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Offernet wins 4 Assegai Awards for Innovation in South African Performance Marketing

Marketing

Offernet wins 4 Assegai Awards for Innovation in South African Performance Marketing

Issued by Offernet 58 minutes

A screenshot of the advertisement on YouTube Shorts.

Advertising

Energy drink in hot water over 'drinking and driving' ad

Karabo Ledwaba 6 hours

Understanding the growing emotional drivers behind consumer choice

FMCG

Understanding the growing emotional drivers behind consumer choice

Issued by TLC Worldwide Africa 1 day

Atzaró Cape Town achieves 831% return on Google Ads investment with Cape Marketing Agency

Marketing

Atzaró Cape Town achieves 831% return on Google Ads investment with Cape Marketing Agency

Issued by Cape Marketing Agency 1 day

In 2026, there will be changes to the Cannes Lions Awards (Image source: © Bizcommunity)

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2026: A new Creative Brand Lions and other changes

1 day

Zebra's Global Shopper Study reveals AI's role in retail loss prevention

Research

Zebra's Global Shopper Study reveals AI's role in retail loss prevention

1 day

Clicks without credibility: Why ad spend alone won’t deliver this Black Friday

Retail Marketing

Clicks without credibility: Why ad spend alone won’t deliver this Black Friday

Issued by Hellopeter 2 days

Rethinking AI-Generated advertising: How real people really react

Artificial Intelligence

Rethinking AI-Generated advertising: How real people really react

Ecem Erdem and Věra Šídlová, Issued by Kantar 2 days

Creative legend John Hunt retires

Advertising

Creative legend John Hunt retires

3 days

MyBroadband readers have revealed their Black Friday 2025 shopping plans in South Africa

Online Media

MyBroadband readers have revealed their Black Friday 2025 shopping plans in South Africa

Issued by Broad Media 3 days

Youth Marketing

Decoding Gen Z: The first post-brand generation

Japhet Manda, Issued by Brave Group 3 days

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Mental health

How sports betting puts South Africans’ mental health on the line

3 days

Advertising

Netflix's ad-supported tier hits 190 million viewers

10 Nov 2025

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

Brendan Seery 10 Nov 2025

Thule Ngcese, creative partner & co-founder at Distrikt 9, a supplier development partner of VML South Africa, has watched from the jury room as work out of the Middle East increasingly dominates the Loeries. The South African creative industry, he says, needs to up its game (Image supplied)

Advertising

Thule Ngcese: "Time to lead, not follow. SA needs to up its game."

Thule Ngcese 7 Nov 2025

$The TBWA\Hunt Lascaris Save Our Stay campaign takes aim at the unpredictable world of short-term rentals and is an example of how funny isn’t frivolous, it’s effective (Image supplied)$

Advertising

Humour is our superpower and it’s no laughing matter

5 Nov 2025

Niko Kougioumtzis, RAPT Creative strategist asks culture, pop culture, and the marketing mirror: which influences which? (Image source: © Professional Jeweller )

Marketing

What came first: Marketing or culture?

Niko Kougioumtzis 4 Nov 2025

Hiring your first employee: practical steps for small businesses

HR

Hiring your first employee: practical steps for small businesses

Ilana Bouwer, Issued by Pnet 4 Nov 2025

The KFC at Epsom Downs Shopping Centre, Bryanston, Sandton (image source: © Eva-Last

Branding

KFC first in Quarterly Buzz Ranking, reflects shift in marketing landscape

31 Oct 2025

First SA Google Search CPC and CTR industry benchmark

Digital

First SA Google Search CPC and CTR industry benchmark

Issued by AdBot 31 Oct 2025

Gail Schimmel, CEO of the Advertising Regulatory Board, talks about the need to regulate advertising of online gambling (Image source: © 123rf )

Advertising

A hot topic: Online gambling advertising regulation

Gail Schimmel 30 Oct 2025

Tanika Corneleus, digital campaign lead at midnight says automated marketing isn’t a set-and-forget solution – it needs the right data and metrics (Image supplied)

Digital

How automation can help marketers get better ROI from ad campaigns

Tanika Corneleus 30 Oct 2025

Communications leader, Perri King, crowned at Forty Under 40 South Africa

DEI

Communications leader, Perri King, crowned at Forty Under 40 South Africa

28 Oct 2025

Digital

Black Friday's digital waste: Are brands getting buried?

