https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/78.html South Africa Mobile news 15 Mobile news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/78.html en-us Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:23:55 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/communications-and-digital-technologies-minister-to-deliver-social-media-summit-keynote-064085a The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, will deliver the keynote address for the 2026 Social Media Summit for Government on 30 June 2026, which is observed annually as World Social Media Day. 1-269147 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:26:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Mobile South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/exclusive-comrades-2026-when-youtube-becomes-tv-519560a On Sunday, 14 September, I did something I had never done before. I watched a live sports event, start to finish, on YouTube. The event was the Comrades Marathon, a 13-hour live broadcast. 1-269126 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:49:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Mobile South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/uk-government-draws-a-line-in-the-sand-with-social-media-ban-408799a On 15 June, the UK government announced that it will ban social media platforms from offering services to under-16s. The government plans to use the same model for a social media ban as Australia. 1-269085 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:29:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Mobile South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/former-pg-marketing-officer-named-inaugural-lions-laureate-for-marketing-397688a Jim Stengel has been named the Cannes inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing. Stengel has helped shape modern marketing leadership. His distinguished career spans more than three decades, including seven years as global marketing officer at Procter & Gamble. 1-269083 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:01:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Mobile South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/global-effie-index-2025s-most-effective-marketers-brands-and-agencies-064375a The top-most effective marketers in the world, according to the 2025 Effie Index announced by Effie Worldwide, are Unilever, McDonald’s, AB In Bev, PepsiCo, and Nestlé. 1-269057 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Mobile South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/print-reshapes-from-collapse-to-selective-resilience-175426a South Africa’s print media sector has moved beyond the shock of closures and into a more deliberate phase of structural adaptation with hybrid models, targeted readerships, and operational discipline reshaping South Africa’s print media sector. 1-269028 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Mobile South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/linkedin-extends-tools-to-creators-842123a LinkedIn has introduced Creator Marketplace to help brands find and work with the right creators, and BrandWorks, which provides hands-on support to create content and custom activations for campaigns, all built for LinkedIn. 1-269009 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Mobile South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/a-campaign-is-a-fiction-the-algorithm-needs-continuity-286567a A campaign is a fiction. A neat little container with a start date, an end date, an audience or two, and a budget that ramps up and back down again. It’s helpful for organising PowerPoint slides. 1-269000 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:31:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Mobile South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/world-cup-marketing-finding-the-balance-between-cultural-moments-and-legal-boundaries-956744a The Fifa World Cup operates within one of the most tightly controlled commercial frameworks in sport. Sponsorship rights are sold at significant value, and the exclusivity granted to official partners is actively protected. 1-268984 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Mobile South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sa-features-in-first-shortlists-734522a The first Cannes Lions 2026 shortlists are out, with South Africa's Accenture Song and Edelman shortlisted. 1-268982 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:46:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Mobile South Africa