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 | BRENDAN SEERY Taking stand: Ad backs Caster Semenya challenging limitations; Kudos for Emirates Airline for 'doing right thing for our customers'...read |
|  | DANETTE BREITENBACH What does an advertising awards festival have to do with business today?...read |
|  | | Five global brand communications industry experts have been announced as the jury presidents for this year's Loeries Creative Week...read |
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 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM Jacaranda FM adds familiar broadcast talent to award-winning line-up... Read |
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 | Woolworths partners with Loeries to offer a Student Portfolio Bootcamp across Africa and the Middle East... Read |
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| |  | EMILY STANDER On the eve of the annual IAB Bookmarks event, IAB CEO Razia Pillay is looking forward to the industry coming together... Read |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | Find Your Freedom is a first-of-its-kind concept that gives users the choice of choosing one of three characters - a Fearless Foodie, Nature Warrior or Urban Adventurer - and thereafter decide which part of Cape Town they'd like to experience... Read |
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| Advertising |
 | The 2022 FM AdFocus Awards are now open... Read |
 | KAREN BALLENDEN, ISSUED BY TBWA Successful agencies create a world to which people want to belong... Read |
 | The Black Agencies Network Association (BANA) will officially launch on 4 August 2022 with a black-tie gala event... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Nando's rewards South Africans with the Nando's Bright Sides deal... Read |
 | JOHANNA MCDOWELL Are the age-old billable hours starting to give way to the rise of 'output-based costing? It might be the case... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS Brands are realising the need to put green first if they want to sell their products and services, says Jorja Wilkins of Primedia Outdoor... Read |
 | ISSUED BY THE ODD NUMBER This month, The Odd Number announced that it acquired a 49% equity stake in Vumile Mavumengwana's design agency, VM Dsgn, to create Odd by Dsgn, a new subsidiary to the through-the-line ideas agency... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY WITS PLUS Professor Beatrys Lacquet, the director and head of Wits Plus, tells us about the part-time degrees available at Wits Plus... Read |
| Branding |
 | AMANDINE BAVENT, ISSUED BY KANTAR Grab your front row seat to find out who made our local Wall of Fame at the Oscars of Marketing in South Africa with our Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable South African Brands launch on 3 August 2022... Read |
| CSI |
 | The first post-pandemic Street Store, took place this past weekend in Cape Town with the support of Superbalist.com... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO East Coast Radio has won the Community and Social Responsibility award at the Standard Bank KZN Top Business Awards... Read |
| Design |
 | The energising power of design is the mantra of the 2022 edition of Decorex Joburg, hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre from 28-31 July 2022. Read |
| Digital |
 | The Austria-based World Data Lab (WDL) has joined Ubuntuland in Africa's metaverse, Africarare... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SHAREIT GROUP Africa has become one of the fastest-growing regions in the global mobile and app market. This is also proven by a research done by GSMA Mobile Economy... Read |
| Education |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The School of Thought, an online community for the marketing and advertising community launched recently... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE If you haven't booked your virtual seat, now is the time... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SHAREIT GROUP ShareIt, the peer-to-peer file sharing, content streaming and gaming platform, is hosting its first ever App Growth and Marketing Insights Summit in Johannesburg and Cape Town during the first week of August 2022... Read |
 | ISSUED BY RX AFRICA According to the Unesco publication, The African Film Industry, the film and audio industry in Africa has the potential to create 20 million jobs and generate $20bn in revenues per year... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | ZAMA MKOSI Marketing and distribution are the main obstacles to profitability and participation in the global creative industry... Read |
 | Creo has announced the launch of the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards, a new annual awards programme for short films... Read |
| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA This July edition of PSL celebrates Mandela Month and on the front cover we have the principal of Mopani TVET College, Dr Baloyi... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MIGRATION Azania MoKoena joins the dynamic Migration team as a copywriter... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WAYFILLIAN The 10th New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards has established a reputation as the largest independent social and digital media awards in Southern Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK ... including seven sub-brands, for digital strategy, content and roll-out ... Read |
 | Kasi Insight and Creative VMLY&R Kenya, have announced a partnership to help brands win over consumers with smart and data-driven marketing... Read |
 | BILL STEPHENS The opportunity to earn and occupy the vacant heartland exists in many market segments in South Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DIGITAL SCHOOL OF MARKETING With the rate of Covid-19 infections steadily dropping, and many countries relaxing their social distancing and mask-wearing rules, the world that we live in is slowly veering towards what it was like pre-pandemic... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DEMOGRAPHICA Gareth Lessing joins specialist B2B marketing agency, Demographica, as its first executive creative director (ECD)... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ISILUMKO MEDIA It's good, positive news that most of the restrictions have been lifted involving public gatherings, social distancing and the wearing of face masks. The marketing of brands can now go forward with renewed purpose... Read |
| Media |
 | VATEKA HALILE, ISSUED BY YEHBABY MARKETING CREATIVES In a historic first, South Africa's top young farmers and agripreneurs will descend on Johannesburg for the inaugural Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PINPOINT MEDIA The Pinpoint Group has announced that it has completed a major rebranding which will focus on additional above the line marketing services designed to create a comprehensive agency offering... Read |
