Basetsana Kumalo

: January 4, 2024
: Tv Show Host

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Full Name	Basetsana Kumalo
Occupation	TV Show Host
Date Of Birth	Mar 29, 1974(1974-03-29)
Age	50
Birthplace	Soweto
Country	South Africa
Horoscope	Pisces

Basetsana Kumalo Biography

Name	Basetsana Kumalo
Birthday	Mar 29
Birth Year	1974
Place Of Birth	Soweto
Birth Country	South Africa
Birth Sign	Pisces
Parents	Philip Makgalemele, Beatrice Makgalemele
Spouse	Romeo Kumalo
Children(s)	uShaka Kgositsile Emmanuel Kumalo, Nkosinathi Gabriel Kumalo, Bontle ba Morena Jasmine Kumalo

Basetsana Kumalo is one of the most popular and richest TV Show Host who was born on March 29, 1974 in Soweto, South Africa. Businesswoman and television personality who became famous by hosting the groundbreaking South African lifestyle program Top Billing. She was later named editor-in chief for Top Billing magazine and began serving as President of the Business Women’s Association of South Africa.

She collaborated together with actor She partnered with actress Salma Hayek to fight childhood tetanus as a spokeswoman for the United Nations Children’s Fund. to combat childhood tetanus . She is a spokesperson of the United Nations Children’s Fund.

During 1990 and 1991, Kumalo was crowned Miss Soweto at the age of 16. Kumalo left school planning to follow in her mother’s footsteps as a teacher, but it was while before she was enrolled at the University of Venda to study education. Her mother entered her into Miss South Africa pageant that Kumalo went on to win.

She met her husband Romeo Kumalo, a Vodacom executive and former broadcaster, when she was crowned Miss Soweto. They started dating in 1997 and married in

In 2005 Kumalo gave birth to their first child, a boy named Nkosinathi Gabriel. A second son, uShaka Kgositsile Emmanuel, was born in 2012.

She got married to her business partner Romeo Kumalo, with whom she has three children with the names of Bontle, Nkosinathi and uShaka.

Basetsana Kumalo Net Worth

Net Worth	$5 Million
Source Of Income	TV Show Host
House	Living in own house.

Basetsana Kumalo is one of the richest TV Show Host from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Basetsana Kumalo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a child who sold sandwiches during soccer games to provide for her family. She went to school at Thabisang Primary School.

The year 2004, the actress was named in the list of 100 Greatest South Africans by the television show Great South Africans.

Basetsana Julia “Bassie” Kumalo (née Makgalemele; born 29 March 1974) is a South African television personality, beauty pageant titleholder, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Her career began in 1990 when she was crowned Miss Soweto and Miss Black South Africa at the age of 16. She was crowned Miss South Africa in 1994 and in the same year became the first runner-up in Miss World.

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Who is Basetsana Kumalo Dating?

According to our records, Basetsana Kumalo married to Romeo Kumalo. As of December 1, 2023, Basetsana Kumalo’s is not dating anyone.

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Kumalo was born in Soweto, South Africa. Her bus driver father, Philip Makgalemele, died in 2003 and her school teacher mother, Beatrice Makgalemele, died in 2006. She went to Thabisang Primary School. When the Soweto schools became unstable in 1986, Kumalo was sent to Trinity Secondary School in Lenasia.

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Basetsana Ranked on the list of most popular TV Show Host. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Basetsana Kumalo celebrates birthday on March 29 of every year.

In 2004, Kumalo was voted 74th on the list of 100 Greatest South Africans in 2004, the only Miss South Africa in the list. In 2006, Cape Town Fashion Festival gave Kumalo the Fashion Icon Award. Femina Magazine nominated her as one of the top 10 most glamorous women in South Africa. In 2002 and 2003, she was voted by the Sunday Times and Elle Magazine in the TV Style Awards as the most stylish female magazine/entertainment show host. In 1994, she received an honorary scholarship for Overseas Studies from Nelson Mandela.

What makes Basetsana Kumalo successful?

She was a teacher and Bassie had plans to follow in her footsteps, but things don’t always go as planned! After winning Miss South Africa, she became a TV presenter. She worked hard and her career in TV led to her opening her own television production company. Basetsana was now also a successful business woman.