Karabo Ledwaba

African designers made their mark at this year's Type Directors Club (TDC72) competition, with projects from Egypt and Nigeria earning TDC Certificates of Merit in the first edition of the organisation's new Type-High awards programme.

Football is full of stories about brotherhood. Usually, they're about teammates willing to fight for one another over 90 minutes. But at the 2026 Fifa World Cup, Spain's most effective ambassadors aren't a marketing campaign or a media strategy. They are Lamine Yamal and his three-year-old brother, Keyne, whose joyful post-match moments have become some of the tournament's most widely shared moments.

SABC 1's Generations: The Legacy will move to a new 20:30 timeslot from 27 July, marking the first time the Generations brand has changed its weekday slot since the soap debuted in 1994.

The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has welcomed the Financial Mail and Currency newsroom's commitment to improve representation, but says meaningful transformation cannot be achieved through reactive measures following public criticism.

One of the biggest cultural trends of the past few years hasn't been driven by what's new. It's been driven by what we're willing to revisit.

Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has issued a directive to SANParks to remove pines and other invasive trees from former Tokai and Cecilia plantations in Cape Town. The lease to harvest pines in the Table Mountain National Park expired in January 2025. This means the pines no longer have protected plantation status. Provision can be made for shaded walkways along the perimeters of some former pine blocks using indigenous trees.

SABC1 will premiere the 13-part South African amapiano documentary series For The Culture: I Am on Sunday, 2 August 2026. Airing weekly at 5.30 pm, the series explores the genre's rise and the people and stories that have shaped its cultural impact. 29 Jul 2026

Journalists and other employees at the Daily Dispatch and The Herald have yet to receive their July salaries, prompting the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) to voice its support for affected staff as fresh reporting raises questions about the newspapers' new ownership. 30 Jul 2026

TikTok is marking the release of Tyla's eagerly anticipated new album, A*Pop , with an exclusive in-app experience designed to help fans discover the music, celebrate alongside the global fan community, and connect with one of the platform's biggest stars.

For Tshegofatso Stone, communications isn't confined to the boardroom. By day, she helps shape communications for Meta South Africa at Lerato Agency.