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 | TIM VAN DER BILT Five actions local CMOs should take to protect their brands when Amazon online shopping launches in SA...read |
|  | DANETTE BREITENBACH SAB VP of marketing for SA, Vaughan Croeser reflects on his career from the 2010 Fifa World Cup to the Cannes Lions...read |
|  | BRENDAN SEERY Celebrating Madiba: 67 deliveries to 67 charities and helping maintain the legend; Discovery Insure gets an Onion for arrogance, stretching the truth...read |
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 | ISSUED BY FLOW COMMUNICATIONS Flow Communications won 21 trophies at the 2022 PRISM Awards on Friday 15 July, including eight golds and Best Large Agency of the Year... Read |
| Loeries |
 | The Loeries entry system will be open for a limited five-day period, from 25 to 29 July... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY IAB SOUTH AFRICA There's only one week to go until the most-anticipated event of the year - IAB South Africa's 2022 Bookmark Awards, in partnership with DStv Media Sales... Read |
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 | Nielsen's Advertising Intelligence Service has launched Ad Intel Digital to help marketers manage marketplace complexities... Read |
 | The New York Festivals Advertising Awards has announced the 2022 Special Industry Award recipients... Read |
 | Advertising investment is forecast to grow by 8.7% globally in 2022, with an anticipated $738.5bn to be spent worldwide this July... Read |
 | MERLITA KENNEDY, POOJA DELA, ZIYANDA SIBEKO, BERNADETTE LÖTTER, JARED ISHMAEL, TOBIA SERONGOANE Environmental or sustainability claims have been "greenwashed" if they are vague, false, omit important information or are misleading or deceptive... Read |
 | ISSUED BY THINK CREATIVE In its effort to empower and partner with up-and-coming black advertising and communication agencies, Metropolitan has appointed Think Creative Africa as its ATL lead agency... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA We are very proud to announce the promotion of Ndu Donsa to head of strategy for Ogilvy South Africa's Johannesburg office... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Luno, the world's leading global cryptocurrency company, has chosen to partner with Ogilvy South Africa, after a rigorous three-way pitch... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING The Leading Women Creating Change in the New World Order programme is open to all black women working in advertising agencies from mid-management level and above... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY CAPE UNION MART In this episode of BizTakeOuts, Odile Hufkie, the marketing manager of Cape Union Mart, chats about the Adventure Film Challenge, including the great opportunities it offers content creators and film makers as well as how to enter and stand a chance to win some incredible prizes!.. Read |
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 | ISSUED BY FCB JOBURG On 20 June, FCB returned to Cannes for the first time since 2019, arriving as the incumbent 2020/2021 Cannes Lions Network of the Year after achieving FCB's best performance in our nearly 150-year history... Read |
| CSI |
 | ISSUED BY MOTSEPE ADVERTISING In an effort to commemorate Nelson Mandela Day, Motsepe Advertising devoted their Monday to a day of fun, dancing, food, gardening and painting at The Coalition of Anglican Children's Home in Kempton Park, Johannesburg... Read |
| Design |
 | BENITA ODOGWU-ATKINSON For the first time in its 170-year history, the V&A in London is holding an exhibition that centres solely on African fashion... Read |
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 | The nominees for the first-ever DStv Content Creator Awards have been announced... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NEW MEDIA Technology solutions agency Swipe iX has launched Swipe Synergy, a design thinking function to complement its service offering and unlock new opportunities for clients... Read |
 | RIA PINTO Financial services will be the first industry put to the test with the rise of the digital native... Read |
| Direct Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY DMASA As temperatures drop around South Africa this winter, the number of reasons to enter the country's premier integrated and direct marketing (IDM) awards just seems to go up, up, up!.. Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY WAVEMAKER Graduate programmes are critical in helping young graduates bridge the gap between their studies and the working world. They provide an opportunity for them to put their largely theoretical backgrounds into practice and to gain essential, real-life experience and skills... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON The inaugural Black Industrialists and Exporters Conference hosted its inaugural excellence awards at Sandton Convention Centre... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA As part of the Cultural Producers Programme (CPP) launched in March 2022, the CPP Showcase will launch on Wednesday 20 July 2022 at P72, 72 6th Street, Parkhurst... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA Afda is proud to announce that Afda students and alumni have received an astonishing, record-breaking 64 nominations in 45 different categories at the 16th Annual Safta's... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SHOWMAX The nominations for the 2022 South African Film and Television Awards are in, with Showmax Originals leading the way with 52 nominations... Read |
| Marketing |
 | Old Mutual Corporate highlighted the thorny subject of SA's retirement-savings crisis by designing and releasing the results of a social experiment that aims to reveal South Africans' unpreparedness for retirement... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC Everlytic recently hosted an event in the UK with keynote speaker Kath Pay, a best-selling author and Email Marketing Thought Leader Award winner... Read |
 | ISSUED BY IRVINE PARTNERS Integrated marketing agency Irvine Partners has announced the launch of its international office exchange programme... Read |
 | CARO WHITE & SARAH GEBERS, ISSUED BY ABNORMAL The same way consumers are counting their cents the one minute only to cough up more rands the next, so too are marketers when it comes to calculating the true cost of discounting promotions... Read |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE Scott Thwaites, head of emerging markets for TikTok Global Business Solutions, is one of the international thought leaders who will be inspiring us at this year's Nedbank Integrated Marketing Conference (IMC)... Read |
 | Cesar Vacchiano outlines global trends and insights as picked up during the Agency Scope studies... Read |
 | BILL STEPHENS, ISSUED BY M&C SAATCHI ABEL In today's high-tech world of product parity, media proliferation and fickle brand loyalty, it has become increasingly difficult to win a majority share of the consumer's head and heart... Read |
| Media |
