The Cape Town-based content marketing group won top honours for producing Discover Heritage, the National Heritage Council’s magazine. The judges described it as, “world-class”, “proudly South African”, and a “fascinating read”.

The company won second place for Wild, the magazine for the South African National Parks’ Wild Card Programme. Fourth place went to Stellenbosch Visio, a title created by Tip Africa Publishing for a group of Stellenbosch clients.“We are delighted that our work was so well received,” says Igna Schneider, content director. “We’re passionate about the brands our clients entrust us with, and this shows in the results we deliver. As Tip Africa Publishing celebrates its 10th anniversary, we are honoured and humbled by the industry recognition.”

Tip Africa Publishing’s Discover Heritage also won the Best External Magazine (category B) award, as well as the overall Best Writing prize, and Best Achievement in Design.

Wild magazine won Best External Magazine (category A) for the fourth year in a row, with Stellenbosch Visio coming in as second runner-up. Stellenbosch Visio was also the runner-up in the category, Excellence in Communication, while, Wild, was the second runner-up in the Best Writing category.

The creative director of Tip Africa Publishing, Petro du Toit, says while they won awards for diverse publications, they attribute their success to the whole team, who is involved in each and every magazine. Du Toit adds, “The judges acknowledged our success as a ‘Proudly South African’ team effort.”

The SA Publication Forum’s, Derick van der Walt, said the competition has played a large role over the past 16 years to improve the standard of corporate publications in South Africa. “It makes us proud to see how publications have improved over the years as editorial teams clearly take the judges' comments to heart,” he said. “Tip Africa Publishing should be very proud to have three publications in the top four corporate publications this year. We had 160 entries. This is no small accomplishment.”

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