Thanks for the experience and long-lasting relationships
"Even more than the mentorship and development components, Caxton has allowed me to connect with and understand the community of Roodepoort in ways I never would have imagined."
Thabisile Mgwali, Roodepoort Record journalist, writes:
“It has been a great honour to serve the community of Roodepoort and I am proud of the work we’ve done together over the last four years.
I’d like to believe that 10 years from now, I’ll look back at my time as a community journalist and say that this was the experience and relationships that convinced me to go into journalism.
In reality, I can’t know for sure what I’ll be doing after graduation and since I’ll be “slow-terming” for my Wits Certificate in Media Management at the WITS Centre of Journalism, I still have a couple of years before I have to decide.
My time at the Roodepoort Record and Roodepoort Northsider has convinced me about the importance of the work done by news organisations.
As part of the Caxton West Rand branch, it has been easy to be part of the team and contribute to the everyday tasks of printing a weekly paper and responding to dozens of emails.
Even more than the mentorship and development components, Caxton has allowed me to connect with and understand the community of Roodepoort in ways I never would have imagined.
As Chanté Bolton takes over as a Roodepoort Record journalist, I’m confident in the future of the paper and the media industry as a whole.
As for me, we’ll see if I ever make good on my promise to go into journalism as a career, but one thing is certain, there’s so much more work to do.
Finally, I would like to thank the Roodepoort community for their trust, readership, and support, and may the Lord always meet you at your point of need.”
