Ster-Kinekor has completed a major revamp of its Tyger Valley cinema complex in the Western Cape, including the launch of what it dubbed the “business class” of cinemas. The company said the revamp resulted in a full makeover and the launch of the SKX-PERIENCE, Africa’s first free-roam VR Arena.

Rather than focusing only on producing and distributing more content, WiC is built around the idea that films also need sustainable routes to the people who want to watch them, and pay to do so. The model brings content discovery, programming, ticketing, exhibition and audience intelligence into one system, with the aim of allowing audience relationships to develop over time rather than ending with a single screening or release.

The Campaign on Digital Ethics (CODE) found that 91% of 771 respondents receive election-related information from at least one social or messaging platform, while only 11% expressed high trust in social media. At the same time, 83% said false information poses a serious threat to SA’s democracy. South Africans want political influencers to disclose paid promotion, survey finds.

With high AI adoption, strategists are doubling down on the human insight automation can't replicate and as practitioners deliver bigger outcomes for CMOs, there is a cautious optimism returning to agency-side strategy.

HUMANTRUTH Agency has launched. Born out of FCB Africa, which has officially bowed out, this independent African marketing agency consolidates Nahana Communications Group’s FCB Africa and boutique media agency, Meta Media.

Stephen Paxton, founder of the awards, remarked: “We raised the benchmarks significantly this year, and our industry delivered beyond expectation. The sheer volume, quality, and creative bravery of the work submitted surpassed our highest expectations, with many Silver and Bronze winners reaching the gold benchmark of 82% and above.”

A study of more than 13,000 current US CMOs found that CMOs have shorter tenures than CEOs, and that company ownership plays a role here. A historical start-cohort analysis shows how median tenure has changed over time, falling from 4.0 years for CMOs who started in 2010 to 2.6 years for the 2022 start cohort.

South Africa’s retail sector recorded stronger growth in July, with retail trade sales increasing by 3.4% year-on-year in real terms, according to the latest data