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How can brands be better LGBTQ+ allies?

Marketing & Media

How can brands be better LGBTQ+ allies?

Leigh Kelly Andrews and Mark Fisher, Issued by Kantar 27 Jun 2024

How happy are SA’s middle class youth?

Marketing & Media

How happy are SA’s middle class youth?

Issued by BrandMapp 14 Jun 2024

Inclusive Lens Awards to recognise diverse narratives in film and series

Marketing & Media

Inclusive Lens Awards to recognise diverse narratives in film and series

30 May 2024

Celebrating diversity and inclusion at Cape Town Pride with P&G's Gable initiative

Lifestyle

Celebrating diversity and inclusion at Cape Town Pride with P&G's Gable initiative

Issued by P&G 5 Mar 2024

Stay on trend with every email you send

Marketing & Media

Stay on trend with every email you send

Damian Hamp-Adams, Issued by Rocketseed 1 Feb 2024

Anja van Beek, Talent Strategist, Leadership & HR Expert and Executive Coach

HR & Management

#BizTrends2024: Beyond bots and degrees

Anja van Beek 31 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Unveiling key trends in the travel and tourism sector

Tourism & Travel

#BizTrends2024: Unveiling key trends in the travel and tourism sector

Nombulelo Guliwe 30 Jan 2024

Source: WEF Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Marc Benioff, chair and CEO of Salesforce; Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer; Jeremy Hunt, chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK; Julie Sweet, chair and CEO of Accenture; and CNN host Fareed Zakaria speak about technological advances on 18 January

Marketing & Media

Davos: 4 themes for PR and communication practitioners for 2024

24 Jan 2024

Ricci Hackner, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer: Corporate, Bowmans

Legal

#BizTrends2024: Trends shaping the corporate governance landscape

Ricci Hackner 23 Jan 2024

Top 10 films of 2023

Lifestyle

Top 10 films of 2023

Daniel Dercksen 28 Dec 2023

#Trends: DMOs embrace AI and prioritise digital paid media in 2024

Tourism & Travel

#Trends: DMOs embrace AI and prioritise digital paid media in 2024

22 Nov 2023

Marketing & Media

Israel: Why the brand boycotts probably won't make much difference

Aisha Ijaz 13 Nov 2023

Legal

Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

Frans Viljoen 16 Oct 2023

#MentalHealth: Students encouraged to use Higher Health crisis helpline

Education

#MentalHealth: Students encouraged to use Higher Health crisis helpline

11 Oct 2023

Fame Week Africa: Expect all this... and so much more

Lifestyle

Fame Week Africa: Expect all this... and so much more

Issued by The Publicity Workshop 1 Sep 2023

Muziki Africa: The beat of Africa beckons...

Lifestyle

Muziki Africa: The beat of Africa beckons...

Issued by The Publicity Workshop 16 Aug 2023

Source: ©123rf An inaugural report has found that LGBTQ+ visibility in advertising is insufficient

Marketing & Media

World first LGBTQ+ representation in advertising Index launched

4 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT 'lockdown'

9 Jun 2023

Woolworths Pride campaign sparks calls for boycott

Retail

Woolworths Pride campaign sparks calls for boycott

5 Jun 2023

Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Legal

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

The gender divide: Fact or myth?

Marketing & Media

The gender divide: Fact or myth?

Issued by BrandMapp 29 May 2023

File photo: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a Reuters interview at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the Central Region of Uganda, January 16, 2022. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Legal

Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged

Aaron Ross 2 May 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Legal

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

Jacqueline Foster-Mutungu, partner at BCG, Johannesburg

HR & Management

Why increasing workplace 'Bliss' can slash attrition risk by 50%

26 Apr 2023

File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner

ESG & Sustainability

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

Ayenat Mersie 18 Apr 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Kia Tsamaya ad a perfect example of authenticity

Marketing & Media

#OrchidsandOnions: Kia Tsamaya ad a perfect example of authenticity

Brendan Seery 11 Apr 2023

Africa Travel Week trends report reveals tourism drivers for 2023

Tourism & Travel

Africa Travel Week trends report reveals tourism drivers for 2023

5 Apr 2023

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Legal

Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

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HR & Management

Gender empowerment and the consequences of EEA non-compliance

Pamela Stein & Jamie Jacobs 7 Mar 2023

South African designer Huston Wilson appointed to TDC Advisory Board

Marketing & Media

South African designer Huston Wilson appointed to TDC Advisory Board

22 Feb 2023

Stoli Group, Maserati MSG Racing rebrand partnership for Cape Town E-Prix

Automotive

Stoli Group, Maserati MSG Racing rebrand partnership for Cape Town E-Prix

17 Feb 2023

Pope Francis addresses the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome, returning from his visit to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, 5 February 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via Reuters

Legal

Pope Francis says laws criminalising LGBT people are a 'sin' and an injustice

Philip Pullella 6 Feb 2023

"My art is obnoxious, queer and necessary," says Cape Town emerging artist Githan Coopoo

Lifestyle

"My art is obnoxious, queer and necessary," says Cape Town emerging artist Githan Coopoo

Evan-Lee Courie 3 Feb 2023

Source © PRovoke Media The 11th edition of the Global Creative Index analyses entries and winners from more than 25 PR, digital and marketing awards programmes from around the world over a 12-month period, up to and including the 2022 Global Sabre Awards

Marketing & Media

Weber Shandwick retains global top PR spot

21 Dec 2022

Marketing & Media

Hosting the World Cup: what Qatar can learn from South Africa about nation branding

Brendon Knott 5 Dec 2022

Marketing & Media

New global insights study published on LGBTQ+ marketing and its future

1 Dec 2022

Marketing & Media

World Cup 2022: how sponsorship has become less about selling drinks and more about geopolitics

Simon Chadwick 29 Nov 2022

ILTM Africa to showcase growing golf and LGBTQ+ tourism markets in 2023

Tourism & Travel

ILTM Africa to showcase growing golf and LGBTQ+ tourism markets in 2023

28 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Modern contraceptives on the rise across sub-Saharan Africa

16 Nov 2022

Attracting new talent: Building a robust DEI approach into your travel programme

Tourism & Travel

Attracting new talent: Building a robust DEI approach into your travel programme

14 Nov 2022

Winds of change: Why now is a good time to relook your travel policy

Tourism & Travel

Winds of change: Why now is a good time to relook your travel policy

28 Oct 2022

21 creators, 15 directors and 1 truly unlimited campaign

Marketing & Media

21 creators, 15 directors and 1 truly unlimited campaign

Issued by Joe Public 17 Aug 2022

D&AD announces Pencil winners for New Blood Awards

Marketing & Media

D&AD announces Pencil winners for New Blood Awards

14 Jul 2022

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Education

Universities have a major role in tackling transphobia, creating equality for gender-diverse

Sivuyisiwe Magayana 29 Jun 2022

Retail

Drop in optimism among Africa's youth - report

27 Jun 2022