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Helm X Avon: Transforming beauty in the digital age

Helm X Avon: Transforming beauty in the digital age

Helm X Avon: Transforming beauty in the digital age

Helm X Avon: Transforming beauty in the digital age

Helm X Avon: Transforming beauty in the digital age

Helm X Avon: Transforming beauty in the digital age

Urgent: Shape the future of South African digital marketing

Urgent: Shape the future of South African digital marketingIAB South Africa

As purse strings draw tighter under the strain of an economy in flux, challenger brands are stepping into the spotlight says Lebo Madiba, PR Powerhouse

The rise of the new maestros: The challenger brandsLebo Madiba

Mr Price Sport partners with American sports brand, Everlast

Source: © Effie Awards The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), with Ipsos, will host a webinar on 8 May 2024 to share key insights from the 2023 Effie South Africa Trends Report, and the Global Best of the Best Effie Awards

Effie Awards SA and Ipsos webinar to share key insights on winning campaigns

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From mention to movement: The influencer marketing evolution

The Good Life Show announces strategic partners

The Good Life Show announces strategic partners

Source: © 123rf As marketing agencies continue to seek ways to deliver the goods, we are seeing ‘old agency’ bumping up against ‘slick martech’, writes Johanna McDowell, CEO of the Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) and Scopen partner

Creating a “magic middle”, not a “them and us” of brand vs performanceJohanna McDowell

Birkenstock opens concept store in Hyde Park Corner

Birkenstock opens concept store in Hyde Park Corner

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Burkina Faso suspends more foreign media over killings coverageAlessandra Prentice

Source: © 123rf Do awards still hold the value they did and are they worth the time and money needed to take part, asks Rogan Jansen, co-founder and creative director at the Cape Town based design studio DashDigital.

To enter awards or to not enter awards? That is the question...Rogan Jansen

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Comic Con Cape Town returns

#30YearsOfFreedom features on Nasdaq billboard

#30YearsOfFreedom features on Nasdaq billboard

Image supplied. TikTok has announced several initiatives with the local electoral commission and civil society organisations to combat misinformation

#SAelections24: Initiatives to fight misinformation, provide access to reliable information launched

Hi-Tec celebrates golden jubilee

Hi-Tec celebrates golden jubilee

Unathi Mhlatyana, the new managing director: Southern Africa for Mondelez International

New MD for Mondelēz Southern Africa

Motherland OMNi and Matriarch partner for powerful brand experiences

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As purse strings draw tighter under the strain of an economy in flux, challenger brands are stepping into the spotlight says Lebo Madiba, PR Powerhouse

The rise of the new maestros: The challenger brands

By Lebo Madiba 15 hours

Dale Hefer is CEO of the IMC (Integrated Marketing Council) which incorporates, Africa’s foremost integrated marketing conference

#BizTrends2023: The politics of marketing in 2023

Dale Hefer, IMC Conference 24 Jan 2023

Content marketing - the best way to promote your brand

Broad Media 24 Jan 2023

Celeste Sirin, MD of Employer Branding Africa

#BizTrends2023: Predictions for employer branding inside and out

Celeste Sirin 23 Jan 2023

Rebecca Pretorius, South Africa Country Manager at Crimson Education

#BizTrends2023: Over a million South Africans eyeing universities abroad

Rebecca Pretorius 23 Jan 2023

Image supplied. Print businesses have been evolving, says Yesh Surjoodeen, Southern Africa regional director at HP

Inking in the New Year: The printing industry in 2023

Yesh Surjoodeen 23 Jan 2023

Johan Botes, Partner and head of Baker McKenzie’s Employment & Compensation Practice in Johannesburg.

