#168 - Up Close And Personal With Phemelo Motene

In this profile feature of the StretchPodcast I am getting up close and personal with Phemelo Motene. Many of you may know her as one of the original characters of the first ever South Africa Soap Generations, as Khensane Moroka. Others will know her as radio talk show of Life Happens on SAFM. 

In this conversation however, you are going to get to know another side of Phemelo. She is refreshingly authentic and open, she shares with me her early days as a radio personality, how acting and fame were never the plan. Her struggles with fame and celebritydom, how radio has always been her first love, her smart and curious mine, her views on relationships, money and many more.

BIO 

Phemelo Motene is a media junkie. Motene started her media career in 1994 at a community radio station, while she was 19 years old and student. Her love for radio was written in the stars, it was always going to be radio and other interests would be secondary.Her radio career quickly took shape, she joined Metro fm at 20 years old as a news reader then a weekend afternoon host.

Television then soon beckoned with greater demands, leading her to focusing on her role in the popular soap Generations for a few years. She had other business interests in between all her media activities, but she returned to her first love after a long break in media to join Talk Radio 702. Motene's time at 702 was truly fulfilling; working with a strong, inteligent, ambitious group of people was pure joy. She was a senior content producer for business, current affairs and life-style shows, and went back to the mic as presenter there too.

Motene has returned to the National broadcaster as the lunchtime Presenter on SAfm. Her show is called Life Happens. 

Contacts 

Twitter: @phemelomotene
Instagram: @phemelomotene