Adrian Galley is a professional communicator with storytelling skills developed over many decades as an actor, screenwriter, voice artist and radio journalist.
Raymond Joseph
Oversight Committee, Safrea Leadership
As a journalist, Joseph works across multiple platforms, specialising in data-driven investigative projects and stories and has been investigating corruption involving South Africa’s lottery as part of an ongoing investigation for GroundUp that began in 2017
Lynne Smit
Oversight Committee, Safrea Leadership
Lynne Smit is a South African journalist and communicator who enjoys understanding and ‘translating’ the most complex and technical of subjects
Gudrun Kaiser
Exco Member, Safrea Leadership
Gudrun Kaiser is an Accredited Text Editor via PEG (Professional Editors Guild), proofreader and indexer with over 20 years of experience
Safeeyah Kharsany
Exco Member, Safrea Leadership
Safeeyah Kharsany is a journalist and sub-editor by training. She has worked at Media24 as a sub-editor, United Colors of Benetton’s Fabrica as a writer and researcher and at Al Jazeera Network as a producer before leading its Africa offerings for the website
Ntsiki Jacobs
Exco Member, Safrea Leadership
Ntsiki Jacobs is a writer, published author and corporate manager from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, who has an MBA degree from the Tshwane University of Technology and Tongji University in China respectively.
Nathi Gule
Exco Member, Safrea Leadership
Nathi Gule, a meticulous creator and global thinker, is a seasoned freelancer hailing from Mbabane, Eswatini.
Thea Aboud
Office Staff, Safrea Leadership
Thea Aboud started her career in industrial engineering with Iscor and moved to local, provincial, and national government.
Mandi Smallhorne
Exco Member, Safrea Leadership
Mandi has been a freelance writer, journalist and trainer since the 1990s. She has edited several niche consumer magazines, written and read news on radio; edited a magazine for a medical profession for more than two decades; written three non-fiction books for young adults; and trained journalists in reporting on science in South Africa and neighbouring countries.
Kay Johnstone
Exco Member, Safrea Leadership
Kay has been an editor, writer and proofreader for a number of years since starting her career as a medical journalist in London, UK
Hush Naidoo
Exco Member, Safrea Leadership
Hush is a highly astute entrepreneur, businessman and globally renowned photographer with three decades of experience.
Whitemore Ngwira
Oversight Committee, Safrea Leadership
Whitemore Ngwira is a freelance Multimedia Content Creative & Post-Production Professional with 15 years of experience. He brings a wealth of expertise across a diverse range of skills.