Wendy Knowler is one of South Africa’s most authoritative and respected consumer journalists. In her journalism career spanning three decades, Wendy has covered politics, fashion and just about everything in between on a variety of media platforms. For the past 20 years she has specialised in consumer journalism, currently writing the In Your Corner column for the Tiso Blackstar print titles Daily Dispatch and Weekend Post, and digital news platform TimesLive, as well as investigating and presenting weekly consumer inserts on Talk702, Cape Talk and East Coast Radio.
She served on the board of the Ombudsman for Short-Term Insurance from 2010-2015, the last year as acting chairman.
She has also been a longstanding judge in both the Gold Pack packaging awards and cars.co.za’s annual Consumer Awards competition, the latter combining her passion for motor vehicles and consumer protection.