Devi Sankaree Govender is a South African media icon.  

Her reputation as an award-winning investigative television journalist, has been cemented by decades of bold, brave and fearless television reporting, holding governments, companies and individuals to account.  

Armed with an MBA, Devi has built a brand of trust,authenticity and justice.  She currently sits on two boards and, after 18 years at Carte Blanche, South Africa’s longest running investigative television show, Devi joined eMedia (eTV and eNCA) in 2020, the most watched television group in South Africa, launching The Devi Show in the middle of a global pandemic.  The show has garnered a viewership of millions per week and won a South African Film and Television Award for Best Factual Programme in 2021.  

Devi is a mum to a Junior Olympic golfer who has just completed her golf scholarship with a BSc in Business from the University of North Carolina – her plans are to turn pro. Her son is in his second year of an LLB at the University of Pretoria.  Her two SPCA gangsters rule her home.

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