THEMBA MASEKO is the former CEO of the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and government spokesperson. After a brief term as Member of Parliament in 1994, Maseko was appointed as head of the Gauteng Department of Education before he became director general of the national Department of Public Works.
Marianne Thamm is an author and journalist, currently associated editor of Daily Maverick. She is the author of several books and has worked as a journalist, writer, satirist for over three decades
Mandy Wiener is one of the country’s best known and most credible journalists and authors. She is a multi-award-winning reporter and currently the host of The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener on Primedia’s Talk Radio 702. Mandy is the author of five bestselling non-fiction titles. Her debut, Killing Kebble, was
Brent Meersman is the co-editor of GroundUp and has chaired the Cape Town Press Club since 2013. He previously wrote for the Mail & Guardian (2003–16), This Is Africa (2014–18) and New Africa Analysis (London), and his work has been translated and published internationally. Meersman is the author of seven
Athol Williams is a South African author of 14 books including 4 books of poetry. He is the recipient of 6 literary awards and is the only poet to have been awarded the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award twice. Athol is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied