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 | ISSUED BY CMO SUMMIT CMO Summit, South Africa’s largest CMO event, will take place on 3 September 2026 at the Sandton Convention Centre, with 100 speakers from around the country... Read |
 | ISSUED BY REDSEPTEMBER Conversational AI is changing more than how people search. It’s beginning to change how they evaluate, compare and choose... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ADTOPIA Adtopia today announced the addition of three new channels to its DStv television network: BASE Pulse (channel 322), WildEarth (channel 183) and SuperSport Schools (channel 216)... Read |
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| |  | Growing up in Dundee, Nithal Soni Ramjee never imagined she would one day help shape the future of food across East and Southern Africa... Read |  | IMRAN SALIE Mannya has led brands across African markets... Read |  | ISSUED BY TRIPLE EIGHT As South Africa celebrates Women’s Month, integrated marketing agency Triple Eight is marking its 14th year in business with the official launch of Triple Eight Sports Marketing... Read |  | ISSUED BY BRANDTECH+ As generative AI transforms marketing, South African women are helping redefine how creative work gets made for global brands... Read |  | AWANDE MOTSOHI Awande Motsohi, account director at Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants, says AI is presenting an interesting opportunity for women in PR… Read |  | DANETTE BREITENBACH Edna Mohale talks about her journey as an entrepreneur, strategist, marketer, innovator, advisor, a boardroom partner, industry judge and business builder... Read |  | MAROEFAH SMITH Like RHONY OG Dorinda Medley, SA women are saying, “I’ll tell you how I’m doing: not well, b*tch!”... Read |  | ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE Antoinette Abrahams will tell you that confidence is not something you arrive with. It is something you build… Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE Nirishi Trikamjee, interim CEO of the Beer Association of South Africa (Basa), reflects on why the future of the beer industry depends on greater gender diversity... Read |  | ISSUED BY MULTICHOICE For Nomvuselelo Dlamini, building a career in film has meant learning to embrace both the uncertainty and possibility that comes with working in a creative industry... Read |  | KARABO CHAUKE, ISSUED BY KENA OUTDOOR Kena Outdoor recognises three leaders whose work across operations, finance and organisational leadership is turning the company’s 'from inventory to influence' ambition into daily practice... Read |  | IMRAN SALIE For Women’s Month, Gengan reflects on the unexpected career path that brought her back to automotive... Read |  | MANDISA THEKO-KHITSANE Mandisa Theko-Khitsane, marketing executive, Sanlam Retail Mass, says South African women are earning more, saving differently, and increasingly deciding how the country's money moves... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE Famous Brands’ group financial director reflects on mentorship, resilience, technology and the importance of creating pathways for the next generation of women leaders... Read |  | ROBIN FREDERICKS From starting out as a waitress on Durban's beachfront to leading Hyde Johannesburg Rosebank, Jessica Redinger's 25-year hospitality career has been shaped by people, perseverance and a belief that authentic leadership creates stronger teams... Read |  | ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE Lorette Davids holds a role where precision and accountability are not optional. As group financial manager at Provantage, the quality of her work flows through to decisions that affect the entire business... Read |  | MELANIE CAMPBELL, ISSUED BY HOORAH DIGITAL In the UK advertising industry, women reached 46% of c-suite respondents in 2025. Yet only 24% of Europe's top creative-award recognition between 2019 and 2023 went to women... Read |  | ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE As general manager of Field Force, Carmen Brown manages one of Provantage's largest and most geographically distributed teams... Read |  | For #WomensMonth, Matomela reflects on her career in the automotive industry... Read |  | ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE Delia Condé doesn't measure success by who gets the credit... Read |  | IMRAN SALIE Moeletsi reflects on the resilience of entrepreneurs, the challenges still facing women in business and why supporting SMEs requires more... Read |  | KYLA BOOYSEN Kyla Booysen, head of client service at Special Effects Media, asks: "We fought for a seat at the table, but what happens now that we’re sitting at it?"... Read |  | ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE Thandekile Mosepele has spent more than eleven years in an industry where market conditions can change overnight and performance is visible in real time... Read |  | TANYA LILLEY, ISSUED BY BRANDTECH+ There is a lot of conversation about what artificial intelligence will do to jobs... Read |  | ISSUED BY MEDIA24 Fairlady Hot! Time Out, is the honest, informative and empowering women in peri-or menopause need, and it’s coming back to The Venue, Melrose Arch on Saturday, 19 September 2026... Read |  | |
