
7 Aug 2026, 10:06 by Kayla Niemand
There's a persistent myth in marketing that branded merchandise is only worth doing if you can splash out on premium gifts. Some of the hardest-working promotional items in South Africa cost less than a cup of coffee. When you're working with a tight budget, w...

24 Jul 2026, 14:36 by Kayla Niemand
Celebrating Women's Month in August: Thoughtful Branded Gifts to Recognise the Women in Your Business Every August, South Africa pauses to honour its women and for good reason. Women's Day on 9 August commemorates the 1956 march, when 20,000 women of every bac...

10 Jul 2026, 10:05 by Kayla Niemand
Every year on 18 July, something quietly shifts across South Africa. Offices empty out for a morning. Boardrooms swap their laptops for paintbrushes. Delivery bakkies get loaded with blankets, sandwiches and soup pots instead of stock. For 67 minutes and often...

26 Jun 2026, 12:06 by Kayla Niemand
There is a reason the outdoors feels like a national pastime in South Africa. With more than 2,800 kilometres of coastline, world-class hiking trails, and a braai culture so loved it has its own public holiday, life here tends to happen outside. For brands, th...

5 Jun 2026, 08:42 by Kayla Niemand
South Africa’s youngest consumers are reshaping what good marketing looks like. Gen Z and the youngest millennials make up a huge share of the country’s population and they have grown up with a smartphone in hand and an ad blocker close by. They are quick to s...

8 May 2026, 12:26 by Kayla Niemand
It is sitting on your desk right now. Probably half-buried under a notebook, sticking out of a coffee mug that has not held coffee in months or rolling quietly toward the edge of someone's keyboard in an office across town. A pen. And not just any pen, but one...