Ornico: SA Insurance Ad Spend Report 2026
Between October and December 2025, South Africa’s leading insurance brands invested approximately R1.21 billion in advertising across more than 97,000 executions. This report provides a clear breakdown.
#Bookmarks2026 | Jury chairs and jury members announced
Over 80 of the country’s sharpest creative and strategic minds drawn from SA’s marketing and publishing industry will join jury president Elizabeth Mokwena along with nine jury chairs to judge this year’s Bookmarks.
The experience economy has arrived
Product alone is no longer a differentiator. Experience has become the strategy. Consumers are not simply buying goods or services; they are assessing how easily a brand fits into their lives. Convenience, clarity and consistency now carry as much weight as quality or price.
Coca-Cola’s CMO on hyper-personalizing marketing around the World Cup
North America CMO Shakir Moin explains how the soda giant is fostering hyper-personalized consumer engagement around a global opportunity.
30-day vs. 7-day attribution in Google Ads: What the shorter window revealed
Overlapping attribution can inflate channel performance. Learn how tightening the window reduced overlap and increased ROAS 62%.
Ster-Kinekor launching new Imax theatre in South Africa
Ster-Kinekor is installing a new IMAX theatre at The Zone @ Rosebank in Johannesburg, which will become its premium cinema site in Gauteng. IMAX theatres provide a superior movie-viewing experience compared to most conventional cinema screens, with sharper image clarity, better colour reproduction, and immersive surround-sound audio.
Government takes baby steps to regulate podcast industry
South Africa’s podcast boom has, until now, largely unfolded in regulatory silence. That silence is beginning to break—and not a moment too soon.
TrendAI flags agentic AI risks in enterprise deployment
TrendAI has published research on the security and governance risks linked to agentic AI in organisations, based on a survey of 3,700 business and IT decision-makers across 23 countries. The study points to a widening gap between the pace of AI deployment and the controls organisations have in place to manage it.
Outcry over decision to can Face the Nation
SABC releases show statistics in support of its decision to axe Face the Nation.
Contagious Radar 2026: Key trends set to shape culture and marketing From the rise of nostalgia to the loneliness disconnect and the death of aspiration
Contagious Radar 2026 dives into the key trends shaping UK culture and marketing and how brands can adapt to meet evolving consumer needs. The Contagious Radar 2026 identifies key cultural and technological trends that will impact the marketing industry in the year ahead.