Thought Leader is a collaborative news and opinion platform, owned by the South African newspaper Mail & Guardian. It was founded by former GM of the operation Matthew Buckland in 2006. It was nominated a Webby Award honoree in 2008, won blog of the year in 2008, and has scored a few firsts, including sending the first South African blogger, Ndumiso Ngcobo, to cover a major political event -- the ANC election Polokwane conference in 2008. Mail & Guardian

Mail & Guardian

The Mail & Guardian is a South African weekly newspaper, published by M&G Media in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a strong focus on politics, government, the environment, civil society and business.- The Mail & Guardian newspaper :...

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List of contributors

• Richard Calland and Lawson Naidoo (contributing on the Africa Cup of Nations)
• Alan Hammond
• Albert Bredenhann
• Alex Matthews
  Alex Matthews
  Alex Matthews is a white South African citizen journalist and political blogger. He is a contributor for Thought Leader, a news website that is owned by the South African newspaper Mail & Guardian.-Zimbabwe:...
  
  
• Alison Tilley
• Alwyn Van Niekerk
• Andrea Mitchell
  Andrea Mitchell
  Andrea Mitchell is an American television journalist, anchor, reporter, and commentator for NBC News based in Washington, D.C.. She is the NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, and has recently reported on the 2008 Race for the White House for NBC News broadcasts, including NBC Nightly...
  
  
• Andrew Clark
  Andrew Clark
  Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet , was a Scottish physician and pathologistHe was born in Aberdeen, the illegitimate son of Amelia Anderson and Andrew Clark. His father, who also was a physician, died when he was only a few years old...
  
  
• Andrew Human
• Andrew Miller
• Angus Robinson
• Anja Merret
• Anne Taylor
• Anthea Buys
• Anton Harber
• Ari Sitas
• Ariel Goldberg
• Arthur Goldstuck
• Arthur Attwell
• Aubrey Matshiqi
• Azad Essa
• Ben Cashdan
• Bert Olivier
• Beverley Merriman
• Bhekinkosi Moyo
• Bilal Randeree
• Brendan O'Neill
• Bridget McNulty
• Bronwyn Nesbitt
• Bruce Cohen
  Bruce Cohen
  Bruce Cohen is an American film producer. Cohen and his producing partner, Dan Jinks, run The Jinks/ Cohen Company. Cohen and Jinks produced American Beauty, winner of the 1999 Academy Award for Best Picture...
  
  
• Candice Holdsworth
• Carol Freeman
• Catherine Parker
• Charl Norman
• Charlene Smith
• Chris Moerdyk
• Chris Rodrigues
• Chris Maroleng
• Christi van der Westhuizen
• Community of Mandela Rhodes Scholars
• Dale Imerman
• Darren Smith
• Dave Duarte
• David Parry-Davies
• David Smith
• David Saks
• Derek Daly
• Diane Awerbuck
• Digital Citizen Indaba
• Dion Chang
• Don Goodson
• Dumisani Magadlela
• Dylan Rogers
• Ebrahim Harvey
• Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen
• Elaine Rumboll
• Erik Hersman
  Erik Hersman
  Raised in Sudan and Kenya and a graduate of Kenya's Rift Valley Academy, Erik Hersman is a widely respected technologist, blogger and commentator who specialises in the impact and application of technology throughout Africa. He runs two popular websites - and , a multi-author website dedicated to...
  
  
• Eve Dmochowska
• Fackson Banda
• Ferdie Bester
• Ferial Haffajee
• Ferrial Adam
• Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya
• Gavin Foster
• Gino Cosme
• Grant Walliser
• Graunt Kruger
• Gugu Moyo
• Guy Berger
• Heather Ford
• Hennie van Vuuren
• Hussein Solomon
• Ismail Lagardien
• Israel Rafalovich
• Ivo Vegter
• Jarred Cinman
• Jaxon Rice
• Jennifer Seif
• Jocelyn Newmarch
• Joe Makhafola
• Joel Assaizky
• John Maxwell
  John Maxwell
  John Maxwell may refer to:*John Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell , Scottish nobleman and head of the Border family of Maxwell*John Maxwell , Scottish prelate, Archbishop of Tuam, Bishop of Ross...
  
