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#Effies2025 | Ogilvy and VW: Creating campaigns for societal change

Effie Awards

#Effies2025 | Ogilvy and VW: Creating campaigns for societal change

Danette Breitenbach 7 hours

Following last month’s ACA Effie Awards, Gillian Rightford, executive director, shares her thoughts on the Awards (Image: Bizcommunity)

Effie Awards

#EffieAwards2025 | Gillian Rightford: The Alchemy of Effectiveness

11 hours

#Effies2025 | Sanlam's F-Show breaks through the finance category

Effie Awards

#Effies2025 | Sanlam's F-Show breaks through the finance category

Danette Breitenbach 1 day

#Effies2025 | TBWA's City Lodge's SOS Grand Effie campaign

Effie Awards

#Effies2025 | TBWA's City Lodge's SOS Grand Effie campaign

Danette Breitenbach 1 day

$The TBWA\Hunt Lascaris Save Our Stay campaign takes aim at the unpredictable world of short-term rentals and is an example of how funny isn’t frivolous, it’s effective (Image supplied)$

Advertising

Humour is our superpower and it’s no laughing matter

5 Nov 2025

Source: Supplied.

Retail & Hospitality Property

New Mushroom Farm Shopping Centre in Waterfall redefines modern retail

4 Nov 2025

Alon Lits, CEO of October.health, a partner of Academy of Sound Engineering, says partnerships can close the distance between people and the mental help they need (Image supplied)

Wellness

#MentalHealthMonth: Partnerships to close the mental health gap

Alon Lits 31 Oct 2025

City Lodge Hotels wins Grand Effie Award for SOS!

Marketing

City Lodge Hotels wins Grand Effie Award for SOS!

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 30 Oct 2025

$TBWA\Hunt Lascaris and its client City Lodge Hotel Group won the Grand Effie Award 2025 (Image: Bizcommunity, Danette Breitenbach)$

Advertising

TBWA tops the Effies Awards SA

21 Oct 2025

City Lodge Hotels bags 8 Loeries!

Marketing

City Lodge Hotels bags 8 Loeries!

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 15 Oct 2025

Loeries Agency of the Year Joe Public (Image: Loeries, ER Lombard, Gallo Images)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2025 Night 2 | All the winners

11 Oct 2025

Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East - © Ashley Vlotman - Gallo Images

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2025 Night 1 | All the winners

10 Oct 2025

Image source: wayhomestudio from

Public Transport

Bolt adds new rider photo safety feature

7 Oct 2025

Bata Founder’s Day 2025 – moving forward together

Fashion & Homeware

Bata Founder’s Day 2025 – moving forward together

Issued by Bata 31 Aug 2025

Image credit: Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Why women need stigma-free menopause support at work

29 Aug 2025

Airlink donates passenger jet to train Gauteng aviation learners

Aviation

Airlink donates passenger jet to train Gauteng aviation learners

20 Aug 2025

The IAB SA 2025 Bookmarks Awards winners have been announced, with Ogilvy named Best Digital Agency of 2025 (Image supplied)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

Ogilvy and KFC take the double in the IAB Bookmark Awards

15 Aug 2025

2025 Effie Awards South Africa finalists announced

Marketing

2025 Effie Awards South Africa finalists announced

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 12 Aug 2025

Jet fuel import licence extended to ease airport supply risks

Aviation

Jet fuel import licence extended to ease airport supply risks

Wendell Roelf 11 Aug 2025

The finalists were announced on 9 July 2025. Source: Supplied

IAB Bookmarks Awards

All the 2025 Bookmark Awards finalists

9 Jul 2025

Rangel commits R125.6m to expand logistics in Africa

Warehousing

Rangel commits R125.6m to expand logistics in Africa

8 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied.

Smart Buildings & Cities

South Africa's tech-driven gated communities set a new global standard

28 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf South Africans will not be denied their constitutional right to access to news and information after the Gauteng High Court suspended the analogue TV switch-off date of 31 March 2025

Media Freedom

Court suspends analogue switch-off date, ruling calls set date "irrational"

Danette Breitenbach 28 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf The legal bid of eTV, Media Monitoring Africa and SOS Support public broadcasting continues today, Wednesday 19 March in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria

TV

Television access at risk for millions of South Africans as analogue switch-off date is contested

19 Mar 2025

City Lodge Hotels launches ‘panic button’ for bad accommodation - SOS. Save Our Stay!

