She has read the news, produced breakfast radio, managed a campus station
back from the brink. Now she sits at the very top of the system, as Chief
Executive Officer of the Media Development and Diversity Agency, where she oversees how community and small commercial media are funded and
supported across South Africa
Zesintu Mgobhozi has built a career out of chasing culture across
the cities that shape it. She is the founder and editorial director of
CIKO CIRILLO, a luxury cultural platform working
Fifteen years is long enough to watch an industry change shape
more than once, and Hayley has done it from the inside
Lizandri Ollivier calls herself a hard worker in love with a beautiful
visual. Her trophy shelf tells a fuller story: a Bronze Loerie, a Gold
Pendoring, a place in the SA Cannes Young Lions Top 20, and the
Top Art Direction Student title at aaa.
Some careers read like a straight line. Sharleen’s reads like a
masterclass in staying in the room long enough to run it.
An idea can turn to magic or dust, depending on the talent that
rubs against it.” Bibi keeps that line close, and it says a fair amount
about how she thinks.
There’s a particular kind of creative who doesn’t just make ads; they make moments people carry with them. Mohlalefi Lentsoane is that kind of creative
Ten years ago, Siya Mawisa was watching the internet figure itself out. That instinct, honed long before ‘digital marketing’ became a career category on every job board, is what separates him from the crowd.
From intern to eBusiness Graduate Trainee to Assistant Brand Manager on Nescafé Pure Soluble Coffee, a range with extraordinary scale and consumer trust, and now into the expanded Nescafé portfolio.
It started with a high school fine arts portfolio and a Loeries Creative Future Scholarship. Most people would call that a lucky break. Banzi Kasana calls it the beginning of the work.
Different industries, same conviction: marketing done well makes people feel something real. Bradley’s career has unfolded across industries in a way that reflects genuine curiosity about how brands connect with people.
Marsha-Ann brings almost eight years of hands-on digital marketing experience to her Honours studies at aaa, having served as Digital Marketing Manager at Magalies Citrus Company, where she led the brand’s digital presence and consumer growth strategy.
Fourteen years. Dozens of brands. One consistent through-line: communication that actually means something.
A Loeries 2025 Top 5 Student and multiple Certificate of Academic Achievement recipient, Janine graduated from aaa with a BA in Creative Brand Communication specialising in Copywriting and a philosophy that’s become her signature: good writing isn’t just read, it’s felt.
From an Ad Ops internship at OMD Worldwide to Digital Campaign Manager, through two years of building data-driven strategies at Flume for brands like Toyota, Absa, Woolworths, and Orlando Pirates, and now leading social at McCann Joburg – Zazi Ntozini has spent his career at the centre of where media, data, and creative collide.
Paige Zackey doesn’t predict rain. She builds arks. The Warren Buffett quote she keeps close says everything about how she approaches her work: with urgency, pragmatism, and the kind of conviction that turns a concept into something real.
