Meropa Communications is one of South Africa’s largest communications consultancies and offers a mix of communications experience and expertise spanning the business, corporate and public sector, and civil society. Its 11 practice areas provide a range of services: crisis communication; strategic reputation management advice and issue management; corporate and industrial relations; consumer communications and brand PR; environmental communications; financial and business communications; investor relations; public affairs; government relations and lobbying; future technology and healthcare communications; development communications; media relations; media training; internal communications; events and promotions management and; publications printing and production.
With an 18-year track record, Meropa Communications is served by 40 professional staff, 14 of whom are former journalists and editors. Other specialist staff include experienced media training and issue management professionals and strategists.
Meropa’s head office is in Hyde Park, Johannesburg and it has a fully fledged, full-service office in Cape Town. The company also has an office in Port Elizabeth and is represented in Durban by Tumbleweed Communications. Meropa is a majority black-owned firm. 45% of its staff are black; 74% are female. 20% shareholder Chime Plc, is the UK’s largest independent communications company. In addition, Meropa has a preferred partnership with Hill and Knowlton, part of the WWP Group, the world’s largest communications consultancy.
International affiliations give Meropa access to offices around the world and to international best practice. Its AfricaOne network comprises the most experienced agencies in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. It has a strong client list – some of whom have been clients for 20 years. It serves both big-name clients as well as smaller, entrepreneurial clients – acting as communications management consultants and specialising in reputation risk management.
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www.meropa.co.za.