One of South Africa’s largest communications consultancies, Meropa Communications offers full-service public relations and communications strategy programmes. We are a truly independent voice – not part of, or dependent on an ad agency.

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 Atholl, Johannesburg and it is the only South African PR agency with wholly owned, full-service offices in Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth.
 
Meropa is a majority black-owned firm. 45% of our staff are black; 55% 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.

Our AfricaOne network comprises the most experienced agencies in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Subsidiaries and associates – Jenni Newman PR/Manning Salvage & Lee (40%).

Meropa 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.

Meropa has a media relations business which in 2009 generated over R230 million of advertising value equivalency for our clients. Every day of the week an average of 29 Meropa-generated releases are published by the media.

Our stakeholder management business offers well-connected political advisers and experts in investor relations, public sector communications, healthcare, events, publications, advertising, internal communications, new media, consumer activations, corporate communications; and offers a PR reach to 13 African countries, via our Africa One network.

We have a strong client list – some of whom have been clients for 20 years. We serve both big-name clients smaller, entrepreneurial clients – acting as communications management consultants and specialising in reputation risk management.