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Vaseline and VML South Africa's Mtana ka Gogo has won a Silver Lion at this year's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, taking honours in the Social & Creator category under Engagement.

In 2025, Sebabatso Lemaoana was recognised by the PRISM Awards as the Best Up-and-Coming PR Professional. We spoke to the Omnicom account manager about the evolving role of public relations in a rapidly changing communications landscape.

The Experience and Strategy Lions winners have been announced, with Kenya and the UAE among the countries celebrating Strategy Lions success. Kenya's The Partnership Agency earned a Bronze for brand Too Good and its Paid sick leave for cows campaign, while McCann Dubai took a Bronze for brand Puck with Recipe for change

Africa has wrapped up the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity with one Grand Prix, three Silver Lions and four Bronze Lions, led by a historic first for Kenya.

“Look at the hands, it's AI” has become a popular comment on social media as the line between real people and AI-generated humans continues to blur.

The Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has dismissed a consumer complaint against PepsiCo Southern Africa's redesigned Bokomo ProNutro packaging, ruling that the cereal's references to "Original" are not misleading despite its widely criticised recipe change.

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has renewed calls for stricter regulation of the marketing of unhealthy foods and alcoholic beverages, arguing that South Africa cannot curb rising rates of obesity and other non-communicable diseases while companies continue to spend heavily promoting products linked to poor health.

If you grew up in South Africa, you'll know someone who could make an old pair of shoes look almost new again. Like the neighbourhood shoe shiner who would be armed with a tin of Kiwi polish and a well-worn brush. Or the family member who somehow managed to rescue your school shoes the night before assembly.

Artificial intelligence has firmly established itself as part of the public relations toolkit, but the industry's biggest challenge remains decidedly human: getting journalists to respond.

Netflix's latest What We Watched report has confirmed what social media users have been witnessing for months: The Polygamist has become one of South Africa's biggest global streaming success stories.