Complete PRISMS 2026 results

 

Grand Prix Agency of the Year

Tribeca Public Relations

Campaign of the Year

DNA Brand Architects  – Your Next is Now – Microsoft

 

B2B Diversity & Inclusion Campaign

Special mention: Platinum PR – Jacaranda FM – Her Perfect Pitch

 

B2B Education & Training

Gold: DNA Brand Architects – Your Next is Now – Microsoft

 

B2B Products or Services

Silver: Alkemi Collective – How dss+ shaped the mining conversation before Mining Indaba

Bronze: Offlimit Communications– Power Up Your Life with Restonic

Bronze: ByDesign Communications– Accelerating Commercial EV adoption in SA

 

Corporate Communications

Gold: SLAPS Influence – NSPCA – Rein In The Pain

Silver: Actorvate – The Next 10 – Clarins South Africa

Bronze: Bophelo Communications Pty Ltd – The Alke Ball

 

Crisis Management

Gold: PR Worx – Truth Under Fire – Crisis Management – KZN MEC of Health

Silver: Brandscapers Africa – Rand Water – Drop By Drop –

Bronze: PR Worx – Crown Under Pressure – Mrs South Africa Crisis Management

 

Internal Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

Gold: Flow Communications – GIZ – The Ripple Effect

Silver: Flow Communications – Hollard – Customer & Broker Promise Campaign

Bronze: Blue Moon Corporate Communications – Absa Group: 2025 Cybersecurity Campaign

 

Investor Relations

Bronze: AUDA-NEPAD – Financing Africa’s Future – Flow Communications

 

Thought Leadership Profiling

Gold: Flow Communications – Medicines Patent Pool – Taking Africa’s mRNA story to the world

Silver: Investec – Thought Leadership | World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

Bronze: Flow Communications – Oppenheimer Memorial Trust – Leading from the Front

 

B2B Reputation & Brand Management (Long-term)

Gold: Alkemi Collective – Protecting the Mountain – Table Mountain Cableway Company

Gold: Riverbed – Creating an Earned Advantage for The Beer Association of South Africa

Silver: PR Powerhouse – From Foreign Vendor to Local Partner: Rebuilding Huawei South Africa’s Reputation Through Evidence

Bronze: Flow Communications – Oppenheimer Memorial Trust – Leading from the Front

 

Agriculture, Fishing & Forestry

Silver: Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants – MTN x Earth Hub Africa – 21 Days of Y’ello Care

 

Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle

Gold: SLAPS Influence – NSPCA – Rein In The Pain

Silver: Actorvate – The Next 10 – Clarins South Africa

Bronze: Bophelo Communications Pty Ltd – The Alke Ball

Bronze: Flow Communications – C40 Cities – C40 Cities #PauseAndBreathe: Turning invisible air pollution into a public movement

 

Consumer PR for an existing product or service

Gold: KFC Africa – KFC x Volkswagen: Turning one viral moment into 32 life-changing journeys

Gold: Tribeca Public Relations – LEGO® South Africa | Biggest Unboxing Ever

Silver: MSL – Heineken World Tour

Bronze: Riverbed Creating an Earned Advantage With Impact for EASYPAY

Special mention: Ogilvy – Glow That Never Declines – When Vaseline Turned Supermarkets Into Runways

 

Content Marketing/Brand Journalism

Bronze: Flow Communications – Ichikowitz Family Foundation – The Trials of Winnie Mandela

 

Corporate Communication (Business-to-Consumer)

Silver: Flow Communications – Medicines Patent Pool – Taking Africa’s mRNA story to the world

 

CRM/Customer Loyalty Campaign

Silver: OnPoint PR & Lifestyle Management – Absa Rewards Travel: Go Beyond the Booking

Bronze: OnPoint PR & Lifestyle Management – Absa Rewards CAF AFCON

 

Education

Silver: Offlimit Communications – BIC Let Your Ink-Side Out

Bronze: ByDesign – The School That Didn’t Exist

 

Environmental, Renewable Energy and Technology

Gold: Alkemi Collective – Building the Market Voice of South African Solar – SAPVIA

Silver: Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants – MTN x Earth Hub Africa – 21 Days of Y’ello Care

Bronze: Flow Communications – C40 Cities – C40 Cities #PauseAndBreathe: Turning invisible air pollution into a public movement

 

Financial

Silver: Riverbed – Creating an Earned Advantage With Impact for EASYPAY

Bronze: DNA Brand Architect – Nedbank – #GetMoneyFit

 

FMCG

Bronze: DNA Brand Architects – Lay’s – #NoLaysNoGame

Food & Beverage

Bronze: Ogilvy – KFC Bottomless Bucket

 

Beverage (Alcohol)

Gold: Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants – Windhoek – Real Beer Real Food

