Chicken Licken leaves Net#work BBDO after 13 years
by Herman Manson. Mike Schalit, group creative officer at Net#work BBDO, says the move away from his agency, which takes effect at the end of June 2016, has been on the cards for some time
EXCLUSIVE: Barclays Africa Group out to pitch
by Herman Manson. The financial services group, which includes Absa in SA, has just completed an RFI from agencies and is working through responses.
The Big Q: Discrimination and sexism in adland and marketing
by MarkLives. Heidi Brauer of Hollard, Nino Naidoo of Duke, Neo Makhele of Ogilvy & Mather SA, and Viv Gordon of VGP give us their take on how rampant discrimination and sexism are in our industry.
Young, Gifted & Killing It: Mukondi Ralushayi & Nkgabiseng Motau
by Veli Ngubane. In four years in adland, this copywriter and art director duo has been involved in some particularly creative campaigns.
Motive: Tenders, pitches and the ACA Code of Conduct
by Odette van der Haar. In the absence of ubuntu, the ACA, member agencies, GCIS, Treasury and dti spent almost three years drawing up a set of five rules for tenders and pitches.
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