{"id":251,"date":"2017-12-05T04:02:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T04:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shtheme.com\/demosd\/straight1\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2021-11-11T09:17:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T09:17:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/thompson\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rene\u00e9 Thompson is an experienced Researcher, Parliamentary & Government Liaison Officer with a demon-strated history of working in Parliament and Government for 16 years.<\/h4>\r\n

She holds a Masters in Journalism from Stellenbosch University. She is currently doing her PhD with her research topic: The legislative process of the South African Parliament and Portfolio Committees. Over the course of her career, Rene\u00e9 held numerous specialised positions, including a number of positions with the African National Congress (ANC) Caucus at Parliament. Her experience includes drafting political party statements for the Na-tional Assembly, speech writing, internal communications management, media, communication and stake-holder management. She also worked as Parliamentary Liaison Officer for two Cabinet Ministers.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/section>\r\n\r\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<\/p>\n \r\n

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Rene\u00e9 was one of the inaugural recipients of the Apolitical Academy Public Service Fellowships. She was chosen from 250 applicants from Southern Africa to participate in the nine month training programme on ethical and transformational leadership. Thompson Trust have also formed a strategic partnership with the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) to provide specialised media and communication training.<\/p>\r\n Learn more about us<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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