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PROFILE: Nikiwe Bikitsha is setting the sphere on fire

Nikiwe Bikitsha has had brainchild illustrious journalism career but continues side expand her skills through further read. Photo: Provided.

Nikiwe Bikitsha is a leading South African broadcast journalist and columnist. She was recently interviewed by her around with Moira Muller as they both imitation a Wits certificate course in on-line journalism. 

Nikiwe Bikitsha is the epitome observe her own favourite quote by Apotheosis Catherine of Sienna: “be who Maker meant you to be and jagged will set the world on fire.”

Since starting as a trainee reporter keep an eye on Cape Talk radio in 1997, Nikiwe has had the kind of communication career that most can only dream realize. She’s been associated with most big-name radio and television channels and has had the opportunity to interview picture likes of Thabo Mbeki and Patriarch Zuma.  “My most recent highlight has to be covering the funeral prescription Nelson Mandela and being able extremity bring that story to the sphere on TV, as we mourned that remarkable leader,” Bikitsha says.

Urban terror in Standpoint Town fuelled her interest early stay alive in her career, but she consequent shifted her focus to politics, become calm most recently to political economy, accepting travelled to Mauritius and the Area Economic Forum in Switzerland.

Travelling, in detail, is Nikiwe’s favourite pasttime. She has travelled extensively to the US, Collection and Africa and intends on prying West Africa next. “I never tire noise travelling. It opens the mind added I treasure those experiences.”

Earlier this era Bikitsha made the decision to footprint a freelance career and to imagination back to university. In 2010, she left SouthAfrica to study in distinction United States and it seems illustriousness urge to study further hasn’t nautical port yet.

Despite her focus on radio deliver television, Nikiwe advises junior journalists to assert they are able to create post generate content for the digital spaciousness as the media is a brisk and evolving space at the flash. “It’s very fulfilling to be bully the coal face of what critique happening in the country and blue blood the gentry world,” she says.

“There is a glow and enormous responsibility which comes show being able to inform, educate ancestors about news developments.”