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The new Toyota Starlet campaign blends traditional craft with generative AI elements for an out-of-this-world adventure (Image supplied)

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign: Toyota Starlet campaign blends tradition and tech

14 hours

ACA launches white paper on AI: a call for informed, responsible adoption across the industry

Artificial Intelligence

ACA launches white paper on AI: a call for informed, responsible adoption across the industry

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 1 day

Win, lose, Springboks show why sponsors always score

Sponsorship

Win, lose, Springboks show why sponsors always score

5 Sep 2025

SA sugar farmers hit by US tariffs and cheap imports

Agro-processing

SA sugar farmers hit by US tariffs and cheap imports

Sisipho Skweyiya 4 Sep 2025

Brave Group has appointed (l to r) Collin Makhubela – executive creative director, Bibi Bonnecwe – executive creative director and Mosa Ntwampe - head of strategy (Images supplied. Image composite by Lesley Svenson © Bizcommunity)

Advertising

Brave Group adds to leadership with ECD and strategy head appointments

29 Aug 2025

Juno wins gold at 2025 Bookmark Awards for Chicken Licken®️campaign

Media

Juno wins gold at 2025 Bookmark Awards for Chicken Licken®️campaign

Issued by Juno Media 18 Aug 2025

The Lead Creative: Unpacking Cannes 2025 with Xolisa Dyeshana and Saf Sindhi

The Lead Creative

The Lead Creative: Unpacking Cannes 2025 with Xolisa Dyeshana and Saf Sindhi

20 Aug 2025

Joe Public and their clients recognised at 2025 Bookmark Awards

Marketing & Media

Joe Public and their clients recognised at 2025 Bookmark Awards

Issued by Joe Public 20 Aug 2025

Image source: pixelbliss –

Corporate & Commercial Law

MTN faces new US investigation into Afghanistan conduct

Nqobile Dludla 19 Aug 2025

MTN swings to first-half profit, raises guidance

Telecoms & Networks

MTN swings to first-half profit, raises guidance

18 Aug 2025

The IAB SA 2025 Bookmarks Awards winners have been announced, with Ogilvy named Best Digital Agency of 2025 (Image supplied)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

Ogilvy and KFC take the double in the IAB Bookmark Awards

15 Aug 2025

IAB SA's Front Row delegates for 2025 announced

Digital

IAB SA's Front Row delegates for 2025 announced

13 Aug 2025

2025 Effie Awards South Africa finalists announced

Marketing

2025 Effie Awards South Africa finalists announced

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 12 Aug 2025

Women leading with purpose

Women's Month

Women leading with purpose

Abigail Buckley, Issued by Joe Public 7 Aug 2025

Recognising excellence in transformation: 2025 Nedbank Oliver Top Empowerment Award winners revealed

Events & Conferencing

Recognising excellence in transformation: 2025 Nedbank Oliver Top Empowerment Award winners revealed

Issued by Topco Media 7 Aug 2025

Effie South Africa announces 2025 grand jury in record-breaking entry year

Marketing

Effie South Africa announces 2025 grand jury in record-breaking entry year

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 7 Aug 2025

Xolisa Dyeshana, chief creative officer and partner at Joe Public, gives lessons from his experience as 2025’s Cannes Audio & Radio jury president (Image by Danette Bretienbach © Bizcommunity)

Cannes Lions

#CreativeCircle2025: South African audio needs to evolve | Xolisa Dyeshana's key takeaways

Danette Breitenbach 5 Aug 2025

Lucky Masinya: winner of The Taste Master SA 2025

Food & Wine

Lucky Masinya: winner of The Taste Master SA 2025

30 Jul 2025

Source: © 123rf The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies’ third draft of the White Paper on Audio and Audio-Visual Media Services and Online Safety proposes a sweeping redefinition of what counts as “media".

