FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LADYBRILLE Magazine Honors Thami Ngubeni as Woman of the
Month, August 2014!
Sacramento,
CA (August 25, 2014) Ladybrille
Magazine, the pioneer
digital platform and authority on African fashion in the West’ and the
pioneer voice for the African woman entrepreneur; honors Popular South
African media personality and change agent Thami Ngubeni, as its Ladybrille
Woman of the Month for August 2014.
The Ladybrille
‘Woman of the Month’ is a monthly feature on the magazine’s podcast show ‘Ladybrille
Woman Podcast Show, that celebrates outstanding women, locally and
internationally, for their brilliant contributions to society.
“Thami is a
very impressive brilliant woman whose accomplishments and contributions, from
radio to television, to her talk show and humanitarian efforts, are worth
celebrating for more than one month,” said
Uduak Oduok, Founder of Ladybrille. “We are honored that she accepted our
invitation to celebrate her this month.”
Thami
Ngubeni is a South African author, radio host, tv talk show host, speaker,
actor humanitarian, and entrepreneur who first became known for presenting
various television shows as a teenager.
In
2004 she appeared as Sabina Siko in the film Critical Assignment. She also
hosted a lifestyle magazine show ‘Free Spirit’ and in 2005 and 2006, played the
lead role in South Africa’s wineland drama series ‘Known Gods,’ as the
character of Nana Soci.
In 2011 she hosted her own show The Scarlet Lounge on
DStv's Christian channel ONE Gospel. Her television writing work includes
scriptwriting for the magazine show Top Billing and the game show Family
Fortunes.
On
radio Ngubeni host two nationally syndicated radio shows including an
entertainment/current affairs show and a motivational show ‘The Sacred Space.’
In
May, 2007 she was appointed as the editor of The Oprah Magazine in South
Africa. She resigned after a year in the job, choosing to pursue and create her
own talk show ‘Life with Thami.’ Ngubeni is also an entrepreneur and owner of
her own media production company called Tamzin which creates and produces media
for TV, film, radio and print.
In
2006, she wrote and co-published a book titled ‘My Sacred Spaces’ with Penguin
Books.
“[I] am just
ecstatic to just have this opportunity ...,” said Ngubeni on being named Ladybrille Woman of the
Month for August 2014.
Ngubeni’s
interview is published on the Ladybrille Woman Podcast show and is now
available on www.ladybrillemag.com.
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in 2007 by fashion model, attorney and journalist Uduak Oduok, Ladybrille® is the pioneer digital platform
and authority on African fashion in the West and the pioneer voice for the
African woman entrepreneur.
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