Izimvo has the honour of introducing Survivor South Africa finalist: Ashley Hayden. One of South Africa’s most popular celebrities, Ashley has been involved in the entertainment industry for over 15 years. Her career highlights include becoming a house hold name as an MNet continuity presenter, traveling the world  as the anchor for MNet’s travel programme [...]

Izimvo has the pleasure of introducing professional footballer and model: Ryan Botha. Ryan began his professional football career with Finland’s MYPA-47 in 2003 and later went on to sign with Turkish club, Denizlispor, in 2004. Since returning to South Africa in 2007, Ryan has played for Thanda Royal Zulu FC and today plays for Sowetan [...]

This guest interview was compiled by Karen Lotter. Izimvo is honoured to introduce Artist, Writer and Academic: Shafinaaz Hassim. Since graduating from the University of Witwatersrand with a Masters of Arts in Social Science, Shafinaaz has gone on to publish two acclaimed books namely “Daughters and Diamonds” and “Memoirs for Kimya”. As an identity theorist, [...]

Today we have the great honour of introducing First National Bank CEO and Bartinney wine farmer: Michael Jordaan. Becoming Chief Executive of First National Bank before the age of 40, Michael first started his banking career in the early 90′s with Deutsche Bank. Michael’s other passion however is his wine farm, Bartinney, which overlooks the Banghoek Valley in Stellenbosch. [...]

Introducing house DJ, founder of Divas on Decks and Survivor South Africa contestant: Lady Lea. As one of South Africa’s leading DJs, Lady Lea has been a guest DJ at almost every popular club in South Africa. She has also performed in various other clubs around the globe including Ibiza, Amsterdam and the UK. European [...]

Izimvo is honoured to introduce the host of MNet’s Lets Chat… with Mel: Melanie Bala. Melanie, a seasoned television and radio host, has been in the broadcasting industry for 17 years. She got her first break at the young age of 17 when she joined Bop TV. It was not too long until Melanie was [...]

Izimvo has the great pleasure of introducing marketing maven: Walter Pike. With more than 30 years of experience in branding, marketing and advertising, Walter is an international thought leader on social media and digital marketing.  Walter’s  impressive Résumé includes being the former Head of Faculty: Marketing and Advertising, at the AAA School of Advertising, the founder [...]

Izimvo has the great pleasure of introducing 5FM’s Rob Vember. Rob, formerly on Heart 104.9 FM in Cape Town, first joined national broadcaster 5FM in early 2008. He has since become a fan favorite and can be heard discussing the news of the day every night, Monday to Thursday, between 7pm and 10pm. Rob also [...]

Today’s familiar voice belongs to South African radio legend: John Berks. John started his radio career in 1964 when he was employed as a disc jockey on LM Radio. He moved onto a couple of other radio stations including Swazi Music Radio, Radio 5 and Capital before starting at Radio 702 in 1981.  John soon became [...]

Izimvo would like to introduce the woman trading a matchstick for offices: Telana Simpson. Trading a single matchstick for offices. That is the ambitious goal of Telana Simpson who started her adventure in June 2006. Documenting her progress on onematchstick.co.za, Telana has made 9 trades including an ordinary green pen, a fluffy toy frog, R3000 [...]