GERSHWIN WANNEBURG
my life and work
*One of about seven young Reuters correspondents selected in 2005 for its intensive “Fast Track” training programme in London
*Covering the World Economic Forum: Africa for Reuters in 2007;
*Reporting on the judgement in the Schabir Shaik trail in 2005;
*Doorstepping President Thabo Mbeki for a brief interview at a photo opportunity before the 2003 Cricket World Cup. At the time there was a furore after the Australians had refused to play in Zimbabwe in protest over rights abuses in that country. Mbeki gave me the first comments on the government’s position, which was that the Australians’ position was unfounded;
*Being part of a team that led the competition on the Madonna-Malawi adoption story;
*Working on the story of 3,200 miners trapped underground in a Harmony Gold mine in 2007;
*Frequently scooping the competition in my coverage of wage negotiations in the SA mining industry in 2007;
*Covering Adriaan Vlok’s attempted murder sentencing in 2007.
*Scoring front-page coverage for a major media client.