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 | Bird Watching at the Loeries, the official podcast of Loeries Creative Week, with VML and Bizcommunity, is back for a third year... read |
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 | WILENE VAN GREUNEN, ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC Businesses that use WhatsApp predominantly for conversations and support need to pay closer attention to the October change than those who mainly use the platform for campaigns... Read |
 | ISSUED BY AQUELLé Mzansi Mango flavour gets double gold as water brand, aQuellé, continues to innovate for South African consumers... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM This November put the competition in the shade, with your darkest and most creative BlackFriday promotions, so your brand can shine out!... Read |
| Loeries |
| Open Chair has sent a request to the industry on the eve of Loeries Creative Week asking for safety allies... Read |
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 | As the world marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, two creatives who worked on a Loeries finalist breast cancer awareness campaign for Dove share how it brought a sense of purpose to their careers. read |
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| Nedbank IMC |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE University of Johannesburg (UJ) students put their marketing skills to the test in the Telkom Plug’d UJ Student Challenge... Read |
 | ISSUED BY STYLE ID Style ID Africa arrived at Nedbank IMC 2026, Africa's biggest marketing conference, with a question that most brands are still afraid to ask their audiences directly: which community are you?... Read |
| Marketing & Media |
 | MUSA KALENGA Musa Kalenga, CEO of the Brave Group says AI filters now sideline up to 40% of emails before customers see them... Read |
| Advertising |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The ARB has instructed CapeTalk to withdraw the Outsurance pointsmen programme advertisement related to the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Area... read |
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 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING VoxComm, the global voice of communications agency associations, today welcomed Gillian Rightford and Hassan Rouissi to its board... Read |
 | DELANO CHENGAN, ISSUED BY M+C SAATCHI ABEL I am an art director who was asked to write an op-ed. I am the picture person, they tell me, but I have always loved to write, and I think I do it pretty well, you know for a picture person... Read |
| Artificial Intelligence |
 | KWENA SEMENYA Kwena Semenya, senior creative strategist at Machine says when every brand can produce more, judgement becomes the advantage... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDTECH+ The global AI Culture Week initiative offers a different approach to closing the AI skills gap by giving people the time and permission to learn by doing... Read |
| Branding |
 | MUQMINAH PONTAC Muqminah Pontac, graphic designer at Special Effects Media, looks at how to turn a "good-looking" graphic into an asset that actually belongs to the brand... read |
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 | YAZEED OSMAN The lesson for retailers is that participating in culture does not mean owning it. Brands can create the product, but customers determine whether it feels authentic enough to buy — and give... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | ISSUED BY CEM AFRICA SUMMIT Customer experience professionals, teams and organisations across Africa have just days remaining to enter the 2026 CEM Africa Awards... Read |
| Design |
 | ISSUED BY ONPOINT PR As artificial intelligence, automation and digital technologies continue to redefine how organisations serve customers, a new challenge has appeared, earning and sustaining trust... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY BLUE ROBOT Creative technology studio Egg studios has taken home 11 awards at the 2026 New Generation Awards, including one of the evening’s top honours: The Black Onyx Small Agency of the Year... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy South Africa and Volkswagen took home four Black Onyx Awards, the highest honours presented at the 2026 WesBank New Generation Awards... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PENQUIN The awards took place at the NH Sandton in Johannesburg, bringing together leading agencies, brands and marketing professionals to celebrate innovation and excellence in digital marketing and communications... Read |
| Education |
 | Stephanie Simpson, illustration lecturer at Red & Yellow Creative School of Business, says creative careers have never been static... Read |
 | EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA Postgraduate offering with Honours Degrees in Motion Picture and Live Performance... Read |
| ESG |
 | A new Tuffy campaign uses plastic bottle tops to help South Africans access specialist medical care... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | NFVF appoints CEO... Read |
 | The Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix has been nominated for a 2026 International Emmy Award. read |
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 | EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA Afda, the School for the Creative Economy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Drake as the new dean of Afda Cape Town... Read |
| Marketing |
 | VAUGHAN CROESER Vaughan Croeser, VP: Marketing at The South African Breweries, says responsibility is not a constraint; it is a creative catalyst... read |
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 | The new Findem x CMO Huddles CMO Tenure Study of US CMOs provides a clear picture of the CMO role today... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU The biggest threat to brands right now is not disruption. It is habit... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU What does it take to stay relevant when attention is harder to earn, influence is constantly shifting, and culture moves faster than ever?... Read |
 | ISSUED BY REACH PLAYERS For years, one of the most visible approaches to putting brands into gaming has been to build something new... Read |
