Sowetan started as a liberation struggle publication in 1981. It is a print and digital newspaper, Sowetan Live, the digital version, is one of South Africa’s largest online news publications. They cover news, business, entertainment, and culture.
South Africa
Nandi Ntini
Nandi Ntini is a 25-year-old reporter from Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, covering social justice for the Sowetan newspaper. She started working as a journalist in 2022 as community journalist at Soweto Urban News.
Msindisi Fengu
Msindisi Fengu is a multi-winning investigative journalist with two qualifications: a degree in International Relations from the University of South Africa and a National Diploma in Journalism from Walter Sisulu University (WSU). Fengu worked as an unpaid intern in the communications unit at WSU before branching off to journalism when he joined a community newspaper
Koena Evelyn Mashale
Koena Evelyn Mashale is a journalist with a degree from Tshwane University of Technology and currently participating in an advanced program at the same institution. She has experience working for local publications in Johannesburg. Her focus at Sowetan will be on immigration.
Daily Maverick
The Daily Maverick is a South African web and weekly print newspaper that was started in 2009 to combat misinformation through independent journalism focused on public service. It is free to the public, and won the 2019 Global Shining Light Award. The Daily Maverick is run by an independent company and funded through membership, advertising,
Mail & Guardian
The Mail and Guardian is an online and weekly newspaper based in Johannesburg, South Africa. They published their first issue in 1985, and in 1994 were the first organization in South Africa to launch a website. The Mail and Guardian was started out of a need to have an independent press in apartheid era South
Sowetan
Sowetan started as a liberation struggle publication in 1981. It is a print and digital newspaper, Sowetan Live, the digital version, is one of South Africa’s largest online news publications. They cover news, business, entertainment, and culture.