[Submitted via press release]
CNN's Nkepile Mabuse joins eNCA
CNN’s Johannesburg based correspondent Nkepile Mabuse returns to eNCA from September after more than five years with the leading international news network.
Mabuse joined CNN in February 2008 after initially starting her broadcasting career with eNews in 2000.
She will now return to be the executive producer of eNCA’s new flagship current affairs show which will launch towards the end of the year. eNCA says details of the show, including its name, will be released closer to the time.
Head of News, Patrick Conroy, says “eNCA is delighted to have Nkepile Mabuse back in the fold, and we are eternally grateful to CNN for the opportunities provided to her”.
Mabuse joined CNN shortly before eNCA launched as a 24-hour news channel.
Conroy says: “eNCA is very pleased that Nkepile will return to us with invaluable experiences, insights and knowledge. She is a great addition to our team and best placed to take investigative television journalism forward in this country.”
Mabuse says: “I am absolutely thrilled to be joining eNCA. Africa is on the rise and the world is hungry for African content and context. I believe eNCA is perfectly positioned to become the future platform of choice on Africa. The skills I've acquired at CNN should enable me to make a positive contribution towards eNCA's rise both at home and internationally and I look forward to the challenge."
Parisa Khosravi, Senior Vice President, Newsgathering, at CNN Worldwide says: “Nkepile’s excellent work came to our attention via the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards. We’re delighted that she is continuing her career with a valued CNN affiliate in eNCA. We want to wish her all the best and congratulate her on this new opportunity.”
Nkepile Mabuse covered a wide range of domestic and international stories during her career at CNN including reporting on the crisis in Zimbabwe, President Barack Obama’s election victory from his father’s home village of Kogelo in Kenya.
Nkepile has also interviewed numerous high profile leaders including Desmond Tutu, South Africa President Jacob Zuma, Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, former Ghanaian President John Kufuor and former American President Jimmy Carter.
Nkepile is an award-winning correspondent having gained recognition for her achievements as a category winner of the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards and receiving merit in the Vodacom Journalist of the Year award in the ‘Editor’s Choice’ category.
Her documentary "They Call it Corrective Rape" was 1st runner up for Outstanding TV Journalism, at the 23rd Annual Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media awards held in the United States in 2012. The GLAAD Awards recognise and honour media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community that inspire change.
In 2010 Mabuse was part of the team nominated at the 31st Annual Emmy Awards, News and Documentary for having worked on the Christiane Amanpour show that featured her interview with Robert Mugabe.
Most recently, in February, her coverage of the Marikana Massacre formed part of a body of work submitted to the Royal Television Society Awards in London where CNN International was crowned News Channel of the Year.
Nkepile Mabuse studied a National Diploma in Civil Engineering at the Wits Technikon College in Johannesburg before switching to a career in broadcasting,