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2026 Effie Awards South Africa grand jury announced

South Africa, Sept. 3 -- Hosted by the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), the Effie Awards remain the globally recognised benchmark for marketing effectiveness. The Grand Effie recog... Read More


ChatGPT Ads hits $1bn revenue run rate

South Africa, Sept. 3 -- Using context The company said tens of thousands of advertisers are now using ChatGPT Ads, with advertisers in India, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa gaining direct ... Read More


Does advertising still matter in the age of AI slop?

South Africa, Sept. 3 -- New tools have made it faster to design, produce, edit, and distribute ideas, but few have changed the creative process as fundamentally as generative AI. Today, a campaign co... Read More


Kenya media editor abducted, dumped 200km away after source demands

South Africa, Sept. 3 -- Alex Kiprotich, an associate editor at Standard Group, was taken from a car near the city of Nakuru shortly before 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, the company said in a statement. Dash... Read More


Final call: Just 2 weeks left to enter the 2026 Future of HR Awards

South Africa, Sept. 3 -- Your team has invested in better people strategies; transforming employee experience, rolling out new HR technology, strengthening culture, advancing diversity and inclusion, ... Read More


Sundowns defender Khuliso Mudau joins Chappies

South Africa, Sept. 3 -- Partnership The partnership marks an exciting new chapter for Chappies as the brand enters the world of football through Chappies for Champs, a campaign celebrating South Afr... Read More


#Orchids&Onions: Glenlivet's clumsy brand risk vs Airlink's brand reward

South Africa, Sept. 2 -- Questionable ads One which shocked me, although it didn't seem to ruffle many feathers among Joburg people at the time, was a radio ad for a dreadful TV soapie called Tanamera... Read More


AI raises the bar for digital literacy

South Africa, Sept. 2 -- It is not only IT professionals or even office workers like accountants and marketers who need to be confident and competent in their use of computer systems. Nurses, couriers... Read More


Samro opens applications for the Music Creation Support Fund

South Africa, Sept. 2 -- In this funding cycle, Samro will award grants to 120 members, significantly reducing financial barriers for artists while diversifying the local soundscape. The funding may b... Read More


New report: Most South African news sites still exposed to AI scraping

South Africa, Sept. 2 -- Nearly seven in ten South African news websites take no specific action to block AI crawlers from scraping their content, according to a new report launched today by the Media... Read More