David Donde

Motoring Editor at The Chronicle

Location: Cape Town Area, South Africa
Industry: Luxury Goods & Jewelry

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David Donde's Overview

Current

Motoring Editor at The Chronicle/Cape Chat
Men's Pages Editor at Cape Chat
thaumaturgist at TRUTH. coffeecult

Motoring Editor at Motormag.co.za
Speaker, Thinker & Facilitator at Epiphany
Talk Show Host at 567 Cape Talk

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Past

Talk Show Host at Fine Music Radio
Freelance Journalist at GQ
Founder at Origin Coffee Roasting

director at SCASA (Speciality Coffee Association of Southern Africa)
Founding Chairman at SCASA (Speciality Coffee Association of Southern Africa)
Owner at The Post House
Business developer at ICC - Connexion
Owner at Cinema Espresso
Owner at Barnyard Farmstall
General Manager at Tokai Breeding Farms

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Recommendations

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Connections

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Websites

I regularly give public talks on coffee, write articles on coffee and am busy writing a book on Barista Technique. At TRUTH. coffeecult, we are constantly trying to live up to being "The simple elegance of coffee as it should be". Needless to say, we roast coffee. Properly

I write on cars, food, good living. As a motoring journalist I am a member of the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists and I have contributed to GQ, GQ Cars, Blaque and MPH. Currently Motoring editor at motormag.co.za

I present a weekly show on Cape Talk 567 and 702 as a talk show host

I speak on Competitive advantage and all sorts of other stuff. My current favourite talk is "the ethics and economics of tree and bunny hugging and the collapse of the middle market". I am moving more and more into strategy and seeing and describing potential new opportunities.

Lately I seem to be doing the odd bit of MCing

Specialties

I am seemingly a coffee evangelist.
We at TRUTH. coffeecult are Speciality Artisan Coffee Roasters, I function as a Coffee & Tea Consultant. I help build brands. I spend time as a strategist.We run a full time Barista School and I teach occasionally
We end up being marketers for speciality coffee.

Motoring Editor

The Chronicle/Cape Chat

Publishing industry

May 2011 – Present (10 months)

Men's Pages Editor

Cape Chat

November 2010 – Present (1 year 4 months)

Two pages per month on cool stuff for men in the newly re-launched Cape Chat. Now a glossy

thaumaturgist

TRUTH. coffeecult

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Food & Beverages industry

October 2009 – Present (2 years 5 months)

artisan coffee roasters

Motoring Editor

Motormag.co.za

September 2009 – Present (2 years 6 months)

Speaker, Thinker & Facilitator

Epiphany

July 2008 – Present (3 years 8 months)

Talk Show Host

567 Cape Talk

May 2008 – Present (3 years 10 months)

Talk Show Host

Fine Music Radio

March 2010 – April 2010 (2 months)

http://www.thewholetruth.co.za
THE WHOLE TRUTH.
Discover the Whole Truth.
The Whole Truth is a show airing on Fine Music Radio on Saturday Mornings from April 2010 08h00-09h00

The show will be divided into two parts, the first half an in depth interview with intelligent questions, deeply delving into a topic either, science history art or similar. Listener questions will feature.
The second half will be more magazine style, with technology, motoring, food, drink and hospitality being honestly discussed. The program is slightly edgy, with a humorous but intelligent focus. Relevant music is interspersed.

It is hosted by David Donde with Eran Eyal.

interesting interviews, demystifying technology and motoring and lifestyle reviews and commentary
within the BBC4 format, The Whole Truth brings forth a captivating new show with a holistic
mindset aimed at captivating listeners and helping them to discover ideas, brands and products that affect their lives and thinking.
The station has 55000 listeners in a high LSM (73.4% in LSM 9-10 and the rest mostly above).

Freelance Journalist

GQ

April 2008 – December 2009 (1 year 9 months)

Write on Cars, Bikes, Restaurants and good life

Founder

Origin Coffee Roasting

2006 – August 2009 (3 years)

The Artisan Roasters of Africa
We are an artisanal roastery specialising in Relationship coffees and Africa in particular
Coffee Shop & Barista Training School- with both winners of the SA Barista Championships trained by us and working for us.