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Source: © 123rf Key takeaways were shared at the SA Social Media Landscape Report 2025 webinar on Thursday, 26 June

Social Media

SA Social Media Landscape Report 2025: Industry still putting its money where the people are

Danette Breitenbach 2 days

Advertising

Musk announces changes to ad rules on X

2 days

Creating space to grow: Building an industry that nurtures its own

Advertising

Creating space to grow: Building an industry that nurtures its own

Sarah Dexter, Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 3 days

Image credit: suradeach saetang on Unsplash

Gold

#LondonIndaba: How the WGC is digitising the gold market

Maroefah Smith 3 days

Damon Stapleton and Ali Rez join One Club Board

The One Club for Creativity

Damon Stapleton and Ali Rez join One Club Board

3 days

#YouthMonth: SA’s Young Lions winners – “Our strength is our South Africanness”

Youth Month

#YouthMonth: SA’s Young Lions winners – “Our strength is our South Africanness”

Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2025

Advertising

$13.5bn Omnicom-IPG merger approved by FTC

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Jun 2025

Where to reach South Africa’s ICT decision-makers

Online Media

Where to reach South Africa’s ICT decision-makers

Issued by Broad Media 25 Jun 2025

Performance-based agent rankings - a proven international model - now available locally

Marketing

Performance-based agent rankings - a proven international model - now available locally

Issued by PBPR 25 Jun 2025

Social Media

WhatsApp introducing advertising is a potentially lucrative but risky move

Yusuf Oc and Janina Steinmetz 25 Jun 2025

Platform-hopping is not a strategy

Marketing

Platform-hopping is not a strategy

Issued by We Do Digital 25 Jun 2025

Lovisa called out for advertising jewellery you can’t buy

Advertising

Lovisa called out for advertising jewellery you can’t buy

Karabo Ledwaba 25 Jun 2025

Vikas Mehta, regional CEO of Ogilvy Africa Network (center), and Raphael Beecham, creative director at Ogilvy Tanzania (left), receive the Africa Company of the Year Award for Advertising Agency of the Year from (right) Salim Baabde, managing director of Camel Oil and chairman of the Tanzanite CEO Roundtable, Dar es Salaam Chapter

Advertising

Ogilvy Africa Network named Advertising Agency of the Year

25 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf Ryan Campher, VML SA data lead, asks, while AI drives modern marketing, what happens when flawed inputs lead it astray?

Artificial Intelligence

Will your AI promote clarity or confusion, progress or noise?

Ryan Campher 25 Jun 2025

Social Media

#Exclusive: Darren Morris | Reels rule now, but only storytelling wins

Darren Morris 24 Jun 2025

#Orchids&Onions: Dromex tugs at the heartstrings, Sars does bad AI job

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Dromex tugs at the heartstrings, Sars does bad AI job

Brendan Seery 23 Jun 2025

The last awards ceremony, Friday 20 June, saw South African Bananas, Johannesburg, awarded a Gold Lion (Source: © Instagram)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Saving the best for last: SA bags a Gold Lion

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2025

Source: © PRCA Young Lions TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris' team win Silver Lion

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Young Lions TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris' team win Silver Lion

Danette Breitenbach 20 Jun 2025

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IP Law

The dos and don'ts of registering a 'green' trade mark

Alissa Naran and Robyn Broodryk 20 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf Rirhandzu Shingwenyana says the creator economy is not a trend; it is a central pillar of modern marketing

Media

The Creator Economy: An opportunity to build real, lasting connections

Rirhandzu Shingwenyana 20 Jun 2025

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Youth Month

#YouthMonth: SA's youth - Most educated, least employed; something’s broken

Charlie Wannell 20 Jun 2025

An AI that mentions chicken randomly whenever interacted with has been revealed to be an all-new South African artificial intelligence (AI) platform created by KFC, the Kentucky AI Integrated Assistant (Image supplied)

Advertising

The Kentucky AI Integrated Assistant: Going to extraordinary lengths for the taste of KFC

19 Jun 2025

News24 leads trust in South Africa for the 7th year running

Media

News24 leads trust in South Africa for the 7th year running

Issued by Media24 19 Jun 2025

Business Talk Season 13 – coming soon

Podcasts

Business Talk Season 13 – coming soon

Issued by Broad Media 19 Jun 2025

The 2025 Financial Mail (FM) AdFocus Awards opened on 12 June and will close on 15 August (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

2025 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards open with Creative Capital theme

