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| The Friday night winners of the 40th Annual Loerie Awards, which took place on 17 August 2018 at the Durban ICC, have been announced. Congratulations to all...read |
| | | The full list of winners for the 40th Annual Loerie Awards, which concluded on Saturday, 18 August 2018 at the Durban ICC, have been announced. Congratulations to all...read |
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Danette Breitenbach The second quarter of the 2018 Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa (ABC) shows a static Total Newspaper circulation compared to the previous quarter...read | 
Danette Breitenbach The decline in magazine circulation continued unabated. Total Magazine circulation declined by 3.9% on the previous quarter, and by 15.1% on the prior year...read | 
Fairlady magazine announced the winners of the annual Fairlady Santam Women of the Future Awards at Summer Place in Hyde Park on Friday, 17 August...read |
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 | Evan-Lee Courie Michelle Wynne,head of marketing for sub-Sahara Africa at HMD Global, shares her story on tackling the male-dominated tech industry... read | | Issued By Joe Public United | |  | The Iziko Museums of South Africa and printing and framing company Orms launched its collaborative effort, the People's Project, on 9 August 2018... read | |  | Cindy Diamond With August being Women's Month, we are receiving the annual barrage of feel-good corporate PR, advertising and social media campaigns celebrating and targeting female consumers. Yet all too many campaigns miss the mark... read | |  | Women's empowerment, career development and mentorship programmes a compelling narrative for companies... read | |  | Lauren Hartzenberg Jéanri Nel was well on her way to becoming a winemaker, until she decided to indulge her love for beer and become a brewer instead... read | |  | Jeánne Esterhuizen has always had a passion and love for beautiful cars and bikes. In 1994, she opened the doors of Technicolor, a small micro-enterprise in the motor body repair industry... read | | Issued By Universal Church of the Kingdom of God | |  | Eben Esterhuizen While we focus on women in South Africa during the month of August and honour our constitution for declaring the 9th of August a public holiday; retailers continue to look closely at the overall economic status of women... read | |  | Philippa Clayre This a continuation of Philippa Clayre's article where she interviewed three young black South African women on what Ma Sisulu's legacy means to the younger generation today... read | |  | Mlisska Hubert Mlisska Hubert, life coach and founder of She Gathers is building a suspension bridge between women, hosting gatherings to hold communion about what it means to be a woman today... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Mentorship is a crucial factor of career growth. Marloe Wise, client services director at Demographica, explains the role of business mentors in her own life and why we need to address the lack of female representation in management positions within the B2B space... read | |  | Nicci Botha Delivering green energy to Africa while working in a dynamic team, and making real positive changes in rural communities are the things that make Katherine Persson, general manager: Windlab, tick... read | |  | Only one of the country's JSE Top 40 listed companies is led by a woman CEO, namely Maria Ramos of Absa Group... read | |  | Jackie Pienaar-Brink Acquiring communication skills will probably occupy an increasingly important position in the medical curriculum of Stellenbosch University (SU)... read | |  | Nicci Botha Nomzamo Landingwe Macoso is broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) strategist at Nordex Acciona Wind Power... read | |  | Nicci Botha When state capture and corporate wrong doing started oozing out in the media, Magda Wierzycka was a lone voice brave enough to speak out against corruption... read | |
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 | Juanita Pienaar Architect and founding principal of Selldorf Architects, Annabelle Selldorf has been announced as one of the speakers at the 2019 Design Indaba... read | |  | Juanita Pienaar Renowned filmmaker and author Wanuri Kahiu has been announced as one of the speakers at the 2019 Design Indaba... read | |
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 | Brendan Seery One of the endless debates in life is about whether women are better drivers than men. The boys will point out that there has never been a female Formula One champion... read |
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 | JG Bezuidenhout Have you cottoned on to one of the best and easiest routes to boosting conversion rates and driving sales? The intelligent way to re-engage customers and prospective clients? The great way to maximise on your current advertising spend? Are you remarketing yet? read |
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 | Jessica Tennant As part of Absa's recent rebrand, I interviewed Grid Worldwide's chief experience officer Yatish Narsi to find out how they came up with the idea to conduct a drone show to showcase the vision for the brand, South Africa and the African continent as a whole... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg With South Africa being home to a host of world-class wine brands, newly released expressions can easily go unnoticed because consumers are faced with so many quality options... read |
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 | Tyron Sharnock Customer loyalty has long been regarded as a critical component to building a brand with traditional models focusing on loyalty metrics such as customer retention and repurchase... read |
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 | Bronwyn Williams When you think of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) you probably associate the technology with Pokemon Go and marketing gimmicks. However, the technology is fast evolving from the domain of the professional gamers, "Glassholes", and more adventurous advertising agencies and into real life... read |
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 | The Fak'ugesi African Digital Residency programme goes trans-continental in 2018... read |
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 | Smith Willas The road to a successful entrepreneurship might seem exciting and full of adventure, but the truth is it is not easy to become your own boss... read |
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 | Daniel Dercksen Actor, writer, and producer Ivan Botha chats about about his directorial debut Stroomop as well as the inspirational women in his life, filming in water, and collaborative writing. read |
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 | Gareth Grant Is there any value in comforting your customers today with nostalgia from yesterday when their choices are naturally evolving at the rapid pace of a vastly shifting world around them? read |
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 | Warren Moss Strong Business-2-Business (B2B) marketers are a rare breed. Warren Moss lists a few characteristics that set the strong, talented and effective ones apart from the rest... read |
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 | DCMN Cape Town recently hosted their first Open Night for startups in Cape Town, in which Travelstart shared their marketing journey, as well as valuable insights on the lessons they have learned over the years... read |
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 | Candace Bosch Content should be one (or all) of three things, namely, entertaining, interesting or useful. Here are six good reasons why it's important for your business... read |
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 | APO Group and Kwesé Sports announce strategic alliance to promote rugby across Africa and the globe... read |
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 | African Daily Voice (ADV) will provide comprehensive coverage in text, photo, video and computer graphics of African news... read |
