Alec Hogg is the editor of Moneyweb.

Amanda Patterson is the CEO, and founder, of Writers Write. She has written three novels, a memoir, a non-fiction writer’s diary and 17 writing courses. 20 000 fans, friends and group members follow her on Facebook and Twitter. She is also the ...

Andrew Nunneley is new business director at New Media.

Andrew Watson is head of account management at 140BBDO.

Andy Rice is probably South Africa's best-known branding and advertising expert.

As a strategist he headed up Ogilvy Johannesburg's account planning department before founding Yellowwood, a specialist brand strategy consultancy that grew to become South Africa's leader in its field. ...

I have been in involved media strategy since 1991 when I moved from Buying into Strategy at Ogilvy & Mather and grew and learnt there for 4 years.
A few years, and agencies, later I was appointed Media Director on the ABSA ...

Angus Robinson is Director: Mobile, Content, Community & Media Divisions at NATIVE SA. Over 17 years experience with technology start-ups, working for media, internet and telecommuncations companies such as M-Tel/MTN, Bell Cablemedia (London), M-Web, the MIH Group,Metropolis/Primedia, Verticalnet, ...

Ann Donald is the owner of Kalk Bay Books. She is also a Guest Speaker for Women in Business, Business Women's Association of SA (BWASA), and at Kimberly Girls High's Annual Prize-Giving. She is a former editor and journalist, having ...

Anthony Duke co-founded Capital Radio 604 in 1979, graduating from the National School of Broadcasting in London in 1984. He has managed 5FM, Good Hope FM, prepared strategies for all SABC Radio as manager of Radio Training and has acted for the corporation ...

Athar Naser is head of Juice Content. He brings a wealth of global media and digital experience to the content specialist division of Prime Media Online, as well as to the already rich talent pool at the publisher of South ...

Ayabulela Poro shows just what’s possible, when potential, skill and MMA meet! He completed his national diploma in Journalism at the Walter Sisulu University in the Eastern Cape in 2009. As part of his diploma, he completed his training with ...

Barbara Cooke was the general manager of research and marketing at National Magazines, the magazine division of the Nasionale Pers Publishing Group (now Media24) for over 13 years. She was also the director of research and planning at J. Walter Thompson ...

Marketers are no longer the sole proprietors of their brands. Today, brands are co-owned by their customers. To remain relevant within this people-powered market place, brands must deliver shared value. Simply telling people about your products and services is no ...

Beth Shirley is currently the account manager at Stone
Soup. Before this she wrote prolifically for numerous publications.
She likes media matters, coffee, current affairs, books and cats.

It’s safe to say, despite the cliché, that Bevan Ducasse is a born entrepreneur. Since his early school days, he has kept a “new business ideas” file close at hand, meticulously documenting whatever business schemes pop into his head. ...

Brad Reilly is the chief creative officer of the Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg). Reilly, who began as junior copywriter in 1998 scooping up numerous prestigious awards along the way, is the only South African to have won two Cannes Lion Grand ...

Over the years, Britta has worked for a number of media agencies and media owners, as well as an independent consultant and trainer.
In her role as MediaCom South Africa MD, Britta has been responsible for the operations of the ...

Carmen Lerm is CEO of Fusion Design. Creative and fresh communication ideas will help break through and entrench your message, and for this you will do well to hire the specialists. FusionDesign, a small (read nimble) and experienced team of ...

Caroline is writer, proofreader and editor. She has over nine years experience as a copywriter, the last two as a full time freelancer. She is one half of the team behind The Word Station, a writing and communications service provider ...

Caroline Hurry is editor-in-chief of Travelwrite (www.travelwrite.co.za) and the only South African to have won the Tourism Authority of Thailand Award for International Media Reporting beating writers from 57 countries. She has 30 years experience in writing and editing ...

After studying languages at UCT and law at UNISA and Cambridge, Caryn Gootkin practised as a lawyer for nine years before realising that her true passion was for words and the way they are used and abused. She has recently ...

Celia Fleming is based in Cape Town and is a freelance business writer and editor specialising in marketing copy for the financial services industry. She also edits books and has a keen interest in education, having once been a teacher ...

Charisse White joined Provantage in 2006 as national campaign manager. She has been involved in hundreds of experiential marketing campaigns all over the country and can tell you a thing or two about campaigns that really engage with the target audience. ...

Executive Director World Editors Forum, WAN-IFRA

Cherilyn Ireton,a South African editor and successful senior manager at some of the country’s top newspapers, has been appointed Executive Director of the World Editors Forum, the global organization for editors within ...

Chris started his life in media when he was a student at the University of the Free State. He ran the local campus radio station (RSFM) and was the proud presenter of the sport show. When The MediaShop won the ...

