Debby Kramer
Saaleha Bamjee
Liesl Venter
Michael Schmidt
Associates
Peta Krost Maunder
Bongiwe Mlangeni
Nevasha Naidoo
Simone Segal
Debbie Yazbek
WHO WE ARE
Michael Schmidt
Michael Schmidt has 19 years' experience in the field as a print journalist and columnist for South Africa's leading newspapers including a stint as Eastern Cape bureau chief for the Sunday Times, and the greenfields projects of the Independent on Saturday and ThisDay. His work in conflict and post-conflict zones has taken him from the Guatemalan Civil War, to the DRC, Rwanda, Darfur, and Lebanon during the Summer War. A published author, website editor and writer for the alternative press, his lifelong passion for grassroots democracy has seen him involved in volunteer advocacy that has included work as a trade unionist, as a member of the Workers' Library and Museum committee, and also as a delegate to international civil society summits such as the Another Future conference in France and the World Social Forum in Brazil.