Board Member | Mail and Guardian
2002 - present

Member of Advisory Board | Centre for Indian Studies
Wits University

Chair | Inter Press Service Africa

Director | Stone Soup Communications

Member | National Lotteries Board

Professor Extraordinary | Department of Political Science
University of Pretoria

Professor Extraordinary | Department of Journalism

Executive member | South African Business Forum in India
Mumbai | 2007 - 2008

India Manager | International Marketing Council of South Africa
Mumbai, India | 2006 - 2008

Board Member | Media Development and Development Agency
Johannesburg | 2003 - 2007

Member of International Board | Inter Press Service
Rome | 2004 - 2004

Member of Editorial Board | The Media magazine
Johannesburg | 2004 - 2004

Director & Professor | Sol Plaatje Media Leadership Institute | Rhodes University
Grahamstown | 2002 - 2004

Deputy President | Newspaper Publishers Association
Johannesburg | 2001 - 2002

Chief Executive | Mail and Guardian Media Limited
Johannesburg | 1999 - 2002

Chief Executive Officer | M&G Media Ltd
1999 - 2002

President | Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
London | 1998 - 1998

Deputy Group Chief Executive | South African Broadcasting Corporation
Johannesburg | 1997 - 1998

Chief Executive of Radio | South African Broadcasting Corporation
Johannesburg | 1994 - 1997

Chief Executive | SABC Radio
1994 - 1997

Chairman | Broadcast Monitoring Project
Johannesburg | 1993 - 1994

Vice Chairman | Media Institute of Southern Africa
Windhoek | 1992 - 1993

Editor-in-Chief | Africa South
Harare | 1989 - 1991

Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Head | Africa | Inter Press Service News Agency
Rome | 1985 - 1988

Head | Current Affairs, ABC Radio 4
Harare | 1982 - 1984

Secretary | Institute for Black Research
Durban | 1975 - 1976

Research Officer | South African Institute of Race Relations
Durban | 1974 - 1976

Chairman | Human Rights Committee
Durban | 1974 - 1975

Northwestern University, Chicago

Completed 1973

Master of Arts

Northwestern University, Chicago

Completed 1969

Diploma in African Studies

University of Durban-Westville

Westville | Completed 1969

B.A. (Hons)

Commonwealth Media Development Scholarship

African Studies Fellowship | Northwestern University

Institute of Internal Educ Fellowship

Research Scholarship | Human Sciences Research Council

Role of the Indian Diaspora in Promoting India’s Trade Relations with SA in India-Africa Relations | Academic Excellence | 2008

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The Needs of Media Practitioners in South Africa | Ecquid Novi | 1994

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| Towards Independent and Pluralist Media for a Democratic South Africa | 1992

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South Africa's Disinformation Campaign | Getting the Real Story | 1990

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articles & publications

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Inter Press Service

Board member, 2005 - present

Commonwealth Broadcasting Assoc

President