Silver: MSL – Heineken – Bar de Change

Silver: Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants – TOPS – Turn Up Epic

 

Healthcare & Related Industries

Silver: Offlimit Communications – Bepanthen Baby

Silver: Havas – Novartis – Liberate Hearts

Bronze: Flow Communications – Medicines Patent Pool – Taking Africa’s mRNA story to the World

 

Industrial, Manufacturing & Resources

Bronze: ByDesign Communications – Anglo American: Built to Belong

Bronze: Brandscapers Africa – Anglo American: Stories of Transformation

 

Launch of a New Product or Service

Gold: MSL – Pi by MTN

Silver: Friday Street Club – Virgin Active – Everything you need is inside, that’s the point

Silver: DNA Brand Architect – Lay’s Kettle Cooked launch

Silver: Flow Communications – Sizekhaya – Launching the new home of the national lottery

Bronze: PR Worx – The Slow Route – BioWell

Bronze: Engage PR (Pty) Ltd – Novo Nordisk

Special mention: Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants – Spar Gourmet

 

Radio As a Primary Tool

Gold: The Platinum Club – Jacaranda FM’s Good Morning Angels 20

Silver: The Platinum Club – Jacaranda FM’s SPAR Carols by Candlelight

Bronze: Flow Communications – FinMark Trust – Digital ke Power

Special mention: Brandscapers Africa – Anglo American – Stories Of Transformation

 

Retail

Gold: Jenny Griesel Communications – Cotton On Foundation Africa – Beyond Words

Silver: Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants – SPAR Gourmet

Bronze: Tribeca Public Relations – LEGO® South Africa | Biggest Unboxing Ever

Special mention: Ogilvy – How Vaseline transformed a retail expansion into a cultural experience and turned everyday shopping into social influence

 

Social Media As A Primary Tool

Gold: Jenny Griesel Communications – Michael

Silver: Flow Communications – Ichikowitz Family Foundation – The Trials of Winnie Mandela

Bronze: Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants – TOPS Turn Up Epic

Special mention: Flow Communications – Jozi My Jozi – Main Street Sunday

 

Sponsorship

Bronze: Levergy – Nedbank Cup Fan Heist

Special mention: Offlimit Communications – FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola

 

Sport

Gold: Offlimit Communications – FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola

Silver: Offlimit Communications – The Coca-Cola Fan Can “Be A Bok”

Bronze: Levergy – Nedbank Cup Fan Heist

 

Technology

Gold: Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants – MTN x Earth Hub Africa – 21 Days of Y’ello Care

Silver: Flow Communications – International Year of Quantum Science and Technology

Silver: Mscsports – Telkom: Possibility in Play

 

Travel & Tourism

Silver: PR Worx – Extraordinary Tourism

Bronze: Havas – A new reason to choose Johannesburg

 

Digital Reputation Management (Long-term)

Silver: Flow Communications – Oppenheimer Memorial Trust – Leading from the Front

 

Kaleidoscope

Gold: Ogilvy – Vodacom – When You See it

Silver: KFC Africa – KFC Add Hope: The Secret Recipe The World Needed

Silver: Brandscapers Africa – Anglo American – Stories Of Transformation

Bronze: Ogilvy – How Dove turned real beauty into real access

Special mention: Alkemi Collective – Last right

 

Arts & Entertainment

Gold: Flow Communications – Ichikowitz Family Foundation – The Trials of Winnie Mandela

Silver: Jenny Griesel Communications – Michael

Bronze: The Walt Disney Company Africa – ESPN on Disney+

 

Communication Research

Gold: Flow Communications – UNICEF – Co-creating messaging for adolescent sexual health

 

Community Relations

Gold: Offlimit Communications – KIWI Step Up to Step In

Silver: Brandscapers Africa – Anglo American – Stories of Transformation

Silver: Decode. – Community Relations (Special)

Bronze: PR Powerhouse – Mr Price Foundation: Championing South Africa’s Youth

 

Corporate Citizenship

Gold: KFC Africa – KFC Add Hope: Open Sourcing A Strategy For Hope

Silver: Investec – ProMaths

Bronze: Flow Communications – Oppenheimer Memorial Trust – Leading from the Front

 

Digital Campaign

Gold: DNA Brand Architects – Microsoft – Your Next is Now

Silver: Ascent Africa – Isitimela Sabantu: Rebuilding Trust in Rail Through Real Stories

Bronze: Flow Communications – Jozi My Jozi – Main Street Sunday

 

Event Management

Gold: Mscsports – Telkom: Possibility in Play

Silver: Flow Communications – AUDA-NEPAD – Financing Africa’s Future

Bronze: PR Powerhouse – Huawei at AfricaCom 2025: Owning Africa’s Biggest Tech Stage

Special mention: Friday Street Club – Virgin Active – Everything you need is inside, that’s the point

