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Mathebe Ngwenya's bold leap from corporate banking to beauty entrepreneurship

Accounting & Auditing

Mathebe Ngwenya's bold leap from corporate banking to beauty entrepreneurship

Issued by SAICA 7 hours

ButtaNutt secures a 54% equity investment from PSG Group

FMCG

ButtaNutt secures a 54% equity investment from PSG Group

9 hours

New York Festivals (NYF) Storytellers Gala have announced the 2025 TV & Film Awards award winners and the 2025 Radio Awards winners, with South Africa winning six awards, three for TV & Film and three for Radio (Image supplied)

Film & Cinematography

6 Awards for SA at New York Festivals 2025 TV & Film and Radio Awards

9 hours

Consumers prefer relevant local advertising – new research

Media

Consumers prefer relevant local advertising – new research

Issued by Spark Media 11 hours

Dentsu Africa crowned media network of the year; Nigeria, Kenya win big at Pitcher Awards 2025

Media

Dentsu Africa crowned media network of the year; Nigeria, Kenya win big at Pitcher Awards 2025

Issued by Dentsu 11 hours

Social Media

Why Meta is in trouble in Nigeria and what this means for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users

11 hours

ANEW clinches 2nd consecutive gold for sustainability stand at Africa’s Travel Indaba

Hospitality

ANEW clinches 2nd consecutive gold for sustainability stand at Africa’s Travel Indaba

Issued by ANEW Hotels & Resorts 1 day

Chef Sanele’s journey from home kitchen to hotel hero celebrating Africa Day at Town Lodge Umhlanga

Hospitality

Chef Sanele’s journey from home kitchen to hotel hero celebrating Africa Day at Town Lodge Umhlanga

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 1 day

Butterfly House: Unfolding hope

Health & Social Welfare

Butterfly House: Unfolding hope

Marilyn Keegan, Issued by COHSASA 1 day

Why your digital media might not be scaling

Digital

Why your digital media might not be scaling

Issued by TDMC 1 day

One Gospel launches its first ever original kiddies edutainment show - Friends in Faith

TV

One Gospel launches its first ever original kiddies edutainment show - Friends in Faith

Issued by Urban Brew Studios 9 hours

Education

Dentsu School of Influence Kenya sends off first graduates with 40 brand deals in hand

Issued by Dentsu 1 day

SA's logistics sector set for transformation under new regulations

Logistics & Transport

SA's logistics sector set for transformation under new regulations

Heather Irvine, Andrew Pike and Nazeera Mia 1 day

IP Law

AI in IP law practice: The good, the bias and the (potentially) unethical

Chezanne Haigh 1 day

The call is coming from inside the house. How to overcome silos to fast-track profits

Marketing

The call is coming from inside the house. How to overcome silos to fast-track profits

Jaco Lintvelt, Issued by Incubeta 2 days

Bigger isn’t always better. Here’s why

Advertising

Bigger isn’t always better. Here’s why

Dawn Rowlands, Issued by Dentsu 2 days

Wits University researchers are scrambling to manage the fallout from the decision by US President Donald Trump to slash funding to South Africa. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Higher Education

Wits scrambles to lessen fallout from Trump’s funding cuts

Aisling de Lange 2 days

Sunshinegun appoints Nondumiso Nkabinde as copywriter

Marketing

Sunshinegun appoints Nondumiso Nkabinde as copywriter

Issued by Sunshinegun 2 days

Pierpaolo Piccioli named new creative director of Balenciaga

Fashion & Homeware

Pierpaolo Piccioli named new creative director of Balenciaga

2 days

Advertising

Amazon’s ad business boom: Raking in over $60bn

2 days

Source: © 123rf Cingulate Marketing and Advertising, a healthcare marketing company, has been acquired by McCann Joburg to solidify the agency’s position in the healthcare space.

Marketing

McCann Joburg acquires a healthcare marketing company

2 days

Source: © 123rf US President Donald Trump’s proposed 100% tariffs on foreign films entering the US, have led the Directors Guild of South Africa (DGSA) to express concern

Film & Cinematography

100% proposed tariffs on foreign films to US sends “chilling signal"

2 days

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Environment & Natural Resources

Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind

Susan Reid 3 days

Instant lawn farmer wins big with new John Deere tractor

Radio & Audio

Instant lawn farmer wins big with new John Deere tractor

Issued by OFM Radio 3 days

Tourism

Space tourism’s growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement

Betsy Pudliner 3 days

Stop optimising your mistakes: Why brave creative is the key to marketing's future

Marketing

Stop optimising your mistakes: Why brave creative is the key to marketing's future

