THE COMET COMMUNICATIONS TEAM:
At Comet Communications, we apply the collective skills and experience of a seasoned team of knowledgeable SAGMJ accredited journalists and strategists who have accumulated more than 40 years’ worth of marketing and journalistic experience. Vernon Steyn: Marketing Strategist
Having raced and instructed himself for over ten years, Vernon understands the world of moto
rsport as well as any competitor or promoter. Our Marketing Specialist has over 20 years of motorsport experience on and off the track, as well as a media marketing background honed whilst successfully promoting boxing tournaments in SA during the 1990's. He later successfully headed up the multi-million rand sales and marketing division of giant timeshare developers Getaway Options where he won the prestigious RCI Marketer of the Year award and also ran their Stannic Group N racing team at the same time. Johann Verster: SAGMJ Award Winning Motoring Journalist, Copy Writer and Translator
The son of acclaimed TV actor, radio personality and legendary investigative journalist André Verster, Johann has been a big league journalist for the last 25 years, covering portfolios such as crime, and travel for the Sunday Times and Die Transvaler. From 1994 he also pioneered many publicity generating initiatives at major national publication Beeld, where he was their motoring editor from 1997 until 2004
Johann now works as a freelance journalist, copy writer, translator and sub-editor and has come on board to add his multiple skill sets to all our existing and forthcoming publicity campaigns.
