Zanele Potelwa

5 Drive

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about presenter

Radio & TV host | MC | Voice Artist | DJ | Actress.

Zanele started out being a mentee at 5FM in January 2016, where she was doing anything and everything she could do – from filing old paperwork to making coffee and helping at events – when she wasn’t at varsity.

After 2 years, she left for a year in 2018 and returned in April 2019, doing overnights 1-4 a.m., Monday to Friday. She moved onto doing traffic on the Roger Goode Show in 2020 and after a year, she was entrusted with the lunchtime slot in April 2021.

She’s had the honour of becoming an SABC 1 TV Presenter and face, appearing in TV ads, hosting red carpet events and awards shows and working with awesome brands to create some cool content.

I am a fun loving, optimistic ball of energy that is obsessed with my passion for people, having a good time and broadcasting, music u0026amp; film in all its forms and glory.

I was born in the Transkei (Mthatha) Eastern Cape and raised in East London.

I have lived in iDutywa, Mthatha, East London and Pretoria and now reside in Johannesburg.

English and isiXhosa.

I am OBSESSED with Rome, London and New York Oh AND this quaint town in Australia called Byrons Bay - itu0027s a surfers heaven!

I LOVE watching movies, listening to music, hiking and playing with makeup.

Bungee jumping for work is definitely up there, along with proposing to strangers.

None, I cannot be a teen mom.

Pop culture, news, and history facts. Also, how to lose weight, it has been following me since I was a kid.

Oprah, Michelle Obama, Denzel Washington, Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela.

Coach Carter and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. My favourite series are Prison Break and Friends.

Modern and beautiful, simple with a dash of colour.

#Colourful #Feminine #Edgy #Bold #Dramatic

Anywhere beautiful with friendly people, cold or hot does not matter.

To play the guitar, sing, make music, and skydive.

Singing.

Flying.

Mostly F1, football, tennis, and rugby every now and again.

Period poverty, gender based violence, and any cause to do with children.

Going back to Rome and going inside the Colosseum, skydiving, visiting Los Angeles, Germany, and the Maldives. There are many more things on this list.

Selfish people, and rapists, murderers, and abusers.

Love, music, film, and sport.

Getting to chat to our listeners every day. Those people make me so happy. I am so grateful for them and wish I could buy all of them some chocolate. They make this job more than worth it, and the fact that they are hilarious is the biggest added bonus.

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