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Source: © 123rf For the first time journalists can now submit entries in any category of the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism

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Source: © 123rf The volume of mentions in online anti-immigrant conversation on X (formerly Twitter) in South Africa has increased

62% increase in volume of mentions in online anti-immigrant conversations on X in SA

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Source: © Wan-ifra Gianluca Costantini’s drawings of the journalists and media workers killed in the Hamas-Israeli conflict since 7 October

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Source: © 123rf TrustList is a home-grown new digital initiative that aims to protect media buyers and brands by providing real-time warnings against placing programmatic advertising on 'red-listed' online media

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Source: Luum Awards For the first time, an African agency, Nigeria's X3M Idea, has been named Independent Agency of the Year at the Luum Awards

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Image supplied. The national winners of the 2023 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

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Source: © 123rf The volume of mentions in online anti-immigrant conversation on X (formerly Twitter) in South Africa has increased

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Source: © Wan-ifra Gianluca Costantini’s drawings of the journalists and media workers killed in the Hamas-Israeli conflict since 7 October

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Source: © 123rf TrustList is a home-grown new digital initiative that aims to protect media buyers and brands by providing real-time warnings against placing programmatic advertising on 'red-listed' online media

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22 Nov 2023

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Founder and CEO of Awakened Global, Nonkululelo Gobodo. Image:

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Source: Luum Awards For the first time, an African agency, Nigeria's X3M Idea, has been named Independent Agency of the Year at the Luum Awards

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An open letter to Facebook from a very frustrated marketer

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