South Africa’s inbound tourism sector continues its strong recovery, with international arrivals up 30.2% year-on-year in August 2025, reaching 935,738 visitors. Between January and August, the country welcomed 6.79 million tourists, a 15.8% increase compared to the same period in 2024.
Publicis Groupe Middle East & Africa has once again been named Regional Agency Group of the Year at the 2025 Loeries Awards, marking its second consecutive year at the top. The win reaffirms the Groupe’s creative excellence and integrated strength across markets, with standout performances from LePub, Machine, and MSL.
Clients Chicken Licken, Nedbank, Flying Fish, Castle Milk Stout, Cell C and Uber are all winners.
In the past, advertisers who were keen on leveraging the scale of digilites forecourt network only had access to data showing probable audience size, with little certainty around the true reach of their campaigns.
While DStv subscribers will not notice any immediate change after Canal+’s acquisition of MultiChoice, the French media giant has big plans for the service in South Africa.
In August 2024, Newsday was launched by a group of young journalists with a passion for media and journalism. Newsday, backed by Broad Media, describes itself as a trusted source of information about South Africa with investigative journalism, general news, and in-depth reporting.
Nu Metro has opened the cinema chain’s new flagship cinema complex at the Gateway Theatre of Shopping shopping mall in Durban on 3 October, with South Africa’s first-ever 270-degree ScreenX auditorium as well as its new VIP Premiere Cinemas.
This appointment aism to mark a milestone for the South African marketing, business, media and advertising sectors, ensuring the delivery of robust, innovative and actionable radio audience data for the industry, says the BRC.
The MOST rankings provide ‘insight into what drives value in media relationships today’.
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