Boetie van Zyl holds the qualifications BScMech and PrEng. He joined the Naspers group as a director in 1988. He is a member of the boards of MIH Holdings, MIH (Mauritius), MIH B.V., Media24 and Media24 Holdings, and a director of the Peace Parks Foundation. He is chairperson of the Naspers audit and risk management committee, a member of the audit and risk management committees of Media24, Media24 Holdings and MIH, and a member of the human resources and nomination committees of Media24, Media24 Holdings and Naspers.

Ton Vosloo became managing director of Naspers in 1984, serving as executive chairman from 1992 to 1997. His career as a journalist began in 1956, and he was editor of Beeld from 1977 to 1983. He is a director of Media24, Media24 Holdings and MultiChoice South Africa Holdings, chairman of MIH B.V., MIH (Mauritius) and MIH Holdings, and independent, non-executive chairman of the board of Naspers, a position he has held since 1997. He is a former chairman of Sanlam, M-Net, WWF (SA) and of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra. He was awarded the Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University in 1970. He has been awarded three honorary doctorates.

Koos Bekker led the founding team of M-Net in 1985, serving as chief executive of the MIH group until 1997. He was also a founding director of MTN. He is a director of Media24, Media24 Holdings, MIH B.V., MIH (Mauritius), MIH Holdings, MultiChoice South Africa Holdings and other companies in the wider group. He serves on the local organising committee for the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup and the council of Stellenbosch University. He has been chief executive of Naspers since 1997.

Steve Pacak was reappointed to the board as director on 1 April 2009 after a three-month sabbatical. Steve began his career with Naspers as group financial manager of M-Net in 1988 and held various executive positions in the MIH group. He is a director of Media24, Media24 Holdings, MIH B.V., MIH (Mauritius), MIH Holdings, MultiChoice South Africa Holdings and other companies in the wider Naspers group. Steve was appointed an executive director of Naspers in 1998.

Rachel Jafta is the chairperson of Media24 and obtained the degrees BEconHons, MEcon and PhD and is an associate professor in economics at StellenboschUniversity. She joined the Naspers group as a director in 2003 and was appointed a director of Media24 and Media24 Holdings in 2007. She is a member of the South African Economic Society and a director of Econex. She is chairperson of the Carnival Trust and board member of the South African Institute of Race Relations. She is also chairperson of the Rachel’s Angels empowerment project, a Media24 initiative in association with StellenboschUniversity. She is a member of the audit and risk management committees of Naspers, Media24 and Media24 Holdings. She was appointed chair of the Media24 and Media24 Holdings audit and risk management committee in April 2008.

Salie de Swardt holds the qualifications BAHons and BEcon from Stellenbosch University and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. During his career with the Naspers group, he served as financial reporter at Die Burger, financial editor and editor of Beeld. He was also the founding editor of Finansies & Tegniek (now Finweek), chief executive of Media24 magazines and managing director of Media24 from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. He is a director and member of the executive committee of Media24 and Media24 Holdings, and a director of Paarl Media Holdings and the Aardklop-kunstefees.

Lambert Retief obtained BComHons at Stellenbosch University, and then qualified as a CA(SA) and completed the Owner President Management (OPM) programme at Harvard Business School. He is a director of Media24 and Media24 Holdings, chairperson and former chief executive of Paarl Media Holdings and director of other subsidiaries in the Paarl Media group. He is also a director of Naspers and the listed agricultural investment group Zeder Investments Limited. He has held various executive positions in the printing industry, including president of the Print Industry Federation of South Africa (PIFSA) and chair of the Provincial Press Union.

Russel Botman holds the qualifications BA, MTh and DTh. He has been president of the South African Council of Churches since 2004 and was a member of the ministerial task group advising the minister of education on religious and educational matters. He is a director of Media24, Media24 Holdings, and chairperson of the Absa Klein Karoo National Arts Festival. Before he joined Stellenbosch University in 2000 as professor in missiology and practical theology, he was dean of the religion and theology faculty at the University of the Western Cape. He was appointed rector and vice-chancellor of Stellenbosch University in 2007.

Esmaré Weideman was appointed CEO of Media24 in May 2011. She obtained cum laude BCom and BJournalism Hons degrees from the University of Stellenbosch. Her early career was capped by selection as the only South African journalist to accompany Nelson Mandela on his world tour after release. Since that time Esmaré has filled the roles of Co-Editor of Drum, Deputy Editor of Fairlady and in 2001 was the youngest ever appointed Editor of You magazine.In 2002 further responsibility was given her in the form of appointment as Joint Editor of You and Huisgenoot. In 2010 she became Editor-in-Chief of Huisgenoot, You, Drum, Huisgenoot Pols, You / Pulse and Huisgenoot Tempo.Awards include the Piet Cillié prize for "excellence in journalism" (2005) and the prestigious Phil Weber award for "sustained achievement in a career with Naspers" (2007).

Ruda Landman obtained the qualifications BAHons and HED at Stellenbosch University. She was subsequently appointed as a journalist at Die Burger and later at SARIE. She was a presenter of the M-Net programme Carte Blanche from 1988 to June 2007 and is a television freelancer. She chaired the board of trustees of Project Literacy for five years, and chaired the board of directors of Helpmekaar Private School from 2003 to 2007. She became a director of Media24 and Media24 Holdings in 2005 and 2006, respectively, and currently chairs the safety, health and environmental committee.

Koos Pieterse was appointed chief financial officer of Media24 with effect from 1 February 2010. He graduated from Rand Afrikaans University (now UJ) with BComHons and is a qualified chartered accountant. He is a former financial director of Ackermans and a director of Media24, Media24 Holdings, Via Afrika and Paarl Media Holdings.