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Rebecca Phala is a South African experienced hard news journalist whose seven years long experience spans from television, radio and print. During her undergraduate days, she started a student based television station where she gave young people with aspirations to venture into media a starting place behind the scenes or on screen.
She has worked with radio turf at the University of Limpopo as an entertainment reporter before she went to work for urban sister radio stations Energy FM and Choice FM first as an English news anchor and filed reporter, then as current affairs show host to ultimately serving as News Editor for both stations.
At Energy FM, she interviewed multiple high profile government and civil society leaders inclusive of President Cyrl Ramaphosa, cabinet Ministers and Provincial leaders. She then worked with multiple newspaper publishing house Northern Media group where she wrote hard news and ivestigative news stories for four publications namely Observer, Bonus, Review and Capricorn Voice. She broke a record at the publishing house as the only journalist to have their stories featured in the front page for their entire stay in the publication's employ.
She was then headhunted to serve as communications officer for Johannesburg based KTVR Bus Service which is operating the Bus Rapid Transit for the City of Ekurhuleni metro. She has worked as host of a current affairs television show called "Point of View" on Limpopo Television channel which was broadcast on DSTV.
At KTVR Bus Service, she is responsible for internal and external communication, media liaison sole, stakeholder relations, policy drafting and execution, marketing and advertising, graphic design and the editing and publishing of the company's quarterly publication called Observer. Rebecca has volunteered as public relations officer for the Limpopo Artists Movement, an organisation that has successfully lobbied for provincial governments to give local artists enough recognition.
She was responsible for all of the organisation's media and publication. She has been featured on the BBC, Gabz FM in Botswana, Legally clueless podcast, the South African State Theater, Woman Radio in South Africa and SAFM commentating on media trends, political events, breaking stories and gender equality discussions.