Broadcast anchor, radio host, keynote speaker, facilitator and social impact advocate.
Corporate audiences, government agencies, NGOs, educational institutions, women’s leadership groups, youth organizations and community-focused events.
Penny Lebyane is a multi-dimensional media practitioner whose career spans broadcast television, radio, public service programming and high-impact speaking. With experience across community, public and commercial platforms, she has become one of South Africa’s most trusted voices on social justice, gender issues, mental health and community empowerment.
She currently hosts two socially driven television programs on MOJA LOVE (DSTV 157): Let’s Talk Papgeld, which provides 360-degree insight into the impact of child maintenance in South Africa, and UnBreak My Heart, a relationship therapy show focused on healing, accountability and emotional wellbeing. Her ability to balance empathy with critical inquiry has made her an influential figure in South Africa’s evolving broadcast landscape.
From 2014 to 2018, Penny served as the anchor of eTV’s flagship breakfast show Sunrise, where she led conversations and interviews across breaking news, politics, business, health, entertainment and sport.
Penny Lebyane is multi-leveled media practitioner, a broadcast television anchor, radio host, a speaker with a cross cultural experience on Community, Public Service and Commercial radio and television.
Penny currently hosts Let’s Talk Papgeld, a 360 Insight On The Impact of Child Maintenance SA and UnBreak My Heart a Relationship Therapy Show. Both the shows are broadcast on South Africa’s black owned newly launched TV channel MOJA LOVE 157 DSTV weekly.
She is the former host of ETV‘s flagship Breakfast Show Sunrise daily from 2014 to 2018 and as the host of Sunrise, she tackled conversations, debates, and interviews from the latest breaking news in current affairs, business news, health, entertainment and sports.
Penny Lebyane started her foundation, The Penny Lebyane Foundation in 2012 which through Mentorship programmes at schools and higher learning institutes, brings light to students in different career fields and also affords young people the opportunity to be guided both career wise and on personal development.
In 2012, the foundation launched an Outreach Program which focused on rural schools in the Bushbuckridge,Mpumalanga area where she was born and schooled until Grade 7. The foundation started vegetable gardens at the six of the schools visited during the outreach program, poverty is a common problem in rural areas starting vegetable gardens seemed like the best solution as it will be able to sustain the children at the schools.
Penny Lebyane business ambitions shine through the creation and building of her Convergence Media Company – Penny Lebyane Enterprises with interest in Radio and Television Productions, Online & Print Media, Mobile Technology, Content Generation and Communications & Events. One of the highlights of her career was an exclusive interview on International News Network Aljazeera about the impact Oprah Winfrey had on African Women and their Development. The network identified Ms Lebyane as a Voice for African Women as the host Motswako on SABC2 Weekly in 2011.
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This 3 minute and 28 second video features Penny Lebyane offering an inside look at what it truly means to serve as a broadcaster and celebrity talk show host in South Africa. She introduces herself as the host of eTV’s daily breakfast program Sunrise and reflects on more than 21 years in broadcasting. Penny explains that her entry into the industry came through community radio, grounding her in a developmental, service-oriented approach that continues to guide her work.
She describes early projects such as Live Life, a program centered on HIV awareness and youth empowerment, which shaped her commitment to imagining an AIDS-free generation and using media as a platform for social betterment. Penny speaks candidly about the tension between being positioned as a celebrity and her personal focus on substance, societal issues and community upliftment. While glamour and visibility come with the job, her priority has always been meaningful impact.
She contrasts developmental work with investigative journalism, noting that while exposing corruption often attracts commercial attention, building communities does not always appear glamorous to funders or broadcasters. This creates a challenge for media personalities who strive to develop rather than sensationalize. Penny discusses the realities of working within the SABC environment, where public mandate should drive programming, yet not all broadcasters fully understand the responsibility that comes with that platform.
For Penny, the power of media lies in amplifying authentic stories, helping people express their truth and using her influence to elevate experiences that are often overlooked. She emphasizes the importance of intentional storytelling that serves communities, not just content needs.
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