PR & Communications

Managing Director at SA's Best Small PR Agency 2023 / Finalist for Business Partners, SA Entrepreneur of the Year / PRCA Africa board member / United Nations Development Program (UNDP) SA Taskforce member..

Aphiwe Faku is a dynamic Public Relations professional with a proven track record in crafting compelling narratives, securing high-value media coverage, and building impactful brand reputations across lifestyle, corporate, and consumer sectors..

Award-Winning Communications Professional. Building Brands and Reputations..

President of the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (Prisa) and CEO of the Cape Town-based communications agency Alkemi Collective..

Brendan Seery has been in the news business for most of his life, covering coups, wars, famines - and some funny stories - across Africa. Brendan Seery's Orchids and Onions column ran each week in the Saturday Star in Johannesburg and the Weekend Argus in Cape Town..

Managing director.

Chief creative officer at TBWA\Hunt Lascaris and the chairperson of the Creative Circle..

Caroline Smith is head of public relations at Flow Communications. She is a chartered public relations practitioner (CPRP) with the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa.

Cheryl Reddy is the founder of Comms Reddy, an independent, full-service corporate communications agency..

Danette Breitenbach is a marketing & media editor at Bizcommunity.com. Previously she freelanced in the marketing and media sector, including for Bizcommunity.

Managing Partner at Tribeca Public Relations.

Dustin is partner and chief executive of Razor, the PR, reputation and culture and communications agency in the M&C Saatchi Group. Dustin is recognised as one of the top reputation managers and communicators in Europe, Africa and the Middle East - having been named by the Holmes Report / PRovoke Media as one of its top 25 innovators in public relations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2019..

marketing and communications specialist at GCIS. He is a qualified Chartered Public Relations Practitioner (CPRP) from PRISA..

Group Editor: Retail and Lifestyle.

Head of Strategy at Retroviral.

Owner of Enhance PR & Communications.

Jarred Cinman authored this article as an ACA board member and a member of the ACASA Future Industry committee, including Vincent Maher, Musa Kalenga, Haydn Townsend, Matthew Arnold and Antonio Petra..

Jennifer Stein lives and breathes PR. With over 25 years in the industry she has extensive corporate and consumer PR experience across a number of sectors including automotive, IT, fast moving consumer goods, pharmaceutical, property, luxury brands and various services industries.

Marketing and Communications Consultant.

Founder & Director at Novus Group.

Judith Middleton is the CEO of DUO Marketing and Communications.

Karabo Ledwaba is a Marketing and Media Editor at Bizcommunity and award-winning journalist. Before joining the publication she worked at Sowetan as a content producer and reporter.

Karl Haechler is the CEO of Burson Africa, an award-winning African public relations network that covers over 50 African countries..

Kevin is a co-founder and director of ByDesign Communications, with over twenty years' experience in corporate communication strategy, media strategy, social media strategy and crisis counselling....

20 years experience in the PR, marketing and brand communications industry..

PR Powerhouse is full service public relations consultancy with specialist practice areas in healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, public affairs and hospitality..

Founder and Managing Director of PR Powerhouse | Communications Strategist | Corporate Reputation Leader | Podcaster at Influence.

Lebogang Mashianoke Mashangoane (#NgwanaDiTlou) is an award-winning PR and communications specialist with over nine years of experience helping corporate and consumer brands build relevance, earn trust and create meaningful connections through culture, creativity and strategic communication..

Lerato Motloung is an account director at Havas and the chair of PRCA Africa's NextGen Group..

Madelain Roscher is the founder and CEO of PR Worx, ranked South Africa's number one PR agency, with 25 years of experience building reputation and communications strategy for the country's leading brands. PR Worx operates through independently owned agencies across Africa..

Digital Director at Catalyst Africa.

Mike Sharman is the owner of Retroviral Digital Communications, an online communications consultancy specialising in communication strategy, social media and content creation..

Moliehi has over 18 years' experience in the communications industry, having worked across the spectrum of PR for both public and private sector clients across the continent. She has a mix of skills including strategy development, reputation and crisis management, client service management, media relations and stakeholder management..

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Business Unit Director at Tribeca Public Relations.

Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Nduli Media and Timeless Trends Magazine.

Founder at Libango SA.

Paul has always referred to his 25-year career as an extremely adventurous and diverse one. He has participated in the rise of some of South Africa's most iconic brands that have become market leaders today.

Paul Reynell is the vice-president of Prisa and founder of Paddington Station PR..

Phozisa Mkele is a digital communications entrepreneur committed to strategic storytelling across the continent and beyond. She focuses on raising visibility, managing perceptions and sharing positive narratives through digital platforms.

Rachelle Bricout is the owner of Create-A-Stir and Sidala STUDIO - PR, communications & media. Sidala STUDIO offers the link between professional services firms and the media - we do all the work, you benefit.

Regine is a reputation specialist. She founded Reputation Matters in 2005; where they measure and manage companies' reputations using their unique Repudometer® measurement tool..

Editor at Bizcommunity..

Ronelle Bester, MD of Red Ribbon Communications, started her career in technology at Dimension Data as marketing manager of the Western Cape. She has a BTech degree in public relations from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and has lectured in public relations at both the University of South Africa and Varsity College.

Marketing Executive at Bluegrass.

senior content and communication specialist at Machine.

With over 20 years' experience in the communications industry, Sharon Piehl was appointed as managing director of FleishmanHillard Johannesburg in May 2016. Prior to her appointment, Sharon spent several years as the lead of many multi-national client accounts at FleishmanHillard.

Siki Msuseni is the Founder and Director of Amplified PR. She holds a Bachelor of Consumer Science in Fashion Retail Management (Cum Laude, Unisa) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (UCT)..

Apart from his consulting work as brand reputation management advisor at DonValley Reputation Managers, as well as columnist and regular current affairs commentator, Solly Moeng is also founder and convenor of the annual Africa Brand Summit - the 2020 version of which is now being prepared as a fully branded, interactive, online global event in October, thanks to the impact of Covid-19..

Tlhogi Ngwato, the founder and managing partner of Manaka Publicity, has advised high-profile clients, companies, personalities, sporting personalities and organisations, offering strategic advice that has assisted them through some of their most difficult and thrilling milestones..

Specializes in Lifestyle & Entertainment PR, Government Relations, Sports PR and Corporate Comm..

William Smook is a senior consultant at Meropa Communications (www.meropa.co.za) in Cape Town. He's worked as a journalist, internationally syndicated health writer and editor.

Planner of strat. Owner of dogs.