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Jan-Jan Joubert
Jan-Jan Joubert grew up in Durban and matriculated from Gelofte School in Pinetown. He obtained the degrees BA and BA Honours in history (cum laude), as well as a postgraduate high...view moreJan-Jan Joubert grew up in Durban and matriculated from Gelofte School in Pinetown. He obtained the degrees BA and BA Honours in history (cum laude), as well as a postgraduate higher education diploma, from Free State University in Bloemfontein, and an honours degree in journalism from Stellenbosch University. He was education reporter for the Johannesburg daily newspaper Beeld before he started covering parliament from the press gallery in 2001, becoming political editor of Beeld, Die Burger and Rapport, and parliamentary bureau chief of the Sunday Times. He is a frequent contributor to radio and television programmes, a theatre critic and has contributed a chapter to A History of South Africa: From the Distant Past to the Present Day, published under the auspices of the South African Academy for Science and Art. His first two books, Who Will Rule in 2019? and No Crumbs from the Table, were both published in 2018. This is his third book. Joubert lives in Cape Town and has seven godchildren.view less