Netflix Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has won multiple awards at the 2025 Global Entertainment Marketing Academy Awards (GEMA), aimed at celebrating its creativity and marketing prowess across the region. 

In today's highly fragmented and rapidly evolving media landscape, the boundaries between traditional filmmaking and commercial content creation have been increasingly fluid.

South Africa's freelancing scene is evolving — and fast. Venelize de Lange from media update explores current trends, in-demand skills and emerging opportunities for freelancers who want to stay competitive in 2026. 

Central South Africans have once again opened their hearts and hands to rally behind OFM's 'PinkTober' campaign in aid of the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA).

Discover Sport™, the social media app for sports and the Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC), have announced a free streaming partnership making EFC content available to fans around the world via Discover Sport™.

South Africa's advertising landscape has shifted fast. In the past year alone, Flow has aimed to emerge as a driving force behind the country's R4-billion commerce-media market, powering a new wave of advertising built on real shopper data rather than third-party cookies.

After its launch in 2024, 5FM has announced that its hit drivetime show 5 Drive returns with a second instalment of its '5 Drive Gets High' campaign this November.

A myth draws its power from the shadows. But in the sun, its lies have nowhere to hide. In this campaign from TBWA\Coastal and client Campaigning for Cancer, some of Johannesburg's most persistent and dangerous cancer myths have been confronted in public, through the voice of Daily Sun.

Glynt (formerly Tractor Media Holdings) has announced the acquisition of loyalty aggregation app, Store (my) Cards, as part of its continued investment in building a smarter, more connected technology-led ecosystem.

The highly anticipated newly reimagined Sesame Street has made its debut with a new season on Netflix on Monday, November 10. Sesame Street is an American children's educational television show from which South Africa's Takalani Sesame is adapted to be culturally relevant.