Rams Mabote

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Connector, businessman, lobbyist, propagandist, strategist and media trainer. Follow him on Twitter @ramsmabote. Rams is one of the most versatile media people having made an impact in print, TV and radio. Up until recently he was presenter of current affairs show, Interface on SABC 3 TV. He has hosted shows on Kaya FM as well as Talk Radio 702. He is the owner of The Kingmaker, a consultancy. Having spent two years as an international relations advisor for the Department of Agriculture, The Kingmaker also offers consultancy to businesses that seek to do business outside South Africa and need to open important political doors. The Kingmaker brings a wealth of international networks as well as understanding of international relations.

Babes Wodumo: It is about Mampintsha not Masechaba

Posted By: Rams Maboteon: May 28, 2018In: Opinion

I wonder right now, who of Mampintsha’s friends and associates is willing to #BeThatGuy and say #NotInMyName... Read more

No way, Jose: An open letter to Cell C’s Dos Santos

Posted By: Rams Maboteon: April 28, 2016In: Communications

Cell C’s Jose dos Santos made more than a booboo with his ‘bitch switch’ comments. Rams Mabote, who knows a bit about reputation management, takes him to task. Dear Jose I took a vow more than a year ago never to write an open letter again. But with the number of letters flying around right […] Read more

Does the saucy tweet tell us anything about Fikile Mbalula?

Posted By: Rams Maboteon: February 02, 2016In: Digital Media

OPINION: Do you remember the most famous line by Commodus played by Joaquin Phoenix in the movie Gladiator? ‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ People tend to judge and remember us by what we do and what we have done in life, than what we say or wish. How you have acted in […] Read more

Sparrow and Hart: A wake-up call for companies

Posted By: Rams Maboteon: January 27, 2016In: Communications

No one wants to start a new year on a sour note. We all always wish and hope – sometimes we even make plans – that the New Year is better than the previous one. I couldn’t help but spare a thought for Standard Bank when we all woke up earlier this month to news of […] Read more

We create our own reputation

Posted By: Rams Maboteon: November 17, 2015In: Communications

OPINION: Consistent man… Nelson Mandela created his own reputation through predictability. Do you remember the most famous line by Commodus played by Joaquin Phoenix in the movie Gladiator? “What we do in life echoes in eternity.” Indeed, what we do in life, echoes in eternity. Or, as Mark Anthony said at the burial of Julius Caesar, “The […] Read more

The budget: A special kind of public relations

Posted By: Rams Maboteon: February 27, 2015In: Communications

The nation woke up in a foul mood the day after finance minister Nhlanhla Nene’s maiden budget speech. Everyone hated the man who delivered his budget speech to a waiting nation. Although he was affable and very exciting in the way he delivered the budget,the fact is he delivered bad news. Nene, unlike most of his predecessors, […] Read more