Hospitality

City Lodge Hotels launches ‘panic button’ for bad accommodation - SOS. Save Our Stay!

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 20 Dec 2024

Octotel and Heart FM join forces to bring free fibre to SOS Children’s Villages in Cape Town

Telecoms & Networks

Octotel and Heart FM join forces to bring free fibre to SOS Children’s Villages in Cape Town

Issued by Octotel 3 Dec 2024

Global Citizen now comes to Rio De Janeiro, with Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa

Climate Change

Global Citizen now comes to Rio De Janeiro, with Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa

Issued by OnPoint PR 22 Nov 2024

Get ready for the City Lodge Save Our Stay (SOS) Campaign!

Hospitality

Get ready for the City Lodge Save Our Stay (SOS) Campaign!

Issued by OnPoint PR 18 Nov 2024

Source: Ngaa Murombedzi, AHF regional advocacy and policy manager for Southern Africa.

Healthcare

The WHO is nearing a Global Pandemic Agreement - the impact on SA and the Global South

6 Nov 2024

Don’t miss out! Book SOS summer specials at City Lodge Hotels!

Hospitality

Don’t miss out! Book SOS summer specials at City Lodge Hotels!

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 5 Nov 2024

Setshego Ledwaba, Marketing and Communications Manager at Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre, Johannesburg, O.R. Tambo Airport

Tourism

Tourism's climate crossroads: Sustainability is not just a trend, it's a necessity

Setshego Ledwaba 14 Oct 2024

Source: National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

Public Health

Mpox: No global lockdowns, emphasis on increased education, vigilance, airport screening and monitoring

Katja Hamilton 24 Aug 2024

"Lost crops" provide unique opportunity for food security in Africa

Food Security

"Lost crops" provide unique opportunity for food security in Africa

Zoë Karl-Waithaka 28 Jun 2024

Apple Music unveils 100 Best Albums of all time

Music

Apple Music unveils 100 Best Albums of all time

22 May 2024

Advertising

2024 ACT Good Report: Recognising leading social and environmental responsibility campaigns

12 Apr 2024

Inquiry chair James Hodge is leading the public hearings. Source: YouTube.

Media

Elon Musk's X Corp faces backlash for refusing to participate in Competition Commission inquiry

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Mar 2024

Media

Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry to kick off month-long public hearings

4 Mar 2024

All the 2024 Grammy Award winners!

Music

All the 2024 Grammy Award winners!

5 Feb 2024

Bolt introduces new feature enabling users to cancel offline trips

Logistics & Transport

Bolt introduces new feature enabling users to cancel offline trips

23 Jan 2024

Source: WHO. Time is running out to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe if fuel and life-saving health and humanitarian supplies cannot be urgently delivered to the Gaza Strip amidst the complete blockade.

Healthcare

Healthcare crisis at breaking point in Gaza

Katja Hamilton 19 Oct 2023

Bata Group celebrates Founder's Day: A global day to remember and to give back

ESG

Bata Group celebrates Founder's Day: A global day to remember and to give back

Issued by Bata 21 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied.

Retail & Hospitality Property

Minor Hotels: Pioneering sustainable luxury in Africa, from vibrant cities to safari camps

10 Oct 2023

Dancing queens, are you ready for Abba: The Movie coming to a Ster-Kinekor cinema near you?

Film

Dancing queens, are you ready for Abba: The Movie coming to a Ster-Kinekor cinema near you?

Issued by aHead Marketing Services 4 Oct 2023

The ad is the only African campaign to make it onto the shortlist. Source: YouTube.

Advertising

Ogilvy Africa's Lesso Lessons shortlisted at The Care Awards

21 Sep 2023

Big tech and journalism: Principles for fair compensation

Media

Big tech and journalism: Principles for fair compensation

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 25 Jul 2023

Bolt introduces in-app trip recording to boost safety

Transport

Bolt introduces in-app trip recording to boost safety

19 Jul 2023