Mosibodi Whitehead: Kaya FM
FROM BOTANY TO SPORTS PRESENTING
Written by: Tshepiso Tshabalala
O
ne thing about passion is that
it is like a ghost, it always has
a way to haunt you and it will
find you no matter where in the world
you may be. You can try to run from it
as you may, but something must give,
passion will always win.
Mosibodi Whitehead, a sports
presenter at Kaya FM is a living
testimony of that. The sports fanatic
was born in Swaziland to South African
parents who were in exile, he holds a
Bsc in Botany from University of Cape
Town and yet his degree did not stop
him doing what he loves most.
“I’ve always loved sports, the passion
was always there, tried every sport
there is and was never a pro at it,” says
Whitehead. “I ran an athletics
website in my varsity days, in 2009 got
an opportunity to work at Kaya FM”,
he adds.Whitehead, was filled with joy
and light when he spoke about his love
for sports and when he first joined Kaya
FM, one would not try too hard to see
that the man is sports driven.
He covered the 2010 World Cup, ran
The Comrades Marathon in 2016 even
though he says he almost took the
whole day to complete the race, his
love for sports kept him focused
throughout the race, he also
cycles to relax.
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He mentioned cricket as his
ultimate favourite sport and if he
were afforded the opportunity to be
a player or coach he would choose
to be a coach.
“I’d be Clive Barker, I had the priv-
ilege to meet the guy, what a hum-
ble man, he never said anything bad
about his players” says Whitehead
with a smile.
His memorable sporting event is
when Bafana Bafana won against
Tunisia. “The 1996 match between
Bafana Bafana and Tunisia has to
be one of my most memorable
moments, I was in the stadium that
day,” Whitehead says with elation
on his face.
Whitehead is motivated by young
athletes, he says that focus should
be shifted to young talented
children. That is why he along with
other teammates recently
developed an organization called
the Afropolitan Sports, the aim of
the initiative is to help young
talented kids to live up to their
sporting talents.
Whitehead says getting married and
becoming a father are his greatest
achievements in life, both expe-
riences added to his growth and
changed his perspective.
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