Scott Reinders 27 Oct 2025

Advertising

Online gambling ads: Somebody has to say “enough”

Sarah Britten 27 Oct 2025

The digital circuit breaker: Why marketing can no longer outsource resilience to IT

Digital

The digital circuit breaker: Why marketing can no longer outsource resilience to IT

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 23 Oct 2025

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Paediatrics

Flavourings in South African baby food could pose health risk, finds new Stellies study

22 Oct 2025

Branding

Half of B2B CMOs think brand doesn’t matter. They’re wrong

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 22 Oct 2025

VML South Africa has appointed Danelle Stiles (left) as chief operating officer and Insaaf Khan (right) as chief client officer (Image supplied, composite: Bizcommunity © Lesley Svenson)

Advertising

VML's new-look exco, with 2 significant appointments

21 Oct 2025

Source: © 123rf Warc Media’s latest Platform Insights by WARC Media provides comprehensive data-driven intelligence on LinkedIn’s advertising landscape

Research

LinkedIn's advertising bigger than other mid-size social platforms

21 Oct 2025

WhatsApp, the ‘killer app’ for word-of-mouth in SA’s township economies

Marketing

WhatsApp, the ‘killer app’ for word-of-mouth in SA’s township economies

Mathabatha Sexwale, Issued by Brave Group 21 Oct 2025

HR Indaba 2025: Why “post and pray” is no longer enough for strategic recruitment

Talent Acquisition

HR Indaba 2025: Why “post and pray” is no longer enough for strategic recruitment

Issued by Pnet 17 Oct 2025

Cover Bokkie pet insurance ad found confusing

Advertising

Cover Bokkie pet insurance ad found confusing

Karabo Ledwaba 17 Oct 2025

Advertising

Warc report: How values-driven marketing can transform advertising effectiveness

16 Oct 2025

The ultimate Black Friday 2025 survival guide for South African e-commerce retailers October 2025

E-commerce

The ultimate Black Friday 2025 survival guide for South African e-commerce retailers October 2025

Issued by TDMC 15 Oct 2025

#Orchids&Onions: Checkers cooks with Jamie Oliver, Vaseline warms hearts

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Checkers cooks with Jamie Oliver, Vaseline warms hearts

Brendan Seery 14 Oct 2025

Lanseria offers brands a strategic domination zone

OOH

Lanseria offers brands a strategic domination zone

14 Oct 2025

Talent Acquisition

Why you should apply consumer marketing techniques to recruitment

Celeste Sirin 13 Oct 2025

Your mind deserves a blank space

Marketing

Your mind deserves a blank space

Issued by Havas Johannesburg 13 Oct 2025

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Advertising

Why the proposed ban on alcohol advertising has a valid point

Corné Kritzinger 10 Oct 2025

Helping South Africans build financial confidence with the help of AI

Artificial Intelligence

Helping South Africans build financial confidence with the help of AI

Kelly Driscoll, Issued by Sanlam Fintech 10 Oct 2025

Absolute Ablution’s rebranding delivers 75 quality leads in just 2 months with Cape Marketing Agency

Marketing

Absolute Ablution’s rebranding delivers 75 quality leads in just 2 months with Cape Marketing Agency

Issued by Cape Marketing Agency 9 Oct 2025

Ethel Ramos. Source: Supplied.

Artificial Intelligence

Ethel Ramos | What ChatGPT’s instant checkout means for brand storytelling

Ethel Ramos 7 Oct 2025

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Legislation & Regulation

Liquor Amendment Bill moves to ban alcohol advertising

Sabrina de Freitas and Juliet Killick 2 Oct 2025

A new Eskimi study highlights South Africa in second place in running the most Gen Z-focused ad campaigns. (Image supplied.)

Youth Marketing

South Africa sets new standards with Gen Z-focused advertising

2 Oct 2025

Advertising

Meta to leverage AI chat data for personalised ads

Karabo Ledwaba 2 Oct 2025

A snippet from the Road trip film.

Advertising

Watch | New ChatGPT ads just like movie scenes

Karabo Ledwaba 1 Oct 2025

Luyanda Mazibuko, SEM's creative production manager, asks how homegrown brands can actually tap into the hearts of the diverse South African market? (Image supplied)

Marketing

#ProudlySA: How local brands can win the hearts of South African consumers

Luyanda Mazibuko 1 Oct 2025