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G Man The AdMan

It’s in your home everyday, during your morning drive to work, on the bus, even inside your pizza box. We sure do love advertising (sure, sometimes it makes us cringe), so hang out with Grant Sithole alongside some of the guys and girls behind the ads you love and sometimes loathe. We’ll chat, we’ll laugh, we’ll interrogate and because this is CliffCentral, it’ll be like no other ad show out there!
Weekly English South Africa Society & Culture · Business
87 Episodes
32 – 52

Are you Keeping an Open Chair for Women in Advertising?

It's the interruptions, the car briefs that conveniently end up on male creatives' desks, and the general assery that is a male-dominated industry that needs to hear some hard truths. Suhana Gordhan and Simone Bosman are in the studio talking about Open Chair. You and your boss need to hear…
2 Aug 2017 50 min

The Greatest Movie Ever Made

Spitfire Films are in the house! In this broadcast from Mediatech Africa 2017 we get into what goes into creating great content, creative trust and faith, and we even delve into the ACA press release about the Telkom pitch. I mean, come on!
19 Jul 2017 54 min

The One Club Diversity Bootcamp SA

Jimmy Smith (Amusement Park CEO, CCO), Xolisa Dyeshana and Stephanie Smith (One Club) are in the studio! We talk the inclusion and transformation and Jimmy pulls no punches about what's wrong with some senior black people in advertising. I mean, come on!
12 Jul 2017 54 min

The Rudeboy Collective

Creative souls previously with one of SA's biggest production houses, Velocity, have come together to create an advertising Voltron of sorts. Mpho Twala and Sabelo Mahlangu are in the studio and we talk about The Rudeboy Collective, Rob Malpage, Cat Lindsay, Anthony Bila, Monareng Mokwetla, collaborating with people outside of…
5 Jul 2017 54 min

The M&C Saatchi Federation of Entrepreneurs

Jerry Mpufane is in the house and breaks down their partnership with Levergy. We delve into talent development, mentorship, entitlement and then some. We also laugh quite a bit. I mean, come on!
28 Jun 2017 53 min

The 10-Year-Old, Black-Owned, Female-Led Agency

Monalisa Zwambila, CEO of Riverbed, will blow your mind. We talk about what it takes to get to this place, pitch processes, multinationals, Nana Coyote (see, that's why you might need to look a little further for your insights) and many more. I mean, come on!
21 Jun 2017 58 min

SAfricans changing Advertising in Kenya & Vietnam

There's a brand of advertiser that we are famous for and the world can't get enough of it. Mbuso Ndlovu and Tlali Taoana are on the line dropping some knowledge, learnings and laughs. I mean, come on!
14 Jun 2017 58 min

Collaborating to Win the Bank Pitch

Bakone Media, Ireland Davenport and BOS are in the stu together with Nontokozo Madonsela (PBBSA at Standard Bank) and they speak about the journey to the What's Your Next? campaign. I mean, come on!
7 Jun 2017 56 min

Where are you Getting your Insights? - Mogorosi Mashilo

Remember that meeting when the client told you that your campaign isn't going to resonate with the market and you knew they were right? Mogorosi Mashilo is the founder and trend analyst at TrendER and he's here to fix your life. Seabe George is also here again. I mean, come…
31 May 2017 55 min

Brett Wild takes on a new Avatar & Andrew Human talks Loeries

Brett Wild is back in the Executive Creative Director's chair. We talk about new prospects and possibilities and how he is fixing to lead the creative ship. Once again we break news first when Andrew Human talks Jury Presidents of the Loeries and things like how the judges are chosen…
24 May 2017 54 min

TravelBug Stokvel & Neo Mashigo

A huge announcement this week... Neo Mashigo has joined M&C Saatchi Abel as Creative Partner and he joins us from Cape Town. Then we hang out with Jabulile Koapa and Sophie Maarohanye, two former advertising creatives who started Travelbug Stokvel. I mean, come on!
3 May 2017 51 min

The Client Conversation with Shireez Latief

The relationship between agency and client can be the difference between making great work together and making advertising that neither agency nor client can be proud of. Your boi hangs out with Shireez Latief, Senior Marketing Manager at BBC worldwide. I mean, come on!
26 Apr 2017 49 min

Street Science with SugarRayLeonard+SCurlAndCut

Nyiko Ray Ray Mphande, Marlin Van Noie and Saki Piliso are in the stu talking their brand of advertising and breaking down their model of Street Science. We get into the selection of the SA Cannes Jury and some custard ads. I mean, come on!
19 Apr 2017 54 min

The Alchemy & The Loeries

Akio Kawahito and Suhana Gordhan are in the stu. What can advertisers learn from the unique way in which The Kool Out Gang put together a SXSW-esque festival in Jozi? Suhana also tells us about some new developments at the Loeries. I mean, come on!!!
5 Apr 2017 52 min

Tsalena Media: 9 Years Old & 100% Youth Black-Owned

Maloto Thobejane and Thato Mokoena are in the stu talking about their journey with this dope dope agency. We call a previous winner of The Loeries Graduate programme who is in fiery Durban. We also pay tribute to adgame stalwart Mr Joe Mafela. I mean, Come On!!!
29 Mar 2017 57 min

Halo Advertising & The Africa Takeover

How does an independent agency from Summer Place inspire the Kenyan market to change the way they bank? Dean and Akona are in the stu talking about what we should be doing to be better at this adgame on the continent. Grant also calls them by the wrong name at…
22 Mar 2017 56 min

TBWA 2.0

Karabo Denalane and Julian Ribeiro are in the stu. They speak to us about how the famous agency is re-imagining itself and its approach to work in a changing adgame. They also give us their take on the transformation conversation. I mean, come on!
15 Mar 2017 54 min

Agencies have Side Chicks on the Come Up

Every day we hear about a small agency that's just snatched a piece of advertising pie from the big players. Oh it is on. We also hang out with Young Creative winner, all round big mouth, and inspiration - Melusi Mloo Mhlungu. I mean, come on!
8 Mar 2017 50 min
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