19 Jun 2025

Marketing & Media

VML and Nando's: Reflections on a decade long agency-client relationship

Jarred Cinman 18 Jun 2025

How South African youth are shaping the future of marketing

Youth Month

How South African youth are shaping the future of marketing

Issued by KLA 18 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf At this week’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, AI has been a major focus, with many calling it the future of advertising. Saul Marquez, CEO of global digital marketing agency Outcomes Rocket three key takeaways for the evolving world of AI-powered advertising

Cannes Lions

3 Insights from #Cannes2025 on the world of AI-powered advertising

Saul Marquez 18 Jun 2025

Advertising

Ads and subscriptions come to WhatsApp

18 Jun 2025

Google’s Veo 3: Advertising’s new AI tipping point

Marketing

Google’s Veo 3: Advertising’s new AI tipping point

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 19 Jun 2025

Until Until Management Team: [From Left to right] co-founder and creative director: Charles Lusengo, chief executive officer (CEO): Thithi Nteta and co-founder and event strategist: Thulani Dandala

Youth Month

#YouthMonth: Until Until's Thithi Nteta on leveraging youth culture

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Jun 2025

#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy Lions

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy Lions

Danette Breitenbach 20 Jun 2025

Mys Tyler Insights - South Africa Edition 2025 reveals body data of women

Research

Mys Tyler Insights - South Africa Edition 2025 reveals body data of women

18 Jun 2025

South Africa’s TV planning world is going to fundamentally change

TV

South Africa’s TV planning world is going to fundamentally change

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 17 Jun 2025

Zanele Kabane to represent South Africa at Cannes Young Lions Festival through Open Chair

Cannes Lions

Zanele Kabane to represent South Africa at Cannes Young Lions Festival through Open Chair

Issued by M&C Saatchi Abel 17 Jun 2025

Cannes Lions shortlists released on Tuesday, 17 June include a number of South African agencies, with Joe Public with two shortlistings

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2025: Joe Public adds two more shortlistings

Danette Breitenbach 17 Jun 2025

#Orchids&Onions: Outsurance’s community care scores big, Eskort’s rib campaign sizzles

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Outsurance’s community care scores big, Eskort’s rib campaign sizzles

Brendan Seery 17 Jun 2025

Joe Public opens SA's account at #Cannes2025

Cannes Lions

Joe Public opens SA's account at #Cannes2025

14 Jun 2025

The New York Festivals Advertising Awards (NYFA) 2025 winners have been announced (Image supplied)

Advertising

Dentsu Digital Inc. awarded New York Festivals 2025 Best of Show Award

13 Jun 2025

Advertising for employment: How youth are marketing themselves like products

Branding

Advertising for employment: How youth are marketing themselves like products

13 Jun 2025

Source: © Student Village The Gen Z Economy Report: Cash, Culture and Clout, is a new research report on how young people in South Africa earn, spend, save and think about money

Youth Marketing

Brands, stop relying on stereotypes to connect with Gen Z

13 Jun 2025

702 and CapeTalk announce the 2025 edition of Nedbank Business Ignite: Celebrating Industry Disruptors

Radio & Audio

702 and CapeTalk announce the 2025 edition of Nedbank Business Ignite: Celebrating Industry Disruptors

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 13 Jun 2025

Introducing the Effie Lions Foundation: Building a marketing industry for everyone

Advertising

Introducing the Effie Lions Foundation: Building a marketing industry for everyone

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 13 Jun 2025

Uber Advertising launches in-house creative studio

Advertising

Uber Advertising launches in-house creative studio

13 Jun 2025

Effie announces 2024 Global Effie Index, unveiling the world’s Most Effective Marketers

Marketing

Effie announces 2024 Global Effie Index, unveiling the world’s Most Effective Marketers

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 12 Jun 2025

Introducing Media24 Adnami: High-impact display advertising redefined

Media

Introducing Media24 Adnami: High-impact display advertising redefined

Issued by Media24 12 Jun 2025

Part 2: Scopen - More long-term relationships between advertisers and creative agencies

Marketing & Media

Part 2: Scopen - More long-term relationships between advertisers and creative agencies

13 Jun 2025

Print still a critical part of retailers’ advertising mix – European research

Media

Print still a critical part of retailers’ advertising mix – European research

Issued by Spark Media 12 Jun 2025

African Gen Z on the rise in the global influence economy

Youth Month

African Gen Z on the rise in the global influence economy

Issued by Dentsu 12 Jun 2025