Government Reports and Documents

A growing aspect of our business involves editing reports and other documents for the South African national government and entities associated with it; NGOs, SOEs, NPOs and Chapter 9 institutions. For reasons of confidentiality we cannot name our clients specifically, but on request we can provide details or references.

What We Offer

We edit our client's documents for clarity, concord, congruence, comprehensiveness, consistency and correctness in English language and logic. We standardise minor formatting such as fonts, indentation and the like. We do not undertake major formatting (headings and tables of contents, for instance), which we outsource to an expert in MSWord, nor do we rewrite any document, but we will comment extensively where necessary.

What We Promise

We assure excellent, focused and trustworthy service based on our many years’ experience of what is necessary for a national government document in all respects. A consciousness of the importance of deadlines; an empathetic understanding of the requirements for clear communication.

How We Charge For Our Editing Services

We offer competitive rates especially for our clients paying in non-South African currencies. Our rates are positioned in the average range of the spectrum, based on the annual pricing surveys carried out by SAFREA, the South African Media Freelancers’ Association, and PEG, the Professional Editors’ Group. We generally quote in SA cents per word (this is an accurate, straightforward unit of measure), subject to seeing the actual document and an annual increase towards the end of each year. Graphics, graphs etc. are not included in the word count and hence not charged for, though text boxes and footnotes are.

Major formatting of heading levels, ToCs and the like is not included in this price but can be quoted for.

The service we provide is value for money: it is thorough and meticulous. Editing is highly specialised and labour-intensive and a thorough double edit, reading the document at least twice and concentrating on different facets.

Your Work is in Good Hands

The business is family-owned. Business continuity is ensured and we look forward to working with you to ensure the high standards are kept, through the senior experienced editors that have been on board with the business for some time already.