LunchBar Celebrates 60 Years in SA with a New Otherworldly Discovery
The 2024 conspiracy campaign just won triple gold at the Smarties Awards and a Bronze TikTok Ads Award.
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VML Parts Ways with Nando’s After 10-Year Partnership
Jarred Cinman, CEO of VML South Africa, reflects on a decade of brand-building, digitalisation, and iconic tweets.
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VML South Africa Announces New SA Data Lead
VML South Africa has named Ryan Campher as SA Data Lead – a move that reflects the agency’s focus on turning intelligence into impact.
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Smarties Awards 2025
VML South Africa scooped 17 wins across multiple categories, reflecting a powerful blend of creativity, craft, and results.
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What SA Brands Need to Know About the Future of Commerce
You can delete all those bookmarked trends reports you haven’t got around to reading yet.
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VML Tackles Representation with Africa-Focused AI Image Generator
VML South Africa has developed Asili AI, an AI image generator trained to create authentic images of African people
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VML Enterprise Solutions EMEA teams up with AWS for an AI Hackathon
The first-ever "Unleash Your Inner Innovator: AI Hackathon" showcased incredible talent and collaborative spirit.
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Party Now, PERi Later: Nando’s Has Your Morning Sorted After the Jol
Wake up, chow down on delicious morning-after Nando’s, and thank your clever self for planning ahead.
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VML South Africa Brings Home the Silverware from Regional TikTok Ad Awards
VML South Africa scooped three awards in TikTok’s first regional Ad Awards.
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Once Upon a Scam: Standard Bank’s Cautionary Tales For South Africans
With scammers getting more sophisticated and defrauding South Africans, Standard Bank is using an age-old technique to teach people to be vigilant: fairytales.
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Hollard Takes the Doom and Gloom Out of Insurance Marketing with Relatable Ad
Hollard’s brand repositioning campaign uses relatable storytelling to build lasting connections with customers.
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Dove Is Teaching AI That Real Beauty Isn’t Perfect
As AI-generated images become more widely used, Dove is working with Adobe Firefly and changing how AI generates images of beauty...
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VML South Africa Brings Together The Hardy Boys and Grey under one brand; Taoana to Pursue New Opportunities
VML South Africa has announced the strategic shift of its two boutique agencies, The Hardy Boys and Grey South Africa.
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Official Loeries Podcast is Back with VML and Bizcommunity
The pinnacle event on the advertising calendar is back this week as the 46th Loeries Creative Week starts it celebration of creativity, marketing & excellence.
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Physical Retail Stages a Comeback and Mobile Shopping Dominates
In New ‘Future Shopper Report’
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VML Scoops Nine Trophies at the 2024 Bookmarks Awards
VML South Africa once again demonstrated its digital prowess by clinching nine awards in five categories at the Bookmarks Awards 2024.
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What Marketers Can Learn From Wicked
At Cannes Lions 2025, VML’s CEO Jon Cook leads a discussion on the reinterpretation of the 'Wizard of Oz' through the lens of modern storytelling
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Ajax and VML Australia Tackles Spagbombs and Spewnado Disasters
Over the past 60+ years, Ajax has seen almost every mess you could imagine, and its latest campaign, seeks to name every single one of them
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Jon Cook’s Yellow Brick Road
From Kansas to Cannes, the VML CEO’s journey blends AI, transformation and heartland values – now positioning him as a human-first leader
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Brian Yamada on Building Bionic Brands in the AI Era
VML’s Chief Innovation Officer shares insights on blending human creativity with AI at Web Summit Vancouver 2025
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