Paddy Hartdegen has been working as a journalist and writer for the past 40 years since his first article was published in the Sunday Tribune when he was just 16-years-old. He has written 12 books, edited a plethora of business-to-business publications and written for most of the major newspapers in South Africa.

In more recent years he has been involved in a number of internet publishing websites and has also produced controversial columns on a number of topics including the building and construction sectors, the engineering sector and the residential property market.

He won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award for Community Media (Gauteng) region in 2009 and then won the National and Regional Award for the Vodacom Journalist of the Year in 2010.

Hartdegen brings his experience of current events, news developments and trends to the various Bizcommunity sites. He can be contacted at . For any further information about his experience or for samples of his other work, search for Paddy Hartdegen on Google.