A beginner's guide to digital transformation

[Mark Geschke] Not a day goes by that leaders of mid-sized businesses are not bombarded in one way or another by the increasingly urgent need...

Cannes About Town: In the Jury Room

[Emma Carpenter] 'We're looking for the previously inconceivable', a piece of work that goes far beyond just never having been done before, you're looking for a piece of work that will change the entire industry...

The rise of short-form, real-time content

[Leigh Andrews] Joanna Oosthuizen, national managing director of Ogilvy Public Relations South Africa, is one of just two South Africans included in PR Week's 2016 Global Power Book. She exclusively talks us through the future of the PR industry

The firefighters: the nexus between personal and national reputation

[Manusha Pillai] The deployment of South African firefighters in Canada impacted positively on the country's brand and reputation...

Writing good advertising copy (Part 3)

[Chris Brewer] This week we're going to continue to remind ourselves of what kinds of advertising copy works better than others. You may very well know all this, but being reminded of the basics every now and then is good for the soul...

Your buyers don't belong to you

[Clive Evans] In the perennial quest to build strong brands marketers have traditionally sought to move would-be customers from first awareness through to purchase, on to loyalty and then post purchase evangelism...

Why you need to put customer communications on the boardroom's agenda today

[Jacques van Wyk] It can be tempting to take a scattered approach to customer communications to attract new customers and upsell your current base...

#WeeklyWineWrap: Move over red & white, blue & orange wine is now a thing

[Anna-Bet Stemmet] This week we gear up for the 2016 Juliet Cullinan Wine Festival that is set to rock Joburg's socks in less than a month, find out what the deal is with blue and orange wine...

#YouthMonth: Water is everyone's business - Dean Muruven

[Sindy Peters] Dean Muruven does important work in the environmental sector striving to ensure a water secure future for all South Africans...

Fulfilling the promise of blockchain

[Lee Naik] An internet of finance. The renaissance of money. If the previous decade was the age of mobile banking, the next looks set to be the era of blockchain. No other technology has more potential...

Cannes About Town: The Beautiful Game

[Emma Carpenter] As the giants of the technology industry battle it out to build the biggest stage on the beach here in Cannes, another festival of a different kind is taking place in France, which is surprisingly similar to the advertising frenzy that kicked off this weekend.

Discover Paarl in winter

[Ruth Cooper] I have to say that Paarl hasn't really registered on my list of places to explore, besides a trip to the beautiful Laborie Wine Farm last year.

Cannes About Town: Getting here

[Emma Carpenter] Arriving in France reminded me that long haul air travel is still stuck in the mid 20th century...

#CGFSummit: Food safety, not just a Western luxury

[Leigh Andrews] A customer buys meat and vegetables from your store. He goes home, eats that fresh produce, and contracts a serious illness. Possibly even dies. Here's how to prevent this nightmare from becoming a business reality...

#TRENDING: What do an umbrella, a shark and a house plant have in common?

[Louise Burgers] The influential Consumer Goods Forum summit was held in Africa for the first time - these are the top trends emerging...

#CGFSummit: Reap the rewards of doing business sustainably

[Leigh Andrews] 'Shared-value sustainability' was a hot topic on the third and final day of the Consumer Goods Forum, with insights shared by Nestlé CEO and former Consumer Goods Forum co-chair, Paul Bulcke.

Prevention is better than cure

[Nicci Botha] We're entering a new era of healthcare where the emphasis is on patient-based medical care and risk management...