Friday, August 2, 2019

The former PR boss at struggling Econet's Kwesé TV, Reatile Tekateka resurfaces in the pay-TV biz at competitor MultiChoice Africa as its new corporate affairs boss.


The former PR boss at struggling Econet's Kwesé TV, Reatile Tekateka, who disappeared from the radar for a year and a half since 2018, has resurfaced at pay-TV competitor MultiChoice Africa where she has been appointed as the new corporate affairs boss.

Reatile Tekateka was previously the head of PR and communications at Econet Media's floundering Kwesé TV where she oversaw media liaison with the press for Econet's stillborn Kwesé Play video streaming service that is now being liquidated.

Reatile Tekateka jumped to Joe Public United in 2018 as a managing partner and has now joined MultiChoice Africa Holdings since August 2019 as the head of corporate affairs where she will be reporting to MultiChoice Africa CEO, Hennie Visser.

MultiChoice Africa calls Reatile Tekateka "a highly-experienced communications professional with deep skills in reputation management, corporate communications, PR, internal communications and stakeholder management".

Reatile Tekateka has an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business Science and a post-graduate diploma in business administration from the same institution.

"We are pleased with the appointment of Reatile who brings within MultiChoice Africa an impressive professional footprint in Africa," said Hennie Visser.

"Reatile will play a critical role in building and executing strategies that will assist MultiChoice Africa navigate diverse media, as well as a specialised and diverse set of skills and experience to navigate highly-complex and regulated industries across diverse geographies."