| Intro | South African Football Coach and Presenter | ||||||
| Known for | Presenting and producing Dlala Mzansi on Soweto TV | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Mawi, The Sports Don | ||||||
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Television presenter Association football manager Sports coach Television producer Radio personality |
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| From | South Africa | ||||||
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Film, TV, Stage & Radio Sports |
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| Gender | male | ||||||
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22 April 1994, Benoni |
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| Age | 26 years | ||||||
| Residence | Boksburg | ||||||
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Malwandla Hlekane, born 22-04-1994 in Benoni, is a South African football coach, presenter, producer, a commercial and fitness model with high fashion and runway traits. An award winning presenter, winning two awards in 2018 at the Gauteng Sports Awards and number local football titles and trophies.
Malwandla is a versatile individual and has more to offer than just sports expertise. Over the years Malwandla has evolved into an exquisite model and his ability to use his voice is incredible after being scouted and found by Wendy Venter. Hlekane has featured for Fattis & Monis in 2015 and shot an ad for WeChat 2015 and Standard Bank through Wendy’s Talent Agency. Through Alushi Models whilst being managed by Sashi Naidoo, Hlekane was signed to New York modelling agency Clavon Models and is currently managed by New Jersey based Clavon Leonard. To date, he has walked and modeled for American, Ghanaian and South African designers across Africa in 2018.
Malwandla has bachelors in Arts from the University of Johannesburg. He completed his degree in a BA in sports communication and graduated in 2018. The course focused on communication (media and interpersonal) and the fundamentals of the body which include physiology, anatomy and biomechanics.
Malwandla also ventured into media and broadcasting where he began as a radio sports anchor on UJFM drive and a host of the The Game, a vibrant sports show every Monday. UJFM is a local radio station that helped Hlekane move to Soweto TV where he went on to be nominated for the Gauteng Sports Awards for Best Programme of the Year in 2017 and then along with the team went on to win the category in 2018 and additional Best Community media of the Year. This was for the show Dlala Mzansi in which Malwandla co-produced and presented in.
Malwandla by trade is a sports coach and has spent time in Germany, specifically in the north, Bremen. He coached kids between the ages of 12 – 16 in various sporting codes predominantly hockey and soccer. He also volunteered in Bremen’s leading non-profit sport facility Sportgarten e.V. He now coaches under his own banner of The Hatrick Arena, plying his trade through his own entity and giving back to the Ekhuruleni communities’. He recently obtained his South African Football Association D coaching license.