Media Services
Training Companies in Johannesburg

Public relations company run by experienced journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Mediaservices was established in 1995 as a media consultancy with emphasis on producing press releases that are actually hard news stories. Staffed entirely by highly experienced journalists with many years of experience in the hard news environment, we are plugged into every newsroom country-wide. As one of the leading smaller Public Relations Companies in Gauteng we focus primarily on getting our clients published in the print media and aired on radio and TV. We have perfected the art of writing press releases that are highly newsworthy and have a long track record of publications that regularly use our stories. We have had our clients appear on every major radio and TV station as well as countless stories in newspapers and magazines. In 2013 the Government had published a report on the cyber threat to such companies, but very little had been done since to help such small and medium companies to improve their cyber security. Pieter Erasmus, an IT security strategist who works in association with Moyo Business Advisory, said the threat was far bigger than most corporate executives realised. Responsible for maintaining IT security at a number of banks and at some of the largest-JSE listed companies, his company was dealing with ever increasingly sophisticated attacks. Through so-called social engineering they can be tricked into disclosing passwords and other valuable information without even realising that they had compromised the company’s integrity. 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 one of the largest debt counselling firms in South Africa, Debt Rescue. Debt Rescue CEO Neil Roets said that after almost a year of negotiations, Kleoss Capital decided to come on board bringing with them a wealth of expertise and experience in the private equity field. Roets said their primary reason for selling a share of the business to Kleoss Capital was that Debt Rescue had reached the point where it was ready to spread its wings to bigger and better things. Roets said Kleoss Capital approached them because they considered Debt Rescue a leader in their field and was of the view that the company offered significant growth potential. Explaining how they decided on which companies to invest in, Matsipa said the first thing they looked at was whether they could get a healthy return on their investment. He said his company would work closely with the management team at Debt Rescue on a value-add basis. 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 negligence has been adjudicated against the Gauteng MEC. Hlako contended that her son was under their care and that it was incumbent upon them to look after him and to ensure that was safe. She only noticed five days after the fall that he had a bump on his head and that his speech was abnormal. It was only after the child had undergone a brain scan at the Steve Biko Hospital five days later that it became clear that he had sustained a concussion. The mother held the hospital staff responsible for the incident. 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 their injuries. Sunelle Van Heerden, marketing manager for Christopher Consulting who funded the forensic investigation and who appointed the legal team said it was evident from the growing number of cases passing through the courts that more people had become aware of the fact that they could claim compensation if they got hurt because of the negligence of others. She was temporarily paralysed and could not move either her arms or her legs. Roets said many people who had fallen into arrears had been the victims of unsecured loans that had been recklessly granted to them by credit providers who often used dubious practices to talk them into taking on more debt.