KOKETŠO MOTAU - GA-MATHABATHA'S MEDIA GENIUS

By Lerato Molea GA - MATHABATHA: Koketšo Hope Motau 's rise to stardom has been well documented of late since his appearance on the big screen as a TV journalist. But what most people don't know is that, Motau, commonly referred as "Ngwanamakwa" , has been in the media profession for the past 12 years. Known for his powerful command of the Sepedi language, Polokwane Weekly took time to know the person behind the mic on the public broadcaster. In his early life, Motau to Dikgeu Primary School in Ga - Mathabatha and moved to Diepsloot, North of Johannesburg in Gauteng to do his Grade 8 to 10 at Rabasotho Combined School but returned to Ga - Mathabatha to do his Grade 11 and 12 at Mashianyane Secondary School.

The lanky journalist holds a B - Tech Degree in Journalism, a National Diploma in Journalism and a National Certificate in Versatile broadcasting - all from the Tshwane University of Technology. When describing himself, Motau says he is passionate about Radio and Broadcast Journalism. Motau's exceptional talent was rewarded as far back as 2013, when he won print journalist of the year award, while at Record Noweto [ a Weekly published community newspaper ] as well as the Golden Harris Student Photojournalist of the year, also in 2013. Those awards were significant in Motau's career to as they led to his appointment to be a Television News Executive Producer at TUT in 2015 to 2016, where he was responsible for the content production and supervision of student's TV bulletin. The Ga - Mathabatha born star then joined the popular, Primedia's Eyewitness and Radio 702 as a journalist in 2016 until he left in 2018.

In April 2018, Motau returned to his birth province of Limpopo to join SABC's Thobela FM, where he presented a weekend midnight show, "Mošito wa 12 to 3." It was then where he was promoted in 2019 to host the popular Youth Show, Moswa Le Bokamoso on Weekdays from 2pm to 3pm. During his second year as a presenter of "Moswa Le Bokamoso", he managed to win a Redi Award - the first award for the show since its inception for a decade.

In 2021, Motau got the opportunity to work with one of his radio idol, Dr Moloko Mashamaite, where he produced the popular talk show, "Tabakgolo". Motau was then moved to the SABC news division as TV journalist. #PolokwaneWeekly