#BizTrends2023: Quitting quiet quitting - balancing the needs of employers and employees

Johan Botes 23 Jan 2023

Vodacom lands 2Africa, the world's largest subsea cable, in EC

Vodacom lands 2Africa, the world's largest subsea cable, in EC

23 Jan 2023

Image supplied. Vikas Mehta, chief executive officer, Ogilvy Africa would like to see more great award-wininng work come from Africa

Africa needs to do campaigns like Lesso Lessons again and again

Danette Breitenbach 23 Jan 2023

ARB adds new clause to regulate cryptocurrency ads

23 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: How hoteliers should prepare for a cookieless world using first-party data

#BizTrends2023: How hoteliers should prepare for a cookieless world using first-party data

Stewart Smith 23 Jan 2023

8 tools to create a winning customer experience strategy in 2023

Dori-Jo Bonner 23 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: 5 trends changing the world of work

#BizTrends2023: 5 trends changing the world of work

Lianie Minny 23 Jan 2023

John Williams Ntwali, Rwandan journalist critical of government has died

23 Jan 2023

The voice of e - now silent, lives on in our hearts

The voice of e - now silent, lives on in our hearts

eMedia 23 Jan 2023

Top 6 Gen Z trends every marketer should know in 2023

Top 6 Gen Z trends every marketer should know in 2023

Student Village 23 Jan 2023

Joe Public named Agency of the Year by Marklives

Joe Public named Agency of the Year by Marklives

Joe Public 23 Jan 2023

Brand Finance's Global 500 2023 names Amazon the world's most valuable brand

Danette Breitenbach 20 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Sustainability - an overriding trend in fashion

#BizTrends2023: Sustainability - an overriding trend in fashion

Lucilla Booyzen 20 Jan 2023

#LunchtimeMarketing: Will marketing be affected by AI and ChatGBT?

#LunchtimeMarketing: Will marketing be affected by AI and ChatGBT?

20 Jan 2023

Source © Benoit Daoust Google says it is committed to making the ad-supported web a safer and more private place for everyone in Africa

Google: Making ad platforms safe for users, advertisers, and publishers in Africa

20 Jan 2023

Mfundo Ntsibande, MD at AMA.

AMA launches Black media owner portal to promote transformation

20 Jan 2023

Liver King: How the rise of mega-influencers has put consumers at risk

Catalina Goanta 20 Jan 2023

Source © Sergey Soldatov Is ChatGPT a friend or foe to the PR industry? Ronelle Bester, founder and account director of Red Ribbon Communications, ponders the question

Exclusive: ChatGPT - A friend or foe to the PR industry?

Ronelle Bester 20 Jan 2023

Report: How to get a competitive edge in marketing using AI

20 Jan 2023

Dustin Chick is the managing partner of Razor. He says there are five reasons to look forward to PR in the year ahead

#BizTrends2023: 5 reasons to look forward to PR in the year ahead

Dustin Chick 20 Jan 2023

Power-UP! The anti-load shedding channel

Power-UP! The anti-load shedding channel

eMedia 20 Jan 2023

SME Launchpad to offer free outdoor advertising to small businesses

SME Launchpad to offer free outdoor advertising to small businesses

Tractor Outdoor 20 Jan 2023

Source © olegdudko Veteran journalist Thandanani Dlamini has died

Veteran journalist Thandanani Dlamini has died

19 Jan 2023

Image source: Denis Ismagilov –

#BizTrends2023: Beefing up competition law

Lerisha Naidu, Angelo Tzarevski and Sphesihle Nxumalo 19 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Trends set to impact the real estate sector in 2023

#BizTrends2023: Trends set to impact the real estate sector in 2023

Joanne Solomon 19 Jan 2023

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Global traveller report reveals shift towards sustainable travel

Tourism & Travel

Global traveller report reveals shift towards sustainable travel

23 Jan 2023

Energy Crisis Committee releases progress report

Energy & Mining

Energy Crisis Committee releases progress report

23 Jan 2023

Load shedding to continue for at least two more years - Eskom

Energy & Mining

Load shedding to continue for at least two more years - Eskom

Tim Cocks 23 Jan 2023

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Legal

Special Tribunal dismisses freeze order appeal

20 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Nigeria's finance minister, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed.

Finance

African nations stall global corporate tax deal

Katja Hamilton 20 Jan 2023

Eloise Nolte is the Managing Director at Optimi College

Education

Didn't pass matric? There are other options...

