Meropa Communications

Meropa has its roots in the legendary Group Editors, a company started in the early 1970s by the late Aubrey Sussens, the founder of modern-day public relations in South Africa. In 1989 Sussens was joined in business by Peter Mann, and the company changed its name to Sussens Mann.

After its sale to Chime Communications in the mid-1990s, the company traded as Lowe Bell & Mann before becoming Meropa Communications in 1998.

With a 23-year track record and a long list of blue-chip clients -- large and small -- Meropa’s highly skilled staff is expertly trained in the public relations, offering industry-leading expertise in media relations, internal communications, issues and crisis communication and stakeholder management.

Meropa is headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg and is the only South African PR agency with wholly owned full-service offices in Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth, thus providing a truly national reach for its clients.

Meropa is the only Southern Africa partner of The Worldcom Public Relations Group. Through our Worldcom partnership we are able to provide clients with local intelligence and execution, even when local is defined as halfway around the world. This network gives us access to the international creative capability of over 2000 communications professionals in 115 cities, in 49 countries on six continents.