Audi South Africa has announced that Asif Hoosen, who has been managing its marketing, product and public relations portfolio for the past three years, will now head up the Audi sales, operations and volume planning team. Hoosen will be succeeded by Tarryn Knight.

Ogilvy has announced the appointments of ENCA co-founder Patrick Conroy and content editor Lerato Tshabalala. The appointments aim to further strengthen the agency's public relations capabilities.

Your public relations strategy for 2020 needs to include plans that help you deal with a brand crisis, manage a reputation and liaise better with media practitioners. This means that it is definitely time to do a recheck on the PR strategies that worked, and the ones that didn’t.

When talking about an organisation's targets, many are quick to focus their attention on setting financial goals for the year ahead, says Chris Bischoff, senior stakeholder liaison at Reputation Matters. Bischoff says that, while setting financial targets is important, keep in mind that having a healthy reputation will influence your bottom line.

In the world of public relations, everything is happening at breakneck speed, says writer and editor Jane Hurst. She says that in a fast-paced industry where competition is key, you need to keep track of minute to minute things. Hurst gives insights on how to build a competitive resume for the PR industry.

Have you been curious to know about the HOTTEST public relations stories that made headlines in 2019? Look no further! We’ve got all the news you need to know just before you jump into the new year.

The Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha has launched its '#MyFirstChristmas' campaign. The campaign aims to introduce pets up for adoption to members of the public. The campaign also intends to encourage people to sponsor these animals and show them some extra love on Christmas Day.

Clover Mama Afrika has provided its quilters with a refresher's course on how to enhance a 'skew' log cabin quilt with hand embroidery. Alida Sharpe, who is teaching this technique, says that she is confident that this type of quilting can sell easily for them as they can apply it to handbags, cushion cover and even small wall hanging.

Sanlam Group has appointed Machine, a brand experience agency, as its internal communications partner. The appointment intends to see the delivering of communications to Sanlam's 30 000+ staff and key stakeholders across Africa.

Communications agency Clockwork Media has appointed financial PR veteran Penny Motsamai as its business unit director for its Standard Bank account. Clockwork took the reins of the bank's consumer PR business in the second quarter of 2019.