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Esmaré Weideman

. “As editor-in-chief of Media24’s flagship weekly magazines Huisgenoot, YOU and DRUM, she was hailed as one of the best editors of her generation on the African continent”.

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(Excerpts from a Media24 press release on 31 July 2018.)

Nevertheless, the dictates of responsibility and accountability cut across the lines of standing and reputation of any person. Despite well-deserved praise for Ms. Weideman from her associates, the same standards also apply to her. The facts below speak for themselves, as well as fair comment and, due to unavailability of documentation, some logical and reasonable surmising.

(Note: Uncanny how difficult it is to find dates and detail about Ms. Weideman’s early life, dates, positions held, etc).

Esmaré Weideman joined Naspers’ Cape Town based Afrikaans daily “Die Burger” in the early nineties. In 1995 a fraudulently fabricated and slanderous article appeared in the then newly arrived and short-lived Playboy New CEO for Media24 as Weideman retires, and Davidson takes helm TIW