Team

Marie Straub: Editor

Marie Straub has a background in Dramatic Arts and journalism and relishes any opportunity to push boundaries – creative and otherwise. She has worked as a journalist, sub-editor and film and...more

Artwell Nwaila: Creative Editor

Artwell is an illustrator, graphic designer, DTP, layout artist, photographer, fine artist and ninja extraordinaire who likes to take long walks on the beach.

Leigh Andrews: Sub-Editor

Leigh Andrews is sub-editor for COUP – she’s our word demon, checking each article for factual inconsistencies, incorrect grammar, and somewhat ‘colourful’ spelling.

Nikita Gomes: Assistant Editor

Nikita Gomes achieved her Honours in Journalism at the University of Johannesburg and is now the Assistant Editor at COUP. While handling a number of editorial aspects of the magazine she also wr...more

Jaco Pienaar: Writer

Jaco has been involved with the music industry for eleven years, of which he has been writing reviews and features for eight. He enjoys listening to all genres of music, but his passions are rock, ...more

Lindsey Kin: Writer

Firsty Lindsay would like to say WELL DONE team, “WE DID IT”. After many months of tears and laughter, singing and ‘rapping’, it was all worth it. She started on th...more

Cindy Gonsalves: Writer

Cindy's passion for writing started at a young age where she attempted to write a novel at 13 years of age. She's very excited to be writing for COUP where her professional wr...more

Gavin Coetzee: Online Marketer

Gavin is the jack of all trades, who may occasionally go off on wild tangents of work and do a little Writing, Selling and eMarketing for the publishing division.

Darren Gilbert: Writer

A compulsive reader and writer, Darren works in the Publishing division of Newsclip where he is a Journalist for the Updates newsletters and all round contributor for COUP.