Council

How Sanef works

Sanef’s Management Committee meets fortnightly by teleconference. The Council meets four times a year, and the annual general meeting is held mid-year. Sanef has an office in Parktown, Johannesburg, staffed by a full-time executive director and an administrator. Running expenses are funded by the media industry, while individual projects or events are funded by other organisations. Our finances are audited annually and our fee-paying membership is by nomination.

Sanef Council

Mondli Makhanya – Chairperson

Sanef Chairperson and Editor-in-Chief for Avusa Newspapers

Gaye Davis – Secretary-General

Sanef secretary-general and group political editor for Independent Newspapers

Juanita Williams – Treasurer

Sanef treasurer and Deputy Managing Editor at allAfrica.com

Femida Mehtar – Executive Director

Sanef executive director and former journalist with Saturday Star and The Star

Hopewell Radebe – Convenor

Sanef Gauteng regional convenor and land & agriculture editor at Business Day

Gavin Stewart – Convenor

Sanef Eastern Cape regional convenor, founder member and former editor of Daily Dispatch

Thulani Mbatha – Convenor

Sanef KwaZulu-Natal regional convenor and editor of Sunday Times – Zulu Edition

Martine Barker – Convenor

Sanef Western Cape regional convenor and Managing Editor of Independent Newspapers

Ferial Haffajee

Sanef diversity and ethics chairperson and City Press Editor-in-Chief

Jonathan Ancer

Sanef education and training chairperson and Independent Newspapers training editor

Nicholas Dawes

Sanef media freedom chairperson and Mail and Guardian Editor-In-Chief

Amina Frense

Sanef founder member and Managing Editor - TV news & current affairs for SABC

Brendan Boyle

Sanef member and editor at Daily Dispatch

Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya

Sanef member and Deputy Editor of City Press

Gasant Abarder

Sanef member, Executive Editor of Cape Argus

Izak Minnaar

Sanef member and editor of SABC Digital News

Jovial Rantao

Sanef member and editor at Sunday Tribune

Judy Sandison

Sanef member and Editor:News Media for SABC

Mark van der Velden

Sanef founder member and editor of the South African Press Association (SAPA)

Mary Papayya

Sanef member and coastal regions editor of Sowetan

Mathatha Tsedu

Sanef member and head of the Media24 Journalism Academy

Moegsien Williams

Sanef founder member and editor-in-chief at The Star

Paddi Clay

Sanef member and director of online news and editorial dev. at Avusa

Raymond Louw

Sanef founder member, editor and publisher of Southern Africa Report

Willem Pretorius

Sanef member and senior assistant editor at Die Burger
 
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