Nkepile Mabuse is leaving CNN International (DStv 401) after her very unusual stint doing Outside Eye for the eNCA (DStv 403) earlier this year and joining the eNCA.
Nkepile Mabuse did Outside Eye for the eNCA while she was still also with CNN International and will now become the new executive producer of a new current affairs show for the eNCA which will start later this year.
She started with eNews in 2000, left for CNN International in February 2008 just before the eNews Channel launched and will now be working for that 24-hour news channel.
With the SABC's new 24-hour news channel starting on 1 August and with the ANN7 24-hour news channel also launching very soon, the eNCA is looking to add a new flagship current affairs show after 3rd Degree was abruptly ended two months ago and which was shown on e.tv and the eNCA.
Nkepile Mabuse will be the executive producer of this new current affairs show for the eNCA which the channel is looking to launch by the end of 2013.
Neither e.tv nor the eNCA has any current affairs or news magazine on the air. The SABC has Special Assignment and M-Net's groundbreaking Carte Blanche is celebrating its 25th anniversary at the end of August.
"Africa is on the rise and the world is hungry for African content and context," says Nkepile Mabuse in a statement. "I believe the 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," she says.
Patrick Conroy, eNCA head of news says Nkepile Mabuse returns "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."
