It’s easy to fall into the trap of labelling South African youth aged 18–24 as an entirely online generation. Caxton Media’s most recent national ROOTS consumer survey shows that while young people are highly digital, they move seamlessly between print, digital, social, retail environments and local news.
The majority are already earning, spending and making financial decisions in the real economy. They are already on the board, but at a life stage defined by ambition and transition.
Print media is moving from tipping point to selective resilience. Novus Group’s 2026 Print Media Landscape Report shows a sector reshaped by hybrid models, targeted readerships, and operational discipline.
South Africa’s FMCG landscape is undergoing a structural shift and private brands are no longer a side story. They are now central to how retailers compete, how manufacturers allocate production capacity (and shelf space) and how shoppers make decisions under financial pressure.
Mediology, a media-led ideas agency driven by an understanding of human behaviour, has been appointed as full-service creative and media agency for WWF South Africa – the country’s foremost conservation and environmental organisation.
The removals, coordinated by the Joburg Property Company (JPC), in partnership with City Power and the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), have been implemented for months. However, these efforts have since escalated significantly, forming part of a widespread revenue-recovery and compliance drive.
The SABC has partnered with Vodacom South Africa to expand access to the FIFA World Cup 2026 through affordable data offerings on the SABC Plus streaming platform. The game-changing partnership brings together the network and the national broadcaster, reinforcing a shared commitment to ensuring public service content is universally accessible.
TikTok removed more than 1.1 million videos in South Africa during the fourth quarter of 2025 for violating its Community Guidelines, while also interrupting more than 188 000 live streaming rooms that breached its platform rules. The figures were revealed in TikTok’s latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, for October to December 2025, which outlines the company’s efforts to combat harmful content and improve online safety on the platform.
In an ambitious recruitment drive, Independent Online (IOL) recently announced that it is recruiting over 100 positions and the response has been overwhelming, with more than 1,000 applications flooding in within the first 24 hours of advertising multiple vacancies.
Integral Ad Science (IAS) has expanded its AI-driven Total Media Quality (TMQ) brand safety and suitability measurement to YouTube Audio Ads campaigns. This expansion provides advertisers with independent, third-party transparency for their audio investments, validating that their ads run adjacent to content that meets their specific safety and suitability standards.