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Phil Molefe was the acting group CEO for the SABC.
Molefe was previously the head of news at the SABC.
Thabo Phillip Molefe was born and raised at Sharpeville, the township that made international headlines in1960 when the apartheid South African Police opened fire on a group of unarmed black protesters. This was the type of world one was born into and grew up in – cast willy-nilly into the frontline of the struggle against racial oppression from the cradle.
Phil graduated as a teacher in1976 from the renowned Wilberforce Institute, one of the few mission institutions that survived closure by the apartheid government. He taught in Soweto at the height of the protracted student revolts and became very much involved in the political struggles of the time. This earned him the wrath of the apartheid security police, resulting in endless detentions under the infamous Internal Security Act. Phil has been a journalist for more than 20 years, working for several publications, including SASPU National, Weekly Mail and The Star. He studied journalism at the distinguished Editorial Centre at the University of Wales. He is also a fellow of the respected Thompson Foundation in the United Kingdom. He is also a graduate of Wits University’s Business School where he completed the Management Advancement Programme. He is currently doing his post-graduate degree in management at the Wits Business School.
Phil joined the SABC in 1994 as political editor and became Head of Television News in 1998, presiding over the largest news gathering operation in Africa. Later as the HEAD of SABC Africa, Phil played a leadership role in positioning the SABC as a leading broadcaster and content provider of choice on the continent. Now promoted to a global platform as Head of SABC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, Phil continues his track record of dynamic and effective leadership as an accomplished journalist and media veteran.
Phil is a recipient of several awards, including the British Council scholarship to study journalism abroad and the Education Development Trust’s Education Reporter of the Year 1992. He’s been a judge for several years for the CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards. He is currently the convenor and chairman of the Judges’ panel for the Vodacom Journalism Awards, the biggest in South Africa.
Molefe was previously the head of news at the SABC.
Thabo Phillip Molefe was born and raised at Sharpeville, the township that made international headlines in1960 when the apartheid South African Police opened fire on a group of unarmed black protesters. This was the type of world one was born into and grew up in – cast willy-nilly into the frontline of the struggle against racial oppression from the cradle.
Phil graduated as a teacher in1976 from the renowned Wilberforce Institute, one of the few mission institutions that survived closure by the apartheid government. He taught in Soweto at the height of the protracted student revolts and became very much involved in the political struggles of the time. This earned him the wrath of the apartheid security police, resulting in endless detentions under the infamous Internal Security Act. Phil has been a journalist for more than 20 years, working for several publications, including SASPU National, Weekly Mail and The Star. He studied journalism at the distinguished Editorial Centre at the University of Wales. He is also a fellow of the respected Thompson Foundation in the United Kingdom. He is also a graduate of Wits University’s Business School where he completed the Management Advancement Programme. He is currently doing his post-graduate degree in management at the Wits Business School.
Phil joined the SABC in 1994 as political editor and became Head of Television News in 1998, presiding over the largest news gathering operation in Africa. Later as the HEAD of SABC Africa, Phil played a leadership role in positioning the SABC as a leading broadcaster and content provider of choice on the continent. Now promoted to a global platform as Head of SABC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, Phil continues his track record of dynamic and effective leadership as an accomplished journalist and media veteran.
Phil is a recipient of several awards, including the British Council scholarship to study journalism abroad and the Education Development Trust’s Education Reporter of the Year 1992. He’s been a judge for several years for the CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards. He is currently the convenor and chairman of the Judges’ panel for the Vodacom Journalism Awards, the biggest in South Africa.
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