Nichola Meyer - Principal
Nichola Meyer started her career as a freelance writer in 2001, and has written feature and cover articles for several leading magazines, among them
O: The Oprah Magazine, Femina, Your Baby, Essentials and
Child. With a university Major in English and a Masters Degree in Psychology, Nichola has a special interest in reporting on issues of interest to women and parents.
Previously she lectured in psychology, taught English to High School Pupils, and presented the Magazine Journalism Short Course since 2004 at CityVarsity Film & Television and Multimedia School, as well as at Boston Language College. She launched SA Writers' College in 2005.
Koos Turenhout - Administrator: Student Enquiries and Applications
Koos Turenhout was previously involved in Higher Education for six years at a private institution. During this time he was a department head and served on the academic board. Koos took over the role of administrator at the college in early 2009. For any questions about the college and our courses, please email Koos by clicking here.
Whitney Geary - Administrator: Course Completions and Graduate relations
Whitney is an administrator at our writing college. She manages course completions and graduate relations.
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Michelle Nöthling -
The Writers' Times content editor (our Blog)
A graduate of the University of the Free State (BA Communication Science) and one of the top five students on the Magazine Journalism Course at the South African Writers’ College, Michelle Nöthling now writes full-time as a freelance journalist. She started out by writing for a travel magazine, and then recently began writing topical features and human interest profiles for general publications. Her work has been published in magazines such as
Fairlady and
The Big Issue.