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Ten years
in Hillcrest.

Classic Fusion Media is a full-service digital marketing agency in Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal. Built on long-term client partnerships, and still run by the people who do the work.

The agency

Built on long relationships.


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We would rather keep a client for ten years than win a pitch and lose them in one. Most of the businesses we work with have been with us for years, and many started with a single website or campaign.

That shapes how we work. We write the strategy before we spend your money. We keep design, development, content and ads in-house so nothing gets lost between suppliers. And we report in plain language, because you should never need us to explain your own numbers.

We work across manufacturing, finance, recruitment, property and care, retail, education, and churches and non-profits.

How we operate

Four things you can count on.


Strategy before spend

No design, campaign or post starts before the strategy is written and agreed. It takes a week, and it saves months.

Own the outcome

One team, one point of contact, one report. When something is not working, you hear it from us first, with the fix.

Say it straight

Plain language in our proposals, our reports and the brands we build. If something is not working, you hear it from us first, with a plan.

Keep learning

The tools have changed many times in ten years. CFM Labs is how we keep up, so our clients get what works now.

The team

The people on your account.


These are the people who answer your emails and do the work.

Ockie van Heerden

Ockie van Heerden

Founder and Director
Clair Hall

Clair Hall

Client Relations and Office Manager
Benjamin Thompson

Benjamin Thompson

Video Production and Design
Caera Wallace

Caera Wallace

Designer and Content Developer
Ethan Kinder

Ethan Kinder

Special Projects
Where we are

Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal.


Based in the Upper Highway area outside Durban, working with clients across KZN, South Africa and abroad. Most of our clients we meet in person. The rest we meet on a call, and it works just as well.

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