Just a girl and her Dog

About Me. 2 nd year CPUT Journalism student, with a keen interest in TV broadcasting and a love affair with chocolates and gin! TV Presenter for CTV AND NACTV, former ETV, Smile FM and Good hope FM intern.   Life motto:   A selfie a day keeps the doctor away!    News has always been the prime factor of my career, I knew I had a chance at this journalism career when I entered the ETV building which was then in Kloof Street, as a job shadow student under the guidance of Journalist Lance Witten.  I’ll never forget the day. Witten was scheduled to go on air at 13:15 to read his sport bulletin, it was my 5 th day shadowing him, he grabbed my hand and asked me ‘would you like to go see where I read the bulletin from?” An overly excited 17 year old me smiled so widely that I yelled YES at the top of my lungs (one would swear Lance asked me to marry him that day!) We walked down the stairs so fast (Lance was late, he had to be in his anc...

South Africa is still under lockdown but on level 3 with some of its restrictions lifted.  Of course not everyone is happy about the lockdown, but what can we do?! We  have to save lives and in order to do that, we have to remain at home where possible.  I took to the street to find out what some South Africans thought of the lockdown, and what have they been up to during these unprecedented times. Enjoy.    

Lockdown, but definitely not out! South Africa is still under lockdown, with some restrictions lifted. Millions of people have now gone back to work, Universities are still closed unfortunately, which means many of us students have had to adapt to online learning, which is honesty not as glamorous as it may seem. It's been 4 weeks now, that I have been doing online learning from my home, its not been easy, its quite draining and can literally take up so much of your time if you do not plan properly. When week 1 of the online learning commenced, my anxiety levels were through the the roof, I was not in a space where my thoughts were positive because I'm usually a very structured person, so this online learning way of life was something new to me because I did not know what to expect, or how my mental health will be effected. Then the assignments started pouring in!!! Now, I'm all for assignments because they literally give you a sense of what t...

Knowledge is power and news provides that knowledge. By Lisalee Solomons. Learning to know the know. Writing a review of any sort can be quite tricky, yet tons of fun if that is your passion of course. It’s not always every reader   or listener that will listen or agree with what you have to say, but it comes with the territory, some readers might dislike you for what you write, whilst others will simply enjoy your pieces because they give balance and curiosity. One just has to try and understand what it is that your audience actually enjoys reading about, in this instance its food! Brent Meersman, who’s a well-known Cape Town based author, writer, journalist and reviewer has had his fair share of backlash and praise for the pieces his written about. His accomplished publishing his own novel, reviewed more than 200 shows for the Mail & Guardian as their theatre critic, given book reviews and even covered some politics, to name a few. But his media career took a sl...