Jeremy Maggs has been a journalist and a television and radio presenter for over 30 years, with a front-row seat to major news events in the run-up to andduring the birth of South Africa’s democracy and beyond. He was also the host of the hugely successful television show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and so became a household name. He has worked with some of the country’s most respected journalists, interviewed many famous people from around the world, and been at the forefront of developments as the craft morphed into a social media hydra. From Nelson Mandela’s release from prison to his death in 2013, and throughout the many political and news events that have gripped South Africans, Jeremy has been in the thick of the newsrooms that covered the stories.

A much-admired media personality, Jeremy Maggs was editor of Radio 702’s Eyewitness News for eight years and also served as editor-in-chief of eNCA. Hehosted eNCA’s weekday lunchtime television news programme. He also hosts Maggs on Media. Jeremy continues to write for the Financial Mail and edits the publication’s annual review AdFocus