Yolisa Pasipanodya has been appointed Managing Director of South Africa’s leading communications company, Meropa Communications. She takes over from Patrick Gearing who has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Meropa Group. The company, one of the largest full-service agencies in the country and listed in the top 250 globally*, is 51% black-owned and has […]
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The ACA announces its CEO will be leaving to take on a new challenge
The Association for Communication and Advertising, the official industry body for the advertising profession in South Africa today announced that its CEO, Odette van der Haar, has tendered her resignation from the organisation that she so ably led for the past eleven years. The decision to leave was taken after much reflection and introspection on […]
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While the Johannesburg leg of ‘Wat Meme Jy?’ draws to a close, Cape Town and Durban media agencies still have fun and games to look forward to as Ads24’s roadshow arrives this week to showcase the value and reach of its Afrikaans titles. The scene is set on arrival when guests are invited to dress […]
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SPARK Media’s Freedom Day infographic.
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Caxton: Not just informing, but uplifting communities
Caxton’s local newspapers keep their surrounding communities informed about the latest happenings in the area. But their community investment goes so much further than news. Caxton and each of its newspapers aim to improve and uplift their communities, not only through the investment of financial resources, but by getting actively involved in service organisations and […]
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The 2018 AdForum Summit, held biannually in selected cities across the globe, will feature Johanna McDowell and the Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) as part of an exclusive, captive audience of search consultants. The 2018 AdForum summit will take place in New York between 23rd and 27th April 2018, providing Johanna McDowell and […]
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After a period of intense data validation, The Publisher Research Council (PRC) is pleased to announce that the first ever Publisher Audience Measure Survey (PAMS) is live and available to all research and software bureaus. The data researches titles and brands. PAMS is the new reading currency designed to achieve an accurate measurement of reading […]
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It all began with a challenge at a Tekkie Town conference last year to reach an exceptional target for December 2017 – an “absolutely impossible to reach” target that had the CEO betting that he would walk in a Speedo from one Tekkie Town building to the other if it was reached. https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeHeraldNews/videos/1890856844260431/ Unfortunately for […]
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The third series of Makarapa City, Anglo American’s bespoke edutainment radio soapie, conceived and created by brand storytellers Creatrix, won the Drama Category at the 2018 Liberty Radio Awards The series hit the airwaves in 2017 with a twelve-part drama series in six South African languages on selected African Language and Community Stations broadcasting to […]
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As part of its centenary celebration, Sanlam’s new through-the-line campaign – launched last month – gives South Africans the opportunity to shop for good. While many of us assume SA schools have the essentials necessary to provide positive learning spaces for children, this is simply not the case. Part of a succession of campaigns that […]
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