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Cape Town, WC, ZA

Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Potchefstroom, North-West, South Africa

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

In this role, I defined the organisation's research agenda, and oversaw research, and coordinated the Academic Fellows Program. The research focuses on media narratives about Africa within the African continent. I am also undertook literature reviews on various relevant topics to the areas we were exploring.

In this role, I conducted fieldwork in Tanzania and Mozambique to establish the impact of Chinese Agricultural investment on rural smallholder farmers.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

While continuing full time work at PLAAS, I also undertook a part-time position as Research Assistant on a project on Media and Conflict in Emerging Democracies (MECODEM). My work included mapping potential interviewees, setting up interviews, conducting interviews, transcribing interviews, coding data, data analyis, and working collaboratively on the.

Belville, Cape Town

PLAAS undertakes research on land policy and rights, agriculture, fisheries, poverty and social grants (among others). My work involved seeing research through to publications and dissemination in various formats (e.g. print publications, media dissemination, social media including our organisation blog, PLAAS website). I designed the PLAAS communications.

EQUINET is a network of professionals, civil society members, policy makers, state officials and others within the region who have come together as an equity catalyst, to promote and realise shared values of equity and social justice in health. My primary role in EQUINET was seeing research through to publication in various forms (i.e. knowledge.

The MSP is primarily a research project, involved in investigating the impact of municipal service delivery on poor communities, mostly in South Africa, but also in the rest of southern Africa. As the Co-ordinator I was responsible for overseeing research teams, setting up research contracts, managing the budget, undertaking press liaison and preparing.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

My freelance editing career involved seeing publications (including annual reports, books, conference reports, pamphlets, etc) from writing to printed product. Clients included Alternative Information for Development Centre (AIDC), Early Learning Resource Unit (ELRU), Trust for Community Outreach and Education (TCOE), South African Parliament - Asbestos.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

USWE was an NGO involved in producing Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) materials. During my last year at USWE, I held the position of Publishing Manager on the Diploma Project, which involved producing 36 workbooks to train teachers of adults. My role was to oversee the work of the in-house and freelance production staff, manage budgets and.

Harrogate, United Kingdom

Public relations and event management; in-house communication at MARS Inc

East London, South Africa

Copy-taster and sub-editor

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Assistant to the script writers

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Wrote television scripts; production assistant

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Political Communication, Phd

Networks of power: Political communication in two inner city Johannesburg CBOs December 2021

Master’S Degree, Political Communication, Cum Laude

Bjourn, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Poetry Club Journalism

Developing Distance Education Materials, The Production Process, Copy-Editing

Globalisation And Liberalisation

Transvaal Senior Certificate, Natural Sciences