For any brand with more than one location, a single brand-level AI visibility score based on a few keywords is close to useless, says Ryan Haworth, CEO of Social Places. Here is why.

media update's Venelize de Lange talks to Tarri Parffit about how the Smile Foundation communicates humanitarian influence and keeps people at the heart of the cause. 

Cape Town-based PR and marketing agency Hook, Line & Sinker (HLS) has been named Best Integrated Agency in South Africa 2026 at the African Excellence Awards.

Sanofi and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have partnered to improve access to childhood immunisation in three Eastern Cape districts, focusing on children who have not received, or not completed, their routine vaccines.

Polygon has launched Prism, a new self-service platform that makes digital billboard advertising accessible to businesses of every size, with a particular focus on addressing the advertising challenges often faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). 

South Africa's multilingual reality can get lost when local languages present a challenge for developing language technology. Venelize de Lange from media update considers what it means when the language we use does not fit the systems built to understand it. 

The Unlimited Child and Ackermans have marked a milestone in their long-standing partnership with the opening of The Unlimited Child's flagship satellite office and Centre of Excellence at the Ackermans Distribution Centre in Hammarsdale KZN.

media update's Venelize de Lange considers what happens when businesses experience misalignment in marketing and operations by looking at the recent SPAR Chairman and Deputy Chair's resignations as case study.

Afrika Tikkun Services (ATS) has been renamed Africa Transformation Services (ATS) following its acquisition by CEO Dr Onyi Nwaneri and a team of investors, including Unicorn Factory — a permanent capital investment and advisory firm aimed at building and scaling businesses across Africa.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has announced that The Philipstown WireCar Foundation was named Digital Brand of the Year at the 2026 Bookmark Awards, the result of a dominant run that saw its work claim the black pixel, South African digital marketing's highest honour, in category after category.