April • 2021
First time working with Matuba. Went well until the point of exporting finished work...took a while. Hope it gets better next. Lucky it was a feature package this time around
Matuba M.
Johannesburg, South Africa
14 reviews$250 - $600 / Day
About
Matuba Mahlatjie is a South African-based freelance journalist with 17 years of experience in broadcast journalism. South Africa's first independent channel eNCA and the national broadcaster, SABC are among the local newsrooms Matuba has worked for. International news organisation he's worked for include CNN Johannesburg Bureau and CGTN's Nairobi headquarters. Extensive experience as a gatekeeper (News Editor at eNCA and Sub-Editor at the SABC) before falling in love with being in the field full time. Travelled extensively around the African continent, Europe and the US.
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- News Shooter / Video Journalist
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- Reporter / Journalist
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Produced for teleSUR
Apartheid victims seeking justice
Family members of anti-apartheid activist who perished at the hands of the racist government still seeking reparations. They said the Truth and Reconciliation Commission did not give them justice
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- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
- Field Producer
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Produced for teleSUR
South Africa's workers' strike
South Africa's biggest trade union federation organised a march against government corruption in Johannesburg.
- Reporter / Journalist
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
- Field Producer
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Video Editor - News
- TV News Producer
Produced for eNCA
eNCA covers historic performance of Mozart's Requiem and two of South Africa's celebrated sopranos sharing the stage for the first time
eNCA became the first news channel in South Africa to broadcast a live classical music show hosted in Johannesburg.
- Reporter / Journalist
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Produced for TRT World
Soweto's Gogo washing powder
A South African biochemist quit her day job to start mixing her own formula to produce her own laundry washing powder and other household products. The start-up is a hit with low-income earners in Soweto. She believes her Gogo Washing Powder has a market neglected by more established brands.
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Field Producer
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- TV News Producer
Produced for eNCA
Unrest in the build up to local government elections in South Africa
In 2016, chaos erupted in one of the townships in Pretoria. It was part of the ongoing violence that took place in the build-up to elections.
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Produced for SABC
First of the lockdown in South Africa
Live crossing on the first day of the lockdown in South Africa. This was weeks after coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.
- Reporter / Journalist
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
- Field Producer
- TV News Producer
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Video
- DSLR or equivalent
- Full HD video camera
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- Reporter / Journalist
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
- Field Producer
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- TV News Producer
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- Video Editor - News
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- Copy Editor
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