Financial confidence among South Africans has reached a three-year high, with consumers finally crawling out of “survival mode”—but more still needs to be done to address long-term struggles.

TikTok has launched TikTok Insiders, an exclusive, application-only programme designed to help South African advertising, digital, and media agencies scale their presence on TikTok with unprecedented speed and clarity.

What updated population data reveals about our changing nation.

Each year, the South African Social Media Awards highlight how influencers, brands, and agencies are using digital platforms in new and interesting ways. With a focus squarely on social media work, the awards offer a snapshot of the industry’s direction. These are the 2025 winners.

Ogilvy SA is the Financial Mail AdFocus Awards 2025 Agency of the year.

The SABC could have its signals cut off in just over a month due to the debt it owes state signal distributor Sentech. Sentech itself is in a difficult financial situation. The SABC is its biggest client, and due to its inability to pay, the signal distributor says it can’t continue operating past the end of December in its current state.

The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) circulation for newspapers for July to September 2025 (Quarter 3) has been released, with the Dailies, Weeklies and Weekend newspaper categories all showing a total decline on the previous quarter and prior year, in keeping with the trend from Q2 2025.

The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) circulation for July to September 2025 (Quarter 3) has been released for magazines with the Custom category continuing its good run from Q2 2025, but the Business to Business category has faltered this quarter.

In this article we explore how emotions shape consumer decisions and how brands can leverage them – rather than discounting – to gain visibility, sales volume and loyalty.

As marketing enters a new era shaped by rapid technological evolution, Kantar’s 2026 Marketing Trends report reveals how creativity, inclusivity, and targeted technology will define success