Congratulations are in order for TV presenter Siphelo Bayana affectionately known to his fans as Speech The Dreamer, who has bagged his very first ever TV award.
To say Speech has been working hard in his illustrious presenting career would be a major understatement. The SABC 3's Hectic On 3 presenter, has been making waves in the industry since he rose to superstardom and he has always been on the top of pop culture.
His authenticity and impeccable presenting skills, have won the hearts of many viewers and we cannot wait to witness his global domination
Speech was nominated for the Best TV Presenter at the first VN Global Media and Entertainment Awards 2021 and he won the award. VN is globally inspired, African ignited multistreaming platform offering global content from the world's best creatives in TV, cinema, stage, magazine, podcast and music by Vuyo Joboda Network.
The star-studded awards were hosted in Cape Town on Saturday night in a glitzy ceremony. Taking to his Instagram account to celebrate this achievement, he penned an appreciation message to his legion of fans for voting for him
"Guys I won the award 🏆🙆.Thank u so much to each and everyone of u for believing in me and voting," he wrote.
Speech was born and bred in Gugulethu Cape Town. He landed his first TV gig at Cape Town TV where he presented for two years and later hosted a show on SABC 2 called Roughing It Out and later joined Hectic On 3.
He was nominated alongside the heavyweights of the South African entertainment industry at the awards including podcaster Mac G, who won the Podcaster of the Year award.
Mac G has been making boss moves lately. His podcast has since moved to Channel O. M-Net Director of Local Entertainment Channels, Nomsa Philiso commended Mac G's ability to create chemistry between him and his guests.
“We love giving our viewers content that is relevant, relatable and topical, and Podcast and Chill with MacG is exactly that. The interviews are always candid, interesting and impossible to ignore. The chemistry between MacG and his guests makes for great television and we’re thrilled to have them join Channel O,” commented Nomsa.
Siphesihle Ndaba, Master KG and Kamo Mphela are amongst those who were crowned big winners of the first inaugural VN awards.