Eloise Nolte 20 Jan 2023

CT-based gaming startup Carry1st raises R466m from Bitkraft Ventures, A16z

Entrepreneurship

CT-based gaming startup Carry1st raises R466m from Bitkraft Ventures, A16z

20 Jan 2023

Andrew van Zyl appointed MD of SRK Consulting (SA)

Energy & Mining

Andrew van Zyl appointed MD of SRK Consulting (SA)

20 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Sustainability - an overriding trend in fashion

Retail

#BizTrends2023: Sustainability - an overriding trend in fashion

Lucilla Booyzen 20 Jan 2023

Addressing the elephant in the 'green energy' room - solar and wind power waste

Energy & Mining

Addressing the elephant in the 'green energy' room - solar and wind power waste

20 Jan 2023

The changing role of architects as new technologies emerge

Construction & Engineering

The changing role of architects as new technologies emerge

20 Jan 2023

Second international summit on food production in Africa to open in Dakar

Agriculture

Second international summit on food production in Africa to open in Dakar

20 Jan 2023

Just 1 unit of each of these 20 vehicles was sold in SA in Dec 2022

Automotive

Just 1 unit of each of these 20 vehicles was sold in SA in Dec 2022

Ryan Bubear 20 Jan 2023

Tesla: what 2023 holds for the electric vehicle company and why it might be time for Musk to go

Automotive

Tesla: what 2023 holds for the electric vehicle company and why it might be time for Musk to go

Peter Wells 20 Jan 2023

2022 road fatalities: Success and sadness

Automotive

2022 road fatalities: Success and sadness

20 Jan 2023

SA wine export volumes hold steady despite obstacles - WoSA

Agriculture

SA wine export volumes hold steady despite obstacles - WoSA

20 Jan 2023

First study to estimate 'blue carbon' storage in South Africa is useful for climate strategy

ESG & Sustainability

First study to estimate 'blue carbon' storage in South Africa is useful for climate strategy

Jacqueline L Raw 20 Jan 2023

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Education

Class of 2022 achieves 80.1% pass rate

20 Jan 2023

WTM Africa 2023 registration opens

Tourism & Travel

WTM Africa 2023 registration opens

20 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied

Retail

Danone targets 30% cut in methane emissions from fresh milk supply chain by 2030

20 Jan 2023

Housing market entering cooling period - Re/Max Q4 2022 report

Property

Housing market entering cooling period - Re/Max Q4 2022 report

20 Jan 2023

Registration now open for Arabian Travel Market 2023

Tourism & Travel

Registration now open for Arabian Travel Market 2023

20 Jan 2023

Image source: HONGQI ZHANG –

HR & Management

The Global Top Employers for 2023 are...

19 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Mark Berrington: head of strategy and insight – Hollard Life Solutions.

Finance

Evolving life insurance trends approaching 2023 and beyond

Mark Berrington 19 Jan 2023

Source: Je’nine May. Sharief Hendricks, president of the South African Sports Medicine Association.

Healthcare

SA Sports Medicine Association appoints its youngest president

Kamva Somdyala 19 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Alex Smith, Lesaka's outgoing chief accounting officer.

Finance

Alex Smith announces his departure from Lesaka Technologies

19 Jan 2023

Uganda approves construction licence for $3.5bn crude pipeline

Energy & Mining

Uganda approves construction licence for $3.5bn crude pipeline

Elias Biryabarema 19 Jan 2023

Airlink to restart flights between SA and Madagascar

Tourism & Travel

Airlink to restart flights between SA and Madagascar

19 Jan 2023

Image source: Denis Ismagilov –

Legal

#BizTrends2023: Beefing up competition law

Lerisha Naidu, Angelo Tzarevski and Sphesihle Nxumalo 19 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Trends set to impact the real estate sector in 2023

Property

#BizTrends2023: Trends set to impact the real estate sector in 2023

Joanne Solomon 19 Jan 2023

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