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|  | KARABO LEDWABA Woolworths has taken the top spot among South African retailers in the 2026 World’s Most Trustworthy Companies ranking, placing 15th globally... read |
|  | BRENDAN SEERY In this week's Orchids and Onions, Brendan Seery looks at Hollard's latest campaign... read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Bizcommunity is your leading partner in business communications... Read |
 | ISSUED BY RED FLAG MEDIA CANEX WKND will return to Lagos, Nigeria, from 5–8 November 2026, bringing together Africa’s creative economy in one of the continent’s most dynamic cultural and creative hubs... Read |
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 | JACQUES BURGER The Up & Up Group's Jacques Burger reflects on Cannes 2026, African ingenuity and the lessons the industry should carry forward... Read |
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 | Insights into this year's winning work from members of the Gerety Grand Jury... read |
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 | KARABO LEDWABA Two Tone Global's 25-year story is one of survival, reinvention and a stubborn belief in African creativity... Read |
 | As South Africa prepares to mark Heritage Month, Castle Milk Stout is inviting South Africans to reconsider how heritage lives in everyday moments… Read |
 | EMMA RIJKERS Emma Rijkers, growth and performance director at Alkemi Collective, says South Africa's heritage was partly written by advertisers… Read |
 | Warc has released the 5th edition of Warc Rankings analysis linking creativity and effectiveness in The health of creativity 2026 ... Read |
| Artificial Intelligence |
 | ISSUED BY SOCIAL PLACES Picture a customer in Sea Point, phone in hand, asking an AI assistant where to grab a burger tonight. They don’t get 10 blue links to weigh up. They get a name. Maybe two. The choosing has already been done for them, somewhere they can’t see, by a system that decided which businesses were worth mentioning and which weren’t... Read |
 | AI adoption is growing among South African shoppers, but value, trust and a seamless experience still shape what makes them buy... Read |
| Branding |
 | Online retailer Takealot is changing the name on its delivery boxes for Heritage Month... read |
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 | Former Springbok winger Bryan Habana will be helping more South Africans discover the Insurance company, The Unlimited... Read |
| Digital |
 | Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana defender Grant Kekana, Bafana Bafana goalie Reyaad Pieterse and Sharks and Springbok rugby front-rower Trevor Nyakane join the campaign... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BOLD ONLINE MARKETING Drawing on its experience reviewing the digital marketing setups of 30 South African SMEs, Bold Online identified recurring gaps in tracking, attribution, landing pages and integrated measurement... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SO INTERACTIVE Digital is getting noisier. More content. More platforms. More choices. More brands competing for attention.
The natural response is often to create more... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SOCIAL PLACES A routine edit to fix a business address. An automated email from Google confirming the change is under review... Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU The creator economy has a blind spot. Thousands of creators are learning how to grow audiences. Very few are being taught how to build sustainable careers... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE The live events industry is one of the most rapidly growing sectors in both tourism and sales & marketing spend. But why? A panel at the Arabian Travel Market 2026 in Dubai unpacks... Read |
 | This will be the first time the event takes place in Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING CapeTalk proudly presents The Reinvention Stage with Saskia Falken, an exclusive brunch and panel discussion at the iconic Twelve Apostles Hotel... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SA EVENT DECOR From networking lounges and experiential photo walls to themed food stations and sustainable event styling, SA Event Decor is expanding the way it approaches modern corporate event environments... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | CHLOE POSTHUMUS The 78th Emmy Awards celebrated the standout shows, performers and creators who shaped the 2025–26 television season... Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY HEINEKEN BEVERAGES How heritage brands can continue to create South African value... Read |
 | The #CookOutsideYourCulture challenge encourages South Africans to discover other traditions by learning, cooking and sharing dishes from cultures beyond their own... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EBM GROUP The EBM Group (EBM) has reinforced its position as one of South Africa’s leading retail marketing agencies... Read |
 | ISSUED BY VARSITY VIBE Varsity Vibe has been recognised at the South African Loyalty Awards, receiving four mentions across the awards and reinforcing its position as an innovative player in South Africa’s evolving loyalty landscape... Read |
