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Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards 2025

Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards 2025

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#Orchids&Onions: When Castle Lite gets it rightBrendan Seery

South African businesses before vs after advertising with MyBroadband – the results

South African businesses before vs after advertising with MyBroadband – the resultsBroad Media

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Warc Effective 100: Unilever and Ogilvy Top 2025 Rankings

Brave Group has announced four strategic leadership appointments. Left to right: Vimbainashe Macheka – head of finance, Monica Gomes – group managing director, Nkateko Khosa – business unit director, Bold, Robyn Jones – group client service director (Image supplied)

Brave Group's strategic leadership appointments gear the group for growth

On the double decker meal. Source: Debonairs.

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The creepy King has officially been retired. Source: Burger King.

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Lorraine Landon is the head of advertising solutions for Google in sub-Saharan Africa. Source: Supplied.

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Supplied image: Nancy Dusani

#BizTrends: The future is Gen Z - strategies for organisations to attract young talentNancy Dusani

Why South African brands must put real sustainability above greenwashing

Why South African brands must put real sustainability above greenwashingDr. Stephan Helary

On 29 January 2025 in Kolda, Senegal, Khaby Lame joins a workshop for out-of-school girls organized as part of the ‘Salmaitou’ programme, an initiative engaging girls aged 15 to 19 in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), innovation and leadership. Source: Unicef.

Khaby Lame is the world’s most followed TikToker: the story of a Senegalese‑born star who sold his identityFanny Georges

Ivan Moroke (right) is joining Ann Nurock (left) as an executive director at Relationship Audits SA (Image supplied)

EXCLUSIVE | Ivan Moroke joins Ann Nurock at Relationship Audits

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Disney's Oscars ad inventory sold out

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WPP maintains dominance in annual Warc Media 100 rankings

South African businesses before vs after advertising with MyBroadband – the results

South African businesses before vs after advertising with MyBroadband – the results

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Warc Effective 100: Unilever and Ogilvy Top 2025 Rankings

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Brave Group has announced four strategic leadership appointments. Left to right: Vimbainashe Macheka – head of finance, Monica Gomes – group managing director, Nkateko Khosa – business unit director, Bold, Robyn Jones – group client service director (Image supplied)

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Supplied image: Nancy Dusani

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On 29 January 2025 in Kolda, Senegal, Khaby Lame joins a workshop for out-of-school girls organized as part of the ‘Salmaitou’ programme, an initiative engaging girls aged 15 to 19 in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), innovation and leadership. Source: Unicef.

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Ivan Moroke (right) is joining Ann Nurock (left) as an executive director at Relationship Audits SA (Image supplied)

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Why South African brands must put real sustainability above greenwashing

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WPP maintains dominance in annual Warc Media 100 rankings

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Source: Disney Advertising.

Disney's Oscars ad inventory sold out

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Bongi Mvuyana, strategy partner at Connect, part of The Up&Up Group, explains why the biggest budget deserves more than 15 minutes at the end (Image supplied)

The quiet paradox: Media's lack of executive attention

Bongi Mvuyana 12 Mar 2026

Steco power tools Hybrid Craftsman campaign, sees Andre Esterhuizen - South Africa's first hybrid rugby player, in the starring role (Image supplied)

#TheWork: Steco's Hybrid Craftsman campaign

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Publicis' Pete Little appointed vice chairperson of the Creative Circle

Publicis' Pete Little appointed vice chairperson of the Creative Circle

Publicis Groupe Africa 12 Mar 2026

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Asian car brands leading SA's automotive media coverage, analysis finds

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A roundtable of agency leaders and marketers discussed the evolution of the global agency model at the recent Scopen Africa Decade Awards (Image supplied)

The evolution of agencies from FTE* to...

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Make every advertising rand work harder

Make every advertising rand work harder

Gillian Rightford, Association for Communication and Advertising 10 Mar 2026

The US is the most creative country in the world. Source: Warc.

Warc's Creative 100 rankings released

10 Mar 2026

LekkeSlaap, the local accommodation app, just released its latest TVC, a hilarious, high-energy tribute to the great South African road trip (Image supplied)

“Local is indeed LekkeSlaap” says the brand's latest TVC

10 Mar 2026

Joe Public named South Africa’s Agency of the Year at the 2025 Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards

Joe Public named South Africa’s Agency of the Year at the 2025 Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards

Joe Public 10 Mar 2026

The campaign is particularly focused on young and mid-career professionals who are entering complex economic conditions and rising living costs. Image credit: on Pexels

New storytelling platform celebrates young SA professionals

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Yassin Aberra, founder and CEO of Social Market Way, breaks down what social listening actually means, why legacy brands are moving now, and what the competitive stakes look like for those who don't (Image source: © 123rf )

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Yassin Aberra 9 Mar 2026

Precision. Power. Prestige – A fresh path to marketing excellence

Precision. Power. Prestige – A fresh path to marketing excellence

DMASA 9 Mar 2026

The initiative will launch in Lagos this month. Source: Supplied.

Black At’s new initiative 'Through Her Lens' seeks to transform creative sectors

9 Mar 2026

Today Die Papier, the new weekly Afrikaans newspaper from Novus Media, launches, available nationwide in print and online through its digital platforms (Image supplied)

Die Papier launches

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Laura Thomas, the creator of The Aligned Woman Co, says the advertising and media industry is not just experiencing female burnout; it is engineered for it (Image source: © 123rf )

#InternationalWomensDay | Female burnout epidemic in advertising and media industry

Laura Thomas 6 Mar 2026

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