Date:15 June 2016
Sources:Quinton Mlaza
0ther Sources :TGE Entertainment & Drum Magazine
QUINTON TALKS TV WITH TV ANCHOR,MOTHER & MOTIVATIONAL
SPEAKER LEANNE MANAS !!!
WOMAN CRUSH WEDNESDAY !!!
When it comes to writing about people who do a remarkable job within our society and media industry at large i just get goose-bumps as to how should i mark my words to such, Leanne Manas is one of the countries big names that we watch everyday on our screens on popular News show ( Morning Live).
Morning Live anchor Leanne Manas has been on the show for 12 years this year. Blog-spot writes about her to talk about her tips for any budding television presenters and the unforgettable advice she got from TV mogul Oprah Winfrey.
After years in front of our television sets and our homes,i had to research very well about this remarkable woman who just knows how to make one informed of what is happening in and around the world.Join me as i engage in the life of TV ANCHOR MRS LEANNE MANAS.
Multiple award winning Television Anchor Leanne Manas is the popular face of SABC’s flagship breakfast program, Morning Live on SABC2.
Leanne has interviewed hundreds of top businessmen and -women, politicians and entertainers from South
Africa and abroad. Highlights include one on one exclusive interviews with Oprah Winfrey and Nelson
Mandela, as well as interviews with Celine Dion, Diana Ross, Christina Aguilera, Seal, Sir Richard Branson, Joan
Armatrading, John Legend, Jane Seymour, Ronan Keating, the Reverend Jesse Jackson and the Archbishop
of Canterbury, amongst others.
Leanne, the only Television anchor in the world to join the elite list of Ambassadors for Nelson Mandela’s 46664
campaign, started her career as a news anchor at Radio 702, and then moved to Johnnic Publishing's African
Business Channel where she became the news anchor for Classic FM. Other radio experience includes work
for top stations like Radio Algoa, Jacaranda and East Coast Radio.
Other radio experience includes work
for top stations like Radio Algoa, Jacaranda and East Coast Radio. She launched her television career as the
main news anchor for Summit Television. She went on to host two Business programs on SABC 3, Business
update and Business Focus, and was also chosen as the National Anchor for the 2004 elections and
Presidential Inauguration.
Qualifications include an Honours degree in English, a Speech and Drama teaching qualification from London
Trinity College, and a postgraduate certificate in Economics Journalism from Rhodes University. In her spare
time she teaches Television skills to students at On Cue Communications.
She launched her television career as the
main news anchor for Summit Television. She went on to host two Business programs on SABC 3, Business
update and Business Focus, and was also chosen as the National Anchor for the 2004 elections and
Presidential Inauguration.
Qualifications include an Honours degree in English, a Speech and Drama teaching qualification from London
Trinity College, and a postgraduate certificate in Economics Journalism from Rhodes University. In her spare
time she teaches Television skills to students at On Cue Communications.
So Leanne, 12 years on Morning Live this year. How has the journey been?
Its been exciting and the best. Live television can be so unpredictable but I love it. Wouldn’t change it for the world.
A
lot of budding television presenters see you as an inspiration.
What
are tips to making it as a presenter and being successful at it?
I appreciate people calling me an inspiration that’s humbling.
My tips would be;
1) Take it as a job-
Sometimes people look at presenting and they think about fame or other
things. That will dilute what you are supposed to as a job. Treat it
like any job you have and do the work expected.
2. Be yourself-
A couple of years ago I did an interview with Oprah Winfrey. When I met
her I told her she inspired me and I wanted to be just like her. She
then gave me the best advice, she said; “Be yourself, Oprah is already
taken. The best thing you can do is to be yourself.” That advice has
stayed with me since then. So for anyone wanting to get into presenting I
have the same advice, be yourself.
3.Believe in yourself-
I was told to my face a long time ago that I wouldn’t make it in
broadcasting. But because I believed in myself I didn’t believe the
people who told me that. Ignore people who will try stand in your way
and tell you you can’t be who you want to be.
4. Pick yourself up-
If you ever get bashed by critics you need to get up. People who get up
after any kind of bashing will always succeed, those who stay down
won’t.
5.Stay yourself, do not change- Don’t come into the industry and change, stay yourself. People want you, not for you to imitate anyone else.
3 years this years later after the great loss of close friend and co-worker ( Vuyo Mbuli )
The TV star added that she misses everything about the relationship they shared.
“Vuyo was always someone I (She) could depend on whether I had a good day or bad day -
we always had each others backs. Regardless of the fights we had behind the scenes, we always put the show first and dedicated ourselves to making the show a success. We were partners in crime and I miss everything about that relationship.”
The weekend hundreds of runners took to the streets for the annual Vuyo Mbuli 10KM memorial run, which has been organized by his family for the past two years.
Leanne added that it is such a great way to remember him as he loved running.
Watch Leanne every weekday morning on SABC 2 from 6am to 8am.
