About Me

At my core, I’m a broadcaster — that’s where everything started for me on 1 April 2000. I honestly thought the job offer was an April Fools’ prank, but it turned into the beginning of a career that’s taken me through all sorts of productions, studios, live events, and unforgettable moments. Along the way, I’ve picked up a pretty unique mix of creative and technical skills, simply by being curious and saying “yes” to every opportunity that came my way.

 

I’ve worked on major sporting events — Rugby, Cricket, and Football World Cups, international cricket tours, and big golf tournaments like the Nedbank Golf Challenge and the SA Open. I’ve directed news during some of the most intense moments imaginable: the Oscar Pistorius trial, Mandela’s funeral and final flight to Qunu, Presidential Inaugurations, Openings of Parliament, and a range of game shows, promos, and social projects. Live broadcasting has a way of keeping you sharp, humble, and very awake. 

 

But my creative side actually began even earlier. Back in 1999, once I had my own computer, I started designing random graphics, wallpapers, and flyers — anything I could experiment with. After finishing school and moving full-time into broadcasting, I got into video editing and motion graphics, and that really opened the door for me to start creating my own stories. There’s something special about watching an idea unfold into a finished piece, especially when you’ve built it from nothing.

 

I’ve always been someone who wants to know how things work. Even in school, I messed around with simple coding, and years later that curiosity led me into HTML, CSS, and Python. Now I use those skills to build websites, apps, and little tools for projects — basically anything that lets me tinker or automate something unnecessarily complicated.

 

Over time, I’ve built studios, configured broadcast systems from scratch, trained teams, and figured out workflows that make life easier for everyone. I love problem-solving, especially when it involves equipment, lights, cables, or complex setups. Working in high-pressure environments — from huge sports events to breaking news — taught me how to stay calm, think clearly, and keep everything running smoothly even when chaos is brewing around you.

 

These days, I’m sharpening my design process and having a lot of fun exploring what AI can add to the creative world. I use it for the repetitive bits — quick mock-ups, colour ideas, basic edits — so I can focus on the parts that actually excite me. I’ve been learning prompt engineering too, and it’s pushed me to explore wilder, more experimental styles and visuals.

 

At the end of the day, I’m driven by curiosity. I love learning new things, building new things, breaking things and fixing them again, and finding better ways to tell stories or solve problems. With the mix of experience I’ve gathered along the way, I try to stay grounded, keep improving, and share what I’ve learnt with others.

 

That’s the spirit behind TechPunk — creating, exploring, experimenting, and always staying just a bit hungry for the next challenge.

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3. Going live. EEEK!

 

After working the events gig for a few years, I missed the adrenaline of live broadcasting and decided to send my cv randomly to a little company called etv. I never heard back from them for months and in the meantime had resigned from my job and was preparing to move back to Johannesburg again. I had secured a few freelance gigs to keep me going for a month or 2 and suddenly they contacted me with an interview request. I travelled to Johannesburg the next day and went through my interview process, travelled back to Nelspruit, and again no word for a few weeks. I thought I had done poorly and decided to accept my fate and just carry on.

 

They contacted me a few weeks later and offered me a position. I had gone for a job interview and hadn’t even asked what position I was being interviewed for, I was so nervous. Anyways, it was for a multi-role position within the TV studio control room, called a gallery. This meant I got to play with all the equipment once more!

 

 

After working the events gig for a few years, I missed the adrenaline of live broadcasting and decided to send my cv randomly to a little company called etv. I never heard back from them for months and in the meantime had resigned from my job and was preparing to move back to Johannesburg again. I had secured a few freelance gigs to keep me going for a month or 2 and suddenly they contacted me with an interview request.

 

I travelled to Johannesburg the next day and went through my interview process, travelled back to Nelspruit, and again no word for a few weeks. I thought I had done poorly and decided to accept my fate and just carry on. They contacted me a few weeks later and offered me a position. I had gone for a job interview and hadn’t even asked what position I was being interviewed for, I was so nervous. Anyways, it was for a multi-role position within the TV studio control room, called a gallery. This meant I got to play with all the equipment once more!

 

How exciting it was to be in the centre of live news, especially when something big had happened and people were scrambling to get to air first. I was back again! I tried to learn everything as quickly as possible and just devoured every bit of info, advice, tip or trick I could get my hands on. I progressed quickly and within a few months I was directing the last few bulletins late at night that had lesser viewers and handling them well.

 

One morning though, I received a call from our HOD and I thought I had done something wrong, all he said was that my director would no longer be returning to work and I needed to direct the morning show. It was the opening day of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa! I remember standing at the corner of the studio and watching the 6am show go through their stories and new inserts and sponsored segments and I remember being absolutely terrified!

 

08:55 comes and the anchors need to swop in the 5 min ad-break, crews need to move sets around, and I need to take calm myself. I sit in the directors chair and look at the mass of buttons and lights in front of me, I take over the reigns and all I hear is “10 seconds to air, 5 seconds, 3-2-1” and I say “Roll Server A” and we’re live! Catch the next blog for more and find out how it went!