South Africa is blessed with prominent media personalities who have built a name for themselves.
Robert Marawa is one of these people.
If you watch TV, you have probably come across his shows.
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He is good at what he does, and it is earning him good money.
He is, however, topping the news after he suffered a heart attack.
You might want to know more about his condition.
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Robert Marawa is one of South Africas best-established sports anchors and presenters.
Robert has been in the industry for more than twenty years.
His area of speciality is sports.
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Here are more details on his life that most people do not know about.
He was born on March 1st, 1973.
As of date, Robert Marawas age is forty-six.
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Robert Marawa’s family
Marawa was born to the family of Mr and Mrs Marawa.
The name of Robert Marawa’s father is Frank Marawa, and his mother is Phumile Marawa.
Robert grew up amidst his siblings.
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Two of his sisters are famous.
She also served in the Lamontville Golden Arrows as the manager for a short period.
His other sister is Vanessa Marawa.
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Vanessa is also not a new name in South Africa.
She took part in and won the Survivor South Africa: Panama.
She is famous for the role she pulls in Generations: The Legacy.
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She also featured in The Lion King, Disney Theatrical Productions, where she was an actor and singer.
Zoey and Robert were in a relationship that did not end so well.
The two, however, ended up separating, so it is not clear whether they were married.
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She, however, does not acknowledge Roberts efforts towards raising their son.
She wrote back to him saying:
From this, we judge that their relationship is not that good.
The two dated for quite some time until Pearl was spotted with an engagement ring on.
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What did Robert Marawa study?
Robert joined the Hilton college in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal region.
He later on transferred and went to the University of Witwatersrand.
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That was in 1992.
In the University of Witwatersrand, he pursued a bachelors degree in law.
His first stop was at SABC1 in 1996.
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He worked with SABC1 for two years.
He later worked as the anchor of a live soccer show called Laduma.
Marawa, later on, started hosting a football highlights show called Soccerzone.
Soccerzone airs on Mondays on SABC1 channel.
Another show that he hosts is Discovery Sports Centre on weekdays, between 18:00 and 19:00.
Discovery Sports Centre airs on Metro FM, a SABC radio station.
Robert also hosted the Blow by Blow, a boxing show by SABC2.
2006 was one of the years that Robert had a big break.
He went to Germany to host the FIFA World Cup.
During the same year, he also hosted the People’s Celebration Concern.
Later that year, he left SABC TV and joined Supersport.
He, however, did not leave his show on Metro FM.
The show airs on Supersport 4.
He also has a show on Metro FM; Sports@6 with Robert Marawa.
He has so much influence on people.
That is evident on his social media pages.
Robert Marawas Instagram page is one of them.
Robert Marawas salary
Marawa signed a contract that gave details of his salary.
According to the agreement, he earns R154000 monthly.
He also receives an annual salary of R1.8 million.
The latter has suffered a series of heart attacks.
He got the first attack in 2008 moments after he had gotten out of the gym.
The second attack happened in June 2017.
He stated that he had been admitted in the hospital for a week after he suffered the attack.
He went further to state that he had driven himself to the hospital after feeling a persistent pain.
He ended up in the Intensive care unit for the six or seven days that followed.
Robert Marawa loves what he does and gives it his best.
He has had so much influence on people in matters sports.
South Africa is proud to have such an icon in the industry.
Even in his condition, his fans wish him nothing but the best as he recuperates.
She graduated from Meru University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering in 2019.
In 2023, Priscillah finished the AFP course on Digital Investigation Techniques.
She has been writing articles on Briefly.co.za since 2019.
Email: pshmueni@gmail.com
