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The Prisms Awards winners were announced on 24 October (Image supplied)

Prism Awards

#PrismsAwards 2026 | All the winners: Tribeca and DNA Brand Architects take top honours

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The National Film & TV Awards South Africa has announced its 2026 nominees. Pictured: The cast of Kings at last year's awards (Image supplied)

Film & Cinematography

The Polygamist leads the National Film & TV Awards South Africa 2026 nominees

20 Oct 2026

Pendoring

All the iPendoring 2026 finalists

2 Oct 2026

Digital

WesBank New Generation Awards announces 2026 finalists

Issued by WesBank New Generation Awards 1 Sep 2026

Castle Lager’s Here’s To The Fans That Stood The Test Of Time campaign leading into the Fifa World Cup 2026 is a recreation of defining moments from South African football history (Image supplied)

Advertising

Castle Lager’s Here’s To The Fans That Stood The Test Of Time recreates SA football moments

18 May 2026

Sport

Class of ’96: Rise of a Nation: Revisiting the victory that united South Africa

Evan-Lee Courie 12 Feb 2026

Tunisia coach Sami Trabelsi Reuters/Stringer/File Photo

Sport

Tunisia part ways with coach Trabelsi after early Afcon exit

Taha Mohamed 5 Jan 2026

FIFA World Cup - CAF Qualifiers - Playoffs - Semi Final - Nigeria v Gabon - Prince Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat, Morocco - November 13, 2025 Nigeria's Alex Iwobi in action with Gabon's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang REUTERS/Stringer.

Sport

Gabon government sack Aubameyang and national team

2 Jan 2026

Brett Gelman and Maya Hawke behind the scenes of Stranger Things. (Credit: Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix © 2024)

Streaming

Stranger Things extends record run as all 5 seasons dominate Netflix Top 10

29 Dec 2025

Holiday entertainment made simpler for DStv subscribers this festive season

Issued by MultiChoice 23 Dec 2025

Streaming

Netflix debuts daily Afcon highlights show

23 Dec 2025

Internet

Google reveals South Africa’s top searches of 2025

5 Dec 2025

Sponsorship

How the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon cancellation tested brand empathy

Matthew Nkala 11 Nov 2025

Sport

SABC Sport and Hollywoodbets unite to livestream Afcon 2025

11 Sep 2025

Simphiwe Dludlu bids farewell to SABC Sport

29 Jul 2025

Sponsorship

From broadcast to breakthrough: Realising the power of global sponsorship assets locally

Struan Campbell, Issued by Octagon 11 Jul 2025

ESG

MultiChoice’s 2025 ESG Report shows progress toward a sustainable, inclusive, empowered Africa

Issued by MultiChoice 3 Jul 2025

Sport

DStv Diski Challenge underpins South Africa’s U-20 AFCON triumph

Issued by MultiChoice 22 May 2025

Marketing & Media

#BestofBiz 2024: Marketing & Media

17 Dec 2024

FMCG

Step inside Heineken House

Issued by Heineken Beverages 15 Nov 2024

For advertisers, South African sports fanaticism presents a unique opportunity, as the country’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight champion, Dricus du Plessis proves (Image supplied: Picture: Jeff Bottari/Zuff LLC via Getty)

Sponsorship

Dricus du Plessis a viewer magnet for local sports fans; an advertising opportunity

13 Nov 2024

Sport

Q&A with Ricardo Goss: Bafana Bafana goalkeeper and professional soccer player

4 Jul 2024

Sport

The evolution of South Africans' interest in sport

26 Apr 2024

Music

Top SA musicians live the Rand Show 2024

Issued by Rand Show 5 Mar 2024

Source: Nando's Nando’s South Africa has reacted with a post following Bafana Bafana defeat in the AfCon semi-final game

Advertising

Nando's heart-warming post to Bafana Bafana on their 2024 Afcon journey

9 Feb 2024

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Castle Lager gets surprise ROI on sponsoring Bafana Bafana

Brendan Seery 5 Feb 2024

Sport

Afcon: everything you need to know about a record year for Africa’s biggest football event

Chuka Onwumechil 19 Jan 2024

Image supplied. , Castle Lager, the national beer of Bafana Bafana, has launched an Afcon campaign with AI, to reward South African fans for the nation's every corner and shot on goal

Promotions & Activations

Castle Lager’s AI #TheBackUpSquad backs Bafana Bafana, rewards fans

16 Jan 2024

Sport

Report sheds light on the Africa Cup of Nations 2023

11 Jan 2024

Retail

Puma expands national footprint

14 Dec 2023

African football fans won't be able to watch the big matches on TV - what went wrong and how to fix it

Chuka Onwumechili 14 Sep 2023

Services

Here's what South Africans searched for on Google in 2022

7 Dec 2022

Advertising

The Odd Number acquires substantial equity in VM Dsgn

Issued by The Odd Number 1 Aug 2022

Judith Mugeni, co-founder, chief strategist and managing partner of Ganizani Consulting Services

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Sponsorships for Africa beyond the pandemic

Judith Mugeni 13 Jan 2022

Media

SA media's top stories for 2019

13 Dec 2019

Digital

Google reveals top South African searches for 2019

11 Dec 2019

Safa president Danny Jordaan. Image credit: Safa.

SABC to broadcast Safa matches, events for next 4 years

14 Oct 2019

Digital

Laduma! Techsys Digital and Tafel Lager create a WhatsApp win for soccer fans

Issued by Techsys Digital 21 Aug 2019

Social Media

AFCON 2019 gets Africa talking on social media

22 Jul 2019

Branding

Sports as a business and a brand in Africa

Dr Victor Oladokun 17 Jul 2019

Media

AFCON sports journalists honoured

15 Jul 2019

Marketing & Media

Bafana Bafana's win was so unexpected, it won the hearts of all South Africans

12 Jul 2019

Media

What's making headlines in SA?

5 Jul 2019

Media

This week's biggest stories

28 Jun 2019

Social Media

Twitter, Goal to present special 2019 Afcon show

28 Jun 2019

Media

Acumen Media's weekly news roundup

31 May 2019

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