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Anisha Pillay
Deputy Editor

Deputy editor Anisha Pillay steers editorial strategy at the Cape Town Bulletin, commissioning magazine features, shaping voice and workflow and managing cross-desk projects from Cape Town. She mentors reporters, champions diverse storytelling throughout the Western Cape and balances newsroom demands with a focus on clear, context-rich narratives for magazine readers.

Claudette Joubert
Environment & Science Correspondent

As Environment & Science Correspondent, Claudette Joubert brings evidence-led reporting on biodiversity, climate and scientific research to the Cape Town Bulletin's magazine pages from Somerset West. She distils complex studies into clear features, cultivates sources across universities and conservation groups, and spotlights practical impacts of environmental change for Western Cape readers.

Gerhard van der Merwe
Senior Political Correspondent

At the Cape Town Bulletin Gerhard van der Merwe is senior political correspondent, filing from Cape Town on national and provincial power, Parliament and party politics. He dissects policy shifts, profiles influential figures and translates complex governance matters into clear magazine features, drawing on years of newsroom experience and broad source networks.

Kagiso Mokoena
Investigative Reporter & Political Correspondent

Kagiso Mokoena focuses on corruption, organized crime, and political accountability stories across South Africa.

Naledi Sithole
Photo Journalist

Naledi Sithole works as a photojournalist documenting life in Khayelitsha for the Cape Town Bulletin, producing striking photo essays and visual features for the magazine. She focuses on intimate portraits, street scenes and community events, collaborating with writers to frame social issues through imagery and mentoring local talent to expand visual storytelling across the Western Cape.

Priya Naidoo
Culture & Lifestyle Editor

Priya Naidoo is Culture & Lifestyle Editor at the Cape Town Bulletin, overseeing arts, food, fashion and urban life coverage across the Western Cape. Operating from Cape Town, she commissions and edits features, cultivates emerging writers and photographers, and frames stories that connect creative communities, everyday rituals and shifting cultural trends for magazine readers.

Rowan Hendricks
Investigative Reporter

Rowan Hendricks reports for the Cape Town Bulletin as an investigative reporter, unpacking governance, social and environmental issues across South Africa from Stellenbosch. Hendricks traces documents and sources to expose systemic problems, produce in-depth magazine features and elevate community concerns into wider policy and public scrutiny.

Thandiwe Dlamini
Features Editor

Thandiwe Dlamini is Features Editor at the Cape Town Bulletin, shaping long-form storytelling across South Africa’s Western Cape. Based in Cape Town, she curates cultural, social and lifestyle coverage, mentors younger writers and edits in-depth packages that connect local perspectives with national conversations. She focuses on immersive reporting and narrative clarity.

Yusuf Davids
Business & Economy Reporter

Based in Bellville, Yusuf Davids covers business and economic trends with the Cape Town Bulletin, producing magazine features on markets, entrepreneurship and regional industry shifts. He blends data-driven analysis with on-the-ground reporting to illuminate local consequences of national policy and amplify small-business voices across the Western Cape.

Zanele Dube
Senior Investigative News Reporter

Zanele Dube specializes in uncovering public sector misconduct, fraud investigations, and governance-related issues.