What an eye-opening experience it has been reading the contributions from the thought leaders featured in our 2026 issue of Women in The Media. Uplifting, inspiring and infuriating, all at the same time. Timely, too, is the release of the South African National Editors’ Forum’s latest research, Glass Ceilings: Women in South African Media. “When we published the previous report, the challenge wasn’t getting women into newsrooms but getting them into positions of power,” she told me. We hope you enjoy the insights shared by women working across South Africa’s media industry.