Lisa Edwards

Fresh out of a communications degree from the University of Johannesburg, Lisa joined a medium sized PR agency where she handled supremely important tasks, like making tea and packing boxes. Two and a half years later she decided to spread her wings and migrated to the UK for a year where she worked at a leading consumer agency primarily on parenting and child related clients. On her return to South Africa in 2006 she joined Johannesburg-based agency FleishmanHillard where she worked her way through the ranks, eventually fulfilling the role of Associate Director and consumer portfolio lead. There she managed a team of PR professionals that produced innovative and stimulating work for clients such as Nike, Nokia, Etihad Airways and Hilton Hotels.

Since the inception of REPUBLIC PR, which started life as Robertson Edwards Public Relations, Lisa has reveled in the opportunity to offer the best possible solutions to the communications' challenges faced by brands and organisations in South Africa.

Lisa lives in Cape Town and has two small children (for her sins).

Tandi Robertson

Tandi finished her communication studies at the WITS Technikon and started her career with industry stalwart Riana Greenblo working on brands like Nando’s, Ster-Kinekor, Jet and Luxottica. She left there to spread her wings, travelling to London and exploring Europe. On her return to South Africa in 2001 she joined (then) local Weber Shandwick affiliate, Gillian Gamsy International Communications (GGi) and proceeded swiftly through the ranks to lead the consumer team working on brands including Samsung, BT (British Telecoms), Emirates, Dulux, MasterCard and Reckitt Benckiser. In 2008 Tandi and her family relocated to the UK, only to return to South Africa, and a position of Executive Director at GGi. Tandi was involved in just about every aspect of the business including client service, internal strategy and management and was the ‘go-to’ for creative and innovative thinking across all the accounts.

Tandi is a proud ‘Johannesburger’ and has two beautiful daughters.

Taryn Paterson

Taryn finished her Honours degree in Marketing Communications at the University of Johannesburg and took on the role of marketing writer at Engineering News in 2002 where her career in writing and brand promotion began. From there Taryn joined Fox Publishing as an Account Executive working on the writing and layout of internal communication publications for companies such as MTN, MAN and Sasol. After Fox, Taryn decided to take a break from the communications field and take what she had learnt to the education field. After 7 years of teaching, Taryn found her way back into communications working freelance, and finally taking on a position with REPUBLIC PR in 2015.

Taryn lives in Johannesburg and has two, very busy boys (which is why she runs – A LOT)

Daniela Els

Daniela Els joined Republic PR after a long period of assisting the business on a freelance basis. Daniela is the quintessential people’s person having started her career in hospitality and the travel and tourism industry. Her role at Republic includes managing all administration in the business – her super power is adding an immensely personal and thoughtful touch to everything that leaves our offices – be it a media delivery or a competition pack. Daniela is mom to two little girls and can whip up a three-tiered cake in a matter of minutes.

Julia Rice

After graduating with a Journalism degree from Rhodes University, Julia moved to the UK where she worked and backpacked around Europe and the Middle East. Upon return to SA she moved to the Big Smoke (AKA Johannesburg) where she got a job as features writer at a high end glossy - The Property Magazine. She then moved on to top-selling English women’s magazine Woman&Home where she started out as features writer and worked her way up to features editor. While the magazine was looking for a beauty editor, she stepped in, and also dabbled in the role of travel editor. After two years at Woman&Home, Julia felt like a change, and moved on to editing business travel magazine Meetings. After a whirlwind year of amazing travel with the magazine, she took on the role as editor of Joburg Style magazine where she remained for five years. After a three month managerial contract at Joburg.co.za, Julia now finds herself on the opposite side of the industry in PR at Republic. Julia is married to Nick and is kept super busy thanks to her little boy, Robbie.

Asanda Munyu

Asanda makes history as the first and only person to have joined our team during a pandemic. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications and Media Studies from University of the Free State and is currently pursuing her Honours in Marketing Management through IMM Graduate School. As a tech enthusiast, she started her PR and marketing career at the Cape IT Initiative and worked across three brands including the Bandwidth Barn. She later moved to Topco Media where she managed all communication, marketing, and social media for the Standard Bank Top Women Awards and Conference. She has worked and consulted with various brands across tech, NGO, events and publishing. In her spare time, she runs an NGO, that teaches women and girls about financial literacy. Asanda is a young mommy to Baby K.

Tammy Tinline

Tammy Tinline hails from Johannesburg, having relocated to Cape Town in 2007. Tammy boasts fifteen years in the world of content, storytelling, writing, marketing and public relations having started her career at CapeTownMagazine as an online content manager. Here she honed her writing skill as well as her understanding of the relationship between content and SEO. In addition to content management, Tammy also managed the social media for the brand and so began a career-long love of translating brand stories for social media. In 2012, Tammy made the jump into full-time public relations joining Wired Communications. She remained with Wired for ten years building up an impressive list of clients and leading business development for the agency. Tammy is a mom, a kettle bell instructor and avid fitness enthusiast.