<b>Summary:</b>
- Oversees The Citizen Motoring’s print and digital presence
- Reports on new car models, industry news and motorsports
- Road tests cars and motorcycles
- Joined The Citizen in 2010 as Sports Editor before becoming the Head of Motoring in 2018
- Spend 10 years at Beeld newspaper
- Has worked as sub-editor, sports reporter and sports editor
Experience:
After starting his career as a lay-out sub-editor at the now defunct printed edition of Afrikaans newspaper Beeld in Johannesburg, Jaco went on to cover cricket, rugby, football, boxing and golf as a sports reporter. He has travelled extensively with the South African national cricket team, touring Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and Northern Ireland to cover international matches. In 2019 and 2023 he explored the South American and sub-Saharan deserts respectively at the Dakar Rally along with the savanna in Kenya at the World Rally Championship in 2023. He has covered the 2003 Cricket World Cup, 2006 and 2009 ICC Champions Trophy, 2007 T20 World Cup, 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup, 2010 Afcon and Fifa World Cup qualification, world title boxing fights and European Tour golf events. He was the recipient of the Newcomer of the Year award at the SAB Sports Awards in 2003. When he takes a break from his dad’s taxi routine, you’ll find him on his Kawasaki cruiser or attempting to add to his Comrades Marathon and Ironman medals.
QUALIFICATION: BA (Hons) in Business Comm (NWU)
HOBBIES: Running, motorcycling, photography
