https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/18.html South Africa Public Relations news 15 PR & Communications news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/18.html en-us Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:37:45 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/hook-line-sinker-appointed-by-auria-to-advance-this-is-living-vision-634721a Auria Senior Living has appointed award-winning PR and marketing agency, Hook, Line & Sinker (HLS), to strengthen executive thought leadership, brand visibility and consumer engagement initiatives as the business enters an exciting new chapter. 1-270761 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity PR & Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/havas-expands-africa-push-with-roxana-ravjee-as-regional-ceo-523620a Havas has appointed Roxana Ravjee as CEO Africa, effective 1 August 2026. 1-270756 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:08:00 +0200 Bizcommunity PR & Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/the-reputation-blind-spot-behind-the-bathroom-door-412829a In 1987, former Scandinavian Airlines chief executive Jan Carlzon popularised the idea of the “moment of truth”: any point of contact, however small or remote, where a person forms or revises an impression of an organisation. 1-270645 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity PR & Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/womensmonth-lerato-agency-tshegofatso-stone-from-creator-to-communicator-412959a For Tshegofatso Stone, communications isn't confined to the boardroom. By day, she helps shape communications for Meta South Africa at Lerato Agency. Beyond the office, she's built a loyal following as the creator behind food platform Cucumbers & Cream, giving her a rare perspective on both brand strategy and the creator economy. 1-270525 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:53:00 +0200 Bizcommunity PR & Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/the-pattern-communicators-keep-ignoring-523210a Every communicator today is fighting for attention. We build messages, shape narratives, and push content into a world that feels increasingly crowded and impatient. Yet beneath all this effort sits a simple human truth our industry has stopped acknowledging. 1-270366 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity PR & Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/prs-golden-age-will-belong-to-those-who-understand-people-not-just-platforms-189876a We are living through an interesting contradiction. We have never had more ways to communicate, yet it has arguably never been harder to genuinely connect. 1-270368 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity PR & Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/what-nonhle-themas-story-reveals-about-the-creator-economys-redemption-problem-189836a Nonhle Thema’s name still sparks debate. Some remember her as one of the first South Africans to turn Twitter into a cultural stage; bold, pioneering, and impossible to ignore. Others see her only through the lens of public controversies that followed. 1-270338 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:15:00 +0200 Bizcommunity PR & Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/lerato-motloung-takes-over-prca-africas-nextgen-leadership-301038a The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has appointed Lerato Motloung as chair of its Africa NextGen Group, introducing a new leadership team tasked with expanding opportunities for the continent's emerging communications professionals. 1-270313 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:29:00 +0200 Bizcommunity PR & Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/3-habits-of-diplomacy-pr-needs-to-steal-189856a In April, Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau responded to the threat of a 25% US tariff on South African auto exports with something conspicuously absent from the modern communications playbook: he asked for a meeting. Not a statement. Not a campaign. Not a rebuttal thread. Just a request to get South African and American officials into the same room before either side tried to win the argument in public. 1-270308 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:44:00 +0200 Bizcommunity PR & Communications South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/the-real-threat-to-pr-isnt-ai-it-complacency-412099a Most media relations mistakes aren't complicated. They're easily avoidable. 1-270285 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity PR & Communications South Africa