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From highways to headlines, The OG Influencer made its presence felt everywhere (Image supplied)

OOH

#BehindtheCampaign: OG Influencer shows OOH is impossible to ignore

39 minutes

All the winners of the 2025 AWIEF Awards

Awards

All the winners of the 2025 AWIEF Awards

2 hours

Image source: Oleksandr Mudretsov –

Higher Education

University ranking systems are being rejected. African institutions should take note

Sioux McKenna 2 hours

How to prepare your e-commerce business for peak retail season

E-commerce

How to prepare your e-commerce business for peak retail season

Issued by TDMC 2 hours

Glynt acquires Store (my) Cards and launches new tech division, Ignis Labs

Media

Glynt acquires Store (my) Cards and launches new tech division, Ignis Labs

Issued by Tractor Outdoor 3 hours

Connected media: The next frontier in South African media planning

Media

Connected media: The next frontier in South African media planning

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 2 hours

Source: Supplied. Blue Chip founders, Fay Lamond and Vanya Futter.

Office Property

Amazing Spaces to broaden reach with Blue Chip acquisition

22 hours

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, but understanding is scarce, says Garon Campbell, founder and AI director at Breadbin Productions (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

AI literacy to define Africa’s next creative boom

Garon Campbell 2 hours

The Financial Mail AdFocus Awards shortlist is out (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

The Financial Mail AdFocus Awards 2025 shortlist is out!

4 hours

The agency of the future: From service provider to strategic partner

Marketing & Media

The agency of the future: From service provider to strategic partner

1 day

Ferial Haffajee to lead Daily Maverick’s new Johannesburg Bureau

Newspapers

Ferial Haffajee to lead Daily Maverick’s new Johannesburg Bureau

Issued by Daily Maverick 1 day

EBM Group dominates 2025 Footprint Awards

Retail Marketing

EBM Group dominates 2025 Footprint Awards

Issued by Taryn Louche Creative 1 day

Global thought leaders converge for Singularity Summit in Sandton

Artificial Intelligence

Global thought leaders converge for Singularity Summit in Sandton

Issued by Mann Made 1 day

Source: Thembi Siaga/GroundUp.

Infrastructure & Utilities

No water for two years as R200m project remains incomplete

Thembi Siaga 1 day

Finance

More than 10-million consumers cannot repay their debt

GroundUp and The Outlier 1 day

FNB has appointed strategic communications agency Razor PR as its partner to redefine its communication strategy for the future (Image supplied)

Marketing

FNB appoints Razor PR to lead communications strategy

1 day

Xtra Impact Radio Packages is a radio retail package created with Rainmaker Media, the retail media network powered by the Shoprite Group — Africa’s largest retailer and their Xtra Savings rewards programme database

Radio & Audio

Radio: Merging the in-store and on-air world

1 day

Alon Lits, CEO of October.health, a partner of Academy of Sound Engineering, says partnerships can close the distance between people and the mental help they need (Image supplied)

Wellness

#MentalHealthMonth: Partnerships to close the mental health gap

Alon Lits 3 days

Image credit: Kim Kardashian/X

Neurology

Kim Kardashian’s brain aneurysm diagnosis: What it means and who is most at risk

Adam Taylor 3 days

Steven Mervis, head of strategy at MscSports, says while Mental Health Month ends today, the topic shouldn’t (Image supplied)

ESG

#MentalHealthMonth: How agencies can build care

Steven Mervis 31 Oct 2025

Keshin Govender, head of creative and production at Siemens AG talks about how a purpose-driven creativity approach has given the company measurable results (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

4 steps to a purpose-driven creativity approach for measurable results

Keshin Govender 31 Oct 2025

City Lodge Hotels’ Integrated Annual Report 2025 out now

Hospitality

City Lodge Hotels’ Integrated Annual Report 2025 out now

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 31 Oct 2025

The International Echo trophy lands in South Africa!

Marketing

The International Echo trophy lands in South Africa!

Issued by DMASA 31 Oct 2025

Image credit: H&M x Glenn Martens by Jabu.pix

Fashion

H&M South Africa unveils H&M x Glenn Martens collection

31 Oct 2025

Inkosi Thathezakhe Special School in the Mzinyathi District will stay closed until its needs are fully met, says Dudu Moloi, chair of the School Governing Body. Photo: Bongane Motaung / GroundUp

Primary & Secondary Education

KwaZulu-Natal Premier promises funds for special schools

Bongane Motaung and Tsoanelo Sefoloko 30 Oct 2025

Rowen Pillai, CEO of LeanTechnovations

4th Industrial Revolution

AI revolution in SA: Opportunities in a 2030 job market

Rowen Pillai 30 Oct 2025

Scopen’s eighth edition of its PR Scope study in Spain has found that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now firmly on the sector’s agenda (Image source: © 123rf

