BREAKING: Suhana Gordhan leaves FCB for Duke Group

by MarkLives. Suhana Gordhan is the new ECD at Duke Group, effective 1 September 2020.

Overall 2019 Creative Circle rankings, winners, plus new chairperson

TBWA\Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg has taken top honours in the Creative Circle Overall Rankings Agency of the Year 2019. In second place is Joe Public United, followed by Ogilvy Johannesburg in third. In the Creative Circle Overall Rankings Group of the Year 2019, it is TBWA\ South Africa at no. 1, followed by Joe Public United […]

#Transformers: Change matters. Just do it.

by Charlie Mathews. Everything is going to transform and the only answer is to become adaptable enough to process change to your benefit — to become future-fit.

#TheInterlocker: Does the PR industry value media ethics?

by Emma King. How do we do our jobs of influencing an editorial media agenda while upholding media values and ethics? Palesa Madumo, James Wilson and I respond.

Loeries 2020/21 board announced

The Loeries has appointed a new board for 2020/21, with Fran Luckin, Grey Africa chief creative officer, taking over from Tseliso Rangaka, FCB Joburg and Hellocomputer chief creative officer, as chairperson. While we have your attention, please would you consider taking out a MarkLives membership to help finance our operations? The covid-19 pandemic is having […]

Clover, your advertising is misguided

by Jarred Cinman. Permit me a moment of rare sanctimony for adland, if you will: this kind of lazy, unwise, poorly executed and embarrassing work demeans us all.

#Transformers: Smart podcasts that could change you, and your business

by Charlie Mathews & Morgan Botha. Transformation takes hard work, and part of that is finding the right role models and mentors or education to propel you forward.