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Given Mabunda

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Given Mabunda aka The Radio Guy

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Born: Dzhunisani Given Mabunda on the 30 th of January 1996

Place of birth: Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa

Occupation: Radio DJ, Club DJ

Years active: 2010 - Current

Given Mabunda, previously known as Given Littleman is not just an ordinary DJ brand but a true definition of the phrase “Age has no limits” From just the age of 15 his passion for radio was already

burning.

Personal

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Given Mabunda was born on January 30th 1996 in Lethaba hospital.[1] outside Tzaneen. He is the first of three children of Mr & Mrs Mabunda.

Given began his primary school in park town public school in Johannesburg[2] in 2002 later moved to Piet van Vuuren in Brixton. In 2008, he moved to the capital of South Africa, Pretoria were he attended Burger right primary school and in 2010 enrolled at Elandspoort high school were he matriculated in 2014. Given's tertiary education was done at the Tshwane University Of Technology[3], he obtained a National diploma in Logistics and B-Tech in Supply Chain Management.

Career

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Given Mabunda’s career stated off as a regular visitor at Tshwane FM[4], Campus radio station at the Tshwane University of Technology. The regular visits lead to him hosting his first radio show at the age of 15 called RockaFella on Tshwane FM 93.6 when one of the On-Air personality did not pitch for the show and he was in studio. It is on Tshwane FM were he natured the art of broadcasting on a number of shows including TshwaneFM’s breakfast show and drive time show.

In 2017 aged 21, Given Mabunda was nominated at the prestige radio awards South African radio awards under the “Best Campus Afternoon Drive Presenter”

It is in this very same year “2017” that the Limpopo based commercial station Capricorn FM gave attention to him. In 2018, Given joined Capricorn FM[5] were he hosted the grave yard 10pm to 1am shift and in 2019 hosted the music flagship chart show called The CTM URBAN HOT 40[6] till May 2021[7]

In May of 2021, he took a break from radio to go try out something different from broadcasting, he join the shoprite group of companies there, he worked as a trainee manager however after a year in July of 2022 he returned back to radio hired by Tebogo Jacko magubane, this time headed to the national broadcaster SABC, Munghana lonene FM [8][9] [10][11]. He currently hosts the two late night shows. A house music show called Hi Pfurha Malanagvi and world music show on a Sunday

Awards
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Nomination: Best campus radio dj at the South African Radio Awards (Liberty radio awards)[12]

Best Radio DJ at the Pheli Awards

Best Radio DJ at the Tshwane FM awards

References
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  1. ^ "More about Letaba Hospital". LekkeSlaap. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  2. ^ "Johannesburg", Wikipedia, 2024-07-24, retrieved 2024-07-25
  3. ^ "Tshwane University of Technology - Tshwane University of Technology". www.tut.ac.za. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  4. ^ "Tshwane FM 93.6". tshwanefm.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  5. ^ https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/news/given-mabunda-takes-capricorn-fm-airwaves-by-storm-0627c847-6ceb-40cf-b3a7-3f8b89d6baf8. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Team, News (2020-02-28). "Fresh, new talent rises on Limpopo's hottest frequency". Capricorn FM. Retrieved 2024-07-25. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ Team, News (2021-06-05). "Given Mabunda, bids farewell to Limpopo's Hottest Frequency". Capricorn FM. Retrieved 2024-07-25. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ http://www.munghanalonenefm.co.za/sabc/home/munghanalonenefm/shows/personalityprofiles/details?id=a5b56625-a434-4d86-95a7-df160e92bfe3&title=Given%20Mabunda. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ "Munghana Lonene FM", Wikipedia, 2024-06-17, retrieved 2024-07-25
  10. ^ https://www.iol.co.za/pretoria-news/lifestyle/popular-broadcaster-given-mabunda-joins-munghana-lonene-fm-92937f0f-fa28-4a46-b688-c23d51464b2a. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ http://www.munghanalonenefm.co.za/sabc/home/munghanalonenefm/shows/personalityprofiles/details?id=a5b56625-a434-4d86-95a7-df160e92bfe3&title=Given%20Mabunda. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ "Liberty Radio Awards announces nominees for 2017". Bizcommunity. Retrieved 2024-07-25.