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#NyolohaTranscends: Arts & Culture Trust's Nyoloha Scholarship 2026 now accepting applications

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

#NyolohaTranscends: Arts & Culture Trust's Nyoloha Scholarship 2026 now accepting applications

11 Feb 2026

Driving the future of creativity: Dentsu Creative SA ranks 5 in the region

Design

Driving the future of creativity: Dentsu Creative SA ranks 5 in the region

Issued by Dentsu 4 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Up & Up Group’s Jacques Cilliers: AI is everywhere. Taste is our advantage.

Advertising

#BizTrends2026 | Up & Up Group’s Jacques Cilliers: AI is everywhere. Taste is our advantage.

Jacques Cilliers 4 Feb 2026

South Africa’s Gugu Mthembu, the chief marketing officer for Telkom, has been named Cannes jury president for Creative Business Transformation (Image source: © Forbes Africa )

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2026 | Gugu Mthembu named jury president

4 Feb 2026

The Creative Circle Africa has been invited to nominate two emerging creatives to take part in the Creative LIAisons Virtual Coaching Program (Image source: © 123rf )

Advertising

High-impact global opportunity for emerging SA talent with LIA

2 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Brandtech+’s Gabrielle Gray: AI isn’t taking creative jobs - it’s creating better ones

Advertising

#BizTrends2026 | Brandtech+’s Gabrielle Gray: AI isn’t taking creative jobs - it’s creating better ones

Gabrielle Gray 30 Jan 2026

Garon Campbell is the founder and director of Breadbin Productions.

Media

#BizTrends2026 | Breadbin Productions' Garon Campbell: Africa will lead the AI creative revolution

Garon Campbell 29 Jan 2026

Birkenstock reveals On Their Feet campaign with its Professional collection

Retail Marketing

Birkenstock reveals On Their Feet campaign with its Professional collection

23 Jan 2026

Kevin Swanepoel, CEO at The One Club for Creativity. Source: Supplied.

The One Club for Creativity

#EXCLUSIVE: The One Club’s Kevin Swanepoel on why talent, not currency, should win awards

Kevin Swanepoel 22 Jan 2026

Take centre stage in your career: Live Music Lab 2026 opens applications

Music

Take centre stage in your career: Live Music Lab 2026 opens applications

20 Jan 2026

A bumper year of growth, innovation and celebration at Afda in 2025

Higher Education

A bumper year of growth, innovation and celebration at Afda in 2025

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 15 Dec 2025

All the FM AdFocus Awards winners (Image Danette Breitenbach © Bizcommunity)

Advertising

All the FM AdFocus Awards 2025 winners: Ogilvy leads the pack

26 Nov 2025

Creative legend John Hunt retires

Advertising

Creative legend John Hunt retires

11 Nov 2025

The International Andy Awards Africa regional jurors have been announced (Image by Lesely Svenson © Bizcommunity)

Advertising

The International Andy Awards Africa regional jurors announced

10 Nov 2025

Thule Ngcese, creative partner & co-founder at Distrikt 9, a supplier development partner of VML South Africa, has watched from the jury room as work out of the Middle East increasingly dominates the Loeries. The South African creative industry, he says, needs to up its game (Image supplied)

Advertising

Thule Ngcese: "Time to lead, not follow. SA needs to up its game."

Thule Ngcese 7 Nov 2025

All the winners of the 2025 AWIEF Awards

Awards

All the winners of the 2025 AWIEF Awards

4 Nov 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, but understanding is scarce, says Garon Campbell, founder and AI director at Breadbin Productions (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

AI literacy to define Africa’s next creative boom

Garon Campbell 4 Nov 2025

The Financial Mail AdFocus Awards shortlist is out (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

The Financial Mail AdFocus Awards 2025 shortlist is out!

4 Nov 2025

Ko.Kreate will host a year-end gathering that recognises women of colour driving South Africa’s creative industries

DEI

Celebrating Women Shaping 2025

29 Oct 2025

Catch up on the VML Birdwatching at The Loeries podcasts (Image: Lesley Svenson © Bizcommunity)

Loeries Creative Week

VML's Birdwatching at The Loeries omnibus: Missed out? Catch up now!

