“Sometimes I hear things when I’m doing interviews on live radio that I have to stop and be like WTF.”

July 18, 2020

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“Rolex Gang”
followed a victim to a hotel

Bodyguards witnessed the attempted robbery and opened fire.

There was a shootout in Rivonia Road, Sandton. One suspect killed and two injured.

#CrimeWatch

To my point yesterday about how many people I've seen lately with personal armed bodyguards - many of them I've seen in Sandton City - and now this shooting involving private security guards.

Also how brazen to shoot someone right outside the US consulate.

Have noticed a considerable increase in private individual security in Joburg over the past few weeks. At nail salons, in shopping centres, padel courts, citizens being followed by guards. Increasing, alarming rate of kidnappings must be the cause? Lack of faith in SAPS too?

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The SA Weather Service needs our help guys. They are trying to improve their early weather warning system.

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Mandy Wiener5 days ago
There's a major internet issue across South Africa.

Not great when you are rushing to catch a flight and trying to call a ride urgently.

Amazing how reliant we are on technology.

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Mandy Wiener5 days ago
Voters have had it with out-of-touch, missing-in-action politicians.

Water supply is a fundamental issue to voters and yet it seems as if the #ANC-led coalition government in #Johannesburg just doesn’t care.)

My column:
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Mandy Wiener6 days ago
🎙️ Live from Ga-Rankuwa today.

702 did an election round table broadcast with community members, political parties and elected leaders.

We speak about elections ad nauseam and ventilate issues every single day but it is only when you sit in a community centre like this that you really appreciate what the electorate is facing.

Poor service delivery, unemployment, a police station without power, potholled roads, high crime rates, water quality. There is a deep dissatisfaction amongst South Africans.

EWN reporter Alpha Ramushwana brought us the story of 29-year-old Thabiso Tefu who gave up seeking formal employment after several years of trying to get a job and he now voluntarily fills potholes with rocks and sand. Motorists give him tip and he collects these in a jar.

“I do this to help people. It also helps me feed my family. I don't want to end up like my peers who are in jail now because of crime,” he told Alpha.

You can’t help but feel that this election is really going to be critical. The mission is going to be getting despondent voters to the polls.
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Mandy Wiener7 days ago
Joburg Water update as of 12:30 today.
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Mandy Wiener2 weeks ago
Thirty years on from the Station Strangler, you would think that lessons have been learnt in the Joshlin Smith case.

What is inexcusable is the politicisation of a missing six-year-old for electioneering purposes. That behaviour is below even the lowest expectations we hold for our leaders.

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ABOUT MANDY

Mandy is one of the country’s best known and most credible journalists and authors. She is the current host of the Midday Report on 702 and Cape Talk and is a regular columnist for News24.

She has published numerous best-selling books and is a prominent social media commentator.

For the past two decades Mandy has worked as a multi award-winning reporter specialising in investigative journalism and legal matters.

Covering stories such as the trial of former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi and the murder of Brett Kebble, she earned a reputation for her work in exposing South Africa’s criminal underworld. These included exposes on Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir, Teazers boss Lolly Jackson and other mysterious murders.

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WRITING

Mandy was short-listed in the prestigious ‘Alan Paton Sunday Times Literary Awards’ for her book, ‘Killing Kebble’ which was a local publishing phenomenon, selling in excess of 100 000 copies. It was also chosen as Jenny Crwys-Williams’ ‘Book of the Year’ in 2011.

Her second book, ‘My Second Initiation’, written with former head of the NPA Vusi Pikoli, was also short-listed for the Alan Paton award and was Crwys-William’s non-fiction book of the year in 2013. In 2014, she published ‘Behind The Door: The Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp Story’ with her colleague Barry Bateman.

The book was released internationally and contained new, exclusive information about the trial. Her 2018 book, Ministry of Crime, took a deep dive into organised crime, police corruption and politics. In 2020, Mandy published The Whistleblowers highlighting the stories of several South African whistleblowers and advocating for a change in legislation and culture.

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SPEAKING

Mandy is a regular feature on the speaking circuit. She addresses conferences, corporates and gatherings and also facilitates panels and discussions with a unique perspective on current affairs and how history unfolds in South Africa.

She focuses on ‘Hope Dealers’: the good people who did their jobs, the whistleblowers who felt compelled to speak truth to power, the civil society activists who stepped into the breach and the journalists who dug up the dirt to hold authorities to account.

There are lessons in these stories for corporates and for individuals on what needs to be done to improve governance, to change legislation and to create a speak-up culture in order to root out corruption. Most importantly these stories will inspire the audience not to be apathetic or complacent, but to fight for a better South Africa.

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MEDIA TRAINING

Thanks to her extensive background in media and journalism, Mandy has gained a lifetime of insight into how best to handle interviews and media.

In personalised training sessions, she offers theory and practical training, covering topics such as the SA media landscape, messaging for media, media rights and how to deal with journalists and crisis communications. Sessions also include training on writing for media, including thought leadership and opinion pieces. Click the button below to book Mandy for media training.

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ACCOLADES

Mandy has won a number of National and Regional Vodacom ‘Journalist of the Year’ awards, has been named ‘The CNN African Radio Journalist of the Year’ and has received several commendations in the Webber Wentzel ‘Legal Journalist of the Year’ awards.

In addition, she has received the National Press Club award in the Radio Category and the Social Media category and was awarded the ‘Rising Star – Women in the Media’ award in 2011.

On the writing front, Mandy was short-listed in the prestigious ‘Alan Paton Sunday Times Literary Awards’ for her book, ‘Killing Kebble’ which was a local publishing phenomenon, selling in excess of 100 000 copies. It was also chosen as Jenny Crwys-Williams’ ‘Book of the Year’ in 2011. Mandy’s second book, ‘My Second Initiation’, written with former head of the NPA Vusi Pikoli, was also short-listed for the Alan Paton award and was Crwys-William’s non-fiction book of the year in 2013. Ministry of Crime was long-listed for the Alan Paton.

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Killing Kebble

A gritty, fast-paced chronicle of how one death blew the lid off Johannesburg’s shadowy underworld.

The Whistleblowers

Raw and evocative accounts of South Africa’s whistleblowers, told in their own voices and from their own perspectives.

My Second Initiation

This memoir traces Pikoli’s journey from his graduation to manhood, to his experience in the corridors of government.

Behind The Door

Behind the Door is a compelling narrative that unpacks the true facts of the Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp story.

Ministry of Crime

Ministry of Crime examines the nexus between organised crime figures, corrupt police officials and powerful politicians.