Brewer’s Droop had humble beginnings as a straightforward letter, sent to my existing and potential clients when I owned an advertising agency. About 80 in total. They were signed individually, using a fountain pen, and were distributed by a method ...

Chris Gotz is executive creative director of Ogilvy Cape Town.

Chris Moerdyk is a marketing and media analyst and advisor and former head of strategic planning at BMW SA. He serves on the editorial board of The Media Magazine and is non-executive chairman of Bizcommunity SA and the Catholic Newspaper ...

Clare O’Neil is chairperson of the South African Advertising Research Foundation. A member of the SABC board, and she is also co-owner and director of integrated outdoor solutions company, MMAP.

Colin Ramparsadh, the owner and CEO of Media Mutation (www.mediamutation.co.za), has spent roughly 30 years in ad industry, working, among others, at Y&R, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi and ZenithOptimedia. Email him at colin.ramparsadh@mediamutation....

Cory has been a thought leader, executive and business driver in the digital media landscape since 1994. Cory is currently SVP of Marketing for BlueKai and has authored a weekly column on digital media, advertising and marketing since 2000 for Mediapost's Online ...

Craig Dummett (36) launched his own, full-service communications consultancy
in March 2009, bringing with him a decade of business-to-consumer PR
experience, representing clients ranging from ABN AMRO to Media24 and
Brandhouse. His experience spans a massive cross-section of industry in
South Africa.

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Posterscope is the world’s leading Out of Home Communications Agency. Our mission is to grow Out of Home to 10% share of Adspend in South Africa, in the next 5 years. Consumers are spending over 50% of their time Out of Home, ...

Successful entrepreneur Craig Segal is the managing director of The Nine Mile Group, a young, socially-aware organisation focused on enhancing the consumer experience by using innovative products and solutions to maximise the interaction between brand and consumer.

Craig showed a ...

Damon Freeman is the Design Director of Brand inc Sport, a dedicated sports design and advertising division of the Brand inc Creative Group (www.brandinc.co.za). He has ten years experience in sports-related advertising and design, and is passionate ...

After more than 40 years in sports journalism and broadcasting, Dan Retief took time out and has just completed a book about his experiences covering the Springboks in the Rugby World Cup. He expects The Springboks and the Holy Grail to ...

Daniel Munslow is a director at Talk2Us and strategist, trainer and facilitator. He works closely with clients to develop their leaders' communication, review stakeholder engagement practices, enhance internal communication methodologies, measure employee engagement, and align group communication strategies between ...

According to his Twitter profile, David Bullard is SA's best loved celebrity racist. He has one final ambition in life...to become Julius Malema's valet.

David Larsen is managing director of Africa Media Online, an organisation committed to enabling Africans to tell Africa’s story to the world. Over the past decade we have developed what we call a digital trade route to enable you ...

Aegis Media is constantly pioneering the worlds of media communications and market research. It is the only global marketing services group focused on the two most strategically significant disciplines in marketing today and it consistently grows faster than its markets. ...

Daya Coetzee is currently the account manager, specialising in the media industry, at Stone Soup PR, part of the Iconic Group. Her academic qualifications include a BA in journalism and psychology, an honours in features writing and photojournalism (Rhodes University) ...

Debbie joined The MediaShop, Cape Town, in July 1999 as General Manager and was appointed to the Board in January 2001 as Managing Director of The MediaShop’s Cape Town office.

Debbie’s advertising career began in 1990 after a change in career ...

Desmond Thompson has 12 years’ experience in the media – as Nairobi Bureau Chief of Media24 Newspapers, Managing Editor of Adam and Drum East Africa (Kenyan magazines), Senior Reporter with Beeld and Senior Researcher with Carte Blanche, and as a sub-editor with ...

As managing director of Acceleration Media, Diane Charton oversees the growth of South Africa's leading strategic digital media strategy, planning and buying consultancy, and helps clients to maximise their use of the Internet. She brings extensive sales, marketing and management ...

Dion Chang is an innovator, creative thinker and visionary. He is a sought-after trend analyst, and while his feet remain firmly planted on African soil, he uses a global perspective to source new ideas, gauge the zeitgeist and identify cutting ...

Dominique joined Text 100 in August 2003 as an account manager and, in February 2004, she joined the onsite Microsoft team and was promoted to account director. She returned to the agency in September 2006 when she was promoted to managing consultant. Dominique holds ...

Donna Rachelson, a branding and marketing innovator, is focused on South Africa's client service based businesses. She combines her contagious passion and 25 years' experience in strategy, marketing and change management to empower people, teams and businesses to achieve breakthrough results. ...