 | NOMONDE KESWA, ISSUED BY EATBIGFISH There's a genre of WhatsApp group chat unique to event planning committees – half admin, half hostage negotiation (if you know, you know)... Read |
 | JG BEZUIDENHOUT, ISSUED BY OFFERNET The uneasy relationship between creative and performance marketing has existed for years... Read |
| Media |
 | Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (GCPL) has appointed WPP Media as its global media agency partner... Read |
| Newspapers |
 | The Financial Times Weekend (FT Weekend is now printed and distributed locally ... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA Sponsored articles are a great way to reach your target audience... Read |
| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY OWAKHE MEDIA South Africa's townships are not simply geographic markets to be reached... Read |
 | NIC PUTTER, ISSUED BY VICINITY MEDIA Campaign measurement is a relatively new concept in the context of advertising as a whole. As recently as the early 2000s, marketers often had only pieces of the puzzle... Read |
| Promotions & Activations |
 | Heinz is bringing more than 150 years of heritage to South Africa with the Heinz Braai Day campaign… Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO To celebrate three decades of music, memories and moments, ECR is giving listeners the chance to win their share of R500,000, including the return of one of the station’s most iconic games, The Fugitive... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDMAPP While citizens of other countries may celebrate their heritage by visiting monuments, art galleries and parks, South Africans are more inclined to gather around a fire – to see who's there, share a meal and have a few good laughs... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KLA South Africans are more anxious than they were five years ago, but they are also happier... Read |
| Retail |
 | NISHA KEMRAJ As online shopping grows, physical retail is giving consumers more reasons to visit, stay and connect... read |
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 | Lenny Kravitz’s influence on music, fashion and popular culture is getting the Barbie treatment, with the musician becoming the latest figure to be immortalised in the brand’s Kenbassadors collection. Read |
 | South Africa’s FMCG market returned to growth in 2025, with local and regional brands accounting for 61% of consumer choices among the country’s top 100 most chosen brands... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CATCHWORDS One of the biggest shopping centre transactions ever has concluded in the Northern Cape... Read |
 | Kenya’s competition authority has approved Asahi Group’s $2.3bn acquisition of Diageo’s 65% stake in East African Breweries... Read |
 | YAZEED OSMAN From regional tastes to rising meat prices, the humble boerewors offers retailers a surprising window into South Africa’s increasingly localised consumer behaviour... Read |
 | From responsible sourcing to local manufacturing, the sustainability story behind a paper shopping bag starts long before it reaches the checkout. Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE For Dreyer, Heritage Month offers an opportunity to rethink how South African heritage is presented to consumers, not as nostalgia, but as a contemporary retail proposition capable of competing locally and internationally... Read |
| TV |
 | ISSUED BY PENQUIN In a world of scrolling feeds, six-second videos, personalised algorithms and audiences moving constantly between screens... Read |
| Africa |
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 | STEVE KRETZMANN Pacific Ocean temperatures far above normal raise the risk of low summer rainfall, heatwaves and pressure on food production... Read |
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 | Cape Town is a designated potential contingency splashdown site for the Artemis IV moon landing in 2028... Read |
 | The automated cross-check doesn’t allow applicants to explain the transactions, which may be one-off payments... Read |
 | The deadline for applications is 18 November 2026... Read |
 | City officials argue that the animals’ welfare has already suffered because they depend on urban areas... Read |
 | KANISHKA SINGH AND BHARGAV ACHARYA The new US policy targets people linked to policies Washington says enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination or incitement of violence against minority groups... Read |
 | The killings have reignited anger over violence against women in South Africa, where GBV was declared a national disaster in 2025... Read |
 | ALICE SCOTT Mass sardine die-offs have prompted the government to limit sardine catches until 2 October, but conservationists say this is not enough... Read |
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 | Engage Trade Africa - 6 Oct 2026 to 8 Oct 2026 , Durban
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Digital Marketing Conference will bring together marketing professionals from various industries to explore the latest trends, strategies, and innovations in the ever-evolving landscape of digital marketing. More info >> |
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