remembers."Theuni"ersiryhadirsfirstfemalereefOr
andthefocusshiftedtowomen'sroleoncampus.hwas
vcryinreresting."
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foredecidingtogivcuplaw.Herfacherwasverydisap-
poinredandsentherroanuncleinrheUS"colearna
lirdeaOOmlife".BeforeleavingSouthAfrica,sbehad
appliedfortheMedia 24 academicsprogramme.The
cornpanylaeerbeeameherernployer.
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she returned co Sourh
Afriea firmlyeommiued
1Qa careerinjournal-
Ism.Shegora jobata
communitynewspa-
perservingthcVaal
Triangle township
of Sebokeng, juSt
outside Johannes-
burg."Ihadnever
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poverry,and so IWomanwltha mIssion;
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wantstoimprovethe
IIves 01 b1ackwomenin
SouthAfriea
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cause wirhin six monehs J was promorcd co n.tYi:i.
~,andthenwelaunchedtheVaalWleeklytahloid,
whichwona few3wards."
Fotthenextthreeanda halfyears,Zwane-Siguqa
wasedicor·in-chiefoftwOweeklynewspapers.'" was
leaeningjuSthowcomplexpeopleareand,also,whar
abcaurifulcountrywelivein- 1 havetravelledallover
Africa,andIthinkourspirithereisunmatehed....
Shedeeidedtomoreonin 2007 aodappliedforthe
jobofnewseditorofDrummagazine,a legendarypub-
licationfamausforitsami-apanhcidviewsasweilas
quaEtyjoumalism.ButshefOllndthatDrumwasnow
focused on celebrjrylifestyles'Iod glamour. Soshc
switchedCOMovef,[henafairlynewtiele.Aftera dif-
ficult (Womomhsofrestsandinterviews- "the
roughesrofmylife"- shcwasa12120jmedcdiror-in-
chiefofrhemagazine.
Notsucprisingly,Zwane-Siguqahaslotsofplans
forthefuture."Ifindmyselfincreasinglyfasc.:inat-
edhy businessstrategyandmarkets,andIwill
soonbeenrollinginanMBA12rQ~[ammc tO
~ the business side ofmedia," she
explains. l]Makhosazana
Zwane-SiguqaDateofbirth: 20 April 1979
Nationality:SouthAfrican
Currentposition:edltor-jn-chjef.
Move!magazine:JohannesblJrg
Werk experience: journalist at
MooivaalMedia;newseditoratVaal
WeeklyandVaalViSioncommunity
newspapers;promotedtoeditor-in-
chief8tVaalWeekJyandVaalVi-
sion;newseditorforDrummaga-
zine,Johannesburg
Educationandtraining:University
ofCapeTownUJ.•Jll;Universityof
SouthAfrica,Pretoria(Diplomain
Marketing);UniversityofStellen-
bosch (Media-ManagementPro-
gramme)
Languages;English.iS1Zulu
Interests;movies,reading.history
andpoiltics