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Fikile ‘Fix’ Moeti

Fikile 'Fix' Moeti

About Fikile Moeti

Fikile Moeti, commonly known as “Fix” is a well-known South African Radio presenter; DJ and TV Personality turned Social Entrepreneur.

Fix, made MTV history when she became the first female VJ on ‘MTV networks Africa’. The entrepreneurial beauty has graced our screens on the African continent since 2006 when she won a nationwide competition to become MTV base’s first female VJ presenter. Since then the multi-talented entertainer also joined South Africa’s No.1 Commercial radio station, 5FM – hosting the Forbes & Fix Show and becoming a household name on daytime radio.

Fix The Social Entreprenuer

Constantly striving to enhance herself as an Entrepreneur, Fix went back to school, studying Small Business/ Entrepreneurship at both Columbia College Chicago and New York University, after 6 years in the entertainment industry. Fix continued her studies by enrolling at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) for the Social Entrepreneurship Since graduating, she has partnered with GIBS to start a social enterprise called the Fix Scholarship, where she offers educational and leadership opportunities to female social innovators in Africa. Having funded her first two students directly from pocket, 10 years later the programme is a sustainable NPO in partnership with corporate stakeholders and over 30 alumni. In 2022, Fix Scholarship in partnership with Diketo Inclusive Education launched Affirmations For The African Child – an inclusive educational and mental health product to encourage healing for kids, families, classes, clinics and therapy centers.

Fix The DJ

Fix enjoys bringing people together (‘Ubuntu’ as we say in Xhosa culture) and found a way to do just that through her love for music. She bought her first vinyl at the age of 15 and fell inlove with the DJ world later siging up with Soul Candi’s DJ/Record Label. Having lived in the UK at an early age, and later living in the US in her early 20’s, Fix’s DJ sets are elcetic ranging from club/dance classics to soulful, groovy and deep house.

Fix & Mindfulness

Fix began her mindfulness journey in the US in 2010. She is a registered 400 Level Instructor under Yoga Alliance International. She is also a student of Transcendental Meditation, Breath work Africa facilitation and a wellness corporate mentor with Mindful Revolution South Africa.

The serial entrepreneur co-owns a beach bar, resturant & wellness studio titled ‘The Yoga Bar Zanzibar’ and owns Secret Sunrise Zanzibar, a movement of joy, music and dance on the beautiful beaches of Zanzibar. Find out more about the Global Secret Sunrise Movement here: www.secretsunrise.com

Under the brand, ‘Self care With Fix’, Fix offers various integrative wellness services including:

Self care ‘Daily Yoga/Meditation’

– Breath work & Meditation (Online)

– Yin Yoga

– Stretch

– Beginners: Vinyasa Flow

– Prenatal Yoga

Self care ‘Yoga Retreat’

A self-investment retreat where mindfulness, music, movement, and nature connect on the white beaches of Zanzibar. Slow down and re-set.

Self care ‘Conscious Leadership Retreat’

Having received her certificate in Conscious Leadership through Sounds True (partnership with NYU Mindful Campus), Fix curates retreats targeted towards socially conscious professionals (entrepreneurs, managers or employees) that want to grow themselves and their companies. Focusing on the inner work to truly create impact on a macro-level.

For bookings or more information on Fix, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Lesedi Job

Lesedi Job

Lesedi Job is an award-winning theatre director, actress and voiceover artist.

Upon graduating she was cast in the Lion and the Jewel at the Market Theatre and has worked consistently over the years as an actress in both theatre and television.

As an actress one of her distinct abilities is her voice, which led her to her career as a voiceover artist that spans well over 10 yrs.

In 2016 Lesedi embarked on her journey to becoming a theatre director when she was part of workshopping a new Musical in Toronto receiving mentorship from British director Adrian Noble.

In 2017 her directorial debut was Mike Van Graan’s When Swallows Cry at the Market Theatre which won her a Naledi Theatre award for Best Director and also won awards for Best New South African Script and Best Production. This play under her direction has gone on to be performed at the 2018 Ethiopia African Union Conference, 2018 Geneva Peace Week and 2018 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development.

