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 | KARABO LEDWABA Veteran broadcaster Jeremy Mansfield has died at 59 after battling stage four liver cancer... read |
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 | KARABO LEDWABA The chairperson of the Cape Town Press Club Donwald Pressly has died at age 59... Read |
| Loeries |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Raphael Janan Kuppasamy, an art director at Joe Public, was recently named the 2022 Loeries Young Creative of the Year... Read |
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| Advertising |
 | BRENDAN SEERY One of the things which annoy me about the slick, mid-Atlantic, imported videos we see for major car brands, is that they are so at odds with reality... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Castle Milk Stout's four-part Black Conversation series, in partnership with Mzansi Magic, premiered on 20 October 2022... Read |
 | RENISSA GOUNDEN AND AMIT NANOO, ISSUED BY KANTAR The world is at an inflection point. We face new risks but also new possibilities... Read |
 | The latest Advertising Association/Warc Expenditure Report has estimated that the value of the UK's advertising market will grow by 9.2% in 2022, to a total of £34.9bn... Read |
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| Branding |
 | SARAH-JANE VILJOEN Three ways you can bring your brand personality to the future... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ICONTACT BPO South Africa's BPO sector has enjoyed rapid growth, with a ~25% compound annual growth rate between 2015 and 2021, becoming a major global outsourcing and offshoring contender, particularly in the English voice-based sourcing markets... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MAKEREIGN The very first FutureYouX event is set to be held at Workshop17 in Cape Town on 3 November 2022... Read |
| CSI |
 | ISSUED BY THE HARDY BOYS The KwaZulu-Natal Children's Hospital was once a beacon of hope - a place where sick children could gaze out from their hospital beds and watch the ocean. Where warm sun and sea air wafted through the windows to provide healing and comfort... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA OUTDOOR In support of World Food Day this month and the #LeaveNoOneBehind theme, Primedia Outdoor, in partnership with Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) and local municipalities have launched two new food gardens in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town and Stanger, Kwadukuza, KZN... Read |
| Design |
 | Nikhil Tricam and Nindya Bucktowar of Kalki Ceramics have been named the 2022 winners of the Nando's Hot Young Designer Talent Search... Read |
 | BRETT LINDSAY Brett Lindsay, CEO & founder of BIGBrave says strategic design in a digital world is not what you tihnk; it's better... Read |
| Digital |
 | In a brand phishing attack, criminals try to imitate the official website of a well-known brand by using a similar domain name or URL... Read |
 | CARLI GEY VAN PITTIUS 7 tips for better results with a more automated approach to bidding and targeting on the major programmatic platforms... Read |
 | ISSUED BY METTLESTATE All Star Gaming is a name that is becoming synonymous with the local e-sports scene... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WUNDERMAN THOMPSON Wunderman Thompson is proud to announce that it has won the 'Most Powerful Customer Outcome' category for its digital strategy work with Nestlé Kit Kat at this year's Acquia Engage Awards... Read |
 | ANDREW DAWSON One thing that has become clear is that mobile apps and digital platforms will never be pervasive within the main market retail... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY EXPOSURE MARKETING Where else would moms find everything they could possibly need for parenting under one roof? Where's the one go-to place where parents have unrestricted access to competitor brands vying for their attention? And where can you obtain direct access to the product experts to answer any questions you may have?... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HAVEYOUHEARD There's a world of difference between a business and a brand - and the reason for that is Fans... Read |
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| Film & Cinematography |
 | Today Netflix and The School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) at the University of Southern California (USC) announced an expansion of their partnership for capacity-building efforts to help strengthen Africa's storytellers with training sessions in South Africa and Nigeria. Read |
 | The new campaign slogan, "Break Through the Static", aims to embrace the idea of standing above the rest across the creative landscape... Read |
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| Marketing |
 | NATALIE WILSON, ISSUED BY DENTSU The personal touch and interpersonal relationships are most often the deciding factors when it comes to committing to a long-term B2B business partner... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DUKE The eight-year-old independent agency has shown remarkable resilience and impressive growth that's a testament to its strong leadership and commitment to client service delivery... Read |
 | ISSUED BY VERVE Verve, the experts in culture, communities and smart digital insight, have appointed seven more graduates to their rolling entry graduate scheme... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Last night's 2022 Effie Awards South Africa saw 16 winners and one Grand Effie awarded... Read |
 | GLENN GILLIS A centuries-old marketing problem continues to haunt advertising today as chief marketing officers battle with attribution modeling... Read |
| Media |
 | HUMPHREY MALALO AND GIBRAN PESHIMAM Well-known Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead in Nairobi when police hunting car thieves opened fire on the vehicle he was travelling in... Read |
 | GIBRAN NAIYYAR PESHIMAM Pakistan will set up a judicial commission to investigate the killing of a well-known Pakistani journalist in a police shooting in Kenya, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday... Read |
 | Specialist news agency, bird, has announced Ndu Okoh as its new editor-in-chief... Read |
 | The results for the Western Cape Region Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards have been announced... Read |
