Seasoned TV and radio personality Penny Lebyane made her first appearance as the new anchor on Sunrise replacing Sindy Mabe yesterday.
With 15 years of experience in the media industry; the gorgeous Lebyane has added live broadcasting into her success story as the new anchor on ETV’s Sunrise breakfast show every weekday 6am to 8:30am.
While presenting and being in front of the camera is nothing new to her; Lebyane admits that the nerves of starting on a new show still make her feel like it’s her first time entering the industry.
Describing day one of the breakfast show she sums it up as a day of flops and mistakes.
“My first day, everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. I mistakenly went into the newsroom instead of the live room,” she says.
“My ear-piece wouldn’t stick to my ear and I struggled to hear my director. The stockings I was wearing split, luckily I had an extra pair. Throughout the show I was drinking water and needed to go pee in-between takes and to top it all off my mic fell in the toilet during one of those trips.”
The former Motswako presenter says in a disastrous day learning to keep calm always helps.
“All this drama got me into the swing of things, I eventually got composed. However today I was more in control,” she says.
A success in broadcasting and a professional all round media practitioner, Penny Lebyane keeps getting ahead as a dedicated career woman.
“I have the ability to unpack and deliver content in a manner that is relevant, inclusive and accessible to viewers.
“Sunrise will be my opportunity to learn, grow and add value as a creative communicator and broadcaster,” says Lebyane.
She makes clear that being a presenter on Sunrise does not make her an ENCA news anchor.
“I have not made a shift to serious news. We at sunrise are a 360 degrees type of show, I get to do interviews around topical stories.
“It’s not the same as ENCA, we do conversations around current affairs, lifestyle and entertainment. It’s breakfast television,” she says.