She has since directed Itsoseng, Helen of Troyeville, Dead Tinder Society, Meet me at Dawn starring Pamela Nomvete and Natasha Sutherland, Congo; the trial of King Leopold ii starring Robert Whitehead and Dr John Kani and Brutal Legacy an adaptation of Tracy Going’s memoir addressing the issue of gender-based violence. The theatre production Brutal Legacy is now part of the documentary That’s What She Said which Lesedi has also co-produced as part of YesGirlProductions. In 2022 she directed Kill Move Paradise in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and in 2023 she worked as resident director on the South African musical Calling Us Home alongside New York based director Peter Flynn.

In 2019 Lesedi mentored director’s in Nairobi for the Kampala International Theatre Festival in Uganda as part of the Nairobi Musical Theatre Initiative in collaboration with Sundance Theatre in New York.

She is a recipient of the Sophie Mgcina Emerging Voice Award, Mbokodo Women in Arts Award for Theatre and was nominated as a candidate for the prestigious Rolex Mentorship Protégé Arts Initiative.

For bookings or more information on Lesedi, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Nina Hlalo

Nina Hlalo

Nina Hlalo is a dynamically well-rounded entertainer and an aspiring actress who made her debut appearance on our South African screens on the Amstel Class Act 2011 competition, where she came forth in the female category.

In addition to making it to Top 4, she also dazzled the audience with her eclectic personality which awarded her The Viewers Choice Award from Metro FM. After her appearance on Class Act she was invited to emcee the KZN Spring Music Festival in Pietermaritzburg. She hosted a music show on DSTV's Africa Magic channel entitled Music on Africa Magic which reaches over 18 countries across Africa.

With her love for the stage and natural flare for entertainment, Nina offers a diverse array of talents such as voice overs, emceeing, acting, and presenting.

For bookings or more information on Nina, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Dineo ‘Moeketsi’ Langa

Dineo 'Moeketsi' Langa

The National School of the Arts graduate beat out over 3000 contestants to the final stages of the O-Access presenter search to take the most highly coveted job in entertainment on the African continent.

But her talents go way further than that, she has previously sung backing vocals for Flash Republic, and showcased her skills in several roles, including Soul City 10 and the independent feature film Skyf.

She also impressed in her cameo role in Winnie, the story of Winnie Mandela and her supporting role in Jacob's Cross. Since then she has also presented O News and 411 for Channel O, V-Prime and V-Entertainment on Vuzu and was also the co-host of the 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards.

Dineo’s relaxed presenting style and professionalism was also showcased as she presented the Big Brother TV Final in 2011, and was V-Entertainment and O-Access's Red Carpet Host at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.

From several high profile public speaking engagements, like being MC at Drum Magazine's 60th birthday concert and The Street Cred Urban Festival in 2011, to working as a voice-over artist for diverse clients such as One Gospel Channel to Kotex and even the Madam and Eve TV Pilot.

In 2012, Dineo reported from the red carpet at the 9th Annual Channel O Africa Music Video Awards. She also portrayed the character of Lindiwe in a South African science fiction police procedural television series, Room 9 and began Vuzu’s V-Entertainment alongside Lalla Hirayama, Siyabonga Ngwekazi and Thomas.

In 2013, she guest-starred on the second season of the SABC 1 sitcom, My Perfect Family.

In 2014, she appeared as herself in the Vuzu satirical mockumentary, Check Coast. In mid 2014 Dineo was a guest on the third season of e.tv’s talk show ScreenTime with Nicky Greenwall. At the end of the year she co-hosted Mzansi Magic’s reality series, My Perfect Proposal.

In April 2015 Dineo began co-hosting e.tv’s talk show, Ekse Zwakala, October saw e.tv announce via their website that Dineo was joining the channel’s soap opera, Scandal!, where she portrayed the character of Naledi Thebe.

In 2016 - 2020, Dineo plays the part of Kea in Mzanzi Magic’s The Queen, moving in 2021 on to S3's (Previously SABC 3) The Estate playing the role of Mmakoena Molefe,  whilst continuing to lend her talent to MC and voice over work. Dineo shows a professionalism, versatility and passion in all her work. There is no doubt she attracts attention wherever she goes.

For bookings or more information on Dineo, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Bongani Masondo

Bongani Masondo

Bongani Masondo is a South African actor best known for his starring role as Bafana "Prince" Shabalala in the SABC1 drama series Tshisa, from 2006-2012 and currently as 'Babymaker' in Skeem Saam on SABC1.

