Waldo van der Waal was born with ink in his blood. As a trained journalist, he started his career as a crime reporter at the Afrikaans-language daily, Beeld. This was followed by a two-year stint at Caxton Newspapers as court and crime reporter, before moving on to the world of motoring magazines in 1996. Waldo started as features editor at the Afrikaans magazine, Wiel, before being appointed deputy editor of both Wiel and Drive magazines in 1998. In 2000 Waldo embarked on a sabbatical to the Caribbean, before moving to the UK in 2001. During his time in the UK, he worked as account director at the well-established sponsorship marketing firm, Prism. He also headed up the PR for Land Rover’s G4 Challenge; wrote technical manuals for Ford of Europe; and assisted with other clients including Shell, Ferrari F1 and the Champions League. Upon his return to South Africa at the end of 2004, he joined the fledgeling production known as La’t Wiel on kykNET, and have since co-written, co-produced and co-presented nearly 400 episodes of the popular show. Now as co-owner of Plan-C Productions, who still produce La’t Wiel, Waldo also works as Director of Photography, writer and producer, and continues to hone his skills as professional photographer. During the last two-and-a-half decades of motoring-related work, Waldo has been honoured with the SPA Pica Award for writing excellence on numerous occasions, won a sought-after ATKV award for his work on a South African documentary series, and been awarded the SA Guild of Motoring Writers’ top award for photography in motorsport for the last three years running. The ink may have turned into images over the years - both moving and still - but Waldo remains a passionate journalist at heart, and is firmly entrenched in the South African motoring media.