  
• Johnny Anger
• Jonathan Berger
  Jonathan Berger
  Jonathan Berger is an American composer. His works include orchestral, chamber, vocal, choral and electro-acoustic music. He has been commissioned by some of today’s most exciting chamber ensembles and has enjoyed commissions and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bourges...
  
  
• Jonty Fisher
• Kanthan Pillay
• Keith Nicholls
• Khadija Sharife
• Khaya Dlanga
• Kimani Chege
• Koffi M Kouakou
• Kristin Palitza
• Lazola Ndamase
• Lev David
  Lev David
  Lev David, is a writer, radio producer and radio presenter, and media consultant. He is both founder and chief executive officer of Say Yay Media, having previously founded and headed the consulting branch of Lev David Media.David studied economics at the University of Natal , before working for...
  
  
• Lisa van Wyk
• Lizette Rabe
• Llew Claasen
• Llewellyn Kriel
• Lloyd Gedye
• Mail & Guardian Talkback
• Community of Mandela Rhodes Scholars
• Mandy de Waal
• Marius Redelinghuys
• Matthew Buckland
• Maximillian Kaizen
• Michael Trapido
• Michelle Atagana
• Miriam Mannak
• Mohamed Nanabhay
• Mpho Maboi
• Na'eem Jeenah
  Na'eem Jeenah
  Na'eem Jeenah is a well-known leader in the Muslim community and the anti-capitalist and anti-war movements in South Africa. He is also an academic, author, and journalist.-Biography:...
  
  
• Nastasya Tay
• Ndumiso Ngcobo
• Nicole Johnston
• Nimrod Zalk
• Patricia de Lille
  Patricia de Lille
  Patricia de Lille is a South African politician and Mayor of Cape Town. She is also, concurrently, the leader of the Independent Democrats, a South African political party which she formed in 2003 during a floor-crossing window...
  
  
• Percy Zvomuya
• Phil Barrett
• Pierre de Vos
  Pierre De Vos
  Pierre de Vos is a South African constitutional law scholar.- Background and career :Born in Messina, Transvaal , he was educated at the University of Stellenbosch, Columbia University and the University of Western Cape...
  
  
• Primarashni Gower
• Raenette Taljaard
• Rams Mabote
• Reader Blog
• Reg Rumney
• Riaan Wolmarans
• Richard Calland
• Robert Brand
• Rodrigo Orihuela
• Ronald Suresh Roberts
• Roy Jobson
• Ryan Coetzee
• Ryland Fisher
• Sandile Memela
• Sandy Carroll
• Sarah Britten
  Sarah Britten
  Sarah Britten is a South African blogger who contributes to the news website Thought Leader, run by the newspaper Mail & Guardian. She has authored two volumes on local insults and is presently compiling a third. She claims to be "fascinated" by nationalism and national identity...
  
  
• Sello S Alcock
• Sentletse Diakanyo
• Shareef Blankenberg
• Shaun de Waal
• Sheila Camerer
  Sheila Camerer
  Sheila Margaret Camerer is a South African politician and senior Member of Parliament of the main opposition Democratic Alliance.Although Camerer's father, Robert Badenhorst-Durandt had been a Member of Parliament for the ruling National Party , as a young lawyer in the mid-1970s she worked on the...
  
  
• Shelagh Gastrow
• Simon Barber
• Steve Whitford
• Steve Vosloo
• Steven Lamini
• Steven Friedman
  Steven Friedman
  Steven Friedman is an academic, newspaper columnist and widely quoted public intellectual and activist. He directs the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa...
  
  
• Sthembile Gasa
• Stuart Stobbs
• Terri Barnes
• Thabisi Hoeane
• "The Sumo"
• Tony Lankester
• Tony Grant
• Tony Jackman
• Trevor Ncube
  Trevor Ncube
  Trevor Vusumuzi Ncube is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher now living in South Africa.Ncube was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe...
  
  
• Tyler Reed
• Vincent Maher
  Vincent Maher
  Vincent John Maher is the CTO and co-founder of Motribe Mobile Networks. Previously he was the portfolio manager for social media at Vodacom, a South African mobile telecommunications operator...
  
  
• Vinny Lingham
• Vusi Gumede
• Warren Foster
• Yazeed Kamaldien
• Zahira Kharsany
• Zodidi Mhlana
• Zukile Majova