New faces, new stories

Angela van Schalkwyk, founder and editor-in-chief of Screen Africa (magazine, directory, website and newsletter) and its predecessor, Southern Screen & Stage, left on 28 February 2011, having sold her company Sun Circle Publishers to Simon Robinson.

At the end of June 2011, her term as a director and shareholder ends and Robinson takes over full ownership of the company. Her position as editor-in-chief has been taken over by Joanna Sterkowicz, who was deputy editor for many years.

She was instrumental in many first for the South African film industry - Sithengi, the Southern African & International Television Market, distributing the magazine at international television festivals and film markets, including the Cannes International Film Festival in 1993, identifying the two annual MIP markets which take place in Cannes, as new opportunities for South Africans to sell and negotiate programme deals internationally, organising a South African exhibition stand at both MIP markets for four years, until the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) took over the function of promoting the South African industry at international events.

In the mid 1990s, it initiated a special feature dedicated to the international projects of the commercials facilitating service companies at Cannes Lions, where it not only distributed the magazine but van Schalkwyk also attended, becoming an annual Screen Africa project. Van Schalkwyk leaves to explore new creative challenges, not retire.

Jetting in

Linda Mali

Linda Mali has been appointed editor of the Jet Club magazine as of 1 March 2011. She has a BA in Media and Writing and Industrial Sociology from UCT and joined the founding team of Touchline Media's custom publishing division, where she wrote for Discovery, MTN Business and Horizons and managed the in-house titles distributed globally for Sanlam Investments. She became a feature writer for Cosmopolitan magazine.

Mali helped found the Cape-based forum, African Women in Media and is also one of the strategic developers of The South African Network Alliance - a business networking forum which reaches out to young professionals across various industries.

Rabe takes the wheel

François Rabe

Publisher RamsayMedia has announced that François Rabe has been appointed editor of Toyota Zone. He brings almost 20 years experience to his new role, most recently as editor of Wiel magazine. His appointment was welcomed by Toyota South Africa, who said the company was "very fortunate to have someone of his knowledge and editorial skill" on the team.

Rabe was motoring editor at Die Burger and MWeb for many years. He also ran his own media business and served as a consultant and media strategist to publishers such as New Media and Condé Nast, and was a long-time contributor to CAR, Wiel, Mitsubishi and Mercedes-Benz, among others.