 

Influencer Management

Gold: OnPoint PR & Lifestyle Management – RocoMamas Fire Wings Challenge

Silver: Havas – The Insider Experience: Park Hyatt Influencer Campaign

Bronze: Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants – Windhoek – Real Beer Real Food

Bronze: DNA Brand Architects – Lay’s – #NoLaysNoGame

Special mention: DNA Brand Architects – Cheetos – Can’t Hide the Fun

 

Institute Of Higher Learning (Higher Education Strategic Enrolment & Outreach)

Silver: ByDesign Communications – GIBS – Click to Conversion

 

International Campaign

Silver: Bophelo Communications Pty Ltd – The Road to First Oil & Beyond

Bronze: AUDA-NEPAD – Financing Africa’s Future – Flow Communications

Special mention: Flow Communications – Medicines Patent Pool – Taking Africa’s mRNA story to the world

 

NGO/NPC Campaign

Gold: KFC Africa – KFC Add Hope: The Blueprint That Built An Ecosystem

Special mention: Flow Communications – Jozi My Jozi – Main Street Sunday

Special mention: Tin Can PR – Letters of Peace

 

PR On A Shoe-String Budget

Gold: Engage PR (Pty) Ltd – PR On A Shoe-String Budget

Gold: Flow Communications – Ichikowitz Family Foundation – The Trials of Winnie Mandela

Gold: Offlimit Communications – BIC Write My Story

Gold: Brandscapers Africa – NextGen Entrepreneurs

Silver: SLAPS Influence – NSPCA – Rein In The Pain

Silver: Flow Communications – Jozi My Jozi – Main Street Sunday

 

Public Affairs

Special mention: Weber Shandwick – Protecting South Africa’s Beer Economy Through Fair Excise and Illicit Trade Reform

 

Public Sector

Bronze: Flow Communications – GIZ – The Ripple Effect

Special mention: Weber Shandwick – Finance in Common Summit 2025

 

Video Communication

Gold: Ascent Africa – Sjava X Big Zulu X Isitimela Sabantu: Isitimela Sabantu Rebuilding Trust in Rail Through Real Stories

Silver: DNA Brand Architects – Your Next is Now – Microsoft

Bronze: DefinedPR. – Sunlight Back To School Campaign

 

Visual Communication

Gold: Tribeca Public Relations – LEGO® South Africa | Biggest Unboxing Ever

Silver: SLAPS Influence – NSPCA – Rein In The Pain

Bronze: Flow Communications – Your Africa – Your Africa

 

Best Public Relations Student Of The Year

Gold: Sthembiso September – University of Johannesburg

Silver: Rethabile Rakobo – University of Johannesburg

Bronze: Lelam Manyisane – University of Johannesburg

 

Best Public Relations Intern Of The Year

Gold: Nancy Dusani – Decode.

 

Best Up And Coming Public Relations Professional

Gold: Tekanyo Selatela – Tribeca Public Relations

Silver: Kwanele Khumalo – Weber Shandwick

Bronze: Jessica Gbedemah – Decode.

 

Best Public Relations Professional

Silver: Lerato Motloung – Havas

Bronze: Shaheer Lala – PR Powerhouse

Special mention: Macdonald Kganyago – Brandscapers Africa

 

Best Support Professional

Special mention: Neliswa Ngiba – Brandscapers Africa

 

Recognition In PR Leadership

Gold: Mary Gearing – Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants

Gold: Madelain Roscher – PR Worx

Gold: Nabiella De Beer – Havas

 

Best Small Public Relations Consultancy (Fewer than 15 people)

Gold: Engage PR (Pty) Ltd

Silver: Offlimit Communications

Bronze: The Friday Street Club

 

Best Mid Sized Public Relations Consultancy (16 to 39 people)

Gold: Tribeca Public Relations

 

Best Large Public Relations Consultancy (40 and more people)

Gold: Flow Communications

Special mention: DNA Brand Architects

 

PRISMS Young Voices 2026

• Anga Gangata
• Aobakwe Sibiya
• Banele Mareletse
• Faith Mtshali
• Itumeleng Ntheledi
• Jeffrica Masilela
• Tiisetso Koto
• Percy Letlhage
• Reneilwe Kgatle
• Uthandolwethu Khumalo

 

PRISMS Young Protégés

• Emihle Sololo
• Ashley Thato Mathebula
• Sandi Nyabanga
• Hlologelo Tlou Seemela
• Buhle Mfene
• Ogiyonke Dyani
• Siphokuhle Mhlongo
• Tibusiso Myeni
• Harold Magaela
• Paballo Phutiyagae
• Malebo Ledwaba
• Decency Selowe
• Mpumelelo Dlamini
• Lesedi Mosia
• Joshua van der Ross
• Lukoholo Maphumulo