Vanessa Bolosier, Issued by Incubeta 3 days

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Higher Education

AI can be a danger to students – 3 things universities must do

Sioux McKenna and Nompilo Tshuma 19 May 2025

Impact BBDO Dubai is the Middle East & Africa Agency of the Year in The One Show Global Creative Rankings (Image supplied)

Advertising

One Show 2025: ME & Africa Agency of the Year - Impact BBDO Dubai

3 days

As SAB turns 130, Boundless was tasked to deliver something meaningful, emotional, and… big

Advertising

As SAB turns 130, Boundless was tasked to deliver something meaningful, emotional, and… big

Issued by Boundless 19 May 2025

Achievement Awards Group and Heineken Beverages partner to empower tavern owners

Regulatory

Achievement Awards Group and Heineken Beverages partner to empower tavern owners

Issued by Achievement Awards Group 3 days

Tumi celebrates 50th anniversary with campaign, 'Made for you since 1975'

Travel

Tumi celebrates 50th anniversary with campaign, 'Made for you since 1975'

Issued by Tumi 19 May 2025

Islam Eldessouky. Source: YouTube.

Advertising

#Exclusive: What’s in a name? Islam ElDessouky on Coca‑Cola’s reimagined Share a Coke

Karabo Ledwaba 19 May 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Judge slams Gauteng land grab

Tania Broughton 16 May 2025

Medihelp and Old Mutual announce collaboration

Medical Aid

Medihelp and Old Mutual announce collaboration

Issued by Medihelp 16 May 2025

High scores all round at Liberty Midlands Mall’s Gaming Festival 2025

Exhibitions & Events

High scores all round at Liberty Midlands Mall’s Gaming Festival 2025

Issued by Taryn Louch Creative 16 May 2025

This year, LunchBar celebrates 60 years in South Africa. To mark the occasion, SA’s favourite award-winning conspiracy theorist is back (Image supplied)

Marketing

60 years of "Much, much more of The LunchBar Man"

16 May 2025

Source: © 123rf Airtel Africa has appointed Publicis Groupe Africa as its integrated marketing partner across 12 key markets on the continent

Marketing

Publicis Groupe Africa appointed Airtel Africa's integrated marketing partner

16 May 2025

$Joe Public, Promise and TBWA\Hunt Lascaris are among the South African agencies that are Pencil and Merit winners in the One Show (Image supplied)$

The One Club for Creativity

One Show winners: Joe Public, Promise and TBWA\Hunt Lascaris

16 May 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

Time - and courts - wait for no labour dispute

Bradley Workman-Davies 15 May 2025

Isilumko Activate appoints new chief commercial officer - Gregory Martin

Marketing

Isilumko Activate appoints new chief commercial officer - Gregory Martin

Issued by Isilumko Activate 15 May 2025

Donald Chauke from Demographicia asks if Nedbank’s pink tax campaign that takes on gender pricing is enough (Image credit: Nedbank)

Marketing

Nedbank’s pink tax campaign takes on gender pricing but is it enough?

15 May 2025

Entertainment’s AI revolution is here—adapt or be left behind

4th Industrial Revolution

Entertainment’s AI revolution is here—adapt or be left behind

Mzi Kaka 14 May 2025

Pola Maneli Port Elizabeth and BCKRDS Johannesburg are among the global winners in the ADC 104th Annual Awards Middle East & Africa Region along with agencies and designers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates (Image supplied)

Advertising

2 South African agencies awarded in Global ADC 104th Annual Awards

15 May 2025

Source: ©Nolre Lourens via

Tourism

Cape Town launches new visitor guide celebrating local talent and tourism

14 May 2025

Source: © Grey Advertising It has been reported that WPP is to move advertising agency Grey into Ogilvy Group

Advertising

WPP to move advertising agency Grey into Ogilvy Group

14 May 2025

The 2025 Bookmark Awards Learner Jury features 18 promising early-career professionals already making an impact in their respective fields (Image supplied)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2025 Awards Learner Jury: More than just a seat at the table

14 May 2025

A report by shareholder activist organisation Just Share has shown that South Africa’s largest polluters pay so little carbon tax that it barely has any impact on their greenhouse gas emissions. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Climate Change

Corporate lobbying derailed South Africa’s climate goals, report finds

Liezl Human 14 May 2025

Carl Willoughby chief creative officer, TBWA and chairman - Creative Circle Awards says Awards are a reminder that even in this age of algorithms, that brilliant, brave creativity still matters (Image supplied)

Advertising

Exclusive: TBWA's CCO Carl Willoughby: More than just bragging rights - awards matter to creativity, credibility, business

Carl Willoughby 14 May 2025

Basa at RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2025: Putting South Africa’s creative sector on the global map

Art

Basa at RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2025: Putting South Africa’s creative sector on the global map

Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 14 May 2025