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Branding

What brand leaders can learn from Ramaphosa’s Oval Office encounter

Issued by Brandfundi 23 May 2025

Bradly Howland, president-elect: Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (Prisa) says while the public relations profession is changing, that change is nota collapse. Transformation is not crisis (image supplied)

PR & Communications

Prisa | PR: Transformation is not crisis

Bradly Howland 19 May 2025

Source: © Retroviral The Sabre Awards Africa finalists have been announced, with Retroviral and Ogilvy each with seven finalists. Pictured: One of the finalists campaigns, The Eric Cantona Stunt for Showmax by T+W, Retroviral and Grid

PR & Communications

SA's PR agencies show their excellence in Sabre Awards Africa 2025 finalists list

22 Apr 2025

The panel featuring communications leaders from Armenia, Ukraine, Ghana, Switzerland and South Africa at the World Communications Forum’s PR Summit in Davos with Lebo Madia, PR Powerhouse, centre (In blue) (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - Trust Engineers: The rise of strategic communicators in an age of AI, conflict and cultural complexity

Lebo Madiba 16 Apr 2025

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Razor PR's Wynand Coetzer - 3 Lessons in measuring the impact of communications

Wynand Coetzer 15 Apr 2025

Mary Beth West, a senior strategist from the US, challenges the industry to confront its role in blurring the lines between advocacy, ideology, and profit at the World Communications Forum Association’s Davos Communications Summit (Image supplied by Lebo Madiba)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - Bell Pottinger’s legacy and the shifting terrain of PR, ethics and geopolitics

Lebo Madiba 14 Apr 2025

Lebo Madiba is at the World Communications Forum Association’s Davos Communications Summit. Here, she reports on the message from the keynote speaker, Paul Holmes, founder and chair of PRovoke Media (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - The Chaos Dividend - Corporate Affairs must lead with pattern recognition, not panic

Lebo Madiba 11 Apr 2025

The SANDF showcasing at the Rand Show 2025

Events & Conferencing

The SANDF showcasing at the Rand Show 2025

Issued by Rand Show 8 Apr 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Can brands maintain a true voice amidst the rise of AI content?

Thelma Ngoma-Mavhunga 28 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf South Africa was awarded the coveted Global Alliance World Public Relations & Communication Award in the ESG Category at the 12th World Public Relations Forum (WPRF) in Nusa Dua, Bali

PR & Communications

Global recognition as SA wins 2024 ESG Communication Award

20 Mar 2025

PR & Communications

Matias Rodsevich | PR & AI: A marriage of ethical considerations

Matias Rodsevich 6 Mar 2025

PR & Communications

Why your press release isn't making headlines

Gwen Sparks 25 Feb 2025

Empathy or avoidance? The communicator’s guide to difficult conversations

PR & Communications

Empathy or avoidance? The communicator’s guide to difficult conversations

Michelle Cavé, Issued by Brandfundi 18 Feb 2025

PR & Communications

Tlhogi Ngwato | The permacrisis of corporate communications

Tlhogi Ngwato 4 Feb 2025

Arik Karani says PR needs to embrace empathetic communication. Source: Instagram.

PR & Communications

#BizTrends2025: Arik Karani on how data, disinformation, and ethics will redefine PR in Africa

Karabo Ledwaba 3 Feb 2025

#BizTrends2025: PR Powerhouse’s Lebo Madiba - Breaking through in 2025: Trust, personalities, and the new rules of engagement

Media

#BizTrends2025: PR Powerhouse’s Lebo Madiba - Breaking through in 2025: Trust, personalities, and the new rules of engagement

Lebo Madiba 16 Jan 2025

Management & Leadership

5 tips to keeping workplace morale high these holidays

Jo Eyre 28 Nov 2024

Source: The Good Things Guy Re.Bag.Re.Use was the only winner from Africa in the Global Alliance World Public Relations and Communication Awards 2024

PR & Communications

Re.Bag.Re.Use: Africa's only winner at the Global Alliance World PR and Communication Awards 2024

28 Nov 2024

2024 Agricultural Writers SA winners announced

Agriculture

2024 Agricultural Writers SA winners announced

21 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf Financial Narrative has launched the Financial Narrative Independent Agency Network, a new global network of independent marketing and communications consultancies

PR & Communications

Financial Narrative launches specialist financial services communications consultancy

12 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf According to the research participants the disconnect between CCOs and the executive suite is significantly impacting media relations strategies

PR & Communications

Communications and C-Suite disconnect impacts negatively on media

25 Oct 2024

Jacaranda FM bags 3 awards at the 2024 Prism Awards ceremony in Cape Town

PR & Communications

Jacaranda FM bags 3 awards at the 2024 Prism Awards ceremony in Cape Town

Issued by Jacaranda FM 27 Sep 2024

On the eve of World News Day Kalay Maistry, head of reputation, risk & advisory at Razor PR says PR Pros should be deeply concerned about the state of media (Image supplied)

