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 | | South Africa has three agencies shortlisted for the 2026 Gerety Awards... read |
|  | KARABO LEDWABA Netflix show The Polygamist stars Gugu Gumede and Sdumo Mtshali.... read |
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| Cannes Lions |
 | ISSUED BY THE UP&UP GROUP The COO of Connect, Scott Reinders, will be joining Dr Karen Nelson-Field from Amplified, and Google’s Carl Wåreus, on the WARC Podcast at Cannes Lions, hosted by Alex Brownsell... Read |
 | Jim Stengel has been named the Cannes inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing... Read |
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| |  | JESSICA GBEDEMAH They marched for a voice, and we inherited the microphone, writes Jessica Gbedemah… Read |  | ISSUED BY BRANDMAPP The lazy story about young South African consumers is that they are broke, stuck, unemployed and hard to reach. The more useful story is that they are under-capitalised, overly mobile, digitally fluent and actively building their way into adulthood... Read |  | ISSUED BY MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY AGENCY This Youth Month, the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) sat down with four community media projects – Alex FM, Kgatleng FM, Ulwazi Magazine and Youth Voice Newspaper – to reflect on the aspirations, challenges and voices of young people in their communities... Read |
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| Events & Conferencing |
 | Cape Town has updated its events by-law to simplify approvals for lower-risk events while improving support for larger-scale events that contribute to the city’s visitor economy... Read |
| Marketing |
 | JACO LINTVELT, ISSUED BY INCUBETA Boards, CMOs and FDs are no longer asking who can run their campaigns, but rather who will share risk on producing the results that matter... Read |
| Media |
| Sanef has not shortlisted any media house in the awards arguing that entries were weak... Read |
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| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY SYNAPSE MEDIA After years of serving the Out of Home industry through news, insights, thought leadership, and industry collaboration, DOOH.co.za is proud to announce its evolution into OOH Central... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | Publicity For Good founder Heather Holmes has been named the PRNews 2026 Top Women in PR & Communications Honouree… Read |
| Retail |
 | HEATH BATT Businesses invest months of planning, marketing spend and hard-won shelf space into promotional campaigns only to discover, weeks later, that their sales stalled due to their products not being in stock in store... Read |
 | As more small businesses and community organisations transition from cash to digital payments, there is a growing need for assistance with setup, education and day-to-day use of these systems in the township economy... Read |
 | ellesse has served a sporting philosophy shaped by confidence, individuality and an innate sense of style, and the Do It Like An Italian campaign brings that spirit into the present, blending heritage with a more modern, expressive energy.... Read |
| Social Media |
 | The UK government has announced that it will ban social media platforms from offering services to under-16s... Read |
| Africa |
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 | Africa’s digital challenge is no longer building networks, it’s getting people to use them... Read |
 | Mobile technologies contributed $240bn to Africa’s economy in 2025, driving jobs, revenue and digital transformation, though affordability remains a major barrier... Read |
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 | HAMILTON SITHOLE Why SA SMEs are under enormous pressure... Read |
 | THEMBI CHAGONDA South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis requires urgent, practical career pathways and measurable actions from government and business, not just empty speeches and annual Youth Month promises... Read |
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