PDBY Editorial staff

 

Carel Willemse

Carel Willemse

Editor-in-Chief

Carel Willemse is the Editor-in-Chief of PDBY. Carel joined the newspaper in 2004 and was appointed as Editor-in-Chief in 2008.
Kirsten Minaar

Kirsten Minaar

Editor

Editorial duties include planning, coordinating, and revising material that will be published in the paper. Editor reviews story ideas and decides what material will appeal most to students. And ultimately has the final say on what the paper publishes.

 

Kerri-Anne Swanepoel

Kerri-Anne Swanepoel

News Editor

News ensures that students read reported stories that are true and relevant to them. This section serves as the platform where students can read about topics that directly affect them and ensure that students are up to date with topics that concern them.

 

Vuyiswa Fumba

Vuyiswa Fumba

Features Editor

Features mainly writes soft news articles about people, places, events, and overall everything that is included in the life of students.

 

Danielle Yeatman

Danielle Yeatman

Entertainment Editor

The Entertainment section is responsible for covering all the entertainment news in and around campus. They cover events, competitions and all the exciting things!

 

Micaela Wathen

Micaela Wathen

Sports Editor

The Sport section is responsible for covering games that happen on campus and all varsity related sports. They provide live updates as games happen and provide interesting articles on games, athletes, and unconventional sports too.

 

Karla van Dyk

Karla van Dyk

Head Copy Editor

Responsibilities include proofreading, fact checking, correcting, and editing all the written material of the paper to ensure we publish quality content without any mistakes.

 

Cleo Qin

Cleo Qin

Multimedia Editor 2022-2023

Multimedia attends events and take visuals for the newspaper, website, and our social media. They provide us with original material including photos, videos, cartoons, and graphics.

 

Annelize Breed

Annelize Breed

Layout Editor

The layout section is responsible for designing the layout of text and images on the newspaper.

Sechaba Ntshehi

Sechaba Ntshehi

Web Editor

Web is responsible for the whole website. They add and remove content and ultimately serve as a platform to digitise the newspaper, in order to provide easy access to readers wherever they are.