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The Media Krate launches S-OOH as purposeful disruptors: not to make noise, but to make neglected media environments work harder, look better and mean more. Where traditional OOH sells surfaces, The Media Krate engineers presence. It reads commuter spaces as living systems made of infrastructure, commerce, culture, movement, memory and habit.

Three studies found similar weaknesses in AI guardrails, with models vulnerable to gradual, sympathetic or manipulated questioning.

Workers at eNCA, e.tv, and kykNET's eNuus are "vibrating with anger" after eMedia handed them retrenchment letters last week including e.tv's main news bulletin anchor Melanie Rice.

This month, Multichoice will launch four new Supersport channels. However, the pay TV operator has also announced that four more channels are scheduled to stop broadcasting next month.

South Africa’s official unemployment rate has increased by 0.9 percentage point from 32.7% in the first quarter of 2026 to 33.6% in the second quarter of 2026.

Creative and media were separated for billing reasons, not strategic ones, writes Humanz commercial director, Pieter Geyser. The holding groups know it. They’re trying to fix it. And they’re going to fail unless they change the one thing, they’re not willing to change.

Primedia Broadcasting announces a pivotal enhancement to its digital ecosystem with the integration of Primedia+ into Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. This advancement redefines how audiences connect with SA’s premier radio brands, CapeTalk, 947, 702 and Kfm 94.5, by moving beyond traditional broadcast constraints and embedding a richly immersive, software-driven experience directly into the vehicles of listeners across South Africa and beyond.

Brandon De Kock, BrandMapp’s director of storytelling says, “We can see that education is like the magic artifact on their heroine’s journey. And it’s a story we’ve been telling for years. According to the Department of Education, women make up about 65% of all tertiary graduates in South Africa, show lower drop-out rates and higher pass-through rates.

Selby 'Selbeyonce' Mkhize will officially join Felix Hlophe as the new co-host of the Gagasi FM Breakfast, airing weekdays from 6am to 9am. On the other side, Minnie Ntuli transitions to afternoons, joining Sphectacular and DJ Naves on The Gagasi Fast Lane, weekdays from 3pm to 6pm.

Brands are investing more heavily than ever in social and creator marketing, but new Warc research warns that relying on these channels alone won't drive sustainable growth

Approved by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), the amendment changes the station's licensed music format from a 50% split between Classical music and Old Skool and R&B to 85% Old Skool and R&B and 15% Classical music, says the station.

The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC’s) streaming platform, SABC+, has surpassed three million registered users, the public broadcaster announced yesterday. This, as the SABC marked 90 years of public broadcasting over the weekend.

As legal compliance continues to dominate conversations across South Africa's out-of-home (OOH) advertising industry, Tractor Outdoor is reinforcing its commitment to transparency and responsible media ownership through an independently audited portfolio and the country's first integrated legal compliance planning functionality.

Kantar, the world's leading brand intelligence company, announces today that Adhil Patel has joined as senior director, marketing science. This is the first strategic addition to the brand team Dan Colton has been building since joining as global managing director, brand in April.