Media Freedom

EXCLUSIVE: Razor PR's Kalay Maistry: Why the crisis in South African media should concern PR Pros

23 Sep 2024

Image source: Andor Bujdoso –

Career Advice

3 digital jobs in high demand and their required skill sets

16 Sep 2024

Media

Readers prefer to click on a clear, simple headline − like this one

David Markowitz, Hillary Shulman and Todd Rogers 27 Aug 2024

Image by Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity. Five South Africans have been named in Provopke Media's 2024 Influence 100 list. L to r: Nontokozo Madonsela, Jacqui O'Sullivan, Nompilo Morafo, Stephen Chege, and Nevashnee Naicker

PR & Communications

5 South Africans on Provoke Media’s 2024 Influence 100 list

5 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf The mandarins of government communication cannot afford to be bystanders in the evolving narrative of SA's maturing democracy says Motalatale Modiba, chief director communication: Gauteng Department of Health

PR & Communications

Reassessing government communication in the evolving narrative of SA's maturing democracy

Motalatale Modiba 5 Jul 2024

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

PR & Communications

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

Adam Hunter, Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 5 Jun 2024

Social Media

Science journalism in South Africa: social media is helping connect with new readers

Sisanda Nkoala 17 May 2024

Katy Katopodis' PRCA Ethics & Practices Board appointment underscores its critical role

PR & Communications

Katy Katopodis' PRCA Ethics & Practices Board appointment underscores its critical role

8 May 2024

PR & Communications

Propel's Q2 2024 Barometer: Surge in journalist responses and PR trends

23 Apr 2024

The 5 Ts for startups: Where sustainable growth and success lies

Entrepreneurship

The 5 Ts for startups: Where sustainable growth and success lies

Clive Butkow 18 Apr 2024

Media

10 tips for ethical image sourcing and safeguarding against copyright woes

Christina Kennedy 8 Apr 2024

PR & Communications

Submissions are open for the Young Changemakers Awards

19 Feb 2024

Surgical Equipment & Products

The R500m KfW donation that spotlights Joe Phaahla

29 Jan 2024

Marketing

Understanding the digital playground: How to market to millennials and Gen Zs

Melanie-Ann Feris 24 Jan 2024

Source: WEF Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Marc Benioff, chair and CEO of Salesforce; Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer; Jeremy Hunt, chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK; Julie Sweet, chair and CEO of Accenture; and CNN host Fareed Zakaria speak about technological advances on 18 January

PR & Communications

Davos: 4 themes for PR and communication practitioners for 2024

24 Jan 2024

PR & Communications

Report: Journalists respond to 3.15% of pitches, podcast pitch volume surges by 22%

22 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf Three African communication specialists have been accredited as SCMP but it is not enough says the IABC Africa Chapter

PR & Communications

Three African communication specialists accredited as SCMP but it is not enough says IABC Africa Chapter

6 Dec 2023

Ornico launches the 2nd annual edition of the SA PR Measurement Landscape Report

PR & Communications

Ornico launches the 2nd annual edition of the SA PR Measurement Landscape Report

Issued by Ornico 28 Nov 2023

Ornico launch webinar: 2nd annual edition of the SA PR Landscape Report

PR & Communications

Ornico launch webinar: 2nd annual edition of the SA PR Landscape Report

Issued by Ornico 16 Nov 2023

Research

Report: Significant increase in journalist response rates to pitches

19 Oct 2023

Calling all communicators: Participate in the 2nd Annual SA PR Measurement Landscape Report Survey

PR & Communications

Calling all communicators: Participate in the 2nd Annual SA PR Measurement Landscape Report Survey

Issued by Ornico 12 Oct 2023

Image supplied. Kgomotso Moalusi has been appointed Eclipse Communications’ managing partner: corporate to lead the agency’s corporate centre of excellence business unit as well as join its exco team

PR & Communications

Kgomotso Moalusi appointed Eclipse Communications' managing partner: corporate

11 Sep 2023

Source: Supplied. Daniel Munslow, managing executive: Group Communications at Absa Group.

Banking

Daniel Munslow takes helm as managing executive of Group Communications at Absa

Katja Hamilton 28 Aug 2023

Image supplied. Oscar Tshifure has been appointed president-elect of the Public Relations Institute of South Africa (Prisa)

PR & Communications

Razor PR's Oscar Tshifure: Prisa president-elect

24 Jul 2023

Lebina Ditha, senior associate at Weber Shandwick. Source: Supplied.

PR & Communications

#WPRD2023: Weber Shandwick's Lebina Ditha is one to watch

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Jul 2023

Twitter and Elon Musk fare the worst on PRovoke Media's Influence 100 list

PR & Communications

Twitter and Elon Musk fare the worst on PRovoke Media's Influence 100 list

17 Jul 2023