 | The African Social Star category where E! recognises some of the most iconic and influential people on the continent as part of the People's Choice Awards is back... Read |
 | On Friday the 2022 Vodacom Journalist of the Year (VJOY) Awards for the Gauteng Region were announced. Read |
| Mobile |
 | Telkom will only focus on providing 5G fixed wireless access solutions in the meantime... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY HELLOPETER Every minute, someone posts a review on hellopeter.com. However, with the platform becoming increasingly popular, how is Hellopeter ensuring that reviews are relevant and trustworthy?.. Read |
| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR Black-owned private equity and venture capital firm Hlayisani Capital has acquired a minority stake in Tractor Media Holdings, one of South Africa's leading digital outdoor media owners... Read |
 | BEN HARRIS, ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR Inventory oversaturation is becoming a very real problem for the out of home (OOH) media industry... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The Outdoor Audience Council (OMC) today launched its new Roadside Outdoor Audience Data (Road 2.0) in partnership with MGEData... Read |
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| PR & Communications |
 | ISSUED BY APO GROUP Wanamaker will join the APO Group management team and will be based in Cape Town and London... Read |
| Publishing |
 | This year's Sunday Times Fiction Award has been awarded to debut author Tshidiso Moletsane's Junx... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM Johannesburg's Hot 102.7FM has bolstered its on-air team with the appointment of experienced journalist Nzinga Qunta as the station's new business anchor and host of 'Hot Business'... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OFM RADIO Winning the Best of Bloemfontein in the Bloemfontein Courant's Reader's Choice Awards 2022 for Best Local Radio Station, Best Local Radio Show and Best Local Radio Personality, OFM has once again shown that, in the words of presenter Yolanda Maartens, the radio station goes with the people of Bloemfontein... Read |
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| Research |
 | Mood Media's latest research reveals that 71% of consumers globally now shop in physical stores as often or even more often than before the pandemic... Read |
 | The fifth wave of the Agency Scope study is on track in South Africa, with fieldwork beginning in May 2023... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TALKWALKER Enabling better customer experiences on social, new forms of digital commerce, and increased emphasis on communities highlight report's findings... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BATELEUR BRAND PLANNING Leading market research company, Bateleur Brand Planning, is incentivising individuals to participate in an online survey to help a well-known investment house better serve its clients... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDMAPP There is, of course, nothing new about making some extra money on the side. Whether you're saving for a dream holiday or just trying to keep the wolf from the door during a tough time, taking on a second job, finding a hobby that pays or starting a small business from home are tried and tested ways to boost your income... Read |
| Retail |
 | SA retailers are expected to generate around R17.3bn in additional sales over the Black Friday promotional period, representing around 6.7% growth over the Black Friday period in 2021... Read |
 | Adidas expects to lose up to $246m in net income this year as a result of the termination of the partnership... Read |
 | ANDREW DAWSON In today's digital world, the retail value chain has access to more data than ever before... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TDMC How women bring different eyes to business and why it has worked for leading South African digital agency TDMC... Read |
| Social Media |
 | Novus group has announced that it will be including TikTok as part of its social media monitoring services... Read |
 | Elon Musk has fired three top executives at Twitter including CEO Parag Agrawal in one of his first decisions as the social media apps owner... Read |
| Streaming |
 | Spotify has announced a first-of-its-kind podcast initiative in Africa, the Africa Podcast Fund... Read |
| The One Club of Creativity |
 | The shortlisted entries from 17 countries and regions have been announced for the ninth One Screen Short Film Festival... Read |
| TV |
 | Clover Krush has announced a new reality show and the influencers who will be taking part as mentors... Read |
| Youth Marketing |
 | The recipients in the inaugural Keep Walking: Africa Top 30 List have been announced... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | EMILY STANDER This week, we caught up with senior marketing manager at Letsema Consultancy, Pierre Coetzee... Read |
| Pendoring |
 | Read more to find out who made the finalists at the Pendoring Awards... Read |
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 | BUKOLA AMAO-TAIWO Africa is home to over 200 million people aged between 15 and 24, according to UN data. The continent has the largest population of young people in the world... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS Implementing ESG at a practical level within an organisation starts with leadership... Read |
 | Across the continent, countries in Africa are gearing up for the energy transition by implementing policy and legislative frameworks... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS ESG reporting from the continent needs to also take into account Africa's many challenges.... Read |
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 | The DMRE explained that the prices are influenced by several local and international factors including importation costs and the cost of crude oil... Read |
 | ANDRE CILLIERS The jury is out on just how high the Fed will hike interest rates... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS PARTNERS LIMITED South African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) confidence levels took a dip in second quarter of 2022... Read |
 | Background checks reduce a company's risk for reputational damage and criminal activities such as fraud and theft... Read |
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