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Gugu
Msibi holds a BA (Journalism and Economics)
from Durban University of Technology, Management
Advanced Programme (MAP) Wits Business School,
MBA (Bond University, Australia)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
In
her capacity as former Executive Director of
Spin Media, she was responsible for media training,
development of communications and public affairs
strategies for different government departments
and companies. She is a former Marketing and
Communications Executive at the State Information
Technology (SITA), was responsible for creating
and managing the brand of the agency. She worked
for four years as a political journalist at
SABC, including work as a senior producer on
AM/PM Live (SAFM). She spent two years as Head
of Broadcast Training at the Institute for the
Advancement of Journalism, (IAJ) which involved
training journalists and government medial liaison
officers on media management.
She was a strategy and media advisor to the
Chairman of Mvela Group, Tokyo Sexwale, the
SABC, Land Bank, Gauten Shared Services (GSSC),
Parliament, Transnet and the Department of Home
Affairs. She has a rich history of involvement
in community media and media skills training,
and has conducted over 150 media skills training
sessions in South and Southern Africa.
She
co-founded Spin Media in 2000 with two other
partners.
Gugu, is also a non-executive director of Powertel,
a telecommunications company.
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