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Source: © 123rf Ryan Campher, VML SA data lead, asks, while AI drives modern marketing, what happens when flawed inputs lead it astray?

Artificial Intelligence

Will your AI promote clarity or confusion, progress or noise?

Ryan Campher 25 Jun 2025

This year, LunchBar celebrates 60 years in South Africa. To mark the occasion, SA’s favourite award-winning conspiracy theorist is back (Image supplied)

Marketing

60 years of "Much, much more of The LunchBar Man"

16 May 2025

Ogilvy SA won four Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East Africa including gold for its Bread of the Nation campaign for AB InBev SA

Advertising

Ogilvy wins all SA’s Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East and Africa

29 Apr 2025

Advertising

Ogilvy SA top African agency in the Warc Effectiveness Awards 2025 shortlist

8 Apr 2025

From animation to opera: March's diverse film offerings

Film

From animation to opera: March's diverse film offerings

Daniel Dercksen 3 Mar 2025

Social Media

20 years of YouTube: 8 key innovations that have helped the video platform achieve its success

Alex Connock 18 Feb 2025

Movie lovers are in for a treat this February

Film

Movie lovers are in for a treat this February

Daniel Dercksen 4 Feb 2025

Image source: Nicole Kruger from

Criminal Law

Rhino poachers handed prison sentences

27 Jan 2025

Source: Reuters. Mauritius Minister of Finance Renganaden Padayachy arrives for the first day of a European Union- African Union summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, February 17, 2022.

Finance

Mauritius issues arrest order for former finance minister, report says

Villen Anganan 8 Jan 2025

Source: The Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Finance

Mauritius' former central bank governor released on bail

Villen Anganan 6 Jan 2025

Source: The Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Banking

Mauritius arrests ex-governor of central bank, local media report

Villen Anganan 3 Jan 2025

SA Movie thriller set to open New York Film Fest

Film & Cinematography

SA Movie thriller set to open New York Film Fest

Issued by Giant Films 27 Nov 2024

Social Media

The Guardian cuts ties with X

15 Nov 2024

Image source: Getty Images

Criminal Law

Top Safa boss appears in court

14 Nov 2024

Throwback Cinema continues in November with new film releases

Film

Throwback Cinema continues in November with new film releases

Daniel Dercksen 29 Oct 2024

The business case for ESG in hard times

ESG & Sustainability

The business case for ESG in hard times

Kristina Gubic, Issued by ESG Africa Conference 20 Sep 2024

Source: © VOA News Meta will ban RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads

Media Freedom

Meta bans Russia state media across all platforms as “covert influence” operations threaten US election

Danette Breitenbach 17 Sep 2024

Advertising

Major ad group GARM shuts down after Elon Musk’s X files lawsuit

13 Aug 2024

Image supplied. VML South Africa’s recent 360 ad campaign for Cadbury LunchBar campaign was born from a rebellious irreverence and ‘back to magic’ approach. And fun!

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign: #thelunchbarman has it figured out

24 Jun 2024

June's cinematic delights: New releases and Encounters Film Festival

Film

June's cinematic delights: New releases and Encounters Film Festival

Daniel Dercksen 5 Jun 2024

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

PR & Communications

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

Adam Hunter, Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 5 Jun 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: DA crosses line in political persuasion

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: DA crosses line in political persuasion

Brendan Seery 27 May 2024

Get ready for some great escapism in cinemas this April

Film

Get ready for some great escapism in cinemas this April

Daniel Dercksen 3 Apr 2024

Media Freedom

Ethiopian police release French journalist after a week, employer says

Urvi Dugar and Akanksha Khushi 1 Mar 2024

What to expect at the cinema this March

Film

What to expect at the cinema this March

Daniel Dercksen 27 Feb 2024

Media Freedom

Ethiopian police arrest French journalist, employer says

Giulia Paravicini 26 Feb 2024

Advertising

Apple, Disney and other big brands are pulling X ads – why Elon Musk’s latest ‘firestorm’ could bring down the company

Denitsa Dineva 11 Dec 2023

Social Media

Disinformation is part and parcel of social media’s business model, new research shows

Carlos Diaz Ruiz 24 Nov 2023

Source: © Shift Delete It is reported that Apple is pulling all its adverts from X following the endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory by Elon Musk

Media Freedom

Apple follows IBM in pulling all adverts from X, after Musk endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory

20 Nov 2023

Media

Rupert Murdoch's empire was built on a shrewd understanding of how media and power work

Bruce Drushel 2 Nov 2023

Image source: Rabia Elif Aksoy –

Corporate & Commercial Law

Mozambique drops part of 'tuna bonds' claim against shipbuilder Privinvest

Sam Tobin and Kirstin Ridley 5 Oct 2023

Shayoni Lynn, CEO of Lynn based in the UK

IMC Conference

#NedbankIMC2023 - Shayoni Lynn: Be proative about your reputation

Danette Breitenbach 19 Sep 2023

Are we experiencing 'greedflation' or inflation?

Retailers

Are we experiencing 'greedflation' or inflation?

Nevo Hadas 23 Aug 2023

Image source: Nicole Kruger from

Environment & Natural Resources

Rhino killings decrease by 11%

1 Aug 2023

10 themes to guide the youth as they enter the workforce

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

10 themes to guide the youth as they enter the workforce

Issued by Coronation 15 Jun 2023

KFC launches special breakfast offer and breaks the loop of basic breakfast with Trevor Noah

Advertising

KFC launches special breakfast offer and breaks the loop of basic breakfast with Trevor Noah

Issued by KFC South Africa 3 May 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Trevor Noah and KFC unravel the chicken conspiracy

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Trevor Noah and KFC unravel the chicken conspiracy

Brendan Seery 2 May 2023

Twitter blue ticks: 5 ways to spot misinformation without verified accounts

Technology

Twitter blue ticks: 5 ways to spot misinformation without verified accounts

Mikey Biddlestone, Jon Roozenbeek, Sander van der Linden 26 Apr 2023

Image source: Bruce Rolff –

Criminal Law

R165m in assets seized from World Cup accommodation corruption accused

18 Apr 2023

What to expect at the cinema this April

Film

What to expect at the cinema this April

Daniel Dercksen 3 Apr 2023

Image source: Karolina Grabowska from

Criminal Law

SIU raids properties in PPE corruption probe

29 Mar 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

Legislation & Regulation

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

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Why is Microsoft's Bing AI so unhinged?

4th Industrial Revolution

Why is Microsoft's Bing AI so unhinged?

Toby Walsh 23 Feb 2023

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

Energy

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

Vincent Obisie-Orlu 26 Jan 2023

Social Media

Why Elon Musk's first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere

Diana Bossio 4 Nov 2022

Source: © Earl Coetzee -

Media Freedom

South Africa's Jacob Zuma is taking a top reporter to court. The verdict could affect journalists' rights

Anton Harber 9 Sep 2022

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Criminal Law

Hawks investigating over 22,400 cases valued at R1.5tn

23 Aug 2022

Image source: Kindel Media from

Criminal Law

Three more arrests for July 2021 unrest incitement

15 Aug 2022