 | IMRAN SALIE Mercedes-Benz South Africa recently announced the appointment of Terence Steenkamp as its new media specialist... Read |
 | Veteran poet, legendary journalist and renowned author, Donato Francisco "Don" Mattera passed away peacefully on Mandela Day. Read |
 | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed the dismissal of former SABC chief operations officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng's application for leave to appeal an order compelling him to pay back at least R11.5m to the SABC... Read |
 | Africa No Filter is challenging stereotypical news about Africa with its latest handbook... Read |
 | MediaCom has named former managing director, Claudelle Naidoo as the new CEO of its South Africa team... Read |
 | AMANDA ROGALY, ISSUED BY BABYYUMYUM.CO.ZA The SA Parenting Blog Awards for 2022, recently backed by BabyYumYum.co.za, SA's #1 Parenting Portal, has been echoed with keen involvement from Ackermans... Read |
 | LESLEY RENCONTRE, ISSUED BY DUO MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS While businesses have typically engaged in some form of media training in order to familiarise their key stakeholders with having to deal with journalists and tell the brand story, changes in the media industry means that training has had to evolve too... Read |
| OOH |
 | Crucially, the average dwell time at forecourts is 15 minutes, yet forecourt marketing is underutilised... Read |
 | Xaxis South Africa has announced its partnership with Hivestack, a programmatic digital out of home (DOOH) ad tech company... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | ISSUED BY UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA Amid intense competition for funding and pressure to make their research more accessible to the public, researchers around the world, including South Africa, are sharpening their communication skills... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DUKE Agency founder Tracy Jones attributes the agency's sustained success to its strong strategic corporate communications and influencer relations offering - and its ability to adapt to a changing world... Read |
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| Radio |
 | The closure of Zibonele Community Radio is being disputed between the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) and the station... Read |
 | TRISH TAYLOR, ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING The history journals are littered with countless examples of highly talented individuals that burst onto the scene of their chosen field and seemingly disappear very quickly, blow themselves up in a PR crisis, or just fade away... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO This year marks the 13th year anniversary of Mandela Day, and the theme for 2022 is shining the spotlight on food security and climate change... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Primedia Broadcasting has announced its new rates, effective 1 September 2022... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM Jacaranda FM wins five Prism Awards... Read |
| Research |
 | KENDALL RŸNDERS, ISSUED BY ASK AFRIKA Many organisations are facing a new phenomenon called infobesity - or information overload - which is negatively impacting their ability to make decisions... Read |
 | Growth in the digital age brings new complexities and marketing needs states the State of the Industry 2022: Modern Marketing in EMEA... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NIELSENIQ Consumers are also largely in search of their perfect brand match, with 76% of South African respondents feeling that if they look hard enough, they can find a brand that fits their exact needs... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MELTWATER Meltwater, a global leader in media and social intelligence, has released The Fashion Industry's New Era... Read |
| Retail |
 | The acquisition means that for the first time in 18 years, Gumtree South Africa will be in the hands of local owners... Read |
 | The Nike Style concept is a "remixed expression of sports retail culture that blurs the line between physical and digital", and is designed to be part store and part creative studio... Read |
| Social Media |
 | TLM has created the first "Meet the South African LinkedIn Member", a playbook to help marketers understand the local audience... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA Business and Arts South Africa (Basa) invites nominations for the Basa PESP3 Review Panel... Read |
| The One Club of Creativity |
 | The One Club for Creativity has announced the four winners and 13 finalists for Colorful: A Prelude to Young Guns... Read |
| TV |
 | The winners of the annual Simon "Mabhunu" Sabela KZN Film and Television Awards were announced at a glittering event on 23 July... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | EMILY STANDER We found out more about Roxanne Norman's career, inspiration and how she keeps busy away from the work desk... Read |
| Prism Awards |
 | ISSUED BY FLOW COMMUNICATIONS Friday night was a big one for Flow Communications - we won 21 awards. But we took home 22. Part of the awards ceremony included the auctioning off of a three times (we estimate) life size Prism award - made of chocolate... Read |
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 | FRANCIS MAYEBE The Kenyan Government, in its latest Finance Act 2022, has enacted some key changes in the area of direct tax, including an important update on the country-by-country (CbC) reporting threshold for multinational companies... Read |
 | Ukheshe is partnering with banks to offer SaaS models that overcome regulatory hurdles: a method of software delivery and licensing in which software is accessed online by means of a subscription, rather than bought and installed on individual computers... Read |
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 | JOSHUA PARKER In an era where sustainability and corporate social responsibility are crucial, corporations often fall short when delivering on promises to consumers... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS X-Furniture MD, Conrad Burger, shared his take on current trends in office design and how furniture fits into the office of the future... Read |
 | South Africa is one of the toughest countries in the world to be an entrepreneur but as the country emerges from the economic shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic, there are encouraging signs of increased entrepreneurial activity... Read |
 | NELSON BANYA Eskom faces increased financial pressure from lower-than-anticipated tariffs, rising diesel costs and the impact of labour disruptions... Read |
 | PIETER-LOUIS MYBURGH The Unemployment Insurance Fund's R1.37bn investment in troubled consumer goods group Bounty Brands was effectively wiped out following a series of defaults on debts. But mere months before the crisis, an offshore company along with other Bounty Brands shareholders received more than R500m in dividends bankrolled with UIF money... Read |
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