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Nando's brings the burn when they respond to Pick n Pay's new 'iNkukhu' ad on Twitter... read
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ISSUED BY TBWA
TBWA has announced the appointment of Luca Gallarelli to Group CEO, TBWA\South Africa...read
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ISSUED BY LOERIES
CEO of the Loeries, Andrew Human, will be leaving the organisation after 15 years at the helm, during which time the Loeries was transformed into a globally recognised festival and the highest accolade for the advertising and brand communication industry across Africa and the Middle East...read
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LOUISE MARSLAND
The Top Million research report into South Africa's top million households in 2019 - with a combined buying power of R700 billion - looks at what drives this 'Upper Middle Class'; what they are spending on; where they have cut back; and how marketers can reach this group...?read
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Abomkhulu (grandfathers) fulfil many roles in the lives of grandchildren - including passing down knowledge, providing support and unconditional love to those around them... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
An Onion to Prasa for a tweet about dealing with its problems by convening a 'war room'. Who is your enemy? Commuters are your customers... Read
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MANQOBA ZONDI
The answer, definitely and resoundingly, is "the art director". But is this true? Read
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DAMON STAPLETON
13 September 1848 was not a good day for Phineas Gage. Until that day, the handsome 25-year-old had worked his way up to the position of foreman. By all accounts, he was very good at his job. Shrewd and capable. Somebody you could depend on to get the job done. But, unfortunately, on that day, none of these fine qualities would help him... Read
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JABULANI SIGEGE, ISSUED BY IRVINE PARTNERS
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The Lisbon Awards Group has announced the Lisbon Health International Advertising Festival and Lisbon International Advertising Festival shortlists... Read
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Branding
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
The combination of legacy, clear brand purpose and the courage to innovate characterise this year's top three in the BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable South African Brands... Read
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
The BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable South African Brands tell a story of brands that are resilient in the face of adverse conditions. Some of the lessons learnt these successful brands were presented at the recent BrandZ Top 30 event... Read
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TERRY LEVIN
Social media was aflame and grilled this week about an ad campaign from Pick n Pay promoting their new chicken range... Read
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CRM, CX, UX
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SARINA DE BEER
The relationship between consumers and brands have never been more complex... Read
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CSI
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JUANITA PIENAAR
International model and activist, Georgie Badiel-Liberty was recently in Cape Town to participate in the Doha Debate and talks to us about the important work she is doing through her foundation to create awareness around the world water crisis... Read
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Mastercard's 'Together We Lead' event focused on challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in Africa, and the role of technology in helping drive inclusive growth... Read
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Design
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H&M Foundation has opened entries for its annual innovation challenge, the Global Change Award. Dubbed the 'Nobel Prize of fashion', it aims to reduce fashion's impact on the planet... Read
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Digital
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
Artificial Intelligence and other technologies are changing the way organisations work. To be successful in this new way of work, requires more than just implementing new technologies... Read
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
A brand's creative is what brings your brand personality to life every time it is seen or heard. Yet 97% of media that goes out does not have unique creative for the target segment. Hoorah Digital has partnered with a New York-based based tech company to overcome this problem... Read
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ISSUED BY SILVERSOFT
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Education
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Events & Conferencing
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The winners of the 2019 Savanna Comics' Choice Awards (CCAs) were recently announced at the Lyric Theatre in Johannesburg... Read
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Film & Cinematography
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DANIEL DERCKSEN
Filmmaker Brett Michael Innes chats to Daniel Dercksen about his adaption of iconic South African classic Fiela Se Kind... Read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
Waste Management Coalition's 'Toxic Flag' by Impact BBDO received the Dove Public Service Award at the 2019 Loeries... Read
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Marketing
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The panel discussion at the Cape Town version of WPP and Kantar's Top 30 BrandZ Cape Town launch event for 2019 featured a panel of take-home marketing insights into the power of purpose and 'clicks and mortar' loyalty from some of the country's best-valued brands, namely Takealot, Capitec Bank and Pick n Pay... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
A data science expert, mind science practitioner and advertising strategist walk into a bar... When that trio actually comprises Shavani Naidoo of Primedia, Anne Thistleton of Light Consultancy and 'everyone's favourite ad commentator' Andy Rice, it must be the bar at IMM Graduate School's second annual 'marketing the future' event... Read
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RUSSELL JARVIS
From Zando in fashion to Faithful to Nature in natural foods, there are a bunch of local affiliate programmes with appealing prospects for budding entrepreneurs. Low start-up costs and an increasingly connected world are as good reasons as any to investigate the potential of affiliate marketing to build a viable income... Read
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JAMESON HLONGWANE
Experiential marketing starts from a narrative... Read
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Media
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
Last night the newspaper industry gathered to recognise and reward the best journalism in the country at the Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards. The winners lived up to this year's awards theme: Pure Truth... Read
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City Press journalists Dewald van Rensburg and Sipho Masondo were named Sikuvile's Journalists of the Year for their stories on VBS, which also won them the South African Story of the Year, at the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards on Thursday evening... Read
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The 11th Most Awards saw The Mediashop Johannesburg awarded Media Agency of the Year and AdColony named Media Owner of the Year... Read
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Media Freedom
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The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has responded to the recent incidents affecting the journalism community of South Africa... Read
