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

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). 

From questioning assumptions and knowing when to let go, to building a business with a clear destination and embracing failure as part of the journey, the 2026 MANCOSA Jacaranda FM Business Breakfast has brought together some of South Africa's accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and leaders for a morning of candid insights, practical lessons and inspiration.

The partnership between Midlands Community College and Sesame Workshop International South Africa, funded by the Grindrod Family Centenary Trust, has aimed to put children's own experiences at the centre of the evidence.

Taste of Cape Town and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced a landmark partnership that places the country's public broadcaster at the heart of South Africa's return to the global Taste Festival stage. 

Publicis Groupe Africa has celebrated the recognition of Andrea Quaye, who has been named Marketer of the Year at this year's Bookmark Awards. The win recognises Quaye's leadership and her contribution to advancing marketing excellence, innovation and industry growth across Africa.

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.

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 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.

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.