23 Oct 2025

Honoris South Africa students shine at the 2025 Loeries Awards

Loeries Creative Week

Honoris South Africa students shine at the 2025 Loeries Awards

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 17 Oct 2025

Howard Audio wins big at the 2025 Loerie Awards

Loeries Creative Week

Howard Audio wins big at the 2025 Loerie Awards

Issued by Howard Audio 16 Oct 2025

Tusker triumphs! Dentsu Kenya wins Gold and Grand Prix, redefining African creativity

Loeries Creative Week

Tusker triumphs! Dentsu Kenya wins Gold and Grand Prix, redefining African creativity

Issued by Dentsu 16 Oct 2025

Loeries Agency of the Year Joe Public (Image: Loeries, ER Lombard, Gallo Images)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2025 Night 2 | All the winners

11 Oct 2025

The finalists for the iPendoring Awards 2025 have officially been announced (Image supplied)

Pendoring

iPendoring Awards 2025 finalists announced

10 Oct 2025

VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 3: More than an awards show

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 3: More than an awards show

Danette Breitenbach 10 Oct 2025

#Loeries2025: Leaders talk love, AI and authenticity

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2025: Leaders talk love, AI and authenticity

Karabo Ledwaba 9 Oct 2025

VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 2: Katherine Madley on the state of retail

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 2: Katherine Madley on the state of retail

Danette Breitenbach 9 Oct 2025

VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 1: Insights from the jury presidents

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 1: Insights from the jury presidents

Danette Breitenbach 9 Oct 2025

Source: © Gallo Images executive mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, says the creative economy is a key part of the city’s vision to be a City of hope and opportunity

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2025 and City of Cape Town drive creative industry

Danette Breitenbach 8 Oct 2025

Dentsu Creative Cape Town appoints Samantha Stevens as general manager

Advertising

Dentsu Creative Cape Town appoints Samantha Stevens as general manager

Issued by Dentsu 8 Oct 2025

Loeries Student Expo powered by Publicis Groupe Africa

Loeries Creative Week

Loeries Student Expo powered by Publicis Groupe Africa

Issued by Publicis Groupe Africa 7 Oct 2025

Vaseline captures the spirit of Heritage Day

Advertising

Vaseline captures the spirit of Heritage Day

Unati Moalusi 7 Oct 2025

Primedia triumphs at SAPOA 2025 Property Development Awards, securing prestigious refurbishment honour

Media

Primedia triumphs at SAPOA 2025 Property Development Awards, securing prestigious refurbishment honour

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 8 Oct 2025

International Andy Awards regional chairs, including Africa, named

Advertising

International Andy Awards regional chairs, including Africa, named

2 Oct 2025

Africa’s first-ever BA in Concept Art: Academy of Digital Arts launches a new creative degree

Higher Education

Africa’s first-ever BA in Concept Art: Academy of Digital Arts launches a new creative degree

Issued by Academy of Digital Arts 29 Sep 2025

Second Skin collaboration with Menlyn Maine celebrates studentinnovation across Inscape learning hubs

Higher Education

Second Skin collaboration with Menlyn Maine celebrates studentinnovation across Inscape learning hubs

Issued by Inscape 1 Aug 2025

Mandela Month glow-up: Inscape students bring the heat to Menlyn Maine

Higher Education

Mandela Month glow-up: Inscape students bring the heat to Menlyn Maine

Issued by Inscape 24 Jul 2025

The AI shift: From novelty to necessity

Artificial Intelligence

The AI shift: From novelty to necessity

Teager Eales, Issued by Moonsport 18 Sep 2025

Penquin uses AI to bring children’s stories to life this World Literacy Day

Artificial Intelligence

Penquin uses AI to bring children’s stories to life this World Literacy Day

Issued by Penquin 9 Sep 2025

Source: © Gerety Awards VML is the Gerety Awards Global Network of the Year. Pictured: VML's Thanks for Coke-Creating campaign from Coca-Cola that won gold at the Awards.

Advertising

Gerety Awards 2025 winners - VML named Global Network of the Year

9 Sep 2025

What global brands can learn from South African creativity

Film & Cinematography

What global brands can learn from South African creativity

Issued by Scholars Film 9 Sep 2025

AWIEF announces 2025 finalists celebrating Africa’s women entrepreneurs

Awards

AWIEF announces 2025 finalists celebrating Africa’s women entrepreneurs

4 Sep 2025

Industry mourns Haydn Townsend

Marketing & Media

Industry mourns Haydn Townsend

2 Sep 2025

A filmmaker’s drive to innovate and empower the creative industry with MultiChoice

Women's Month

A filmmaker’s drive to innovate and empower the creative industry with MultiChoice

Issued by MultiChoice 28 Aug 2025

The future is female (to the power of AI)

Women's Month

The future is female (to the power of AI)

Issued by icandi CQ 25 Aug 2025

Halo, art director, Mariam Mohamed is reminded that storytelling is one of the most human things we do (Image supplied)

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Open Chair's lioness: Mariam Mohamed - Storytelling is one of the most human things we do

Danette Breitenbach 18 Aug 2025

Chantelle dos Santos, a freelance creative director, advises women who want to enter the industry to trust their gut and keep showing up (Image supplied)

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Open Chair's lioness: Chantelle dos Santos - Trust your gut and keep showing up

Danette Breitenbach 19 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth | Rapt’s Genevieve van Vuuren: Courage driven by curiosity

Women's Month

#WomensMonth | Rapt’s Genevieve van Vuuren: Courage driven by curiosity

Danette Breitenbach 18 Aug 2025