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Ogilvy and SAB Carling Black Label 2023 winners of the IAS-sponsored FM AdFocus Partnership Award (Image: Source © AdFocus Awards )

Advertising

FM AdFocus Awards 2025: The power of partnership in a changing industry

3 hours

A nurse draws a blood sample from a child for an HIV test at a clinic in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 March 2025. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

HIV/AIDS

China backs SA's HIV/Aids response with $3.49m grant

Nellie Peyton 17 hours

Angle Orange takes top honours at the 2025 Shop! SA Awards

Retail Marketing

Angle Orange takes top honours at the 2025 Shop! SA Awards

Issued by Angle Orange 21 hours

OLC claims major wins at the 2025 Assegai Awards

Direct Marketing

OLC claims major wins at the 2025 Assegai Awards

Issued by OLC Through The Line Communications 22 hours

Young SA entrepreneur launches digital hiring engine for SMEs

SMEs

Young SA entrepreneur launches digital hiring engine for SMEs

22 hours

Ogilvy crowned Most Effective Agency at the 2025 Assegai Direct Marketing Awards

Direct Marketing

Ogilvy crowned Most Effective Agency at the 2025 Assegai Direct Marketing Awards

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 23 hours

Andrea Diquez is global CEO at GUT. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

New York Festivals taps Andrea Diquez to head 2026 jury

1 day

New awards highlight top MICE social media performers in Africa

Tourism

New awards highlight top MICE social media performers in Africa

1 day

TikTok launches exclusive TikTok Insiders programme to accelerate agency growth in South Africa

Social Media

TikTok launches exclusive TikTok Insiders programme to accelerate agency growth in South Africa

Issued by TikTok 16 hours

Gautrain Management Agency wins award for public sector governance

Railway

Gautrain Management Agency wins award for public sector governance

2 days

Lobengula Advertising proves the importance of employee marketing with winning 5 Assegai Awards

Direct Marketing

Lobengula Advertising proves the importance of employee marketing with winning 5 Assegai Awards

Issued by Lobengula Advertising 2 days

Social Media

Novus Media welcomes Makhosazana Nkosi to the team

2 days

Windhoek Beer’s new campaign, Real Beer, Real Food and Nothing Else has hit the streets with the arrival of the Windhoek Beer Hops Truck (image supplied)

Promotions & Activations

#BehindtheCampaign: Real Beer, Real Food and Nothing Else

2 days

Leadership lessons from building an agency: How the Key brothers are shaping Moonsport

Marketing

Leadership lessons from building an agency: How the Key brothers are shaping Moonsport

Issued by Moonsport 2 days

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Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Why children must shape Africa’s digital future

Refilwe Mokoena and Anzio Jacobs 2 days

Ogilvy takes top honours at 2025 IAS Agency Credentials Award

Direct Marketing

Ogilvy takes top honours at 2025 IAS Agency Credentials Award

Issued by DMASA 2 days

Rogerwilco sweeps 2025 Assegai Awards with 16 wins, including coveted Best in Class honour

Direct Marketing

Rogerwilco sweeps 2025 Assegai Awards with 16 wins, including coveted Best in Class honour

Issued by Rogerwilco 2 days

5 questions to ask yourself before setting 2026 goals

PR & Communications

5 questions to ask yourself before setting 2026 goals

Issued by Penquin 2 days

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Sustainability

B20 South Africa: What's next for the Energy Mix and Just Transition

Murray Crow 3 days

Advertising

ComStrat - The bridge between brand strategy and media strategy

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 3 days

Shaikha Al Nowais makes history as UN Tourism's first woman leader

Tourism

Shaikha Al Nowais makes history as UN Tourism's first woman leader

17 Nov 2025

Media

South Africa needs to rethink its community media policy - 4 ways to close the gaps

Franz Krüger 17 Nov 2025

Marketing

arena infosolution

17 Nov 2025

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

S&P upgrades South Africa for first time in nearly 20 years as reforms gain traction

Aatrayee Chatterjee 16 Nov 2025

Assegai Awards 2025 shine in a sold-out celebration of excellence

Direct Marketing

Assegai Awards 2025 shine in a sold-out celebration of excellence

Issued by DMASA 14 Nov 2025

Ogilvy South Africa and Yum! took the top industry honours at the Marketing and Media Alliance sub-Saharan Africa's 2025 Smarties (image supplied)

