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A formidable trio have come together to launch a new corporate affairs offering: Khadija Patel, Phumzile van Damme and Keri-Ann Stanton are opening bookings for War / Raw for January 2026. “The CA landscape is evolving fast, and clients are being asked to navigate  geopolitical, economic, and societal change. Cue Khadija with her extensive knowledge and network of the global and African geopolitics, the prolific Phumzile who brought down Bell Pottinger and now specialises in disinformation and misinformation, as well as Stanton who has spearheaded game changing strategic comms for African and global clients, across sectors and disciplines. The War / Raw offering will be housed under the umbrella Stanton Group / Inc whose anchor offering, KAMuses Consultancy, has just seen a 70th award milestone passed in the consultancy’s 5 year history “We are seeing geopolitical and economic risks top the list of challenges in the CA world,” says Patel, “Excos and Boards need answers, scenarios and context fast, which is where we come in.” Coupled with the rise of AI and move to digitalisation, van Damme, is adept at dissecting, analysing and more importantly, navigating brands not only through a crisis, but to also build cut through messaging across very different communities. “I work with data first foremost that isolates an issue, and while we can give very pointed solutions to the here and now, it is about working with the client’s teams to build a long term effective plan in a digital first world.” Stanton will be the glue that brings the offering together: creating cmn strategies that can quickly assuage stakeholders whilst also future forwarding a client in an environment where policy changes and impact can happen overnight. “The three of us have worked together in the past, and this has been a long-time dream to bring us all together under one offering.”