Mpumelelo Mkhabela Biography – Profile

Mpumelelo Mkhabela is a South African editor. He was appointed editor of the Sowetan in 2011. He started out as a library assistant at the University of Limpopo where he graduated with a BA degree in politics. After completing an honors degree in journalism at the University of Stellenbosch, he joined City Press.

Mpumelelo moved to the Sunday Times as a senior political writer and parliamentary bureau chief. He became deputy editor of the Sunday Independent and then editor of the Daily Dispatch before the Sowetan snapped him up.

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