Blade Nzimande is the Minister of Higher Education and Training of South Africa. Nzimande served as director of the Education Policy Unit at the University of Natal. He is a member of the African National Congress and has served as ...

Duncan Guy is editor and founder of the South African Press Association's education newspaper Learn the News. He has been in journalism for 28 years in a career that has involved the newspaper, magazine, radio, television and internet mediums. The highlight ...

The author, a prize-winning reporter, worked for SABC television news for 28 years but left in 2005 without other employment in prospect because of the pervasive news and other corruption at all levels of the corporation. Corruption subsequently bankrupted the SABC. His ...

Elizabeth Joss is owner of Connect Write ~ Creating Inspiring Copy ~ (www.connectwrite.co.za), a copywriting and proofreading service in the Cape Town region. She is also a member of the Southern African Freelancers Association (Safrea).
Email: connectwrite@gmail.com
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Elton Ollerhead is the Managing Director at Mediamark (previously known as Radmark and Digitalmark). His career marks a successful track record of business development, media sales and commercialisation within digital advertising channels for various multi-national companies (media owners, data and ...

Erica Webster is an independent writer, wife, mother of two girls and caretaker of three dogs, five cats and ten goldfish. Over the past 15-odd (very odd) years, she has written features for numerous publications, most notably Business Day and ...

With billings in excess of $2 billion, we have over 630 people in 48 offices located in 20 countries worldwide.
We aim to continually build understanding of the role of Out-of-Home in the connected economy and make Out-of-Home campaigns easy and accountable for our ...

Eugene Yiga is a writer, consultant, and coach based in Cape Town, South Africa. He covers personal development, lifestyle, entertainment, marketing, media, culture, and current affairs. Oh, and he's on a quest to read the 100 greatest books of all time ...

Political Analyst; Writer; Communications consultant; (Policy) Researcher.
Associate at Wits Centre for Ethics, located within the Wits Philosophy Department. BA (Legal Theory and Philosophy) (with distinction in Philosophy); BA Honours (Philosophy) (with distinction) and a Master of Arts (Philosophy) (with ...

Evelyn Holtzhausen is CEO of HWB Communications in Cape Town.A former assistant editor of the Cape Times, he launched HWB with PR professional, Ann Wallis Brown, and specialises in crisis communicatio

Franz Kruger teaches journalism at Wits University, specialising in radio and ethics. He is the director of the Wits Radio Academy. He has worked in print and broadcasting in South Africa, Namibia and the UK. He was founding group editor ...

Garth Rhoda is sales director at Habari Media, www.habarimedia.co.za, Africa's leading digital sales house offering internet and mobile advertisers access to Africa's largest portfolio of leading web and mobile advertising platforms. Habari Media provides these partners with ...

Genevieve Vieira is photographer and journalist working in Gauteng and has done work for some of SA’s most established publications, including but not limited to Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Jhblive, and Indwe. In April 2012, she launched her own music platform – ...

Georgina Guedes is a freelance writer and communications consultant, and a member of the Southern African Freelancers' Association (Safrea) Oversight Committee. You can follow @safrea or @georginagued

Gill Randall is Joint Managing Director of the Newspaper Advertising Bureau (NAB). The Newspaper Advertising Bureau – a division of Caxton & CTP Publishers & Printers – is responsible for the advertising, sales and marketing and administration of 150 community newspapers in South ...

Glenda Nevill is the editor of www.themediaonline.co.za
She is also a writer, communicator, media strategist, dog walker, mother, drinker of copious amounts of champagne, worshipper of Burmese cats. Loves rugby and beach walks. Hates bad grammar and ...

Glenn is a multidisciplinarian with a background in geography. Besides being a published author, he also edited "A Patented World? The Privatisation of Life and Knowledge," published by Jacana in South Africa. He currently is on the editorial board of ...

Africa's oldest surviving media strategist. Author of Media Planning - Art or Science. Mostly harmless!

With over 25 years experience in the media industry, Gordon Patterson is Group Managing Director of The Starcom MediaVest Group and an active and outspoken media professional well-known for his passion for insight/strategy and creativity. He is currently deputy president ...

Grant Cyster is a freelance media provider and South African Freelancers' Association member specializing in the provision of professional writing and voice over services. His intrigue with the English language began at age 7 when he correctly spelled the word “badge” ...

One of South Africa's most experienced business, technology and lifestyle journalists. Worked for National Geographic, the Sunday Times, Business Day newspaper, the Financial Mail, Mail & Guardian, London Financial Times and others. Owner of The Media List, South Africa's premier ...