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| |  | ISSUED BY MAKEREIGN Four Golds recognise a human-centred digital ecosystem designed to move South Africa’s agricultural industry forward... Read |  | ISSUED BY MAKEREIGN Our work with Khula was recently recognised with eight Pixels at the 2026 IAB South Africa Bookmark Awards... Read |  | ISSUED BY THE ODD NUMBER The Odd Number’s #ShowGhanaLove campaign for Previdar continues to make waves, with its latest wins at the 2026 IAB South Africa Bookmark Awards... Read |
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 | MUSA KALENGA Musa Kalenga, CEO, Brave Group asks what happens to agency fees when AI halves the hours? Read |
 | ISSUED BY PUBLICIS GROUPE AFRICA Publicis West Africa has won Agency of the Year at the 2026 Gong Gong Awards and is building directly on the agency’s Platinum honour as Creative Agency of the Year in 2025... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON RMB Private Banking launches a refreshed campaign reflecting evolving professional ambitions, highlighting personalised partnerships that help clients navigate careers, wealth and success... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA Unilever will now have until the end of December 2026 to make the required changes across the affected Sunlight range... read |
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 | MASEGO MOTSOGI, ISSUED BY M+C SAATCHI ABEL There is a practical reason advertising agencies are using more AI... Read |
 | Virgin Bet’s A Good Bet campaign introduces the UK betting brand to South Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC In a country, Nedbank’s latest campaign challenges South Africans to reflect on their relationship with money... Read |
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| Artificial Intelligence |
 | JG BEZUIDENHOUT, ISSUED BY OFFERNET We discuss an investigation that exposed how a mobile app could turn an apparently genuine consumer into a marketing lead without that consumer ever seeing the advert... Read |
 | JULIET MOGOROSI, ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC The South African Customer Experience Report, produced by Rogerwilco, ovatoyou and Julia Ahlfedt CX Consulting, has revealed that South Africans are not anti-AI... Read |
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| Branding |
 | For a household brand with 135 years of history in South Africa, Sunlight Green Bar is using its latest milestone to look forward rather than simply celebrate the past... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA From saying no to Elvis to Dollywood, Dolly Parton has spent decades building an everlasting brand... Read |
 | Olay has named singer and actress Kelly Rowland as its newest brand ambassador... Read |
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 | Loyalty programmes are increasingly being used alongside pricing strategies to provide customers with more immediate value amid persistent cost-of-living pressures... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR Think about how many loyalty programmes you use in an ordinary week... Read |
| Design |
 | GRANT CAMPBELL, ISSUED BY MAKEREIGN In a technological revolution, how do you protect what matters most from the allure of so much capability... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HASSO PLATTNER D-SCHOOL AFRIKA The Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika at the University of Cape Town (UCT) is calling on university students to step outside the traditional lecture room and into the world of creative problem-solving... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY TRAFFIC BRAND South African brands are competing in a digital advertising environment that is louder, faster and more expensive than ever... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BA:KO BY ECHOHOUSE For a long time, people thought African digital creators were just here to sell products for brands. But as the first-ever Africa Mindset Reset Forum opens today in Kigali, Rwanda, things are changing... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TOP CLICK Top Click Media, a Google Premier Partner in South Africa delivering Google Ads, SEO, and Answer Engine Optimisation to clients in multiple countries... Read |
 | Time Out Durban will focus on the city's food, drink, culture, nightlife, neighbourhoods, family experiences and outdoor activities, while also extending its coverage to destinations and experiences... Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Applications opened this week for the 2027 intake of the Ogilvy Giants Graduate Programme, marking more than a decade of Ogilvy South Africa investment in young talent and helping to launch hundreds of careers that continue to shape the industry today... Read |
 | ISSUED BY THE UP&UP GROUP The Up&Up Group is opening applications for its 2027 LevelUp Graduate Programme, created to give emerging talent meaningful, hands-on experience across the advertising, marketing and communications industry... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | Uncanny Alley: A New Day is one of just three nominees in the Outstanding Emerging Media Program category at the Primetime Emmys... read |
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 | ISSUED BY MULTICHOICE Some people go to a film festival to watch a movie or two... Read |
 | The 17th Durban FilmMart (DMF) takes place from 9 to 12 October 2026... Read |
 | AABEED ADULLATIEF Aabeed Adullatief, a Fairbridges Attorneys director, examines five legal lessons from production disputes... Read |
| Marketing |
