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 Alita van der Walt
Editor
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Alita grew up in the small town of Hartbeesfontein, NorthWest, and studied B.Business Communications at the NorthWest University. She joined Farmer’s Weekly in 2003 and became editor in 2011. She is married to Hansie and they have two children.
Alita@caxton.co.za
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Chris Nel
Assistant editor
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From a career in zoology and wildlife conservation and management, I joined Farmer’s Weekly in 1987. My work includes reviewing/ editing manuscripts for content, checking final proofs, writing and giving input and advice on a wide range of subjects. Interests outside my work, time permitting, include travel, backpacking, photography, field sports, ornithology, blues music and jazz, reading, things mechanical, family and good friends and good food.
chris.nel@vodamail.co.za |
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.jpg) Anneli Groenewald
Assistant Editor
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Anneli Groenewald was born and bred in the Overberg, but moved to Johannesburg to pursue a career in journalism. She worked as a financial and ICT journalist both in South Africa and the UK, before joining Farmer’s Weekly. Anneli spends her spare time documenting her shoestring travels. Her articles have appeared in various publications.
annelig@caxton.co.za |
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.jpg) Niel Saayman
News Editor
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Niel Saayman is a journalist with almost ten years experience in a variety of news environments, from writing and producing radio news bulletins to reporting for daily and weekly newspapers. Niel has a keen interest in farming and agriculture in general, and the more he learns about this exciting industry the more he realises how much there is still left to learn. He was born and raised in Pretoria, studied BA Journalism at the University of Pretoria. In his spare time Niel tries – with varied success - to breed Mozambique tilapia and has extracted essential oils from a planting of pelargonium graveolens. He dreams to one day own a profitable farm. Niel enjoys outdoor activities like hiking and camping with his wife, Christine - although she does not share the same interest in fishing.
niels@caxton.co.za
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 Peter Mashala
Journalist
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Peter was born in Jericho, a small village outside Brits in the North West province. He studied journalism at the Tshwane University of Technology.
peterm@caxton.co.za
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Lindi van Rooyen
Journalist
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Lindi van Rooyen joined the Farmer’s Weekly team as a journalist in 2010. She reports on the Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. Her career as a journalist started at the Saturday Star and after traversing the country for various travel publications settled down in Steytlerville in the Karoo. The move ignited her passion for agriculture and she started writing for Farmer’s Weekly, only to return to Johannesburg two years later to pursue this career path fulltime.
lindivr@caxton.co.za
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 Lloyd Phillips
Journalist
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Lloyd Phillips spent much of his childhood growing up on a sugar cane farm at Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal. After matriculating from Durban High School in 1993, he began studying for a Diploma in Nature Conservation through Pretoria Technikon and Technikon SA.
However, life’s abundant surprises meant that he never did follow this career choice. Instead, until he landed up at Farmer’s Weekly in 2003, at various times he’s worked as an audio technician, an environmental educator, a broiler chick sales rep, and even a waiter. Lloyd now lives with his wife Leigh and sons Matthew (10) and Sydney (7) in the sometimes freezing cold farming town of Mooi River in the KZN Midlands.
phillips01@telkomsa.net
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 Denene Erasmus
Journalist
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Denene hails from a sugar cane farm in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal, but after school she relocated to the Cape Winelands to study, for many years, at the University of Stellenbosch. She now lives in Cape Town and has been a journalist for Farmer’s Weekly since 2009. Chances are the magazine won't get rid of her soon, because the job allows her to write about two of her greatest passions – wine and politics. When she is not sitting behind her desk writing, riding around in bakkies with farmers, attending meetings in parliament or tasting new wines, you’ll most likely find her on the beach or in the kitchen trying out exotic recipes.
deneneerasmus@gmail.com
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 Annelie Coleman
Journalist
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Annelie Coleman represents Farmer's Weekly in the Free State, North West and Northern Cape. Agriculture is in her blood. She grew up on a maize farm in the Wesselsbron district where her brother is still continuing with the family business. Annelie is passionate about the area she works in and calls it ‘God’s own country’. She’s particularly interested in beef cattle farming, especially with the indigenous African breeds. She’s an avid reader and owns a comprehensive collection of Africana covering hunting in colonial Africa, missionary history of same period, as well as Rhodesian literature.
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 Robyn Joubert Journalist
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After graduating from Rhodes University in 1993, Robyn initially worked as a copy editor at Farmer's Weekly. She went on to work as a production editor and features writer on a number of publications in SA and the UK, but has returned to her roots at Farmer's Weekly.
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