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Podcasts

Resonate Podcast Festival is coming to South Africa - Applications open for residency

40 minutes

2026 New Generation Awards open for early-bird entries

Marketing

2026 New Generation Awards open for early-bird entries

11 minutes

X3M Ideas created a Nollywood series called Don’t Burn Their Future. Source: X3M Ideas.

Advertising

X3M Ideas leads Africa as a top force in sustainable creative campaigns

2 hours

Local film talent takes centre stage at the inaugural DGSA Creative Awards

Film

Local film talent takes centre stage at the inaugural DGSA Creative Awards

19 hours

Inscape launches higher certificate in entrepreneurship for aspiring founders and innovators

How To Start Up

Inscape launches higher certificate in entrepreneurship for aspiring founders and innovators

Issued by Inscape 21 hours

Bob's "shopaygo" nationwide awareness campaign is designed to reshape how consumers see and understand the platform (Image supplied)

Digital

Shopaygo: Bob's connected e-commerce ecosystem awareness campaign

22 hours

#BehindtheSelfie: Talking FOMO with OneDayOnly's Jessy van Eden

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheSelfie: Talking FOMO with OneDayOnly's Jessy van Eden

Karabo Ledwaba 22 hours

Boundless becomes 51% Black-owned, 30% Black female-owned, and marginally more responsible

Advertising

Boundless becomes 51% Black-owned, 30% Black female-owned, and marginally more responsible

Issued by Boundless 23 hours

Blu Label Media appoints new marketing and media intelligence manager in strategic shift

OOH

Blu Label Media appoints new marketing and media intelligence manager in strategic shift

Issued by Blu Label Media 1 day

EuroShop highlights 5 trends for exhibition stands

Exhibitions

EuroShop highlights 5 trends for exhibition stands

Issued by Scan Display 31 minutes

Advertising

The Pitcher Awards 2026 unveils dynamic jury

1 day

Electric minibus taxis: The challenges and gains facing Cape Town’s transition

Logistics & Transport

Electric minibus taxis: The challenges and gains facing Cape Town’s transition

MJ (Thinus) Booysen and Joshua Sello 1 day

SA gaming boom lacks data, says Pixel Creators

Software

SA gaming boom lacks data, says Pixel Creators

1 day

J.C. Le Roux challenges South African culture of celebration with ‘Make a Thing of It’ campaign

Advertising

J.C. Le Roux challenges South African culture of celebration with ‘Make a Thing of It’ campaign

Issued by TBWA 1 day

Liesl Lategan. Source: Supplied.

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2026: Spitfire's Liesl Lategan selected for SIBI programme

1 day

IRL is better: Marc-Antoine Barrois' anti-social campaign redefines luxury retail

Retail Marketing

IRL is better: Marc-Antoine Barrois' anti-social campaign redefines luxury retail

1 day

Afda launches Micro-Drama Storytelling Short Course

Higher Education

Afda launches Micro-Drama Storytelling Short Course

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 1 day

Morocco-based LRNCE crowned Decorex Africa's Designer of the Year 2026

Design & Manufacturing

Morocco-based LRNCE crowned Decorex Africa's Designer of the Year 2026

2 days

Bernini puts a playful spotlight on girls’ night with new ‘Last To Leave’ campaign

Advertising

Bernini puts a playful spotlight on girls’ night with new ‘Last To Leave’ campaign

Issued by TBWA 2 days

From left, Shoeshoe Qhu (MDDA CEO), Prof Pamela Maseko (Executive Dean) and Moipane Malefane, MDDA Board Member. Source: NMU.