 | WAYNE TIGERE, ISSUED BY DENTSU For decades, marketing has had a strange habit. Every time a client asks for answers, we give them a report. More slides. More dashboards. More charts. More commentary... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MSCSPORTS Mscsports and Telkom’s innovative Possibility in Play campaign has added two new accolades to its growing list of recognition... Read |
| Media |
 | VINCENT MAHER AI is accelerating execution and changing where judgement sits in the process. Nowhere is that clearer than in retail media, the advertising a retailer sells across its own channels... read |
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 | ANSA LEIGHTON-BUYS, ISSUED BY DENTSU By the end of 2026, the MMA’s SA Retail Media Landscape report expects thirteen formal retail media networks to be active in the market... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MDNTV Nonprofit independent newsroom MDNtv has been nominated for Online Media House of the Year and Social Media Platform of the Year at the North West Media Awards 2026... Read |
| Mobile |
 | The controls can be set up by parents and teens together, with parents able to use a single PIN to approve changes to certain privacy settings... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA When you advertise on TopAuto, you put your business in front of our influential audience – which comprises two million South Africans... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM BizTrends2027 | Your call to action to steer year-defining business conversations... Read |
| OOH |
 | TEBOGO MOTSHWENE, ISSUED BY NOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS South Africa's wall-mural category already has presence, craft and community relevance... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | PRCA Africa launches new forum for Johannesburg PR agency leaders... Read |
| Production |
 | Ongoing delays have already cost the country an estimated R822m in production spend and 1,850 jobs this financial year alone... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOWARD AUDIO We’re very excited to share what we’ll be bringing to the Teatro stage this December... Read |
| Promotions & Activations |
 | Heinz marked its arrival in South African braai culture with a Heritage Day celebration... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM What happens when South Africa’s No. 1 Feel-Good Station brings its community together for a day of golf... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY CAXTON MEDIA When do South Africans prefer to eat takeaways... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KLA Fast food has settled into the weekly rhythm of South African life, according to a study from KLA, consumer insights agency and the exclusive partner for YouGov in sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BMI RESEARCH The customer experience. It’s the one thing that every business wants to get right, and commits an enormous amount of resources to determining what that experience should look like... Read |
 | ISSUED BY INSIGHT SURVEY Insight Survey’s latest South African Sports Nutrition Market Sizing & Competitor Analysis Insights Report 2026 examines the local sports nutrition market using credible industry intelligence and research... Read |
| Retail |
 | After months of testing, the Checkers Midstream store is set to become the first Checkers in Gauteng to introduce the retailer’s Xpress Trolley smart shopping carts... read |
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 | The development forms part of TFG's broader omnichannel strategy, in which stores are increasingly being positioned as connected sales, discovery and fulfilment points rather than locations limited to their physical inventory... Read |
 | From the kota and gatsby to the bunny chow, braaibroodjie and boerie roll, South Africans have developed a wide range of bread-based meals shaped by different communities, regions and everyday eating habits... Read |
 | Developed in support of Cancervive, the campaign changes one in every 12 caps on Spar 500ml Still Water bottles to pink, representing the statistic that one in 12 women... Read |
| Social Media |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE The platform is evolving beyond entertainment to support creators building careers and businesses, while giving brands new ways to connect with audiences... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Keagile Makgoba, head of communications at TikTok, says the scale of content uploaded to the platform makes technology essential, but that automated systems cannot operate effectively without human oversight... Read |
 | DARREN OLIVIER, LITA MITI-QAMATA, MAUREEN KIUGU, DANIëLLE VAN DEVENTER, MANDLA NGIDI & MAGGIE N "I didn’t know I needed permission" is no legal defence for copyright infringement... Read |
 | Brands can now search, hire, and manage Snapchat creators on Collabstr, with over 25% of its one million plus creators ready to work. Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU If clients trust us with their brands, their data, and their media investment, should access to those environments depend on personal accounts at all?... Read |
| Effie Awards |
 | Effie South Africa is pleased to announce that tickets for the 2026 Effie Awards Gala are now available for purchase... read |
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| Pendoring |
 | Lobengula Advertising’s Brenda Khumalo appointed chairperson of the iPendoring Awards... read |
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 | Discovery has announced a wide range of product enhancements across its portfolio for 2027... Read |
 | The Central Energy Fund’s latest projections indicate a petrol price hike of around R3.21 for 95 Unleaded and R3.01 for 93 Unleaded... Read |
 | Tourism Infrastructure Investment Summit 2026 has showcased 15 potential projects worth R3.5bn... Read |
 | Ramaphosa announced a four-point recovery plan to ensure cases are processed and perpetrators are brought to book... Read |
 | The countdown to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027 has begun and will see South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia host cricket’s global one-day international showpiece from 2 October to 21 November 2027... Read |
 | Capitec has grown personal banking, business banking, fintech and insurance earnings as active clients reach 26.6 million… Read |
 | Meanwhile, total employment saw a decline of 95,000 jobs year-on-year... 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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