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The Loeries and Constitution Hill - the venue for this year's Loeries Creative Week, taking place in September - have launched an innovative campaign to elicit creative solutions to deal with challenges around the Coronavirus - or Covid-19 - pandemic... read
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Many brands around the world are helping to spread the word and encouraging people to stay home to help curb the spread of the coronavirus... read
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BRENDAN SEERY
I am not going to call this column "advertising in the time of coronavirus" because I will personally try to drown in hand sanitiser the next person who uses the by now cliched phrase stolen from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera...read
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JESSICA TENNANT
The second IAB Insight event of the year and 14th episode of the series focused on the future of work and the trends that are transforming the digital economy.read
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ZUBEIDA GOOLAM
Algorithms are often considered as the holy grail of effectiveness in action, but how can brands benefit from a principle so scripted on platforms so agile and emotionally-driven?...read
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IZZY PUGH, ISSUED BY KANTAR
We used enhanced visual analytics to take a look at trends from social media, and get a better view of how people are responding to COVID-19... Read
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HeForShe and Standard Bank's 'Rewrite The Rules' commercial by VMLY&R South Africa navigates the topics of gender-based-violence, equality and women's safety in a creative way while adding context. Read
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JOHNNY JOHNSON
Johnny Johnson from TowerStone Leadership Centre discusses stakeholder capitalism which was a hot topic in Davos recently, and how it relates to brand strategy and communication... Read
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ISSUED BY EATBIGFISH
Naked is a new generation of car and home insurance that challenges the fundamental model and accepted convention in short-term insurance that expounds 'company profit is dependent on claims'... Read
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The SA Liquor Brandowners Association, the Beer Association of South Africa and Vinpro have collectively commited to donate 40,000 litres of pure alcohol for the production of sanitisers... Read
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ISSUED BY RED & YELLOW
The world is facing a pandemic and everyone's had to adapt. As such, Red & Yellow's Gearing Schools for The Unpredictable Future will be streamed, online, for all to "attend". The event will take place on 8 April, 3.30 - 5.45pm... Read
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ISSUED BY VICINITY MEDIA
Vicinity Media's Visualiser surfaces critical key insights leading to better targeting, audience profiling for clients and allows Vicinity's team of location experts to ensure campaign objectives are always exceeded... Read
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ISSUED BY HOWARD AUDIO
Howard Audio extends their best wishes to all their clients and friends as South Africa prepares to lockdown for the next 21 days. Let's all stand united at this crucial time... Read
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ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO
In light of the honourable President Ramaphosa's 'State of Disaster' announcement banning all large public gatherings the decision has been made to postpone one of KZN's most loved walking events, The East Coast Radio Big Walk... Read
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E-retail transaction values will reach $4.8tn by 2024, up from $3.3 trillion in 2020, according to a new report from Juniper Research... Read
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Equatorial Guinea is waiving oil & gas services fees in the wake of the oil price drop caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Oil prices currently remain at around $20 a barrel, their lowest level since 1991... Read
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With South Africa headed into a 21-day lockdown this week, combatting the threat of the Covid-19, has been made a key national priority. Never before in our democracy have we seen a national lockdown taking place, but the gravity of the current situation absolutely demands it... Read
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FoodForward SA has launched a R50m appeal to extend its outreach footprint and get food to a wider network in order to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic... Read
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BERNADETTE VERSFELD
It is often said that in circumstances of adversity there is opportunity... Read
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The Covid-19 pandemic, which has been declared a National Disaster and has prompted a 21-day national shut down, is having catastrophic effects on businesses throughout South Africa and around the globe... Read
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CHANELL KEMP
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a nationwide lockdown in response to the rapid increase in the number of Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the country.... Read
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MAMPHELA RAMPHELE AND GEORGE LINDEQUE
The crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic offers our country an opportunity to recapture the spirit of ubuntu demonstrated by empathy, responsibility and solidarity... Read
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Gift of The Givers is crowdfunding via the BackaBuddy platform in support of the medical staff and facilities on the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic, who will be treating the affected... Read
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South Africa will enter a nationwide lockdown for 21-days with effect from midnight on Thursday 26 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa said... Read
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