Alumni News
A Game Apart
Alumnus Neal Collins is a proud Rhodes University BJourn graduate who continues to rekindle ties with his Alma Mater in making mention of it in his journalism.
As sport journalist, currently resident in London, he is writing a novel to be published before the World Cup, billed "the book you must read before South Africa 2010".
The book, entitled 'A Game Apart', is "the real story behind the World Cup in South Africa, 2010." Read all about it on his website:www.nealcollins.co.uk
- Caroline Southey (BA 1979) received the prestigious Old Rhodian Award, being recognised as an Old Rhodian who, through outstanding accomplishments in her professional or personal life, has enhanced the reputation of Rhodes University. Caroline is currently employed as Director of Community Banking for Standard Bank South Africa.
- Margaret Jjuuko (MA 2002) is now the Deputy Director, School of Journalism at the National
University of Rwanda, in Butare.
- Andrew Kanyegirire (PgDip 2000, MA 2002 & PhD 2008) is the Communications Manager at Nepad, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development in Midrand.
- Daniel Munslow (BA 2002) started as Chief Strategic Communications Officer at Talk2us in October. This follows work for Newsclip Media Monitoring since January 2006 as Executive Strategist: Operational Development & Marketing Newsclip Media Monitoring.
- Kate Thompson (BJourn 2005) started as the new editor of FM Campus magazine in July. Shepreviously worked as journalist and media developer for Flow Communications.
- Weekend Argus executive editor Janet Heard (BA 1986) was selected by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow. She is currently at Harvard together with her two children Tyler (13) and Ella (8) and her husband Steve Pike. Pike is a Rhodes University English honours graduate (1987) and a Nieman affiliate.
- Livhuwani Mammburu (PGDip 2006) won the Northern/Southern round of the Vodacom Journalistof the Year awards. He currently works as a Multimedia Journalist for the Times Live.
- After an almost two-year stint in Johannesburg, Katlego Gabashane has returned to Grahamstownand Rhodes University, working as Stakeholder Communications Officer in the Communications& Development Division. She previously worked in the School of Journalism and MediaStudies as Marketing & Events Officer and then left for Johannesburg, where she worked inmedia for the Market Photo Workshop and then moved to Khanya College as Curator and HeritageDevelopment Manager.
- Sarah Macgillivray (BJourn 1999) has just returned from the UK after living and working theresince she completed her degree. She and her husband (also an Old Rhodian) are re-establishing themselves in South Africa. She heard about the new Africa Media Matrix building and came tovisit and take a tour of the building.
