Authors
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In Cape Town, data and investigative journalist Annelise Botha mines public records and large datasets for Africa Capital Watch, exposing corporate misconduct, financial gaps and governance weaknesses. She pairs quantitative analysis with on-the-ground reporting to build evidence-driven investigations. Her work turns complex datasets into clear narratives that inform policymakers, markets and broadsheet readers.
Ashwin Pillay is markets editor at Africa Capital Watch in Durban. He oversees coverage of South African equities, debt and commodities, editing market-driven stories and producing analysis on corporate actions, investor flows and regulatory shifts. He frames trading dynamics and macro signals for broadsheet readers, connecting capital markets to everyday economic stakes.
At Africa Capital Watch, Political Economy Reporter Chantal Hendricks covers political economy from Cape Town, probing the intersections of politics, public finance and business. She examines government budgets, state-owned enterprises, regulatory shifts and corruption risks, tracing how policy and political manoeuvres affect investment, service delivery and economic inequality with a broadsheet's depth and context.
Daniel van Rensburg specializes in human-interest stories, environmental reporting, and digital news content focused on the Western Cape.
Lerato Maseko covers corruption, governance, and urban development stories across Gauteng, with a focus on public accountability and social justice.
Nolwazi Dlamini is economics correspondent at Africa Capital Watch based in Johannesburg. She reports on South African and regional markets, fiscal and monetary policy, corporate performance and investment trends, translating complex data into clear analysis for broadsheet readers. She focuses on how policy and capital flows shape growth and inequality.
Pieter van der Merwe covers commodities and mining for Africa Capital Watch from Pretoria. He tracks price cycles, mine economics, corporate strategy and regulatory shifts across South Africa, producing data-driven reporting and analysis that links market movements, investment decisions and government policy to outcomes for investors, workers and host communities.
At Africa Capital Watch's Sandton bureau, Priya Naidoo leads regulatory affairs editing and shapes the paper's coverage of rule-making across finance and corporate sectors. She turns dense compliance and supervisory changes into clear broadsheet analysis, tracking regulators, banks and exchanges and mapping legal nuance to investor risk, market confidence and policy choices in South Africa.
Soweto-based Infrastructure & Investment Reporter Sibusiso Khumalo covers transport, energy and urban projects for Africa Capital Watch. He tracks public-private deals, financing and construction risks, and evaluates how infrastructure investment alters economic inclusion, municipal capacity and investor confidence, translating field reporting into analytical context suited to broadsheet coverage.
Thandi Mofokeng leads Africa Capital Watch's Pan-African Markets bureau from Johannesburg, coordinating cross-border coverage of equities, debt, currencies and capital flows. She combines on-the-ground reporting with quantitative analysis to illuminate how policy, corporate strategy and investor behaviour shape market access, growth prospects and distributional outcomes for broadsheet readers across the continent.