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It apparently happened at a soccer field many years ago when a young Thuso Motaung was tasked with doing live commentary during local soccer matches.

Today Ntate Thuso reaches close to a million listeners every Sunday, according to Lesedi FM’s website, on his moral regeneration Sunday programme, ‘Makgulong a matala’.

A comforting take on life

Walking through the streets of Soweto, Botshabelo and other areas, many homes tune into Thuso Motaung’s Sunday programme at 9am while preparing their Sunday meals, getting ready for church or seeking solace from his message of the day – it is this solace, this comforting take on life’s trials and tribulations, that works on the heartstrings of his audience, with whom he has developed deeply significant relationships.

Ntate Thuso also has a relatively influential weekday lunchtime slot on Lesedi FM, which has been his benchmark radio show for many years.

I can still remember back in 2004 walking to the SABC in Bloemfontein after school, curious to get close to what was at the time a mysterious platform, dominated by voices whose faces we rarely ever saw.

I made the two-kilometre walk, wearing my school blazer on a dry hot Free State summer day, burdened by heavy school bag on my shoulders.

Known for his outspoken and controversial nature, Motaung has garnered a massive following in South Africa.

Accolades and Contributions:

Throughout his illustrious career, Thuso Motaung has received numerous accolades, including the Hall of Fame Award, Man of the Year Award, and Mzanzi’s favorite Radio Personality of the Year in 2019. He is popularly known for his show on radio called Makgulong a Matala which he co-hosts with Rev.

Maine every Sunday.

Thuso Motaung Age

The exact age of the radio presenter is not known.

Thuso Motaung Career

He works as a radio presenter at Lesedi FM.

Motaung is known for addressing controversial topics on the radio. The emotional touchpoint spectrum on his Sunday programme spans from upsetting some listeners, agitating a few, embarrassing some, uplifting many, encouraging etc. His impact extends beyond the airwaves; in response to taxi violence in South Africa, he initiated the program “Jwale Ke Nako,” contributing significantly to the growth of the country’s only black-owned sector.

His Sunday moral regeneration program, “Makgulong A Matala,” has been on the air for over two decades, amassing over a million listeners.

Like others whose careers have such longevity, he’s not been without his very public controversies, but has emerged stronger than ever.

Ntate Thuso, as he is affectionately known as, achieves his radio success, I would say, by sheer talent which was discovered by a public broadcaster official literally by chance. This humour laced with motivation as well as hard talk, has evolved into punchy video bytes on TikTok as well as other social media platforms.

Staying power

Thousands of users repost his videos, which are taken from his studio broadcasts at Lesedi FM.

One of his famous videos is one where he says (paraphrase) “…mfanaka ha o na chelate, empa dintho tse o di yetsang, ke tsa batho ba nang le tjelete…” which directly means, young man you don’t have the kind of money to be living a lifestyle suited for the rich.

What makes Ntate Thuso more potent is that the younger generation who listened to him because their parents had the radio on at the time, have become the parents who are now listening to him for their own spiritual and personal upliftment, showing his incredible staying power.

Perhaps his most effective tool is his sense of civic duty.

There he was in his prime.

So, even as a young boy, I was captivated by and drawn to radio because of him and many other great broadcasters of the time.

Top-of-mind content

Ntate Thuso uses reinforcements of the same on-air DNA personality – a radio programme manager’s (my previous role) way of saying that he developed a coherent radio personality, and maintains it by being authentic and consistent in his delivery.