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Issued by Mediaservices on behalf of Debt Rescue Attention: News/Finance Editors 23 February 2017 No embargo Debt Rescue sells shareholding to Kleoss Capital for undisclosed sum The extent to which debt counselling has become a mainstream industry became evident this week when private equity firm Kleoss Capital announced that they had bought a stake in […]

Issued by Mediaservices on behalf of Christopher Consulting Attention: News editors 15 March 2017 No embargo  Gauteng health MEC ordered to pay compensation to child victim of negligence Despite assurances by the health ministry that South Africa’s hospitals were safe and places where the safety and welfare of patients came first, yet another case of […]

Issued by Mediaservices on behalf of Christopher Consulting Attention: News editors 17 March 2017 No embargo  Courts taking increasingly dim view of personal injuries caused by negligence South African courts are taking an increasingly dim view of injuries caused by the negligence of others and growing numbers of claimants are succeeding in claiming compensation for […]

Welcome to those of you who have an interest in learning how to write hard-hitting press releases that actually get published. Sitting on both sides of the divide – both as a journalist/foreign correspondent as well as a public relations consultant – I think I am in a position to make some value judgements. The […]

Writing a press release is the cornerstone of public relations. On the one hand it has to get the client’s message across to the outside world. On the other hand it cannot be a marketing brochure because it will be immediately discarded by the news editor of the publication or electronic media on the receiving […]