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Duma Collective forges new path, reports remarkable growth and strategic transition

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Updated: D&AD Awards 2024: SA brings home 8 Pencils

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Judith Middleton, CEO of DUO Marketing & Communications, asks how data can be used to drive commercial results and insights in PR

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APO Group appoints Rania El Rafie as vice president of public relations and strategic communications

APO Group appoints Rania El Rafie as vice president of public relations and strategic communications

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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

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Clockwork welcomes Sergio Santos-van Vuuren as public relations director

Clockwork welcomes Sergio Santos-van Vuuren as public relations director

Clockwork 16 Jan 2024

Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira selects APO Group as exclusive PR partner of the Beast Foundation

Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira selects APO Group as exclusive PR partner of the Beast Foundation

APO Group 16 Jan 2024

Stellar debut for RAPT Creative in Scopen’s 2023 Agency Scope

Stellar debut for RAPT Creative in Scopen’s 2023 Agency Scope

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#BizTrends2024: César Vacchiano - Sustainbility and DE&I will gain relevance

César Vacchiano 15 Jan 2024

Hill & Knowlton Nigeria leadership buys agency, forms Skot Communications

Hill & Knowlton Nigeria leadership buys agency, forms Skot Communications

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Image supplied. With the Sabre Awards EMEA and Africa late deadline on Monday, 15 January, Provoke Media gives 8 tips on crafting a winning entry...

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#BizTrends2024: Mike Sharman - From earned virality to purposeful purpose

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L to R: VML has named Diane Wilson chief operations officer, Jarred Cinman its CEO and the WPP country manager for South Africa, Tebogo Skwambane as executive chairperson. Images supplied. Image by @Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity.

Jarred Cinman and Diane Wilson take up VML top leadership positions

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Source: © 123rf Ronelle Bester, MD of Red Ribbon Communications, delves into some of the key PR trends anticipated to define 2024

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South Africa's Retroviral the world's most creative agency

South Africa's Retroviral the world's most creative agency

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Dentsu celebrates the appointment of Chishimba Musonda as managing director in Zambia

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Image supplied. Tara Turkington and Tiffany Turkington-Palmer of Flow Communications reflect on 18 lessons in marketing and communications

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Stork delivers a taste of the country using the world's first delivery billboard

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Source: © 123rf In 2024, in the PR industry, ESG is the area in which most investment is expected, AI tools mastery is the most important skill says a new ICCO report

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11 Dec 2023

Source: Capricorn FM Icasa's Draft National and Provincial Party Elections Broadcasts and Political Advertisements Amendment Regulations public hearings will take place on 8 December

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PR professional shortlisted for SA’s Business Entrepreneur of the Year 2023

PR professional shortlisted for SA’s Business Entrepreneur of the Year 2023

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Source: © 123rf Three African communication specialists have been accredited as SCMP but it is not enough says the IABC Africa Chapter

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Source: © 123rf Agency Scope SA has found that marketers more and more require integrated agencies that can solve their needs under one roof

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Ornico launches the 2nd annual edition of the SA PR Measurement Landscape Report

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Source: WPP WPP's Toronto campus. WPP's FGS Global has acquired Canadian communications and public affairs advisory firm Longview Communications and Public Affairs

WPP's FGS Global acquires Longview to navigate reputational challenges

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Matt Buchanan appointed Ogilvy's global and EMEA president of integrated communications

Matt Buchanan appointed Ogilvy's global and EMEA president of integrated communications

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Ornico launch webinar: 2nd annual edition of the SA PR Landscape Report

Ornico launch webinar: 2nd annual edition of the SA PR Landscape Report

Ornico 16 Nov 2023

Source: PRovoke Media The 2023 Global Sabre Awards' Global Agency of the Year is the Weber Shandwick Collective

The Weber Shandwick Collective named 2023 Global Sabre Awards' Global Agency of the Year

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L to R: VML has named Diane Wilson chief operations officer, Jarred Cinman its CEO and the WPP country manager for South Africa, Tebogo Skwambane as executive chairperson. Images supplied. Image by @Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity.

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Source: © 123rf In 2024, in the PR industry, ESG is the area in which most investment is expected, AI tools mastery is the most important skill says a new ICCO report

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Source: WPP WPP's Toronto campus. WPP's FGS Global has acquired Canadian communications and public affairs advisory firm Longview Communications and Public Affairs

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Source: PRovoke Media The 2023 Global Sabre Awards' Global Agency of the Year is the Weber Shandwick Collective

The Weber Shandwick Collective named 2023 Global Sabre Awards' Global Agency of the Year

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Source: Luum Awards For the first time, an African agency, Nigeria's X3M Idea, has been named Independent Agency of the Year at the Luum Awards

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Machine_ celebrates 11 wins and Editor of the Year hat-trick at the 2023 SA Publication Forum Awards

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Source: © 123rf PwC’s Africa Entertainment & Media Outlook 2023 – 2027, released today found that people still enjoy the lean-back experience and the community of TV viewing

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Image supplied. The South African kids choir are featured in Disney’s first live-action festive ad, A Wish For The Holidays, which was fully shot in Cape Town

Disney celebrates 100 years of storytelling with A Wish For The Holidays campaign

3 Nov 2023

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D&AD Awards 2024 open with new categories

2 Nov 2023

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OnPoint PR 1 Nov 2023

James Hewes is now CEO at PRCA. Source: FIPP.

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27 Oct 2023

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Style ID 25 Oct 2023

Source: © PROvoke Media Provoke Media's Innovator class in EMEA includes three innovators from Africa and three innovators from the Middle East Region

Provoke Media's Innovator class in EMEA: 3 innovators from Africa, 3 from the Middle East

20 Oct 2023

7 lessons for young PR professionals from Beckham

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