The Magazine
SA Forestry magazine has been providing in-depth coverage of the South African forestry industry from seedling to mill since 1986. It is published six times a year – in February, April, June, August, October and December. Over 2 000 copies are mailed out to subscribers, including growers, contractors, equipment and service suppliers, consultants, academics, researchers and government and non-government stakeholders. More on our readership profile >>
On-Line
The on-line version of SA Forestry magazine includes highlights of the latest issue, a full catalogue of back issues plus selected in-depth articles and reports providing essential information about different aspects of the forestry industry in Southern Africa, with a primary focus on South Africa.
The Publisher
The magazine is published by Computer Artwork Services cc, trading as Artworks Communications. The company was established in 1989, and designs and publishes a wide range of reports, staff newsletters, information and marketing brochures, manuals and periodicals for private companies, public institutions and non-governmental organisations. Artworks has been publishing SA Forestry magazine since March 2006. This is the first commercial title to be published by Artworks, and more are planned.
Artworks is a 51% black owned company, and has been rated as a Level 1 contributor to BBBEE by independent agency EmpowerDEX. Current members are: Chris Chapman (49%); Shakila Chetty (36%) and Phindile Mantantana (15%).
Meet the Team
Chris Chapman, SA Forestry magazine Editor
Chris is a BA graduate from the University of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu-Natal) whose journalism career began with the Natal Witness newspaper in the 1980s. After working there as a general news reporter, political features writer and editor of the supplement Echo, he moved to Caxtons where he served as managing editor of Pace magazine for four years. Thereafter, he worked as editor of Top 40 music magazine, managing editor of Black Enterprise magazine, and joined Artworks as editorial director in 1996.
“What I enjoy most about publishing SA Forestry magazine is getting out into the field and meeting the people who derive their livelihood from forestry, and make the industry tick,” said Chris. “Also, the forestry industry is a microcosm of South Africa – all the key issues that our country is grappling with, are also key issues in forestry. This puts the industry in a strong position to contribute to the developmental, social and economic solutions that southern Africa needs in order to move forward and face the challenges of the 21st Century.”
“My aim is to produce a magazine that can serve as an essential information resource for people involved in forestry. To achieve this I focus on publishing an editorial mix that includes innovative ideas, business opportunities, news, trends, aspirational success stories, latest research, equipment reviews, practical advice and useful info.”
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Phindile Mantantana, Art Director
Phindile, who grew up in Umtata, Transkei, has a national diploma in graphic design from ML Sultan Technikon and has worked as a designer at Artworks since 2002.
He gives SA Forestry magazine a fresh look that is clean, corporate and reader-friendly.
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Gaylene Jablonkay, Publishing Coordinator & Assistant to the Editor
Gaylene lays out the magazine (including some of the ads), and co-ordinates the editorial, production, advertising, web, social media and subscriptions functions.
She has a National Diploma in Journalism from Technikon Natal and has worked as a layout artist at Artworks since 1993.
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Ann Nicholas, Advertising Manager
Ann has been with SA Forestry magazine since 1989, and knows the business inside out.
She is on first name terms with many of the advertisers and subscribers, and is in an excellent position to understand advertisers’ needs. She handles advertising.
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Will Edgecumbe, Editorial Contributor
(Artworks Communications)
Will has a National Diploma in Journalism from RAU University and has been at Artworks Communications since 2008 as Corporate Communications Editor.
He contributes features to SA Forestry magazine on a regular basis.
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Freelance Contributors
A number of freelance correspondents – who are all experts in their fields – contribute articles covering a wide variety of topics.
If you have some experience in forestry or are a forestry student and would like to become a correspondent or contributor, please contact us.
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