Carol Tshabalala – JHB
Carol is an award-winning South African Sport Television Presenter, MC, radio presenter and boxing ring announcer â is fluent in English and French. Carol has hosted numerous events in the motor, sports, insurance and financial services industry. Carol currently is an anchor for Mnet Supersportâs various programmes in football, boxing and rugby and is a regular feature on their channels. She also presents her own show â âLove PSLâ which focuses on the lifestyle of football.
Previously she was the only female soccer anchor, presenting live Premier Soccer League matches on âLadumaâ on SABC Carol began broadcasting in 2000 for the youth sports programme âSportsbuzzâ. Within a year she was a field reporter for the soccer show âSoccer Specialâ and soon earned the prestigious accolade of being the first female sports anchor of a major TV show, âMabalengâ, previously hosted by Robert Marawa and Martin Locke. She also hosted the 2003 and 2008 âMiss South Africa and Miss South Africa teenâ pageants.
In 2011 she had the esteemed honour of hosting the biggest soccer accolade in the world â The FIFA Ballon Dâor in Zurich with CNN anchor, Pedro Pinto. In 2012 she was their guest of honour in Zurich.
She has been involved in such prestigious productions as the 2010 World Cup preliminary draw (broadcast live across the world), the 46664 Nelson Mandela concert, the All Africa Games, Blue I.Q, the Comrades and City to City marathons, the Durban July Handicap and the world Karate Cup. Carol has also covered 2 Olympics and Paralympic Games, the Commonwealth Games in Australia and the FIFA world cup in Germany (2006) and in South Africa in 2010.
As a radio journalist, Carol moved from Kaya fm, where she compiled and presented daily sports bulletins for the breakfast show, to Radio 2000 where she now anchors âBeyond the Gameâ daily from 15h00-18h00, the first dedicated âdrive timeâ sports show in SA.
Carol is also a seasoned ring announcer and her passion for the sport of boxing and her level of professionalism has seen her ring-announce many top class bouts and world title fights.