Professor Guy Berger is the new UNESCO Director of Freedom of Expression and Media Development. The Director of Freedom of Expression and Media Development at UNESCO is a job with a global remit, which will challenge Prof Berger to learn ...

Helen Ueckermann is Chairperson of the Southern African Freelancers Association (Safrea) and works as an independent journalist, media liaison consultant, language practitioner and broadcaster. Helen specialises in basic personal finance and writes columns on this subject for several publications, including ...

Prior to entering politics, Helen made a name for herself during the apartheid era as a political journalist. She joined the party in the mid-1990s. Helen served in the Western Cape provincial legislature between 1999 and 2004 (including as MEC for ...

Herman Wasserman is professor of journalism and media studies at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. Sean Jacobs, a native of Cape Town, is assistant professor of international affairs at The New School

Irna van Zyl founded New Media Publishing (NMP) 12 years ago following an award winning newspaper career. NMP publishes titles such as Visi, Eat In, Eat Out and various custom publications. Van Zyl cites being appointed as the first female chief ...

Isis joined InMobi in February 2011 to lead business expansion in Africa. With over nine years of business development, marketing and sales experience, Isis is responsible for the overall growth on the continent.
Isis joins InMobi from Google where she led ...

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Professor Jane Duncan is Highway Africa Chair of Media and Information Society, School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University. Jane is a prominent media activist and former executive director of the Freedom of Expression Institute. She has three ...

Janice Spark is a managing partner at advertising and PR agency Idea Engineers. Spark, a founding member of Idea Engineers, has directed the marketing efforts of leading global organisations for over 20 years.
Idea Engineers is a business agency built on ...

With 24 years of experience in mainstream print and broadcasting media as a South African journalist, Janine Lazarus focuses her Media Training Consultancy on developing and facilitating superior and interactive training experiences that leave delegates with confidence and knowledge to engage ...

Janine Stephen is an independent journalist and editor with both newspaper and magazine experience. She has written for titles ranging from the Sunday Times and the late-lamented Weekender to Art South Africa, Marie Claire and Horizons. Magazine experience includes a ...

Janine is a Senior Associate in Bowman Gilfillan’s Intellectual Property Department. She obtained her LLB degree from the University of Kwazulu Natal in 2004. She was admitted as attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2007 and is a ...

Jared Kushner is one of the dynamic leaders of 00h12 (Twelve Past Midnight) advertising and design agency. Kushner's multi-faceted creative and business capabilities have seen him become a top performing business leader and advertising professional in the South African marketing ...

Jeanri-Tine van Zyl is a lifestyle journalist-turned-corporate. Before assuming the position as Account Manager at marcusbrewster publicity, she worked at Wine magazine SA until the title’s closure in August 2011. A trained journalist, Van Zyl also operates as a freelance ...

Jenny has received numerous marketing awards – most recently from Edgars for the Best Male Fragrance Award 2009 for "PLAY", the fragrance endorsed by Justin Timberlake that she launched in 2009 with a groundbreaking marketing campaign.
In times prior she was also responsible ...

Deputy Minister of Transport since 2009. Member of Parliament since 1999; and Deputy General-Secretary of the SA Communist Party since 1995. Cronin was politically improsoned for seven years (1976-1983) at Pretoria Maximum Security Prison, and Cronin's first poems collection, Inside (1983), reflects on this. ...

Apart from having worked as a dedicated editor and post-production specialist on a variety of television programs, Jerome has directed and produced several shows for Mnet, including three documentaries, a Hip Hop series (on MK) totalling over 100 episodes, and a 26...

Jian Reis: Chief Digital Officer, Twisted Toast. Jian has spent most of his life immersed in all things digital and is a self-confessed technology and media geek.

After completing a BA in English and Communication (Unisa), he started in the ...

Freelance writer and editor, champion of good causes.

Joe Pulizzi is a leading author, speaker and strategist for content marketing. Joe is first and foremost a content marketing evangelist, and founded the Content Marketing Institute (a division of Z Squared Media, a 2012 Inc. 500 Company), which includes the largest ...

John Ginsberg is chief marketing geek at Ensight in the UK. The Ensight eCRM Suite integrates web, mobile, social and email marketing – fused perfectly with a comprehensive audience profiling engine. You can manage these channels through one intuitive, easy-to-use interface ...

on Foster-Pedley is the Dean and director of Henley Business School South Africa, a school of Henley Business School UK. With his team, and in close collaboration with Henley Business School in the UK and its parent the University of ...

Jos Kuper is a research professional of more than 30 years experience and heads Kuper research, a consultancy specialising in media, marketing and socio-political analysis. Her focus is on the development of new entrants on the media playing field, the reinvigoration ...