Tshisa was his debut television appearance. Bongani grew up in Spruitview and  knew that economic sciences wasn’t his true calling in life.

After a year at University of Johannesburg, he rebelled against his parents for the first time in his life. “I fought with them for a week,” he says. “I wanted to go and study at AFDA. They thought that they suddenly had a rebellious kid on their hands and changed their minds about the economic science.”

Bongani loves art and believes in its power to transform. At school he did drama and sang in the choir. At UJ he started to explore contemporary dance. At AFDA he studied an Honours in Live Performance, majoring in Screen Acting. He recently starred in the international award-winning student short Elaleni.

A budding musician, Bongani is one part of the rap-duo Tu Black. The duo released their 1st single on 1 March 2017 and are currently touring.

For bookings or more information on Bongani, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Amanda du-Pont

Amanda du-Pont

Amanda du-Pont is an actress, television presenter, and commercial and fitness model, voice over artist and business woman.

Amanda has acted on numerous television shows such as Muvhango, Generations, A place called Home, City Sesla, Intersexions, End Game, Task Force, Tarryn & Sharon, Kowethu, Mzansi Love and Single Guyz. Amanda has also acted on CBS drama “Life is Wild” aired on hallmark in the USA and locally. Amanda has filmed feature films released in cinema’s: Hear me move, Between Friends and Final Cut. Amanda has shot numerous commercials for: Old Mutual Bank, Absa Bank, Vodacom, Hippo, Shower to Shower and FIFA World Cup. Amanda has graced numerous magazine covers over the years such as Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Womans Health, Grazia, FitLife and Truelove. du-Pont was also an Adidas fitness ambassador for 3years. du-Pont has also presented numerous shows such as: The Real Goboza, BET A-List, Biting About,Man Cave and Come Duze.

Amanda shares a strong passion for business and aims to always empower herself and those around her. She designed her own line of shoes and collaborated on a line with Footwork. She has released her own limited edition backpack with international brand Sprayground.

Amanda has bagged a host of impressive collaborations with high-end brands such as Rolls Royce, McLaren, Emirates, Turkish Airlines and several international luxury resorts.

Amanda has an impressive reach of 5.3 million followers across her social media platforms. She uses this reach to inspire hope and build faith to her audience. She aims to empower those around her through positivity. Amanda has started a series called Moments with Mandz on her Instagram which is purely dedicated to uplifting others and empowering them with the tools to achieve their dreams.

Amanda has a Bachelor of Arts degree from The South African School of Motion Picture and Live Performance. She is also a New York Film Academy graduate in Acting in Film, the academy awarded her a scholarship for excellent performance at an arts convention in Florida where she was spotted performing and representing South Africa.

Amanda is a Greenpeace Global Ocean Ambassador. She is passionate and loves the ocean. She is doing all she can to raise awareness about the danger our oceans are facing due to over fishing, plastic pollution, climate change and deep sea mining exploration. She set sail on the Arctic Sunrise into the deep sea to Mount Vema. Together with a team of researchers, scientists, marine biologists and divers they captured research on this mission to submit to pave the way for a strong Oceans treaty to save our oceans.

Amanda was also a speaker at last years Shift Conference at Wits University. She believes we can secure Africa's future one mind at a time! This for her is purpose work, sharing what she has learnt and continues to learn along the way to help transform the careers and lives of youth.

Amanda has led various community projects which include collecting donated clothing and distribution to the homeless. She has also done various cookouts for the homeless and delivered food parcels to the homeless and disadvantaged.

Currently on Netflix Amanda plays “Ashley” on the original Netflix series “Shadow” and is on the film “10 Days in Sun City” available globally in 190 countries. She plays the role of “Lelo” on “Skeem Saam”, which has a viewership of 7.9 million and is available in 20 francophone countries.

For bookings or more information on Amanda, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Tumi Morake

Tumi Morake

Tumi Morake relocated to Johannesburg from the North West in order to follow her passion for the Arts. The multi-lingual powerhouse studied Drama at Wits from 2000 to 2003 which launched her into her first job travelling with AREPP Theatre Life, a touring educational theatre company, working across South Africa.