Media

Proposed regulations redefine media, reshapes how brands track narratives

30 Jul 2025

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Trump says he may skip G20 summit in SA, cites policy disapproval

Kanishka Singh, Steve Holland and Ryan Patrick Jones 30 Jul 2025

Culture Summit Africa 2025 to spotlight the people behind Africa’s culture-led companies

Management & Leadership

Culture Summit Africa 2025 to spotlight the people behind Africa’s culture-led companies

Issued by The Publicity Workshop 29 Jul 2025

Nedbank ‘mugs’ audience with new travel insurance campaign

Advertising

Nedbank ‘mugs’ audience with new travel insurance campaign

Issued by Joe Public 29 Jul 2025

ACA welcomes new board and leadership team for 2025/26

Advertising

ACA welcomes new board and leadership team for 2025/26

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 22 Jul 2025

Takealot bets on Mr D to drive on-demand delivery expansion

Retail Services

Takealot bets on Mr D to drive on-demand delivery expansion

Nqobile Dludla 21 Jul 2025

Joe Hamman from Novus Group says as AI transforms search, earned media coverage has become one of the most critical drivers of digital visibility (image supplied)

World PR Day

#WPRD2025 | Novus Group's Joe Hamman: Earned media as a critical driver of digital visibility

Joe Hamman 18 Jul 2025

Construction & Engineering

Eastern Cape floods cause R5bn in damage – health facilities among worst hit

18 Jul 2025

After 42 years, Carol Wahler becomes executive director emeritus. Joe Newton steps in as executive director. Source: Supplied.

The One Club for Creativity

Joe Newton takes the helm as executive director of Type Directors Club

15 Jul 2025

Advertising

Warc signals potential renaissance for programmatic advertising

11 Jul 2025

The finalists were announced on 9 July 2025. Source: Supplied

IAB Bookmarks Awards

All the 2025 Bookmark Awards finalists

9 Jul 2025

Nigerian executive joins ICC's global marketing commission leadership

Advertising

Nigerian executive joins ICC's global marketing commission leadership

9 Jul 2025

(L to r:) Adetutu Laditan, founder, creative director, Woof Studios, Lagos, Bongiwe Neema Nouse, creative director, The Odd Number, Alison Hingle, senior creative, Joe Public United, have been chosen to sit on the One Club’s Young Guns 23 Jury (IOmage by Lesley, Svenson © Bizcommunity)

The One Club for Creativity

Joe Public and The Odd Number's young creatives on Young Guns 23 jury

9 Jul 2025

Novus Group’s latest circulation report reveals mass closures, digital migrations, and surprising community resilience across the March 2024 to March 2025 period (Image supplied)

Media

SA’s print media’s moment of reckoning as news consumption shifts to digital platforms

8 Jul 2025

Image credit: Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Health & Social Welfare

R1.2bn grant to aid disaster-affected provinces

8 Jul 2025

Nedbank's latest campaign #GetMoneyFit draws inspiration from the parallels between physical fitness and financial wellness (Image supplied)

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign: Nedbank's #GetMoneyFit

2 Jul 2025

Kendra Hyman specialise in creator management at Special Effects Media (Image supplied)

Social Media

#WorldSocialMediaDay: Local stories, global conversations

Kendra Hyman 30 Jun 2025

Facing global headwinds, Chinese automakers make a play for Africa

Dealers

Facing global headwinds, Chinese automakers make a play for Africa

27 Jun 2025

Takealot grows revenue to fend off Amazon rivalry

E-commerce

Takealot grows revenue to fend off Amazon rivalry

Nqobile Dludla 26 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

#WorldGiraffeDay: Why the giraffe needs more conservation

Environment & Natural Resources

#WorldGiraffeDay: Why the giraffe needs more conservation

20 Jun 2025

#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy Lions

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy Lions

Danette Breitenbach 20 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

Joe Public has been awarded a Silver and two Bronze Lions

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Joe Public delivers SA's first metal

Danette Breitenbach 16 Jun 2025

$TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris and Razor PR, M&C Saatchi Abel have been named in the Engagement Lions announced Sunday, 15 June 2025$

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris and Razor PR feature in Engagement Lions shortlists

Danette Breitenbach 15 Jun 2025

Joe Public opens SA's account at #Cannes2025

Cannes Lions

Joe Public opens SA's account at #Cannes2025

14 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

Steinhoff's former Chief Executive Markus Jooste appears in parliament to face a panel investigating an accounting scandal that rocked the retailer in Cape Town, South Africa, 5 September 2018. Reuters/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

PR & Communications

Tlhogi Ngwato | Why silence is not golden - 5 sins leaders make

Tlhogi Ngwato 12 Jun 2025

Image: Greater Kokstad Municipality

Environment & Natural Resources

Eastern Cape government activates disaster teams in response to cold front

11 Jun 2025

ESG

Sustainability dips but still drives choice in the luxury market

11 Jun 2025