According to a recent survey, only 22% of South African businesses are aware of privacy laws governing their marketing activities, despite the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act set to take effect on Thursday, 1 July.

Provantage Media Group has announced that it has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of media industry veteran Chris Hitchings. Hitchings is filling the role of PMG's new head of human capital and group projects. 

The 67 Logos Designathon has announced that it is seeing many join its 2021 initiative. It has also indicated that Havas Advertising, who is supporting the event, will also be committing 67 pay-off lines to the 67 small businesses taking part. 

Social media and FOMO go hand-in-hand, and are now part of our daily lives. The question is,  however, how do you know when you’re addicted to these digital platforms? Here, media update’s Nakedi Phala helps you identify whether you may be a little too attached. 

Businesses that do not have a strong brand blueprint should rethink the ways in which they are currently marketing their products or services to their target market, as their long-term success ultimately depends on it, says Jadine van Breda head of strategy at hoola Modern Agency. 

The Shoprite Group has announced that it has spent more than R700-million over the past five years on extensive retail skills and training programmes. These have been put in place to enhance the career options of South Africa's unskilled and unemployed youth. 

The Radio Awards have announced its 2021 finalists for the general categories. 2021 is the 11^th year that The Radio Awards will be honouring outstanding achievements across campus, community, public broadcast and commercial radio. The awards aim to set benchmarks for all stations and professionals to strive towards. 

The Gerety Awards, the only creative prize to reward the best in advertising from the female vision, has announced its global shortlist and the Agency of the Year by Country titles. Shortlisted entries from South Africa include The Abused News for POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse) by Joe Public United Johannesburg. 

YFM has officially launched its first exclusive podcast, The Banques and Venom Show. The podcast aims to be an ongoing collaboration between Banques and YTKO DJ Venom. The podcast is a first for the station, which aims to set the future's trends. 

Podcasts are only continuing to grow in popularity and are starting to become a must-have for brands. Not only do they offer a unique way for your audience to consume your content, but this medium is also something that you can potentially monetise.