 | After two years of collaborating with some of entertainment’s biggest horror properties for Halloween, Fanta is taking a different approach: creating its own... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CAXTON MEDIA Caxton Media's engagement solutions business, FoneWorx, has launched RewardWorx, a significantly enhanced enterprise incentive platform... Read |
 | New research suggests South African marketers are building hybrid set-ups, not choosing sides... Read |
| Media |
 | ISSUED BY SAFREA Representatives of the two organisations met at Sanef’s Johannesburg offices on Friday, 21 August, for discussions on issues of common interest to their members... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DAILY MAVERICK The Auditor-General, two mayoral contenders, the head of the Special Investigating Unit and the residents already doing the city’s job will be on stage at the CTICC on 11 September, weeks before the local government elections... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA Beat the competition by reaching prospective customers first... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | ISSUED BY HOOK, LINE & SINKER South African FIT-based hiring platform, Jobjack, has appointed award-winning PR and marketing agency Hook, Line & Sinker (HLS), to lead its B2B public relations and strengthen the company’s profile as it continues to transform store-level hiring across the nation... Read |
 | NONI SOPHE Noni Sophe says African PR needs strategies built for its markets, not adapted from global playbooks... Read |
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 | Klipdrift’s Same Same But Klippies #BokSearch turns 23 remarkable Springbok lookalikes into a second squad, celebrating rugby culture, participation and South African identity... read |
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 | Stella Artois and Netflix have announced an integrated global partnership built around the second season of The Gentlemen... Read |
| Radio |
 | CHLOE POSTHUMUS The beloved country star, actress and philanthropist has died at 80... read |
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 | Pressure Cooker Studios built eight instruments from wire, scrap metal and found materials for The Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix documentary... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OFM RADIO OFM, the sound of your life in Central South Africa, is pleased to announce that Shandor Potgieter, host of the flagship Good Morning Breakfast show... Read |
| Research |
 | The new Radio Audience Measurement Survey has passed 29,000 respondents as Wave 4 fieldwork nears completion... Read |
| Retail |
 | Pick n Pay asap! is integrating content, product discovery and purchasing in a new shoppable-video feature... Read |
 | For FMCG manufacturers, suppliers and service providers, the informal market cannot be approached as simply a smaller version of formal retail... Read |
| Social Media |
 | Calls for social media regulation following incidents of the so-called "wrong-way driving" social media trend... read |
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 | As part of the settlement, Meta will introduce a range of new safety features for teenage users on Facebook and Instagram... Read |
 | ISSUED BY STYLE ID The new channel extends SIDA's trends analysis, creator insights and industry intelligence into the space where its community already spends its time... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MOTHERLAND OMNI There’s always something competing for people’s attention and keeping them scrolling. That is why it is so easy for brands to fall into the trap of posting simply to fill a schedule... Read |
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 | DUNCAN MIRIRI Africa is set to launch its own credit ratings agency in October, challenging global ratings firms as governments seek lower borrowing costs and greater fairness... Read |
 | Hilton Garden Inn Harare Highlands is expected to open in 2029 as the hospitality group makes its Zimbabwe debut... Read |
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 | The performance comes as South African retailers continue to operate in an environment where consumers remain increasingly selective about discretionary spending, placing greater emphasis on value and the perceived worth of purchases... Read |
 | Unaffordable and unconstitutional, these were some of the words used to describe Sassa’s R370-a-month grant... Read |
 | OLIVIA KUMWENDA-MTAMBO AND NELSON BANYA Anglo American and Sibanye Stillwater are among the firms reducing their dependence on the national grid... Read |
 | NELSON BANYA AND OLIVIA KUMWENDA-MTAMBO Harmony Gold’s profit surge has led to a record dividend, nearly five times last year’s payout... Read |
 | NELSON BANYA Northam Platinum CEO Paul Dunne believes that the unsolicited approach to his company could lead to further consolidation of SA’s PGMs industry... Read |
 | “I will take a rest and watch Eskom succeed,” Cassim said on the end of his 24-year-long career at the utility... Read |
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 | CMO Summit - 3 Sep 2026 , Johannesburg
CMO Summit, South Africa's largest CMO event, will take place on 3 September 2026 at the Sandton Convention Centre, with 100 speakers from around the country. 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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