One of the most sought-after consultants, speakers and thought leaders on innovation,
marketing, new media and social media, Joseph Jaffe is Founder & Partner of Evol8tion, LLC (www.startupsforbrands.com), an innovation agency that matches early stage startups with ...

President of INNOVATION. Journalist and Doctor in Law. Former Vice-Dean, School of Journalism, University of Navarre. Professor at Columbia, Stanford and Harvard universities.

Publisher of the INNOVATION World Media Trends Confidential Newsletter. Publisher of the annual reports Innovations in Newspapers ...

DUO was founded in 2004 by CEO Judith Middleton to provide a complete marketing and PR solution to companies in the ICT industry. Engineers and technologists are not marketers by nature and few growing companies need or want to build their ...

Dr Julie Reid is based at the Department of Communication Science at the University of South Africa (Unisa). She is a media analyst and her research interests include semiotics, myth, identity politics, media policy and regulation, as well as media ...

Justin joined the advertising business after serving many of its leaders while managing an upmarket Sandton restaurant. Since then he’s operated in all the disciplines in the communications field across virtually every category. With over 20 years’ experience he’s ...

Justin Wolff is managing director of Corporate Content, specialists in business writing and business communication. In alliance with Trialogue, Corporate Content has helped to prepare sustainability reports for clients as varied as Indalo Yethu, Altech, Santam and MTN South Africa, ...

HaveYouHeard is South Africa's first specialist Word-of-Mouth Marketing agency. Owned and operated by Jason Stewart and Ryan McFadyen, the agency believes strongly in the value of an honest recommendation (from a trusted friend), which has led them to build a ...

Rachel Irvine is the Managing Director of Irvine Bartlett, one of the most sought after marketing and public relations firms in South Africa.
She has more than 15 years experience working as a communications professional. She spent the first years of ...

Rachelle Jaques became Sales Manager of The Media Connection in November 2010. She provides a sales and administration function for radio and TV stations that have limited experience with, and access to, the national advertising industry in South Africa.

Prior to ...

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 ...

Raymond Joseph is a journalist, media strategist, newsroom consultant, and journalism trainer.

Reg Rumney is in charge of the Centre for Economics Journalism in Africa, sponsored by the South African Reserve Bank and the Standard Bank of South Africa. The aim of the centre is to improve the coverage of economics, finance ...

After completing his degree and Archeology and International Politics from the University of Cape Town. In 2003 Rick joined TBWA as MD of TBWA\G1 looking after the Nissan Business. In 2006 he took over responsibility for TBWA’s Africa operations. His ...

Rivak Bunce is the managing director of United Stations, or, as he calls himself, the 'chief mission controller'. United Stations is a specialist RADIO sales house. We use our distinctive method of marketing and selling RADIO to maximise the revenue ...

Initially joining Ogilvy & Mather, Rightford, Searle-Tripp and Makin as a copywriter in 1989, Rob Hill worked across a range of FMCG and Financial Services brands, winning several South African creative awards before pioneering the launch of O&MRS-T&...

Search Marketer for 12 years heading up Clickthinking’s search team for over a decade.
Worked on search projects in Asia, UK, and Africa for major brands including Garmin, Panasonic, Johnson & Johnson & Shop Direct.
Achieved double digit year on ...

Robert teaches economics journalism, media histories, media law and ethics and media economics. He has published in the fields of media law and journalism practice, and is working on his Phd, a social and political history of South Africa’s ...

Robert Mahoney is CPJ’s deputy director. He has worked as a reporter, editor, and bureau chief for Reuters throughout the world. Mahoney has led CPJ missions to global hot spots from Iraq to Sri Lan

Robin founded Open Mind Strategy in 2010 to provide marketers with strategic insights that provide a foundation for brand building. Recent assignments have included projects for Yahoo!, The Food Network, Travel Channel, VNSNY, PBM, USA, USA Today, several non-profits and advertising ...

Ronelle Bester, Managing Director of Red Ribbon Communications has gained substantial experience in the technology industry as Marketing Manager for Dimension Data in the Western Cape. She has a B Tech degree in Public Relations Management and completed a certificate ...

Ross Hawkes is a Senior Lecturer in Online Journalism who joined the University from Trinity Mirror where he was the Senior Multimedia Editor for the Midlands, working on titles such as the Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Post, Sunday Mercury and Coventry ...

Roxanne Reid is a freelance writer, blogger, editor and proof-reader based in Cape Town. Winner of about a dozen Pica Awards for editing and journalism, she has been happily her own boss for 13 years. She has edited and proofread books ...

As a dynamic and proud member of the ForeBrands integrated marketing services group, 00h12 is in a fortunate and favourable position to focus on the message and not the medium. As brand custodians, we are able to achieve this by ...

