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Birth Name:
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Kgomotso Bob Mabena
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Occupation:
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Radio and television personality
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Date of Birth
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26 July 1969 (age 54 years)
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Died
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10 August 2020 (aged 51) in Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Place of Birth
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Atteridgeville, Pretoria, Gauteng |
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Nationality:
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South African |
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Gender:
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Male
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Wife:
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Eucharist Hadebe (m. 2015)
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Bob Mabena full names Kgomotso Bob Mabena (born 26 July 1969, Atteridgeville, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa), was radio and television personality best known for hosting radio shows on stations such as Metro FM, Khaya FM, Highveld Stereo and POWER 98.7.
Who was Bob Mabena?
Bob Mabena was born on 26 July 1969, in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. He started his Radio career in 1989 in the then Republic of Bophuthatswana with the now defunct Radio Bop. After spending three years in the North West and having ventured into Television as well; he was recruited by Koos Radebe – Radio Metro station manager – to the national Radio station called Metro FM.
Bob Mabena family
Bob Mabena was married to Eucharist Hadebe in 2015. In 2016, the couple was blessed with a baby boy.
Bob Mabena’s ex-wife was Zandile Nzalo is a TV presenter and businesswoman, and they have a child.
Career
Radio Metro station’s manager, Koos Radebe, gave him a job in the national radio station where he presented a variety of shows on television, including Pick a Tune and Studio Mix. In 1996, he moved to 94.7 as a mid-morning host and also joined its management team.
Kaya FM employed him in 1999 as a program manager and a morning show presenter. He was promoted to the post of a Primedia business development manager at Group level, a position he held for two and a half years.
He worked for SABC from 2007 to 2009 as the executive manager of commercial radio stations, where he was put in charge of Metro FM, 5FM, and GoodHope FM. Bob returned to Kaya FM as a breakfast show presenter, and he was entrusted with overseeing Gagasi FM and Heart FM as the director of MRC Radio.
Bob started a radio consultancy named EndowMedia in 2010 while still working for KAYA FM. Through the agency, Bob has coached hundreds of aspiring radio and television hosts in speech and attitude anchoring between 2014 and 2015. He resigned from KAYA FM morning show 180 in 2017, and MSG hired him to head its radio stations’ programming. He was also made the station manager of Power 98.7.
Bob Mabena’s TV credits include the e.tv music show Unplugged Joy of Jazz, which he hosted in 2010. He also hosted Season 1 of the employment reality show You’re Hired! and in 2015/2016 he was profiled on the third season of the SABC1/Pearl Modiadie talk show Zaziwa.
In 2016 he was also one of the profiled celebrities on Season 2 of the M-Net documentary series My Story.
Bob Mabena awards
Here are Bob Mabena nominations in his entire career life:
- 2013: Best Breakfast Show, MTN 2012: Hall of FAME induction, MTN
- 1995: Best TV Presenter, Artes Award
- 1994: Best Rap Artist of the Year, South African Music Awards
- 1994: Best Radio Personality, Artes Award
Bob Mabena death and cause of death
Bob Mabena died on the afternoon of 10 August 2020 in Johannesburg, Gauteng and he was 51. He has died from cardiac arrest. Bob’s cause of death was confirmed by his employers, Power FM.