seventeen celebrates its fourth birthday this year and, according to 8 Ink, remains South Africa's biggest selling youth title. This is largely attributed to the strong leadership of Stafford, whose new portfolio includes seventeen, National Geographic Kids, Phatstuff, DeLUXE and the newly launched Digital department.
Magwaza, who has relocated from Johannesburg to take up this position, brings with her a wealth of experience. Born and raised in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal, she attended the Wykheham Collegiate School for Girls before studying Journalism at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. She started off in fashion PR, working with clients such as Elle magazine, before moving to youth radio station YFM, where she worked as events manager.
Magwaza then returned to her first love of print journalism as a senior reporter at Heat magazine, as well as on-air host of Global Soul on YFM. In 2007 she was approached to launch SABC's very first celebrity news and gossip show, The Real Goboza. At the end of the show's first season, Magwaza now moves on to take over as editor of seventeen.