Marketing

Ogilvy and Yum! take top honours at MMA SSA Smarties

14 Nov 2025

The final Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry report (MDPMI) has been released (Source: © 123rf )

Media

MDPMI report released; Google commits R688m to SA media

13 Nov 2025

Women walk past a Mozambique soldier inside a camp for the internally displaced in the town of Quitunda, Mozambique, 22 September 2021. Image credit: Reuters/Baz Ratner/File Photo

Coal, Oil & Gas

Locals angry over TotalEnergies' enclave model in Mozambique

Nellie Peyton 14 Nov 2025

The Undercover Ad is a campaign of AI-generated songs which are secretly advertisements that don’t sound like advertisements at all (Image supplied)

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign: The Undercover Ad

13 Nov 2025

$South Africa’s first accredited shopper marketing course has launched. Iamge: From left to right: Ted Miller - corporate learning design team lead, Red & Yellow, Mary-Leigh Abramson - head of corporate relations, Red & Yellow, Kirsty Peters - senior business relationship manager, Red & Yellow, Di Wilson - managing director of Integer\Hotspot and founder of SHOP! SA (Image supplied)$

Education

SA’s first accredited shopper marketing course launches

13 Nov 2025

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 13 Nov 2025

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Finance Minister extends Sassa’s R370 Covid-19 SRD grant

13 Nov 2025

Vaal River City: A landmark investment opportunity in a mixed-use urban hub

Markets & Investment

Vaal River City: A landmark investment opportunity in a mixed-use urban hub

Issued by Plumari Property Group 13 Nov 2025

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 12 Nov 2025

Disney releases heartwarming new holiday short from acclaimed director Taika Waititi

TV

Disney releases heartwarming new holiday short from acclaimed director Taika Waititi

Issued by The Walt Disney Company Africa 12 Nov 2025

Workers are seen at a construction site at Protea Glen, a township of Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 March 2021. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Talent Acquisition

Unemployment rate falls, helped by construction

Kopano Gumbi 12 Nov 2025

Ghana’s first advanced Out-of-Home (OOH) measurement platform has been launched (Image supplied)

OOH

Ghana gets first OOH measurement platform

12 Nov 2025

In the final RAPT BizTrendsTV episode of the year, we turn the tables on trends, as host (Left) Bronwyn Williams moves from host to guest, interviewed by Bizcommunity editor, (Right) Danette Breitenbach (Image composite by Ruth Cooper © Bizcommunity)

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV | The Headline Act: Turning the tables

11 Nov 2025

Creative legend John Hunt retires

Advertising

Creative legend John Hunt retires

11 Nov 2025

Western Cape pensioners have petitioned government to increase their grants. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Health & Social Welfare

Pensioners ask Parliament to increase grant to R5,000

Marecia Damons 11 Nov 2025

Bluegrass Digital celebrates connection at London Indaba Dinner

Digital

Bluegrass Digital celebrates connection at London Indaba Dinner

Issued by Bluegrass Digital 12 Nov 2025

South Africa's Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) joined 34 global consultancies in closed-door sessions at AdForum 2025 in London (Source: © 123rf )

Marketing & Media

5 key trends from the AdForum Worldwide Summit 2025

11 Nov 2025

Circular Economy & Waste Management

When polluters don’t pay: Still no cleanup at South African oil refinery that’s caused millions in damage but was sold for 6c

Llewellyn Leonard 10 Nov 2025

Marcel Capra, Chief Operations Officer of EQPlus

#EvolutionofWork

From chaos to clarity: The transformation of independent contracting

Marcel Capra 7 Nov 2025

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Health & Social Welfare

Sassa calls for accurate info in new SRD applications

7 Nov 2025

Source: frimufilms via

Agriculture

Absa and AGDA push for greater financial inclusion in SA agriculture

7 Nov 2025

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Health & Social Welfare

Can South Africa’s social grants help people make a better life? Research offers hope

Leila Patel 7 Nov 2025

Marketing

Riverbed wins PR account for Mondelēz South Africa

6 Nov 2025

GC Now Johannesburg convenes President Ramaphosa and world leaders for a historic global turning point

ESG & Sustainability

GC Now Johannesburg convenes President Ramaphosa and world leaders for a historic global turning point

Issued by OnPoint PR 6 Nov 2025