NielsenIQ South Africa’s Q3 2025 State of the Retail Nation report shows strong FMCG growth, with consumers spending nearly R167.5bn across traditional and modern trade. Retail sales rose 7.1% in value and 8.7% in unit volume year over year.

DStv operator MultiChoice has lost 2.8 million subscribers since its height on 31 March 2023, declining from 17.3 million to 14.5 million, a reduction of over 16% in two years. MultiChoice’s new owner, French media conglomerate Groupe Canal+, recently published an investor presentation with charts illustrating MultiChoice’s decline in recent years.

Two-thirds of South Africans (64.3%) are relied on significant Black Friday deals on groceries and food to take the edge off what has been one of the toughest years financially for households across the country.

Hot 102.7 FM is urging listeners to complete an online survey/petition to support removing the 50% classical music quota imposed by ICASA in 2021.

Novus Media has announced the launch of Die Papier, a weekly Afrikaans newspaper that will begin publication on 6 March 2026.

Takealot.com is seeing strong online shopping growth, reporting 4.8 million active customers—up 14% year-on-year—and an 11% rise in order frequency, despite intensifying competition from Amazon, Shein and Temu.

Ogilvy South Africa was named the 2025 Smarties Agency of the Year, earning 16 awards—including 13 golds—across multiple clients.

Headliners include marketing expert and author Seth Godin (streaming live from New York), business leader Michael Jordaan and Bok coach Rassie Erasmus.

The biennial peer-evaluation survey asked marketing professionals to rate the campaigns and companies they most admire.