When it comes to mobile, Ryan Gandalf van Jaarsveld’s got the passion, the drive and years of experience in the industry under his belt. He cut his teeth in companies like Wizzit bank (SA’s first mobile bank), and ...

Ryland Fisher is a former Editor of the Cape Times and has more than 30 years of experience in the media industry. He has served several newspapers in senior positions, among them the Sunday Times where he was assistant editor. He ...

Karl Reed kicked off his working career as a Contact Centre Agent at Multichoice, with great perseverance he worked himself up to Supervisor and later became the National Trainer for the DSTV product launch. He then moved on to become ...

Head of Strategy: MEC Group
Johannesburg Area, South Africa. Marketing and Advertising.
I am driven, motivated and passionate about media, channel and communication strategy. My primary objective is to drive full TTL development within both myself and my colleagues in ...

Kathleen Rice is a director in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice. Her areas of expertise include electronic communications, broadcasting, information technology and data protection. She has extensive experience in the South African telecommunications, media and broadcasting regulatory environment, having ...

Landi Groenewald heads up Online Reputation Management and Social Media at digiVOX. Having a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing coupled with a Bachelor’s Degree in Drama, Landi understands brand communication and media monitoring. Landi is an avid performer and ...

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Lauren Solomons is a Senior Campaign Manager at DigiVOX. She has an International Diploma in Information Systems Engineering and an International Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies. DigiVOX is a specialist Digital Marketing agency that provides brands and marketers with a ...

Creating digital strategies for engaging and building audiences, understanding the impact of digital trends on making media and business, devising content strategies for websites, online reputation tracking and management, creative thinking, writing, editing, teaching, managing projects, and maintaining a sense ...

Linda Gibson is the CEO of Ads24. Winner of the MOST Media Owner Legend award. In early 2003 she joined the SABC as national sales and sponsorship manager for radio and TV. In 2006 Linda joined Kaelo, consulted to Massive TV in 2008, ...

Lisa is an Account Director who brings with her invaluable experience that she has gained from working in London for the past seven years. During this time Lisa was responsible for managing nine communications agencies across the globe. Lisa is ...

Lizette Anderson is a sales director at Mediamark for the coastal divisions. Mediamark represents four radio stations in South Africa from a marketing and advertising sales point of view.

Louis Eksteen is managing director of Twisted Toast Digital (Pty) Ltd. On 1 April 2011 he and long-term business partner Kim Browne (Chief Executive Officer), launched Twisted Toast Digital as a new hybrid marketing agency. Erik Verster is The Toast's Creative Director. ...

Lucinda Boddy is the MD of Livewired Public Relations
Boddy began her career doing the public relations for cause related marketing company, Shoshaloza Marketing. Here she cut her teeth on campaigns such as the well-known CANSA Shavathon campaign.
With this ...

Lyn Davis, marketing director and co-owner of PocketMedia® Solutions and Z-CARD® Africa, India, Middle East and Turkey (ZAMI) has spent numerous successful years in marketing. Her research of the African market continually ensures new growth for the company, with offices ...

When you ask Lynn Madeley where she comes from, she says she is not sure, not because she has amnesia but because she has lived on four continents and in seven countries. She has been in South Africa since 2004 and ...

Madi Hanekom is a typical “slasher”, offering a varied business portfolio: project management consultant/ freelance journalist/ executive coach and mentor, and is based in Pretoria. She has over 20 years of management experience in the corporate and government sectors and started ...

Makhaya Ntini is a former right arm fast-medium bowler for the South African Cricket Team, The Proteas. He was the first black African cricketer to represent South Africa. In 2002 he took 50 One Day International wickets. He was voted most popular ...

Mandy's formative years were spent in the velds and forests of the Northern Transvaal collecting shongololos and pulling the wings off insects. She flourished in the small town but it wasn't long before she tired of it and migrated to ...

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Mark Molenaar is Director, Client Service at TNS, based in
Cape Town. Mark has been with TNS for over 18 years during which time he has
helped clients to understand consumer dynamics across different sectors and
the opportunities that these present ...

Slabbert is account manager at HWB Communications (Pty) Ltd in Cape Town, and has been working in the communications and media industry since 1995.

Matona Sakupwanya is General Manager at the Radio Advertising Bureau SA. The one time station manager of Metro FM has extensive experience in radio, having come through the ranks in sales and marketing, to eventually managing South Africa’s biggest ...

Matt Ramella is global VP of Strategy & Intelligence at Syncapse, a leader in enterprise social performance management for the world’s leading brands. At Syncapse, Matt is responsible for leveraging social data to help marketers better understand and connect ...