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 | Ade Lewis Being a big brand means having a lot of responsibility when it comes to reputation and portraying a positive image to the rest of the world. But, even the most famous and iconic companies can make mistakes and get it disastrously wrong... read |
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 | Greg Stewart The newly released Q2 ABC circulation figures show a depressing continuation of the ongoing circulation decline in most business and general news publications in South Africa... read |
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 | Twitter announced this week that it has expanded Twitter Lite to 21 more countries, including five countries in Africa... read |
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 | Mike Saunders Brands are chasing every single platform. Wanting to be everywhere, making sure that each platform has their voice, their content and their flavour... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Shield announced yesterday that it has been nominated for 'Best New Sponsorship' and 'Campaign of the Year' at this year's Sport Industry Awards taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre this Friday, 17 August... read |
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 | Andy Walker In an extremely brave and risky financial play, Spotify may soon allow free tier users to skip audio and video advertisements whenever they want... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews This women's month, we go behind the selfie with Nikki Taylor, creative director at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews It's a Catch22 - you tend to either have an idea to start a business, the motivation to do something different, or the skills to multitask, but it's rare that those magical elements are all singing loudly from within at the same time. That's where Future Females comes in. Here's a taste of the feminine driving force behind its founders... read |
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 | Issued By Bizcommunity.com In praise, honour and celebration of all African and Middle Eastern creative superheroes, we're delighted to deliver your Loeries 2018 content highlights package - direct to your inbox and including at least 10 exclusive exposés and insider interviews... read |
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 | Angie White Fabian Frese, chief creative officer at Kolle Rebbe in Germany, second-last speaker at the DStv Seminar of Creativity, spoke of the boredom that inspired him to make the best move in his career... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The fifth speaker of the day was Sebastian Padilla, co-founder of Anagrama Studio in Mexico and also involved in a handful of other companies. He describes himself as 'a semi-adult', and in just 39 minutes, shared the essence of a typographically beautiful presentation on the power of collaborating and bouncing off others' strengths to unlock your own passions... read |
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 | Angie White The second speaker at the 2018 DStv Seminar of Creativity was Lethepu Matshaba, vice president of Homecare Southern Africa at Unilever SA, who spoke on the relevance of creativity in a hyper-fragmented world... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Ramsey Naja, CCO of JWT Mddle East, kicked off the DStv Seminar of Creativty at Loeries 2018 with a presentation titled 'the headline makers 2.0'. He swiftly told a story that shifted from doom and gloom to a healthy dose of hope and tips to hit the sweet spot in 2018... read |
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 | Angie White The Loeries masterclasses started off with a bang, with the well-supported launch of the Women in Marketing: Africa initiative... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews There's no denying purpose-led marketing is a hot topic at the moment, here's how your business can strive towards shared value... read |
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 | Finalists in the print and out of home crafts categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Finalists in the live communications categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Finalists in the media innovation categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Finalists in the PR and media communication categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Vumile Mavumengwana, designer and creative director at VM DSGN, shares his predictions for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant This year's Loeries Hall of Fame inductee is... Greg Gray of Romance Films! read |
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 | Finalists in the shared value categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Finalists in the service design categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Finalists in the print communication categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Finalists in the out of home categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Finalists in the film categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Tseliso Rangaka, executive creative director at Ogilvy Cape Town, has just been announced as the new chairperson of the Loeries. I caught up with him for an exclusive chat on what he'll bring to the table... read |
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 | Finalists in the radio and audio categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Doug Place, CMO at Nando's, is the well-deserved recipient of this year's Loeries Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award. He says the only thing to fear is being mediocre... read |
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 | Finalists in the student awards' categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Finalists in the integrated campaign category have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Finalists in the effective creativity category have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Finalists in the digital and interactive communication categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Finalists in the communication design categories have been announced for the Loeries 2018... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Women in Marketing (WiM) Africa launches through their Loeries Masterclass today. Find out why it's an opportunity to showcase to the rest of the world the transformative creativity and innovation that comes from the continent, the African stories that can resonate with anyone and the world-class work being done here... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant What to expect from Tiekie Barnard's (CEO and founder of Shift Social Development and the Shared Value Africa Initiative) Loeries masterclass on profit and purpose... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews With Suhana Gordhan's two-year tenure as Loeries chair aunty coming to a close this Women's Month, I caught up with her to find out what she's learned herself from the past 24 months of creative leadership... read |
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 | Fifteen teams have been selected as the winners of the 2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge... read |
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 | The process to merge South African Express with South African Airways is underway... read |
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 | Moya Messenger, a mobile messaging app that allows users to communicate without incurring data costs, has been launched in South Africa... read |
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 | The use of mobile devices to make retail and store payments will act as a driver for financial inclusion of the unbanked in emerging markets... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Keeping to the Women's Month theme, we asked a couple of female local jurors to select this year's Loeries predictions in their respective judging categories... read |
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