Robert Marawa studied for a Law degree at the University of 
Witwatersrand from 1992 only to be bitten by the broadcasting bug in 
1996. 

He joined SABC1 when the channels were relaunched in their 
present format of SABC1,2,3 respectively in 1996, as a Zulu and 
English continuity presenter 

After almost two years on Simunye boredom crept in and the 
dream of being a sports anchor became priority, something that had 
always been a childhood ambition 

Robert officially started at the then Topsport as an anchor of the 
popular live soccer show Laduma in late 1997, three days after 
successfully going through an audition 

He was thrown straight into the deep-end of France World Cup 1998 
with a total of 48 games to share between two anchors 

Robert "Madluphuthu" Marawa is currently hosting the '083 Sports @6' show from 6-7pm, weekdays on Metro FM. 

He also hosts soccer shows on Supersport 3.

He also anchored the following events: 

1998 
COMMONWEALTH GAMES - KUALA LAMPUR 

1998 
FRANCE FIFA WORLD CUP 

1999 
ALL AFRICA GAMES 

2000 
AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS 

2000 
OLYMPIC GAMES IN SYDNEY 

2002 
AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS 

2002 
JAPAN/ KOREA FIFA WORLD CUP 

2002 
COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN MANCHESTER 

2003 
CRICKET WORLD CUP OPENING CEREMONY FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST 

2003 
CRICKET WORLD CUP HOST OF BREAKFAST SHOW 'HOWZAT' ON SABC2 

2003 
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR OF OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES OF PRESIDENTS CUP OF GOLF IN GEORGE 

2004 
AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS 

2004 
OLYMPIC GAMES IN GREECE 

2006 
AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS 

2006 
GERMANY FIFA WORLD CUP 

2006 
COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN MELBOURNE 

Robert has also been a Programme Director of various major events including: 

SPRINGBOKS WORLD CUP GALA DINNER IN 1999 

HISTORICAL SPRINGBOK BLAZER HANDOVER 

ORLANDO PIRATES 65TH ANNIVERSARY GALA DINNER 


NUMEROUS 'PREMIER AND PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS' 
FUNCTIONS 

VARIOUS SPORTS AWARDS OF ALL SPORTING CODES 

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR FOR THE FIFA WORLD CUP 
PRELIMINARY DRAW IN DURBAN IN DEC 2007