges and voices of young people in their communities... Read |  | ISSUED BY BRANDMAPP The lazy story about young South African consumers is that they are broke, stuck, unemployed and hard to reach. The more useful story is that they are under-capitalised, overly mobile, digitally fluent and actively building their way into adulthood... Read |
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| Nedbank IMC |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE International keynote speaker brings practical thinking on behaviour, decision making and human motivation to Africa's biggest marketing conference... Read |
| Nedbank IMC speaker, VML CEO Jarred Cinman on AI, leadership, and why caring - not just capability - will define the future of marketing... Read |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | ISSUED BY TDMC CA&S Group today announced the acquisition of a strategic 30% shareholding in The Digital Media Collective (TDMC), an award-winning South African digital marketing and e-commerce agency... Read |
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| Advertising |
 | South Africa has three agencies shortlisted for the 2026 Gerety Awards... Read |
 | ISSUED BY THE UP&UP GROUP Connect, part of The Up&Up Group, has signed an exclusive partnership with global attention measurement company Amplified to bring AttentionAI to the African continent... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Take a sneak preview of the Ford Everest:Lose Yourself, Find Yourself TVC that launches tomorrow... Read |
| Artificial Intelligence |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Artificial intelligence is no longer a future conversation, it is already reshaping how organisations operate, compete, and create value... Read |
 | As AI influencers become nearly impossible to distinguish from real people, Amir Gabay of Wix shares six practical ways to spot what’s real and what’s not... Read |
 | GUY BATE Microsoft and Amazon Web Services are leveraging their massive cloud infrastructure to embed autonomous agents directly into existing enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management software... Read |
 | LAURELLE SIMONETTI, ISSUED BY DENTSU Change management has an image problem for a reason... Read |
| Branding |
 | RYAN TUCKER The Supreme Court of Appeal's ruling proves sound-alike names are a legal wildfire that can incinerate your entire business... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | ISSUED BY CAN!DO Every organisation that has gone live on an ERP system knows the signs. A team member keeps a parallel spreadsheet to track orders the system should be managing... Read |
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ANDREA PAULSEN Andrea Paulsen unpacks five ways law firms can boost their online presence and attract new clients without spending a dime... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MANN MADE As quantum computing edges closer to practical reality and artificial intelligence continues to accelerate, Singularity South Africa has announced another wave of influential speakers for the 2026 Summit... Read |
| ESG |
 | A win for sustainable fashion in Africa as Tanzanian duo KelTex take home the 2026 Global Change Award… Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | Cape Town has updated its events by-law to simplify approvals for lower-risk events while improving support for larger-scale events that contribute to the city’s visitor economy... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ITP COMMUNICATIONS Mediatech Africa is back in Johannesburg after a seven-year hiatus, and the media and AV technology landscape has changed significantly since the last event... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | ISSUED BY MULTICHOICE Mzansi Magic is set to premiere the first two of four MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Original Movies, with Nolwazi and Siyaya making their debut on the channel this June... Read |
| Marketing |
 | MUSA KALENGA, ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP There is a conversation happening about your brand right now. It is not in your CRM, not in your brand tracker, and almost certainly not in your quarterly review deck... Read |
 | ISSUED BY LUMICO There’s an assumption baked into most conversations about performance marketing: that the job is to prove ROI... Read |
 | Effie Worldwide has released the 2025 Effie Index... Read |
 | JACO LINTVELT, ISSUED BY INCUBETA Boards, CMOs and FDs are no longer asking who can run their campaigns, but rather who will share risk on producing the results that matter... Read |
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| Media |
 | ISSUED BY MEDIOLOGY Mediology, a media-led ideas agency driven by an understanding of human behaviour, has been appointed as full-service creative and media agency for WWF South Africa - the country’s foremost conservation and environmental organisation... Read |
 | SANDILE MKHWANAZI Sandile Mkhwanazi, head of community relations at Frogfoot Rise, explores how fibre connectivity is turning township homes into launchpads for gamers, creators and a new wave of digital earners... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BLU LABEL MEDIA In a media environment that is more fragmented than ever before, brands are under more pressure to prove that every rand spent is working harder... Read |
 | Sanef has not shortlisted any media house in the awards arguing that entries were weak... Read |
| Mobile |
 | The subscription, called WhatsApp Plus, is appearing within the app's settings menu for South African users... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA TopAuto offers many different advertising products – and our marketing team will help you build the perfect marketing strategy... Read |
| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE Delivering a consistent national presence across hundreds of locations, many of them in communities that are traditionally difficult to access and manage, requires a lot more than just a strategy... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SYNAPSE MEDIA After years of serving the Out of Home industry through news, insights, thought leadership, and industry collaboration, DOOH.co.za is proud to announce its evolution into OOH Central... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | Publicity For Good founder Heather Holmes has been named the PRNews 2026 Top Women in PR & Communications Honouree… Read |
| Retail |
 | HEATH BATT Businesses invest months of planning, marketing spend and hard-won shelf space into promotional campaigns only to discover, weeks later, that their sales stalled due to their products not being in stock in store... Read |
 | The initiative marks a significant evolution for the retailer as it seeks to position itself at the intersection of fashion, music and contemporary street culture, while strengthening its appeal among Gen Z consumers... Read |
 | ellesse has served a sporting philosophy shaped by confidence, individuality and an innate sense of style, and the Do It Like An Italian campaign brings that spirit into the present, blending heritage with a more modern, expressive energy.... Read |
 | HEATH BATT Despite the scale of this investment, 61% of FMCG manufacturers report difficulty executing planned promotions, and 75% say they struggle to manage modern trade complexity altogether... Read |
| Sales |
 | While growth remains relatively modest, April's figures suggest that South Africa's retail sector continues to demonstrate resilience amid a challenging economic environment... Read |
| Social Media |
 | The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, will deliver the keynote address for the 2026 Social Media Summit for Government... Read |
 | The UK government has announced that it will ban social media platforms from offering services to under-16s... Read |
| Streaming |
 | KELVIN WATT Kelvin Watt, Nielsen Sports SA chairperson, looks at why the Comrades Marathon’s 2026 YouTube broadcast may prove to be a turning point for live sport... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA Netflix show The Polygamist stars Gugu Gumede and Sdumo Mtshali.... Read |
| D&AD Awards |
 | KARABO LEDWABA Allan Gray and Accenture Song’s A Seat at the Table was the only South African campaign to win a D&AD Pencil in 2026... Read |
| Africa |
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 | Africa’s digital challenge is no longer building networks, it’s getting people to use them... Read |
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 | Transport CPI inflation was a key driver of the surge in CPI inflation... Read |
 | According to the bank, the change is aimed at reducing operating costs during the early stages of running a business... Read |
 | SA Youth.mobi is a free, zero-rated platform connecting millions of young South Africans to vital job training, employment opportunities, and workplace experience... Read |
 | Willie Aucamp has been appointed Agriculture Minister, replacing John Steenhuisen as the sector continues to manage the ongoing FMD outbreak... Read |
 | ANATHI MADUBELA, NELLIE PEYTON AND FRANK PHIRI Labour unions warn workers they will not be protected if they attend the anti-immigrant protests on 30 June... Read |
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