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Mobile
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GREG CHEN
It's a widely acknowledged truth that if South Africa is to escape the economic morass it finds itself in, it needs to provide as much support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as possible... Read
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OOH
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
On the back of trends and substantial expansion of the brand since its launch in 2012, Airport Ads recently relaunched with a new look... Read
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PR & Communications
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MICHAEL GULLAN
Public relations has changed considerably in the past few years and is presenting exciting times for business and brands... Read
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WILLIAM SMOOK
An innings for the ages holds lessons for communicators about when and how to react in a crisis, writes William Smook... Read
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PRINELLA PILLAY
Over the years, I have come across promising PR practitioners and passionate young communicators who push hard to master one or two aspects of PR... Read
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Terry Kurgan and Siphiwe Ndlovu are the recipients of this year's Sunday Times Literary Awards... Read
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Research
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JOHANNA MCDOWELL
As the Agency Scope team finalises the 2019 South Africa study, analysts have noted some brief but stand-out trends... Read
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LOUISE MARSLAND
The Top Million research report into South Africa's Upper Middle Class households in 2019 - with a combined buying power of R700 billion - was released by the UCT Marketing Institute and ad agency M&C Saatchi Abel, in both Johannesburg and Cape Town this week... Read
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Sales
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JUSTIN COHEN
"We regret to inform you." Don't you hate those words? Read
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Social Media
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ANDY WALKER
Truecaller now has over 150-million daily active users, the company announced last week... Read
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The ECCO International Communication recently conducted a study to determine which social media platforms the CEOs of the world prefer: LinkedIn or Twitter... Read
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Sponsorship
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TV
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with Ryan McFadyen, co-founder and head of strategy at HaveYouHeard... Read
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Fairness First
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Not only is Triple Eight Africa's fastest-growing all-female marketing agency, they were also the 'overall winners for investing in young women' at the recent Gender Mainstreaming Awards. Here's the essence of the socially conscious marketing, PR and digital agency's success... Read
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"How I Built This" with Flying Kite's Charles Hsuan interviews growing small-to-medium-sized business owners to find out about their journeys towards entrepreneurship success... Read
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ELVIRA BOLAT AND NASIRU TAURA
Digital technology has created new opportunities for businesses in sub-Saharan Africa to compete on a more equal footing, but obstacles remain... Read
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NONYE MPHO OMOTOLA
There are benefits to the two nations of Nigeria and South Africa coming together and working towards shared common goals... Read
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AFRIMA says lack of education, preventable diseases, and extreme poverty are the enemies of Africa and calls for peace in the wake of an upsurge of xenophobic violence in South Africa... Read
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African News Agency plans expansion across Africa to meet growth demands, but announces downsizing in South Africa... Read
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RONALD KAKUNGULU-MAYAMBALA
Activists who use digital media are protected by international law and protocols that guarantee freedom of expression... Read
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Winners of the 2019 African Digital Media Awards have been announced in Johannesburg, South Africa... Read
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In Africa, Eritrea and Equatorial Guinea make the list of the Committee to Protect Journalists' special report on the Top 10 Most Censored Countries in the world... Read
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KATIE CHODOSH
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) isn't easy, but it's crucial for company growth... Read
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CHRIS DE BRUYN
Toy Story 2 almost didn't happen. Somewhere during the 3D animated movie's production, an administrator accidentally destroyed all of the movie's data assets... Read
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Chivas Regal is calling on South Africa's brightest change-makers to enter The Chivas Venture 2020... Read
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Employment Equity (EE) report submissions are now open and will run from 1 September 2019 to 15 January 2020. Failure to comply will see fines ranging from 2 - 10% of a company's turnover... Read
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ALAN HOCKEY
Hopefully I caught your attention with a promise to get your product to market without failing. I have possibly, erroneously I might add, have made the whole process seem very simple, where it is actually quite complex... Read
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HELEN SCHNEIDER
The recent publication of the National Health Insurance Bill in South Africa has provoked vigorous debate... Read
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DAVID J. HARDISTY, KATHERINE WHITE AND RISHAD HABIB
Most people want to be sustainable, but have a hard time taking the necessary actions... Read
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Registration for the AlphaCode Explore programme is now open... Read
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Gender-based violence and domestic abuse have forced their way into work, school, family and community conversations over the past few weeks... Read
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KEVIN SOUTH
People are reluctant to try new things. At companies, particularly larger organisations, decision-makers are naturally risk-averse... Read
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JESSICA HUBBARD
Many entrepreneurs and business owners live in fear of the South African Revenue Services (SARS)... Read
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South Africa's National Development Plan (NDP) expresses an important aspiration: by 2030, 90% of all jobs should be created by small, medium and micro enterprises... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Virtual Actuary is a team of experts offering a comprehensive range of actuarial services, founded on a depth of experience acquired locally and globally... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Zomila, a mobile platform, is tackling the massive issue of guiding students in their after school careers... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
AfricArena is a conference that showcases Africa's best startups and innovators in front of an audience of local and international investors looking for world-class talent... Read
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ANNETTE ZIMMERMANN
With several product announcements expected this fall, I am highlighting how the ongoing issue between Google and Huawei impacts the smartphone market on a global level... Read
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