 | ISSUED BY IRVINE PARTNERS Five South African recipients have been selected as part of Google's News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge... Read |
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| Media Freedom |
 | APHIWE KUNENE Eswatini Prime Minister Cleopas Sipho Dlamini announced that online news publication Swaziland News and its editor are terrorists... Read |
 | Kenya's ethnic cohesion watchdog has given Meta's Facebook seven days to comply with regulations... Read |
| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY THE MEDIA KRATE Kazang and AB Inbev challenged us to forge an artwork out of their advert... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR If it's true that dogs sometimes resemble their owners; then somewhere there must be a mutt that has Elvis' slick moves, Eminem's street cred, and Beyonce's fabulous mane... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JCDECAUX AFRICA JCDecaux, the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, has announced the appointment of Lunga Majija as managing director for JCDecaux South Africa, effective from 1 August 2022... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | The State of the African PR Landscape 2022 Report shows PR delivers tangible and positive change for businesses... Read |
 | The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has announced the launch of its PRCA Africa NextGen group... Read |
 | ISSUED BY FLOW COMMUNICATIONS Flow Communications has won the environmental category in the prestigious 2022 International Public Relations Association Golden World Awards for its work on the Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Day campaign... Read |
| Radio |
 | A data review of Rams Amplify has been completed and various criteria for the viability of the P7D modelling checked... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Kfm 94.5, Cape Town's biggest regional music station has announced the 150 finalists in the annual 'Kfm Best of the Cape' campaign... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MEDIAMARK Audio and digital solutions company, Mediamark, has launched a new sales division that will represent the community radio space called CommVibe... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MIX 93.8 FM Mix 93.8 FM will bring seasoned broadcaster Samantha Lehoko to its line-up next month... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ALGOA FM Algoa country's favourite morning show host, Wayne Hart, will be back on air with his teammates - Lee, Charlie T and Producer Corn this coming Monday, 1 August... Read |
| Recruitment |
 | CRAIG HANNABUS Remote working in South Africa seems to be a point of contention, including in the advertising and media industry... Read |
| Research |
 | Twelve of the top 20 grocery retail product categories have experienced double-digit inflation... Read |
 | ZUKO MDWABA The customer of today has a number of concerns. Trust, values, and integrity issues are of the utmost significance in a world that is always evolving. But how does this affect the way they interact with your company? Read |
| Retail |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Game's vice president Andrew Stein shares how the retailer's turnaround strategy is playing out and allowing the brand to bounce back... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG TFG has quietly taken the covers off its latest online retail destination, Bash.com, which retail group describes as "SA's largest omnichannel fashion and lifestyle shopping platform"... Read |
| Social Media |
 | ASHLEIGH BURTON Sonic branding is becoming an important consideration for brands and can help tell your story... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TALKWALKER Talkwalker, in partnership with Twitter, analysed over 16.2 million cost-of-living conversations, to reveal the impact it is having on global consumers... Read |
 | Snacks is a weekly delivery of news, inspiration, great work and WTF moments from the global zeitgeist... Read |
| Streaming |
 | ISSUED BY NEWZROOM AFRIKA There are a few new faces and some anchors trading places at Newzroom Afrika after the channel announced a refresh of its talent line-up this month... Read |
| The One Club of Creativity |
 | The One Club for Creativity has expanded its diversity offering with the addition of Allies in Recruiting (AIR)... Read |
| TV |
 | People all over South Africa have auditioned for a coveted spot to compete against a line-up of much-loved celebrity all-stars... Read |
 | A new, creatively curated movie channel, Movie Room, goes live on DStv channel 113 on 27 August... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | EMILY STANDER Although she has been in the marketing world for a long time, Pretorius is not done using her talents to bring ideas to reality... Read |
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 | VIRUSHA SUBBAN The United States-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) was signed on 14 July 2022. The agreement outlines the enhanced engagement and high standard of commitment between the two countries, and focuses on increased investment... Read |
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 | As the 'Great Resignation' sees more and more high-performing employees leaving in search of better opportunities, HR departments, CEOs and team managers search for ways to stem the outgoing tide of talent... Read |
 | GERO LILLEIKE Unaudited mid-month fuel price data has been released by the Central Energy Fund (CEF) and fuel price cuts are on the cards for August 2022... Read |
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 | MetroWired is a 100% black-owned, Level 1 BEE company founded in 2007. An ICT enabler delivering digital solutions to B2B clients for over 15 years, our globally expanding wealth of knowledge is future-ready, combining technology and people in an evolving technology market. |
 | BOO! are arguably one of South Africa's fastest growing digital OOH companies - having evolved on trend with substantial investment, to include sophisticated in-house digital content delivery services. |
 | #SwitchEnergy contains essential vitamins and provides a boost of energy with a crisp refreshing taste. |
 | The Odd Number is an Advertising Agency co-founded by Sibusiso Sitole and Xola Nouse. We are a 100% black-owned advertising agency that has been in full-time operation since 01 April 2015, led by a management team with over 25 years experience in the corporate sector and advertising industry. |
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| icandi CQ is a dynamic environment where fun and extreme hard work are the order of every day. We are on the hunt for a best-of-breed account manager. Read more >> |
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 | Accenture 10th Gender Mainstreaming Awards - 6 Oct 2022 , Gauteng and Nairobi
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