The Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC) has issued an update on the progress of its new Radio Audience Measurement Survey (RAMS), as the programme moves towards completion of its first full annual reporting sample.

HUMANCENTRIC is a new storytelling project created, curated, and produced by creative production partner MikeTeevee, designed to cut through the noise around AI by focusing on what happens when artists push the technology creatively.

media update's Venelize de Lange considers how technology and trend culture shape our relationship with taste, and why developing discernment and an independent perspective remains essential to editorial judgement.

A new ten-part podcast series, Media in Africa, brings together leading journalists, editors, media entrepreneurs and narrative-change experts to unveil how African media is made, funded and heard; and how that shapes the wider relationship between Africa and Europe.

Independent creative agency The Odd Number has announced the appointment of Andreas Shifotoka as Executive Lead: Digital, Growth and Enablement, a newly created leadership role designed to strengthen the agency's digital capabilities, unlock growth opportunities and enable greater integration across the business.

Good Hope FM has announced that it will be paired with the Cape Town Kota Festival 2026, a fast-growing food and lifestyle celebration in the Mother City.

FAME Week Africa has announced MultiChoice Group, a CANAL+ company, as the Super Sponsor of FAME Week Africa 2026, strengthening a shared commitment to African storytelling, creative talent and building greater opportunities for the continent's producers.

From questioning assumptions and knowing when to let go, to building a business with a clear destination and embracing failure as part of the journey, the 2026 MANCOSA Jacaranda FM Business Breakfast has brought together some of South Africa's accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and leaders for a morning of candid insights, practical lessons and inspiration.

Taste of Cape Town and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced a landmark partnership that places the country's public broadcaster at the heart of South Africa's return to the global Taste Festival stage. 

South Africa's multilingual reality can get lost when local languages present a challenge for developing language technology. Venelize de Lange from media update considers what it means when the language we use does not fit the systems built to understand it.