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Junxion Communications, a Level 4 BEE company, is well known in the South African tourism, hospitality and science & technology industries as a leader in the field of public relations and communications.

It offers clients both strategic communication advice and an operational public relations service.

We do not believe in a haphazard, sporadic approach to communication and all actions undertaken complement the goals of clients, as set out in their business plans.

The company has a reputation for reliability, punctuality and presenting relevant and quality material.

Through the Institute for Public Relations and Communications Management and its affiliation to the International Public Relations Association we stay abreast of the latest developments in the public relations profession. We keep our 'ear to the ground' and keep clients informed of issues affecting them, and of perceptions of external audiences.

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Meet our key personnel

Martin van Niekerk Martin completed the National Diploma in Public Relations at the former Technikon Pretoria in 1990, whereafter he worked for public relations consultants for three years. He then joined the communications division of the former South African Tourism Board where he was responsible for the organisation's media programme and publications, and acted as spokesperson. He now has 17 years' experience in the tourism industry, specialising in public relations.. He served on the executive committee of the former Northern Transvaal branch of the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (PRISA) for three years. In September 1996 he joined the consultancy world once again and continued working primarily in the tourism industry. He is registered with PRISA as a Chartered Public Relations Practitioner and is an exco member of the National Press Club. He completed a BA (Communications & Psychology) at UNISA in 1998.

Ben Rootman Prior to entering the world of communications consultancy, specifically working in the field of science and technology, Ben was Senior Manager, Communication at the South African Post Office, a company he joined in 1981. There he was responsible for media liaison, image building projects and budget management of the Post Office's communication division. Before this, from 1976 to 1980, he was with the SABC as a journalist, responsible for radio news coverage on various topics, including political correspondent at the then Transvaal Provincial Council and reporting on the Post Office. Highlights were the Information Scandal, the Silverton bank heist and the 1978 Pretoria floods. He was nominated for an Artes award for the latter in the category best radio news reporting. After completing a BSc degree at the University of Pretoria, he joined the Hydrological Research Institute, where he worked as an assistant hydrologist between 1973 and 1976, but later developed a communications programme for the institute. He holds a BSc degree and an Honours degree in Psychology from the University of Pretoria and completed the university's Management Development Programme. He is a past chairman of the National Press Club in South Africa, past chairman of the Friends of the Pretoria Art Museum, member of the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa and a founder member of the Universal Postal Union's Communication Forum.