Megan Hall has been publishing dictionaries for Oxford University Press Southern Africa since 2003, including the winners of two prestigious awards and a new edition of the best-selling South African dictionary. In her private capacity, she won the Ingrid Jonker Prize ...

Melany Bendix is the editor of The Big Issue South Africa.

Mervyn Naidu is an Account Manager at mediamark. He is a SETA accredited trainer and conducts training on sales and presentation skills within mediamark and at the WITS Radio Academy.

Michael Schmidt is the executive director for Institute for the Advancement of Journalism.

Minette Ferreira is General Manager at Daily Sun/Sunday Sun/City Press/Sondag

Professional name-dropper. South African in NYC who collects interviews, concert ticket stubs & air-miles for a living. Also known as Journalist.

Nash Mariah is an Account Executive at Ogilvy PR Cape Town, and winner of the Ogilvy Graduate Programme.

Nick Grubb started his professional radio career in news, stringing for a variety of clients via East Cape News Agencies before becoming News Editor of the then-newly-independent regional AC station Radio Algoa in 1997. Nick took over programming at Radio Algoa ...

Niki Moore has freelanced for most of her working career and can’t even conceive of working office hours ever again. With a background in journalism, broadcasting, media production, PR, marketing, project management and communications consulting, she finds the job ...

Odette van der Haar is CEO of the Association for Communication and AdvertisingThe ACA is the recognised industry body and self-regulator of the South African advertising and communications profession representing approximately 100 agencies that contribute approximately 95% of total ad spend in ...

Some people can bend it like Beckham. Others write best-selling novels or paint coveted masterpieces. People make fortunes in thousands of different ways. Living saints take long walks to freedom.
Me? I’m the wild card. My brain is wired ...

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My name is Palesa Mokomele and I grew up in Nyanga in Cape Town. After high school at Immaculata Girls High I went to UCT where I studied a BA degree in Film Studies and Media and Writing. I fell ...

Winner of more than 40 journalism awards, including MPA/Mondi Premier Award for Magazine Journalism (twice); Sanlam Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism (four times); Telkom ICT Journalist of the Year; Vodacom Journalist of the Year (print feature); Checkers Consumer Journalist ...

Paul has worked in publishing for over thirty years alongside some of the best talent on top magazines; working up-market, middle-market and down-market; on publications aimed at men, those aimed at women, and at executive level on the world's leading ...

E+I is an independent integrated advertising agency where creative, media and client services work together to apply multidisciplinary problem-solving skills to every job. Our clients demand fast, efficient turnaround times without sacrificing quality. And that’s exactly what we ...

Awarded as the first black Mr South Africa in 1994, Paul Phume is a recognised public figure, modelling for commercials such as Sales House, Telkom and Appeltiser in the 90s. He established a marketing agency titled Blackmagic Communications in 1996 while branching ...

Cape Town born Paul Stemmet (No relation to the Noot vir Noot host) has a dream to be the driving force for change in the South African advertising industry. Stemmet holds an Honours Degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in ...

Paula Fray has worked in media for over 22 years ­ the last four in the field of media training and development. She is currently the Regional Director for IPS Africa, with management responsibilities for the news
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Peta Krost Maunder is editor of The Media magazine.

Pete Case is CEO and founder of Gloo. Gloo is proud to be South Africa's most awarded digital agency for both effective and creative work. They have been recognised as the nation's Digital Agency of the Year in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Gloo ...

PLAYBOY SA Editor-in-chief Peter Piegl cut his professional teeth as a photojournalist and earned his stripes as picture editor for men’s glossy FHM in 1999, becoming the magazine’s Managing Editor in 2007. Piegl, who holds a B.A degree from ...

Peter Stewart is Managing Director of leading South African search and conversion agency, Clickthinking. Clickthinking enjoys global accreditation with Google, Omniture and ClickTale. Amongst the many awards it has garnered are included several awards at the New York Webbys in 2009 ...

Dr Pieter Streicher graduated from WITS with a BSc-Eng(Civil) in 1991 and he received his PhD from UCT in 1996. After working as a civil engineer at HHO Africa, Dr Streicher, along with Richard Simpson, (BSc-Eng(Civil), MBA), established Celerity Systems ...

Prince Ndlovu is a junior media strategist at Starcom MediaVest.

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Lizette Rabe is a South African journalist. She is the Professor and Head, Department of Journalism at Stellenbosch University.

teven Friedman is a political scientist whose has specialised in the study of democracy. During the 1980s, he produced a series of studies of reform apartheid and its implications for a democratic future. He researched and wrote widely on the ...

