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OOH

2024 sees OOH media spend soar to $46.2bn

48 minutes

Siya and Rassie star in Adidas’ Plus One Effect campaign

Advertising

Siya and Rassie star in Adidas’ Plus One Effect campaign

1 hour

2025 Bookmark Awards poised to go next level with Rainmaker Media at the sponsorship helm

IAB Bookmarks Awards

2025 Bookmark Awards poised to go next level with Rainmaker Media at the sponsorship helm

Issued by IAB South Africa 1 hour

Do you have what it takes to compete? Daily Maverick’s Marketing Masterclass series returns

Marketing

Do you have what it takes to compete? Daily Maverick’s Marketing Masterclass series returns

Issued by Daily Maverick 22 hours

How to boost traffic to your venue during the winter months

Events

How to boost traffic to your venue during the winter months

Lindolwethu Mtukayekwa 1 day

Forge by Brave to sponsor 2 key categories at the 2025 New Generation Awards

Marketing

Forge by Brave to sponsor 2 key categories at the 2025 New Generation Awards

Issued by Brave Group 1 day

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Legislation & Regulation

Legislative compliance: How retailers can reach net zero

Emily Gammon and Paula-Ann Novotny 1 day

Nedbank's latest campaign #GetMoneyFit draws inspiration from the parallels between physical fitness and financial wellness (Image supplied)

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign: Nedbank's #GetMoneyFit

1 day

CTV: part of a holistic television strategy

Streaming

CTV: part of a holistic television strategy

Leslie Adams 1 day

#Orchids&Onions: Spotify's ode to Zulu traditions

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Spotify's ode to Zulu traditions

Brendan Seery 1 day

Advertising

Epica Awards' early bird submissions now open

1 day

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Tourism

New GreenWorking Awards to recognise sustainable tourism advertising

2 days

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Labour Law & Unions

Fair Pay Bill - a game changer for remuneration and recruitment practices

Norma Mazibuko and Amandla Makhongwana 2 days

IAB Education Council Front Row commences 2025 nominations for top young talent

IAB Bookmarks Awards

IAB Education Council Front Row commences 2025 nominations for top young talent

Issued by IAB South Africa 2 days

Digital

Adelaide Tshabalala | Digital marketing in 2025: We’re all just guessing with confidence

Adelaide Tshabalala 2 days

Brandhead evolves: From media owner to full-service creative digital advertising agency

Digital

Brandhead evolves: From media owner to full-service creative digital advertising agency

Issued by Gida Media 2 days

Source: © La Petite Marseillanais Fresh from her trip to the Cannes Lions, Ann Nurock explores the two trends of the enduring power of human creativity and the rise of the creator economy

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Ann Nurock explores the power of human creativity and rise of the creator economy

Ann Nurock 2 days

The ACA joins the global alliance of communications agencies

Advertising

The ACA joins the global alliance of communications agencies

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 3 days

The strategic imperative: in-house ‘savings’ vs the outsourced advantage

Digital

The strategic imperative: in-house ‘savings’ vs the outsourced advantage

Issued by TDMC 3 days

Source: © 123rf Key takeaways were shared at the SA Social Media Landscape Report 2025 webinar on Thursday, 26 June

Social Media

SA Social Media Landscape Report 2025: Industry still putting its money where the people are

Danette Breitenbach 27 Jun 2025

Advertising

Musk announces changes to ad rules on X

27 Jun 2025

Creating space to grow: Building an industry that nurtures its own

Advertising

Creating space to grow: Building an industry that nurtures its own

Sarah Dexter, Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 27 Jun 2025

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Gold

#LondonIndaba: How the WGC is digitising the gold market

Maroefah Smith 26 Jun 2025

Damon Stapleton and Ali Rez join One Club Board

The One Club for Creativity

Damon Stapleton and Ali Rez join One Club Board

26 Jun 2025

#YouthMonth: SA’s Young Lions winners – “Our strength is our South Africanness”

Youth Month

#YouthMonth: SA’s Young Lions winners – “Our strength is our South Africanness”

Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2025

Advertising

$13.5bn Omnicom-IPG merger approved by FTC

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Jun 2025

Where to reach South Africa’s ICT decision-makers

Online Media

Where to reach South Africa’s ICT decision-makers

Issued by Broad Media 25 Jun 2025

Performance-based agent rankings - a proven international model - now available locally

Marketing

Performance-based agent rankings - a proven international model - now available locally

Issued by PBPR 25 Jun 2025

Social Media

WhatsApp introducing advertising is a potentially lucrative but risky move

Yusuf Oc and Janina Steinmetz 25 Jun 2025

Platform-hopping is not a strategy

Marketing

Platform-hopping is not a strategy

Issued by We Do Digital 25 Jun 2025

Lovisa called out for advertising jewellery you can’t buy

Advertising

Lovisa called out for advertising jewellery you can’t buy

Karabo Ledwaba 25 Jun 2025

Vikas Mehta, regional CEO of Ogilvy Africa Network (center), and Raphael Beecham, creative director at Ogilvy Tanzania (left), receive the Africa Company of the Year Award for Advertising Agency of the Year from (right) Salim Baabde, managing director of Camel Oil and chairman of the Tanzanite CEO Roundtable, Dar es Salaam Chapter

Advertising

Ogilvy Africa Network named Advertising Agency of the Year

25 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf Ryan Campher, VML SA data lead, asks, while AI drives modern marketing, what happens when flawed inputs lead it astray?

Artificial Intelligence

Will your AI promote clarity or confusion, progress or noise?

Ryan Campher 25 Jun 2025

Social Media

#Exclusive: Darren Morris | Reels rule now, but only storytelling wins

Darren Morris 24 Jun 2025

#Orchids&Onions: Dromex tugs at the heartstrings, Sars does bad AI job

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Dromex tugs at the heartstrings, Sars does bad AI job

Brendan Seery 23 Jun 2025

The last awards ceremony, Friday 20 June, saw South African Bananas, Johannesburg, awarded a Gold Lion (Source: © Instagram)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Saving the best for last: SA bags a Gold Lion

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2025

Source: © PRCA Young Lions TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris' team win Silver Lion

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Young Lions TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris' team win Silver Lion

Danette Breitenbach 20 Jun 2025

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IP Law

The dos and don'ts of registering a 'green' trade mark

Alissa Naran and Robyn Broodryk 20 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf Rirhandzu Shingwenyana says the creator economy is not a trend; it is a central pillar of modern marketing

Media

The Creator Economy: An opportunity to build real, lasting connections

Rirhandzu Shingwenyana 20 Jun 2025

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Youth Month

#YouthMonth: SA's youth - Most educated, least employed; something’s broken

Charlie Wannell 20 Jun 2025

An AI that mentions chicken randomly whenever interacted with has been revealed to be an all-new South African artificial intelligence (AI) platform created by KFC, the Kentucky AI Integrated Assistant (Image supplied)

Advertising

The Kentucky AI Integrated Assistant: Going to extraordinary lengths for the taste of KFC

19 Jun 2025

News24 leads trust in South Africa for the 7th year running

Media

News24 leads trust in South Africa for the 7th year running

Issued by Media24 19 Jun 2025

Business Talk Season 13 – coming soon

Podcasts

Business Talk Season 13 – coming soon

Issued by Broad Media 19 Jun 2025

The 2025 Financial Mail (FM) AdFocus Awards opened on 12 June and will close on 15 August (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

2025 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards open with Creative Capital theme

19 Jun 2025

Marketing & Media

VML and Nando's: Reflections on a decade long agency-client relationship

Jarred Cinman 18 Jun 2025

How South African youth are shaping the future of marketing

Youth Month

How South African youth are shaping the future of marketing

Issued by KLA 18 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf At this week’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, AI has been a major focus, with many calling it the future of advertising. Saul Marquez, CEO of global digital marketing agency Outcomes Rocket three key takeaways for the evolving world of AI-powered advertising

Cannes Lions

3 Insights from #Cannes2025 on the world of AI-powered advertising

Saul Marquez 18 Jun 2025

Advertising

Ads and subscriptions come to WhatsApp

18 Jun 2025

Google’s Veo 3: Advertising’s new AI tipping point

Marketing

Google’s Veo 3: Advertising’s new AI tipping point

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 19 Jun 2025