Relebogile Mabotja Gushes Over Making the DRUM Top 50 Women Power List of 2024
Relebogile Mabotja Gushes Over Making the DRUM Top 50 Women Power List of 2024. DRUM magazine recently dropped its 204 Top 50 Women Power list. The list honors South African women, who are changermakers, stars and leaders in their respective fields.
Among those recognized this year is Relebogile Mabotja. The award winning media personality, producer and actress has been in the industry for over two decades. As an actress, Lebo has been cast on a number of hit shows. Among the include, Home Affairs, Zone 14, Generations, Skeem Saam, Rhythm City, Isidingo, Kompleks as well as a German Film called Traum Hotel.
As a TV presenter, Lebo worked on the e.tv show Gospel Grooves. Towards the end of 2004 she presented a show on e.tv called BackChaton CrazE. She also narrated SABC 2’s Christmas special, The 12 Days of Christmas. Between 2010 and 2011 she hosted Season 1 and 2 of the SABC1 reality competition show, Dance Your Butt Off.
Lebo is also a talented radio host. In 2013 she went onto host Overnight Live and the Early Breakfast Show on Talk Radio 702 and 567 Cape Talk. In 2019, she was appointed as news reader and co-host of Metro FM’s afternoon drive show The Kings Suite after having served as co-host and anchor for the Breakfast Show. She recently celebrated a milestone with over 500 episodes on 702 Radio.
She has also done theatre, and in late 2004, Lebo got the opportunity to perform in an Afrikaans musical, Imbuba/Samesyn. In the late 2000s, Lebo played the role of “Pinky the Shebeen Queen” in the Soweto Story musical which was held at the Joburg Theatre in Gauteng.
“Thank you so much @drum_magazine for the honour and recognition“, she said in acknowledgement.