Media

NMU launches an industry ready media agency lab

2 days

Afda graduates and the future of opportunities in the creative economy

Higher Education

Afda graduates and the future of opportunities in the creative economy

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 1 day

Empowering the next generation: Local collaboration strengthens South Africa’s growing MICE industry

MICE

Empowering the next generation: Local collaboration strengthens South Africa’s growing MICE industry

Issued by GL events South Africa PTY (LTD) 2 days

Deadline extension for 2026 Act Nyoloha Scholarship Programme

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Deadline extension for 2026 Act Nyoloha Scholarship Programme

10 Apr 2026

Eye-tracking: the most potent ad testing tool in the attention economy

Research

Eye-tracking: the most potent ad testing tool in the attention economy

Issued by BMi Research 10 Apr 2026

Effie South Africa and Ipsos present the 2025 Trends Report

Marketing

Effie South Africa and Ipsos present the 2025 Trends Report

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 10 Apr 2026

Two companies who fraudulently acquired an R85-7m tender for a border wall must now repay the profits. Illustration: Bronwyn Webb / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Court sets aside R86m border wall tender over fraud

Tania Broughton 10 Apr 2026

Vaseline has created a new authentication tool and enlisted the help of a Nigerian Prince to launch a fight back against fake versions of Vaseline Body Oils in Nigeria. Source: Unilever.

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign: Nigerian prince busts fake body oils for Vaseline

10 Apr 2026

Two South African insurance giants collect 87% of all funeral policy premiums deducted directly from pension and disability grants paid out by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Health & Social Welfare

Two insurance giants dominate Sassa funeral deductions

Anton van Zyl and Raymond Joseph 9 Apr 2026

A highlight of our creative passion and energy!

Marketing

A highlight of our creative passion and energy!

Issued by Grapevine Communications 9 Apr 2026

Spur and Ackermans brings back Design-a-Tee competition

Design & Manufacturing

Spur and Ackermans brings back Design-a-Tee competition

9 Apr 2026

The Kendal Power Station, a coal-fired station of Eskom in Mpumalanga. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Energy

SA court orders Eskom to disclose R70bn coal and diesel contracts – why the ruling matters

Felix Dube 9 Apr 2026

Marketing

Many tourism hotspots are ‘de‑marketing’ – with mixed success. We researched the smartest ways to do it

Anne Hardy and Giancarlo Fedeli 9 Apr 2026

Why brands win when entertainment stops playing small

Marketing

Why brands win when entertainment stops playing small

Issued by Dentsu 9 Apr 2026

Advertising

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba calls for tighter controls on gambling ads

Karabo Ledwaba 8 Apr 2026

Judge David Makhoba ruled that R14m in contracts for surgical masks and protective jumpsuits awarded during Covid bypassed bid processes. Illustration: Bronwyn Webb / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Judge orders Tark Group directors to personally repay Covid contract profits

Tania Broughton 8 Apr 2026

Africa’s music industry confronts licensing and copyright gaps

Music

Africa’s music industry confronts licensing and copyright gaps

8 Apr 2026

Revlon taps Megan Moroney to lead new Be Unforgettable movement

Health & Beauty

Revlon taps Megan Moroney to lead new Be Unforgettable movement

8 Apr 2026

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Final call for applications to the Mandela Rhodes Foundation Scholarship SA 2027

7 Apr 2026

Mr Price Foundation's pattern-making graduates bolster localisation efforts

Design & Manufacturing

Mr Price Foundation's pattern-making graduates bolster localisation efforts

7 Apr 2026

Why relevance, not reach, is the real driver of email performance

Everlytic Communication Insights

Why relevance, not reach, is the real driver of email performance

Cristelle Snyman, Issued by Everlytic 7 Apr 2026

Why most luxury safari lodges are losing repeat guests — and don’t even know it

Tourism

Why most luxury safari lodges are losing repeat guests — and don’t even know it

Samkeliso Nkwanyane, Issued by Sam Hospitrain Training 7 Apr 2026

Rethinking retail is now crucial for consumers and independent retailers

Retailers

Rethinking retail is now crucial for consumers and independent retailers

Ed von Gericke 7 Apr 2026

Tyla's choreograher, Lee-chè Janecke amongst 2026 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winners

Art

Tyla's choreograher, Lee-chè Janecke amongst 2026 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winners

2 Apr 2026

Research consultancy Scopen has turned gratitude into action with the launch of a new bursary initiative linked to its flagship Agency Scope study in South Africa. Pictured: Khensani Nobanda CMO Nedbank, Omolemo Sehole bursary recipient, Johanna McDowell Scopenn Africa partner, Cesar Vacchiano CEO Scopen global (Image supplied)

Education

Scopen Africa awards R90,000 inaugural bursaries

7 Apr 2026