After paying her dues on the road, in 2005  Tumi arrived back in Johannesburg with her heart set on making a name for herself in the comedy world. Breaking out in 2006 Tumi is one of the most successful female comedians and highly sort after on the commercial and corporate circuit. She has worked with the likes of David Kau, Mark Lottering, Barry Hilton and Chris Forest on stages such as the Heavyweights Comedy JamBlacks OnlyHave A HeartJust Because Comedy FestivalThe Tshwane Comedy FestivalThe Lifestyle SA Festival and Old Mutual Comedy Encounters. 

In 2008 Tumi hosted the 8th Annual Woodstock Festival. Tumi was the only female among the international and local acts at the 2009 Vodacom Funny Festival. A highlight of her career was being a part of the 46664 It's No Joke Line Up.

Tumi's television career has encompassed  a focus on both acting and writing. Her television credits include roles as; Pabi in Soul Buddies (SABC 1), Persistence in Askies (SABC 2), and Millicent in Izoso Connection (SABC 1.) In 2006 she co-wrote Getting It On which won an award for Best Short at the VUKA! Awards. In 2007 she played a cameo role in the sitcom City Ses'la an award winning SAFTA show.  She is part of the team of writers for the SABC sitcom Nomzamo as well as the comedy-drama For Sale (2007.) Her international credits include a supporting role in the international award winning films Jerusalema, Skin and Joburg.

In 2012 Tumi was the fifth host to present Comedy Central Presents... Live at the Parkers. Comedy Central aired Tumi Morake: HERStory, a Stand-up special in 2013. Tumi co-hosted the 8th annual SAFTA's in 2014. She also began hosting Our Perfect Wedding, a Mzanzi Magic reality show. She hosted the last 13 episodes of season 4 and the first 13 episodes of season 5 before handing over, as is tradition, to the new host.

In 2016 she started hosting a once a week talk show Sipping Tea on Cliff Central, from there Tumi moved onto the breakfast show with Martin Bester on Jacaranda FM in 2017. 2017 was an exciting year for Tumi, seeing her become an ambassador for Jaguar Menlyn and co-hosting the fun variety show Red Cake -not the cooking show on SABC 2. Tumi also landed her own late night talk show on SABC 3 #WTF Tumi & took her stand-up comedy show; Tumi or not Tumi, on the road.

For bookings or more information on Tumi, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Anele Mdoda

Anele Mdoda

Radio and television presenter, Anele Mdoda began her career as a radio DJ at The University of Pretoria in 2004, where she studied Politics and International Relations.

Since then, Anele has worked as a radio DJ for South Africa’s most popular commercial radio stations such as 5FM and 947 (Previously known as 94.7 Highveld Stereo) where she currently presents the 947 Breakfast Club with Anele, 6am to 9am every week day.

Anele’s television presenting career began in 2009 when she co-hosted the reality TV show SA’s Got Talent, (based on the British “Got Talent” format) In 2011, Anele co-presented the SABC magazine, lifestyle and television series TV to the POWER of 5.

In 2014, Anele presented the docu-reality series Dream School SA which was broadcast on M-Net.

In the same year she co-presented the SABC 3 talk show Tongue In Cheek. From 2016 to mid-2018, Anele presented her own daily talk-show Real Talk With Anele on SABC 3. She recorded close to 400 episodes over 4 seasons. The show won a South African Film & Television Award (SAFTA) in 2017 for Best Talk Show.

In 2019 / 2020 Anele hosted Celebrity Game Night based on the Primetime Emmy Awards -winning series Hollywood Game Night. Anele was nominated as Best TV Presenter for the 2020 SAFTA Awards. The show won in the category Best International Format Show.

Anele has also featured as a contestant in the TV reality show Strictly Come Dancing, as a judge on Mzansi Magic’s Clash of the Choirs, as a judge on multiple Miss South Africa Pageants since 2012 and as a guest on a number of television and radio shows.

She has interviewed the likes of Trevor Noah in his studio in New York, Taraji P Henson, Terence Howard, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran to name a few. Anele has twice (2019 and 2020) interviewed other A-listers on the red carpet for The Academy Awards which was broadcast on MNET each year.

An author and a mother, who is passionate about cooking and connecting with her audience across all platforms, Anele gives 100% of herself in everything she undertakes.

Her twitter bio sums her up perfectly: ‘Be as interested as you are interesting.’
And to top it all off, she can perform any of Beyonce’s songs with all
of the passion of Queen B herself.

For bookings or more information on Anele, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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