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|  | | Canal+ signs new multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to keep 12 TV channels on DStv...read |
|  | | Netflix’s interest in African stories comes with a colonial power dynamic that research and scholarship have not fully explored, says The Conversation's Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed...read |
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 | Warc's global advertising spend report forecasts growth to close the year... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC Chicken Licken has released an original song and music video as the culmination of its #SoulFood2TheWorld campaign... Read |
 | ISSUED BY THE ODD NUMBER A decade of liberating brands, people and possibilities... Read |
 | OpenAI, for example, has hinted that advertising may soon be part of the company’s ChatGPT service... Read |
| Branding |
 | A December 2025 report on celebrity fashion businesses has ranked Kim Kardashian’s Skims as the world’s most successful celebrity-owned clothing brand... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ICANDI CQ In 2025 the world saw brands make bold moves – some brilliant, others downright disastrous... Read |
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 | Johannesburg is weathering a storm, but the city's creative hubs are booming... Read |
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 | FREDINE SWIGELAAR, ISSUED BY MATTE BLK Insights-led integrated marketing agency, Matte BLK, scooped the widely coveted and prestigious 2025 Standard Bank Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) Award’s Growth Award on Friday, 12 December... Read |
 | Unilever has announced a change to its global marketing leadership as part of an ongoing effort to sharpen its growth strategy and align marketing more closely with its business groups... Read |
| Media |
 | ESTHER TOMORROW, ISSUED BY MDNTV As 2025 comes to a close, Boikanyo Malepe, assistant editor at MDNtv, reflects on a year that shaped her into a more conscious, courageous, and community-centred journalist... Read |
 | Meta Platforms has begun rolling out a major software update for its AI‑powered smart glasses lineup, introducing new features designed to improve everyday usability and audio experiences... Read |
 | PAUL MIDDLETON, ISSUED BY EBONY+IVORY In a media landscape dominated by digital-first narratives, advertising is at risk of forgetting the power of integration... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | 10 African PR professionals to watch in 2026... Read |
| Promotions & Activations |
 | Starbucks is teaming up with YouTube megastar MrBeast in a high-profile collaboration designed to blur the lines between screen and store... Read |
| Radio & Podcasts |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Primedia Broadcasting is proud to announce that The Money Show with Stephen Grootes has been officially recognised by Apple Podcasts editors as one of South Africa’s Top 10 Podcasts of 2025... Read |
| Retail |
 | This growing reliance on convenience, combined with unmistakably South African personality, shaped this year’s cravings landscape... Read |
 | DUNCAN MIRIRI AND EMMA RUMNEY Diageo has agreed to sell its 65% stake in East African Breweries to Japan's Asahi Holdings for $2.3bn, divesting its last direct African beer holding... Read |
| Social Media |
 | SONWABILE WOLELA, ISSUED BY OFFERNET Scrolling through Facebook Marketplace or local community groups has become second nature. A new couch, fridge, pair of sneakers or washing machine appears in your feed... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | Manzi Water has announced a new brand partnership with Danél Louw, one of South Africa’s elite female Hyrox athletes... Read |
| Streaming |
 | Netflix has launched a daily highlights show dedicated to the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), aimed at fans who want to catch up or relive the tournaments most epic moments... Read |
 | Netflix’s Stranger Things continues to cement its status as one of the platform’s biggest global hits, with the series posting record-breaking viewership figures across its five-season run... Read |
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 | CAMILLUS EBOH Nigeria will enforce sweeping new tax laws from 1 January, President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday, dismissing criticism over discrepancies between the gazetted text and the version passed by lawmakers... Read |
 | Africa’s economic boom is opening new doors for business travel. Here’s why travel managers need to act now to tap into the continent’s potential... Read |
 | FBW Group is supporting Airtel Africa’s Nxtra to deliver East Africa’s largest, sustainable data centre at Tatu City, Nairobi, boosting digital infrastructure. Read |
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 | The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources recently announced 2026's first fuel price drop... Read |
 | Beyond essential expenses like food and transport, school uniform costs continue to add significant pressure to family budgets... Read |
 | Motus retrenches 86 employees and plans wider remuneration changes amid a tough motor retail market. MISA steps in to protect workers as competition and economic pressures mount. Read |
 | PETER ALEXANDER Cocoa prices have come down after recent spikes – so why are consumers still paying so much? Read |
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 | Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) team has released the 2025 Global AI Vibrancy Tool, ranking 36 countries by their artificial intelligence ecosystems — with South Africa the only African nation to feature in the global index... Read |
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