Michelle Banda - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

I am a versatile reporter who is hardworking, humble, with a zest for life, and a willingness to learn. I currently have almost six years in the newsroom as a general news reporter. While I enjoy reporting on general news, I also have an interest in special reporting(investigations) as it gives my work a longer shelf life than most notable fads. I hold a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Rhodes University (equivalent to an Honors degree).

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Total articles 595

• Magashule and co-accused plead not guilty to fraud, corruption and money laundering

  By Michelle Banda Verified, Freddy Mavunda| Sowetan Verified African Congress for Transformation (ACT) National Leader Ace Magashule Former Free State premier Ace Magashule has questioned whether the state fully understands the charges he and 17 co-accused face in the R255-million asbestos corruption case. “Is the state also sure that they understand the counts?” he asked yesterday when the charges were read to him in the Free State high court in Bloemfontein.

  By Michelle Banda Verified, Freddy Mavunda · Sowetan

  Apr. 17, 2025

• New committee zooms in on misconduct, abuse in churches

  By Michelle Banda Verified, Veli Nhlapo| Sowetan Verified (CLR) chairwoman Thoko Mkhwanazi- Xaluva the commission investigating pastors in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) Rights Commission has established a committee aimed at introducing a peer review mechanism to address misconduct and abuse at religious institutions.

  By Michelle Banda Verified, Veli Nhlapo · Sowetan

  Apr. 16, 2025

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Sowetan

Sowetan is an English-language South African daily newspaper that started in 1981 as a liberation struggle publication and which serves a proudly South African readership who have earned the right to be in the know and on the move.