Young, Gifted & Killing It: I See A Different You

by Veli Ngubane. A collective of Sowetan-born creatives are telling it like it really is: twins Justice and Innocent Mukheli, and Vuyo Mpantsha.

The Suit: Are you a great suit or an average one?

by Jason Harrison. As the late, great Bob Rightford used to say, “I’m really not interested in how hard you tried; I’m only interested in if you did what needed to be done.”

#BigQEmployers: When it comes to young talent, adland needs to be agile

by MarkLives. Unati Moalusi is our next panellist to tackle: “How successful have local ad agencies been in creating positive employer reputations?”

Young, Gifted & Killing It: Ayandamantombazane Mhlongo

by Veli Ngubane. The Soweto-born, Thohoyandou- and Hillbrow-raised marketing superwoman shares her insights on youth culture and her career highlights.

Back2Basics: Your B2B brand — distinctive or different?

by Mark Eardley. I’ve been reading a lot in the B2B marketing media about “distinctiveness”. It’s all proclaiming the higher branding power of being distinctive, rather than merely different.

Avoid Chernobyl in your business — don’t let culture become cult

by Laurent Marty. Is it better for us to tell our clients what they want to hear, or is it better to tell them what we really think?

Young, Gifted & Killing It: Mimi Kalinda

by Veli Ngubane. Mimi Kalinda has juggled crisis comms in Nigeria, airline work in Ethiopia and B2B work in Zambia; she’s also an author and has led workshops on storytelling and narrative in leadership.

#AgencyFocus: Abnormal — making brands purposely different

by Sabrina Forbes. “We make brands purposely different through advertising and design.” This is the slogan Abnormal Advertising promises to live by.

Young, Gifted & Killing It: Tshepo Tumahole

by Veli Ngubane. This award-winning copywriter’s career kicked off after winning a copywriting bursary he’d heard about on YFM and being given a break by Ahmed Tilly.