Bio
Barry Ronge is a South African journalist, columnist, writer, broadcaster, movie reviewer and raconteur. He is arguably the country's best-known movie critics and columnists.
Ronge was born in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, and grew up on the West Rand. He completed his studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, after which he began a teaching career at St. John's College, followed by a 10-year stint as a lecturer in literature at the University of the Witwatersrand.
He later moved on to become a print and electronic journalist, specialising in the arts.
Ronge is probably best known for his Spit and Polish column in the Sunday Times (which has been running for more than 15 years), his movie reviews for the same newspaper, and his Sunday morning show on Radio 702.
He has been the "Voice of Artcha", the SABC2 arts and entertainment series, since April 2008. As of the third season (April 2009) he also does a weekly book review segment on the show.