Phillip de Wet is a South African journalist and the foreign editor of News24, where he publishes a weekly column on world events.[1]
Phillip de Wet | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  South Africa |
| Occupation | Journalist |
He is the author of Nkandla: The Great Unravelling.[2]
In October 2017, he won a national journalism award for a column about wine gums.[3]
De Wet was the founding deputy editor of daily online newspaper Daily Maverick, which credited him with much of its initial personality.[4] He was also a founder of that website's defunct predecessor magazine,[5] Maverick.[6]
In October 2015 he was appointing as acting deputy editor of newspaper Mail & Guardian.[7] Five years earlier that newspaper had described him as a "journalism school dropout".[8]
In February 2017 police sought to question De Wet about the leak of a draft government report he had written about.[9]
In February 2018 De Wet was appointed as associated editor of Business Insider South Africa.[10]
After Business Insider South Africa closed down with De Wet as acting editor,[11] he was appointed writer-at-large for News24 (website).[12]
References
edit- ^ "Phillip de Wet". News24. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ Wet, Phillip de (28 March 2014). Nkandla: The Great Unravelling. Mail & Guardian. ISBN 9780620601856.
- ^ "Winners of Standard Bank 2017 Sikuvile Journalism Awards announced". Media Update. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Op-Ed: What made Brain Porn alive? | Daily Maverick". www.dailymaverick.co.za. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "New local news website launches". Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Branko Brkic guards the gate of the higher mind | IOL Business Report". Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Mail & Guardian appoints new editor-in-chief". Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Pampalone, Tanya. "The site your mom warned you about". The M&G Online. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Police mum on 'concerning' visit to M&G over Public Protector 'leak'". CityPress. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "First editor of Business Insider SA appointed". Fin24. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Business Insider South Africa is closing down. Goodbye". Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "A new page for Phillip de Wet at News24 after Business Insider SA closure". Retrieved 7 March 2023.