Mandy Rossouw
South African journalist, political analyst and author (d. 2013)
Mandy Rossouw (died 11 March 2013) was a South African journalist, political analyst and author. She worked in a variety of positions, including as an international correspondent for Media24 and the deputy politics editor at Mail & Guardian. Rossouw was also known for breaking the Nkandlagate story.
Early life
Rossouw was born in Kleinzee in the Namaqualand to Cornell and Wilha Rossouw. She had two twin sisters, Megan and Melanie. Her family later moved to Paarl and Rossouw attended Paarl Gimnasium. After high school, she went on to study at Stellenbosch University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and later with a Honours degree in Journalism.
Career
During her student days, Rossouw was a member of the editorial team of Die Matie student newspaper. She started her career as a political journalist for Beeld, an Afrikaans-language newspaper in Johannesburg, reporting on Parliament and the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. In 2006, she became the foreign correspondent for the Media24 group and moved from Johannesburg to London in the United Kingdom.
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