RADIO PRODUCER TAKES EDUCATION SERIOUS

Radio producer and presenter with more than four qualifications Marcia Lebambo believes that hard work pays. 

Marcia Lebmabo in her third graduation
at TUT, Gencor Hall



Lebambo was born and raised in Bushbuckbridge, Mpumalanga before she moved to Pretoria to fulfil her dreams.

Lebambo is a current affairs show producer and presenter at TUT FM Live@ 6. The radio station is based at Tshwane University of Technology, Soshanguve.

According to Lebambo, she enjoys informing the community about news and things that are taking place in their area.

“Reporting and informing the community is what I enjoy most in the show. We discuss different issue that affects them and we invite different guests for different departments to help bring solutions about the challenges that the community faces.

In 2004 Lebambo completed her matric at Skhukuza SeniorSchool and passed Business management and Economics with distinctions.

Lebambo said she always desired to further her studies but because of financial reasons she thought her dreamswon’t come true until she had a word with her principal Mr Letswalo

“I went to the principal to enquire where I can further my studies and get funds.”

She added that she wrote a letter for different universities after the principal gave her a contact book with different university addresses.

“I wrote for different universities but only TUT responded. I wanted them to accept me after I have upgraded my economics and mathematics,” Lebambo explained.

Lebambo said she initially planned to study for journalism but her parents couldn’t afford to pay for registration fees before the closing date.

Through that she lost her chances of being registered as a student journalist. She had to wait for her parents to get money at the end of the month so that she can register for another course.

In 2005 Lebambo managed to secure her space and registered on time for Administration management. She added that she told herself that after this qualification, she would enrol for another qualification.

“My aim was to enrol for more than one qualification. On my first year I passed all my subjects with distinctions.”

During her first year, Lebambo was an active student as she participated in many activities such as political structure Azania Student Convention, debate team, residents committee and TUT FM 96.2.

“I told myself that Ihave to participate in different activities beside my studies. I didn’t want to be an ordinary student,” Lebambo said.

During her first year, she started volunteering at TUT FMas she saw radio as a good platform to develop her communication skills.

“I saw radio as platform to developmy communication skills.”

In 2008 Lebambo registered for a B-Tech in Strategic Management before she got a job as a resident assistant at Tshwane University of Technology.

At the age of 20-years –old she became a permanent TCE 1 resident’s manager.

In 2010 Lebambo went an extra-mile to register for masters in Entrepreneurship with Tshwane University of Technology.

“The whole last year I was busy with my masters but I did half of it. I am happy that I will be finishing it this year,” Lebambo said.

Lebambo also has a certificate in Business Communication from UNISA and another B-Tech in Public Management.

According to Lebambo she saw education as her only friend.

 “I am not from a good background that is why I took education as my friend. I don’t have a friend that can change my life. The only friend that can change my life is education,” Lebambo said.

Lebambo won several awards such as awarded for being best resident’s manger in the year 2008.

Recently Lebambo visited her previous school to propose a project were she would be offering career guidance.

“I went back to where I did matric and proposed that I will visit them during my spare time and offer career guidance and other things that might take learners to the next level,” Lebambo concluded.