PR & Communications

Part 2: Scopen Spain PR Scope - AI as a transformative force

31 Oct 2025

Think before you throw: Join The Glass Recycling Challenge this November

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Think before you throw: Join The Glass Recycling Challenge this November

Issued by JNPR 30 Oct 2025

About 30 magistrates protested outside Parliament at lunch time on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Zora Hollie / GroundUp

Law Practice

Magistrates protest outside Parliament

Zora Hollie 30 Oct 2025

Chief executive officer of WPP, Cindy Rose, has acknowledged the network’s poor performance as Q3 revenue dropped by 8.4% YoY (Image source: © The Drum )

Marketing & Media

WPP Cindy Rose on Q3 performance: “There is a lot to do”

30 Oct 2025

Ogilvy wins most effective agency at Effies 2025

Marketing

Ogilvy wins most effective agency at Effies 2025

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 30 Oct 2025

Source: Archive

Travel

Africa’s air links are poor: Can the G20 push for more direct flights to improve tourism and trade?

Kaitano Dube 30 Oct 2025

MIC at Loeries Creative Week, cultural capital has entered the chat

Loeries Creative Week

MIC at Loeries Creative Week, cultural capital has entered the chat

Issued by Dentsu 30 Oct 2025

Tanika Corneleus, digital campaign lead at midnight says automated marketing isn’t a set-and-forget solution – it needs the right data and metrics (Image supplied)

Digital

How automation can help marketers get better ROI from ad campaigns

Tanika Corneleus 30 Oct 2025

The Lead Creative: "More creative freedom, less money"

The Lead Creative

The Lead Creative: "More creative freedom, less money"

29 Oct 2025

Supplied image - back row (L-R): Sohail Dhoda, Head of Business, Growth and Strategy at Philanthrosoft; Tobias Muehler, Head of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) unit at GIZ; Thomas Schaef, Country Director, GIZ South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini and Naria Santa Lucia, General Manager at Microsoft Elevate.
Front row (L-R): Suraya Adam, Commission Manager at GIZ; Alexandra Militz, Advisor at GIZ and Tiara Pathon, AI Skills Director, Elevate at Microsoft South Africa.

Higher Education

Microsoft SA unveils Ikamva Digital to boost youth tech skills

29 Oct 2025

Professional customer service in the age of AI: Why humans remain the anchor

Artificial Intelligence

Professional customer service in the age of AI: Why humans remain the anchor

Dr Mariette Frazer, Issued by University of Johannesburg - Marketing Management 29 Oct 2025

Podcasts

Dentsu Wisdom Podcast explores human-centred design and meaningful brand connection with Debbie Millman

Issued by Dentsu 29 Oct 2025

Ko.Kreate will host a year-end gathering that recognises women of colour driving South Africa’s creative industries

DEI

Celebrating Women Shaping 2025

29 Oct 2025

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Coal, Oil & Gas

South Africa’s coal mines are leaking methane – and no one knows how much

Jennifer Lee Broadhurst, Brett Cohen and Jesse Burton 29 Oct 2025

Top toy trends for South Africa's 2025 Christmas wishlist

FMCG

Top toy trends for South Africa's 2025 Christmas wishlist

29 Oct 2025

Shortlists revealed for 2025 South African Literary Awards

Art

Shortlists revealed for 2025 South African Literary Awards

29 Oct 2025

Higher Education

AI in the classroom is hard to detect – time to bring back oral tests

Shahper Richter and Patrick Dodd 28 Oct 2025

Johanna McDowell, founder and CEO of IAS and partner for Scopen Africa, reports back from the AdForum Worldwide Summit. Social, she says, is rising in importance

Advertising

EXCLUSIVE: Wrap up of AdForum Worldwide Summit from Johanna McDowell

28 Oct 2025

One in five (21%) creatively awarded ideas are also awarded for effectiveness, says Warc’s Health of Creativity 2025 report based on Warc Rankings analysis. (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

Warc: The correlation between creativity and effectiveness

28 Oct 2025

Local designers collaborate on limited-edition PnP Clothing collection

Design & Manufacturing

Local designers collaborate on limited-edition PnP Clothing collection

28 Oct 2025

Creative exclusive distribution partnerships can take SA consumer access to new heights

E-commerce

Creative exclusive distribution partnerships can take SA consumer access to new heights

Gareth Brough, Issued by Omnia Strategic Counsel & Communications (Pty) Ltd 28 Oct 2025

Publicis Groupe Africa appoints Jonty Fisher as chief strategy and integration officer

Marketing

Publicis Groupe Africa appoints Jonty Fisher as chief strategy and integration officer

Issued by Publicis Groupe Africa 28 Oct 2025

ESG

Work that matters: How OLC is turning brand purpose into real-world change

Issued by OLC Through The Line Communications 28 Oct 2025