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2025 Warc Media 100 ranks top-performing global media campaigns

Advertising

2025 Warc Media 100 ranks top-performing global media campaigns

18 Mar 2025

The unseen battle with mental health in the entertainment industry

Wellness

The unseen battle with mental health in the entertainment industry

Pikolomzi Qaba 14 Mar 2025

Exciting new breakthrough artists join the Galaxy KDay 2025 lineup

Radio & Audio

Exciting new breakthrough artists join the Galaxy KDay 2025 lineup

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 14 Mar 2025

Jennifer Hudson hosts The Jennifer Hudson Show.

TV

Why Jennifer Hudson's show is a digital marketing sensation

Karabo Ledwaba 10 Mar 2025

#OrchidsandOnions: A costly mistake, a well-timed ad, and a lesson in digital banking

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: A costly mistake, a well-timed ad, and a lesson in digital banking

Brendan Seery 6 Mar 2025

The new marketing funnel: How community influence drives conversions

Marketing

The new marketing funnel: How community influence drives conversions

Issued by Brand Influence Agency 27 Feb 2025

Naked’s #GetNakedAnywhere campaign has turned an Out of Home (OOH) billboard campaign into a viral TikTok trend, with the top two videos racking up 3.8 million and 3.2 million organic views and total campaign views of nearly 20 million (Image supplied)

Advertising

Naked's #GetNakedAnywhere: From OOH billboard campaign to viral TikTok trend

27 Feb 2025

From intern to inspiration: Thembalethu Mfebe’s perspective on the MultiChoice Talent Factory

TV

From intern to inspiration: Thembalethu Mfebe’s perspective on the MultiChoice Talent Factory

Issued by MultiChoice 25 Feb 2025

Wellness

Local haircare brand, Afrolecia gains global interest

19 Feb 2025

Social Media

20 years of YouTube: 8 key innovations that have helped the video platform achieve its success

Alex Connock 18 Feb 2025

Morning After Island is a Ogilvy Honduras campaign.

Advertising

What is the Ogilvy Network's secret spice?

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Feb 2025

The bird was allegedly 'killed' by a Tesla Cybertruck.

Marketing

Duolingo's owl 'killed' by Tesla Cybertruck in viral campaign

Karabo Ledwaba 14 Feb 2025

Christina Naidoo, COO Huawei South Africa

4th Industrial Revolution

Rewiring STEM to accelerate girls and women empowerment

Christina Naidoo 11 Feb 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

USAID workforce reduced by 97%

Katja Hamilton 7 Feb 2025

What is community influencer marketing?

Marketing

What is community influencer marketing?

Issued by Brand Influence Agency 6 Feb 2025

Retroviral has launched the Retroviral Ai Lab, offering generative AI, GPT development and TikTok engagement capabilities (Image supplied)

Artificial Intelligence

Retroviral and by COB's collaboration launches the 'Retroviral Ai Lab'

6 Feb 2025

#BizTrends2025: VML SA's Inga Sikweyiya - What really matters to South African youth in 2025

Youth Marketing

#BizTrends2025: VML SA's Inga Sikweyiya - What really matters to South African youth in 2025

Inga Sikweyiya 31 Jan 2025

Pat Mahlangu is the CEO of Lerato Agency and Top 16 YOBA's. Source: Supplied

Marketing

#BizTrends2025: Pat Mahlangu - Trends end, focus on brand building

Pat Mahlangu 20 Jan 2025

Beverley Houston, director at Be-cause Integrated Communications says Meta’s decision to end third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads is bad news for brands (image supplied)

Media Freedom

EXCLUSIVE: Meta's farewell to fact-checking; 6 recommendations for brands

Beverley Houston 17 Jan 2025

What dietitians say about 2025’s top nutrition trends

Trends

What dietitians say about 2025’s top nutrition trends

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 9 Jan 2025

HIV/AIDS

Vaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing them

Glenda Gray and Asa Tapley 2 Jan 2025

Charity Ekezie dispels myths about Africa on social media. Source: Instagram.

Social Media

Nigerian TikTok star Charity Ekezie uses hilarious skits to dispel ignorance about Africa

Rowland Chukwuemeka Amaefula 2 Jan 2025

Media

SABC clarifies news independence amid viral FlySafair video uproar

29 Dec 2024

SABC 1’s Qwell It on a Summer Levol campaign caters to loyal viewers

TV

SABC 1’s Qwell It on a Summer Levol campaign caters to loyal viewers

24 Dec 2024

Image source: aleksandrfinch –

Infectious Diseases

Cases of rubella spike countrywide while diphtheria hits Western Cape

Tamsin Metelerkamp 20 Dec 2024

HIV/AIDS

How Afrocentric's Aid for Aids programme is transforming HIV care in South Africa

13 Dec 2024

Unlocking the golden quarter: How brands can win big with strategic digital marketing

Digital

Unlocking the golden quarter: How brands can win big with strategic digital marketing

Carl Jordan, Issued by TikTok 11 Dec 2024

(Image supplied)

Social Media

#YearOnTikTok 2024: Celebrating African culture, connection and creativity

6 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Jonathan Sinden, chief operations officer at Liberty Two Degrees.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: How collaboration between retailers and landlords is shaping customers’ experiences

Jonathan Sinden 14 Jan 2025

Absa Champions African excellence: Enter to experience Tyla’s Trailblazing Tour

Music

Absa Champions African excellence: Enter to experience Tyla’s Trailblazing Tour

Issued by OnPoint PR 5 Dec 2024

The Last Ranger, a South African short film earns international acclaim, multiple awards

Film

The Last Ranger, a South African short film earns international acclaim, multiple awards

6 Dec 2024

Time to get creative about raising standards in the creative industry

Advertising

Time to get creative about raising standards in the creative industry

Luca Gallarelli and Carl Willoughby, Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 4 Dec 2024

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

HIV: there’s hope for a cure – where we stand now

3 Dec 2024

Source: © Waya Mag The 2024 MMA Artist of the Year: Lwah Ndlunkulu. Entries for the 2025 MMA edition are now open

Radio & Audio

The Metro FM Music Awards open entries for 2025 edition

3 Dec 2024

South Africa’s Good Things Guy, Brent Lindeque hosts MTN Win-Win Summer campaign weekly show

Marketing & Media

South Africa’s Good Things Guy, Brent Lindeque hosts MTN Win-Win Summer campaign weekly show

2 Dec 2024

Media

‘Brain rot’ declared Oxford Word of the Year 2024 amid fears of social media’s impact

2 Dec 2024

adidas Originals and Avavav partner for inaugural collaborative collection

Fashion & Homeware

adidas Originals and Avavav partner for inaugural collaborative collection

22 Nov 2024

Medshield answers all your questions about arthritis

Orthopaedics

Medshield answers all your questions about arthritis

Issued by Stone 19 Nov 2024

Marketing

How skater brand Bullyboy found a place in Cape Town's heart through viral campaign

Karabo Ledwaba 13 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf Competition for viewership remains fragmented across various platforms, as multi-platform behaviour highlights high levels of social media interaction while watching television and radio listening

Media

Maps highlights high levels of social media interaction while watching TV and radio listening

Danette Breitenbach 11 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf If you are worried about the dangers of AI taking over the world, the interview with Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton is chilling and essential viewing

AI in Advertising

Part 3: AI in Advertising - From the threat of AI to Nobel Prizes for AI

6 Nov 2024

(Image supplied)

Marketing

Seth Godin: Ethical marketing and the importance of real value over short-term attention grabs

Mongezi Mtati 28 Oct 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Digitas Liquorice's Ntokozo Nhlanhla - What does SA need to convert in the digital space

Digital

EXCLUSIVE: Digitas Liquorice's Ntokozo Nhlanhla - What does SA need to convert in the digital space

Ntokozo Nhlanhla 22 Oct 2024

Padel in SA: The next big thing or just another ‘elite thing’?

Research

Padel in SA: The next big thing or just another ‘elite thing’?

Issued by BrandMapp 18 Oct 2024

[Free report] Financial Brands TikTok Report 2024: Strategies for success

Social Media

[Free report] Financial Brands TikTok Report 2024: Strategies for success

Issued by Ornico 15 Oct 2024

Source: © Gallo Images SABC presenters were on one of the masterclass panels.

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2024: How TikTok and SABC use co-creation to enhance brand loyalty and community

Karabo Ledwaba 10 Oct 2024

#WorldMentalHealthDay2024: TikTok commits to supporting its community's mental well-being

Wellness

#WorldMentalHealthDay2024: TikTok commits to supporting its community's mental well-being

10 Oct 2024

Image source: Jakub Jirsak –

IP Law

The vital role of trade mark attorneys in building and protecting your brand

Alicia van der Walt and Tshireletso Tlholoe 10 Oct 2024

Source: © Gallo Images Numerous events are taking place today at the Homecoming Centre including Masterclasses

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries Creative Week: First Awards evening beckons

10 Oct 2024

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Gilead to donate remdesivir for emergency use against Marburg disease in Rwanda

Mariam Sunny 4 Oct 2024