South Africa

Nakisani Jesca Liphadzi brings over 10 years of experience in international development, project coordination, stakeholder engagement, and training administration. She has worked with organizations...

Kathryn Cleary is an award-winning investigative journalist and communications professional with a passion for health, human rights, and social justice. Originally from the United States, she holds a...

Marché Arends is a Cape Town, South Africa-based independent journalist with a focus on systemic inequality within communities of the Global Majority. Her work has appeared in The Continent, The...

Jeanne van der Merwe is a freelance journalist, editor, and content specialist. Van der Merwe attended Stellenbosch University in South Africa, receiving a bachelor's in music and literature, and a...

Paul Botes is the picture editor of The Continent and an award-winning South African photographer, picture editor, and educator. He has worked across much of the continent, focusing on themes of...

Nick Hedley is a columnist, writer, and researcher focused on climate change and the energy transition. He’s the creator of The Progress Playbook, an outlet focused on the policies and initiatives...

Shoks Mnisi Mzolo is the data academy coordinator at The Outlier, the Media Hack Collective's outlet that focuses on visualizing key issues in Africa.

October 11, 2024

Shaun Smillie is a freelance journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Laura Grant, co-founder of the South African data journalism team the Media Hack Collective (MHC), is a data journalist with 20 years of experience in South African media as a journalist, copy editor...

October 9, 2024

Alastair Otter is a journalist, programmer, and designer with more than 20 years’ experience in print and digital media. He is the co-founder of the Media Hack Collective (MHC), a data journalism team...

Godwell Nhamo is a professor and Exxaro Chair in Climate and Sustainability Transitions at the University of South Africa (UNISA). He is a National Research Foundation researcher and subject...

Barry Christianson is a freelance documentary photographer and journalist from Cape Town, South Africa. Before entering the journalism field in 2019, he spent 17 years working as a web developer. He...