
Womenpreneur Her Perfect Pitch Competition Top 30 Announced from a Record-breaking Pool
Johannesburg, September 2023: “After a process that involved reviewing over 500 applications and selecting the top 30 Womenpreneurs in South…
Somerset Mall, a preferred shopping destination for locals, is thrilled to announce the upcoming instalment of its Homegrown SA Pop-Up Market, a community-driven initiative that is dedicated to connecting surrounding local communities and shoppers with local brands. The exciting Homegrown Pop-Up Market is set to take place from Thursday, 28 September to Sunday, 1 October …

Johannesburg, September 2023: “After a process that involved reviewing over 500 applications and selecting the top 30 Womenpreneurs in South…
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Dear Editor, December grants land early in the month — Older Persons on Wednesday 2 December, Disability on Thursday 3 December, and Children’s grants on Friday 4 December. That is good news for festive shopping, but it makes January the longest month of the year, and January is when school uniforms, stationery and transport money…
Dear Editor, I run SAGrant (sagrant.co.za), a free resource helping South Africans navigate SASSA grants. Many South Africans raising a foster child do not know the Foster Child Grant exists. It pays R1,290 a month — more than double the R580 Child Support Grant — and it is for children placed in your care by…
Dear Editor 653 Years Imprisonment for 119 Counts of Sexual Offences Against Children Why is this person being protected by anonymity? He has been convicted and sentenced, so please release his identity. Regards LA Morton In Response to/From: 653 Years Imprisonment for 119 Counts of Sexual Offences Against Children

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The Father of PR: We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention Edward Bernays, known as the “father of Public Relations.” Some of his (in)famous work included promoting cigarettes to women by branding them “Torches of Freedom” and… toppling the Guatemalan government? It’s true! The United Fruit Company hired Bernays to run a PR campaign against Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, ultimately resulting in the CIA-orchestrated overthrow of the Guatemalan government in 1954. (Source: PR Watch)
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“It’s great customer service that keeps your customers loyal to you and your business — and that earns you a reputation for being helpful and a pleasure to work with.” ~ Oscar Auliq-Ice, Happy
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Capitalism, the ogre of those protesting Wall Street, has suffered a Public Relations crisis in the wake of the global economic collapse. But any remedy to the systemic corruption that led to the collapse should not displace recognition that capitalism creates wealth. Capitalism, and no other economic system, has raised millions from poverty around the world. – Kathleen Parker