Sam Sole is managing partner of the M&G's investigative unit, amaBhungane. Sam has been a journalist since 1986. He has worked for the investigative magazine Noseweek, served as political editor of the Sunday Tribune, and joined the Mail & ...

Newsletter Editor at The Writer's College
Blogger at SA Writers College
Junior Lecturer and Teaching Assistant at University of Pretoria

Watt Communications is an owner run and managed PR, integrated marketing and communications agency. Watt Communications has a 18 year pedigree in public relations and specialises in the information technology sector. Sister company to design-arm G Watt Design, the agency provides ...

San Reddy is the MD of award-winning PR agency marcusbrewster (www.marcusbrewster.com). A former journalist and broadcaster, Reddy advises the firm’s top commercial and corporate clients on PR strategy, reputation management, crisis communication, public affairs and media training. ...

Sandra Gordon is the CEO of the Iconic Group of companies, which includes several print and online publications covering the marketing and media industries, including TheMediaOnline and The Media magazine. She has wide experience in media, marketing, advertising and public ...

Sandra Roberts is the Writing Unit Manager of the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, having been a media analyst for over seven years with and a researcher for over 10. She is passionate about media freedom and the role a ...

Sara Butchart is Strategy Director at Kaelo Engage, a content development agency specialising in social development, transport and consumer –lifestyle content.

Sekoetlane Jacob Phamodi is the Campaign Organiser for SOS: Support Public Broadcasting

Stephen Grootes is a reporter with Eyewitness News.

Steve Landis is Global Head of Innovation & Product Development at TNS. He is responsible for driving and developing Innovation & Product Development expertise, new thinking and best practice throughout the TNS network and advising clients how to best achieve ...

Styli Charalambous is the CEO of the Daily Maverick, having joined the dynamic publisher in the build-up to launching in 2009. A chartered accountant by profession, Charalambous overseas all the commercial aspects of running the Daily Maverick, with a very hands-on ...

Taelo Immanuel is a writer based in Johannesburg. He is a multi-award winning Creative Director with experience spanning over 17 years in the Communications industry. Taelo is equity partner and Executive Creative Director at Two Tone Global, a wholly black owned ...

Tamara is a freelance writer based in Johannesburg. She is passionate about exploring great stories and enjoys the variety that freelancing offers. She has worked in advertising, public relations, copy writing and journalism, tackling a broad range of subjects from ...

s an independent TV critic, writer and journalist in South Africa as well as a pop culture and media expert. He writes breaking news about TV for daily and weekly leading newspapers in the country and authors trend and analysis ...

Tiffany Markman (www.tiffanymarkman.co.za) is an opinionated copywriter, editor, columnist and writing trainer who has worked for over 200 clients in SA and worldwide. She hates misplaced apostrophes and dangling modifiers but loves pizza and pina coladas. Reach her ...

Tim Beckerling is the Creative Director at The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg). Before finally settling on working for Jupiter, Tim was coveted by many an advertising agency who lost out on having the man behind Telkom’s 8ta campaign working ...

Tom Eaton lives in Cape Town, and is the author of 'The De Villiers Code', 'Texas' and 'The Wading', and was a columnist with the Mail&Guardian for four years. He was co-founder and head writers of satire webstie ...

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Tracy Foulkes is regularly featured in numerous magazines, newspapers, on TV and radio. ...

Tshepo Moletsane is an expert in the field of Communication Science, having been involved in most of the media disciplines from branding, media sales, account management, research and development, brand marketing management and radio presenting over the past 10 years. He ...

Business Director of the AAR Group UK
Vicky Gillan is a Business Director at the AAR Group UK with specialist knowledge in Relationship Evaluation and Management. Vicky brings a wealth of experience from a variety of sectors. Before joining AAR ...

Zwelinzima Vavi is secretary general of COSATU, South Africa's major trade union organisation.

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Warren Moss is the founder of Demographica (www.demographica.co.za ), South Africa's largest digital email advertising company; they make use of email marketing as a way of branding, marketing, advertising, customer acquisition and sales.
As a natural born entrepreneur, ...

Founder of @realmdigital, @snapplify and @angelhubza. I love all software, tech startup and business related stuff.

Yazeed started his career at a daily newspaper in Cape Town, South Africa, and has since worked as an editor of a national newspaper for teenagers, a freelance writer for various magazines and newspapers as well as Internet publications.

He ...

Yusuf Abramjee is head of news and current affairs at Primedia Broadcasting, as well as heading the company's Crime Line project. He is also chairman of the National Press Club.

Zibusiso Mkhwanazi, has been in the digital marketing industry for the past 12 years and CEO of various digital agencies.
He is now the CEO of a South African Digital Marketing Agency,
AVATAR, which does business in 27 African countries. The young ...