OUR TEAM
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Lynne Rippenaar-Moses is our Founder and Director. She is also communications, public relations (PR) and media relations specialist who has worked in the publishing, communications, public relations, and media industry for the last 19 years. She has worked as general reporter, financial journalist, radio producer and sub-editor for media outlets such as the Cape Argus, Summit TV (now Business Day TV), Financial Mail, Business Day, Business Report, Cape Talk radio and New Media Publishing.
She has worked in the higher education sector as a writer, communications, PR and media relations specialist in Stellenbosch University’s (SU) central Corporate Communications division, and later as editor of the university’s newspaper, as well as a communications, PR and media relations specialist in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She has also worked as a finance journalist after being selected for the prestigious Business Day/Financial Mail Graduate Trainee programme, joining Business Day TV after completing the programme. The training programme focused on equipping female journalists with the financial knowledge to work as finance journalists, either for other organisations or as a select few graduates employed at Primedia’s finance publications and broadcast station after graduation. She has 14 years experience as a science writer/communicator, simply put, "translating" research into interesting, simple to understand news articles for the general public. Lynne has worked on communications and PR projects in the higher education environment with Wits University, Stellenbosch University, and the University of the Western Cape; with government entities like the National Student Fund Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, as well NGOs like the Rupert Education Foundation, Bergzicht Training, Embrace Dignity; and small businesses focused on making a difference in society. |
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Yazeed Kamaldien is one of our copywriters and has 20 years experience as a journalist, radio presenter, editor and photographer. He is responsible for interviews, copywriting, proofreading, editing and photography.
Aydn Parrott is another one of our copywriters. He graduated from the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University (SU) and has previously worked as a Personal Assistant to Africa’s first Pulitzer Prize winner Dele Olojede. He has interned at TimesLive and in the marketing and communications department of SU's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He runs his own blog on storytelling Power of Thought Blog.
Anne Kruger is our proofreader, editor and translator anf has 30 years’ experience as a journalist and editor.
Wayde Noble is our Creative Director and has 8 years experience in branding and graphic design, working on projects with top brands like Stellenbosch University and the University of the Western and is responsible for the graphic design, layout, typesetting and copyfitting; re-creation of graphics, diagrams, maps, illustration and cartoons; image placement and manipulation; and print management and liaison.
Francois Smit is our developer and web developer and has 12 years experience in this field.
Aydn Parrott is another one of our copywriters. He graduated from the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University (SU) and has previously worked as a Personal Assistant to Africa’s first Pulitzer Prize winner Dele Olojede. He has interned at TimesLive and in the marketing and communications department of SU's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He runs his own blog on storytelling Power of Thought Blog.
Anne Kruger is our proofreader, editor and translator anf has 30 years’ experience as a journalist and editor.
Wayde Noble is our Creative Director and has 8 years experience in branding and graphic design, working on projects with top brands like Stellenbosch University and the University of the Western and is responsible for the graphic design, layout, typesetting and copyfitting; re-creation of graphics, diagrams, maps, illustration and cartoons; image placement and manipulation; and print management and liaison.
Francois Smit is our developer and web developer and has 12 years experience in this field.