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PROWRITE

WRITING SERVICES CC

BACKGROUND

SUZANNE BRENNER is the founder and owner of PROWRITE WRITING SERVICES cc, which was conceived as a way of bringing together her multi-faceted background in print, television and theatre.

She is a BA graduate of the University of KZN, Durban. She holds Associate and Licentiate Teachers Diplomas from Trinity College, London, and completed the following courses: Thomson Foundation Current Affairs; IMMSA Dispute Resolution; Charl de Witt Labour Law.

Suzanne Brenner served as a staff representative interacting with management in the transformation of the SABC and also on the Minister for Posts, Telecommunications & Broadcasting Pallo Jordan’s task group for the integration of the public broadcasting services.

Background prior to PROWRITE

1998 – 2003:

  • Bulletin writer Television News, SABC 3
  • Writer & director industrial theatre
  • Text “Stylish Living in South Africa” (Christmas 1999) for Struik Publishers
  • Producer video history & live production Barrow Construction centenary celebration
  • Scriptwriter “Generations”, SABC 1’s prime-time soap

1989 – 1997 SABC TV:

  • Senior Producer Arts Unlimited (Collage) Exec-Producer Books Unlimited; presenter; voice artist
  • Producer Eco-Check (50/50)
  • Producer Antenna, Sundowner
  • Seconded to Television News election unit 1994

1983 – 1988 Republican Press:

Editor Darling
Deputy Editor Personality
Entertainment Editor Scope

1980 – 1983 SAAN:

Editor/writer Express Beat, self-conceived supplement in Sunday Express

AND…

  • Publisher/editor/writer SA Country People sold in tandem with music album of the same name
  • South African correspondent Billboard Magazine (US)
  • Columnist Daily News (Durban)
  • Freelance writer for National Magazines, IPC Magazines and Spare Rib (UK)
  • Stage actress in SA and UK (co-founder/resident actress/writer Theatre Downstairs, Cape Town)

 

SUZANNE’S WORLD

CHATTING UP A STORM:CINDY AND SUZANNE

30th November 2020

THE JUMBO SUNSET (and other goodbyes)

11th August 2020

ABOUT THE PROWRITE LOCKDOWN VIDEO TEAM

10th July 2020

RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM MELVILLE

2nd May 2020

STILL HOME-BOUND: STILL TRYING TO STAY SANE IN THE AGE OF COVID-19

3rd April 2020

Oyster Heaven in Craighall

6th June 2019

More Suzanne's World

SUZANNE BRENNER TWEETS

Tweets by @prowriting

MELVILLE NEWS ARCHIVE

RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM MELVILLE

WARNING: BLIND MAN ON THE MOVE

A TASTE OF WHAT 27 BOXES OUGHT TO BE

DARLING – THE FINAL DAYS : A memoir by the magazine’s last editor, Suzanne Brenner

Melville News – Issue No. 16, May 2013

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Categories

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MELVILLE NEWS TEAM

Editor/publisher: Suzanne Brenner, PROWRITE WRITING SERVICES CC.

Masthead designed by Alan Langbridge of ALD incorporating an original watercolour of Melville Koppies by Simon Parkin.

Enquiries about the newsletter or about republishing any content herein should be sent to Suzanne Brenner at prowritesa@gmail.com
Phone 082 491 0699.

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