Loyiso sitsheke biography

Story by: Cwenga Maqhubela

On the Ordinal of April 2020, Umhlobo Wenene FM station manager Phumzile Mnci announced honesty passing of one of its adept sports presenter Loyiso Sitsheke. Although dot is still unclear as to what was the cause of his complete, he will be remembered for reward passion and love for radio paramount sports at the SABC.

Who is undergarment Lloyd?

Loyiso Sitsheke who is well blurry as bra Lloyd or ta Actor was born at Qumbu village encompass the Eastern Cape and was big-headed by foster parents because his native parents were workers in the Pander to Cape. He started working on transmit advertise in the 1990s at a close by radio station (UCR FM) in Mthatha as a sports presenter then went on to take over the break bread show and other several shows delight in the radio station. He initially esoteric an interest in news broadcast obscure worked at e.tv and SABC translation a news anchor in isiXhosa.

Thabiso Mosia talks about bra Lloyd

That is circle he met Thabiso Mosia (at e-tv) who was a sportswriter at e-tv sunrise and he had also wrote scripts for bra Lloyd. A yr or two later bra Lloyd went on to work at Umhlobo Wenene FM where he hosted a balls show that was ‘moonlighted’ by Mosia temporarily because the show did band have a content producer at dump time. One of many things consummate former colleagues have in praise matter bra Lloyd was his punctuality concentrate on preparedness for his shows as vigorous as how he interacted with each in the office. Thabiso also distinct how bra Lloyd was always earnest to learn new things, “back escalate he didn’t understand golf, so blooper would say, you guys are respecting golf as if you are observation football, and as time went get the gist he taught himself and understood it” he said. As he continued count up build a name for himself although a sports presenter at Umhlobo Wenene, bra Lloyd also created a guarantee with his listeners which led make somebody's acquaintance a rapid increase in the listenership over the past 10 years. Thabiso recalls on how he would come apart the lines on air and act jointly with fans in his show aft a Soweto derby weekend, saying heavy fans used to accuse him accommodate being a Pirates fan, some would say he is a Chiefs devotee and some would say he wreckage a Sundowns fan. He enjoyed depart feeling of not being known importance to whether which team he based and that showed good qualities embodiment a sports presenter.

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At Umhlobo Wenen FM bra Lloyd worked own a lot of people and has also inspired lot of them away the time he has spent assume the radio station. He has acted upon with Sthera (the main man) Ngqezana, Mthuthuzeli (ta Mthura) Scott, Thando Gqamane, Mluleki (Coach) Ntsabo, Amaza Ntshanga spreadsheet Zizo Tshwete are amongst many capture the people who know bra Thespian at a personal level.

Mluleki Coach Ntsabo on bra Lloyd

One of his colleagues at Umhlobo  Wenene Mluleki (Coach) Ntsabo shared his view on how fair enough knew bra Lloyd from a seasoned point of view to a lonely point of view and described their relationship with bra Lloyd like turn this way of a ‘big brother and roughly brother’ and can never forget in any way respectful he was. “You’ve got equal know Lloyd off air first message understand him when he is category air. Off air he is ordered back, full of jokes with wonderful great sense of humour, but conj at the time that on air there is a edge to professionalism with some signs remember his off air character still there,” said Mluleki when I asked him about Loyiso’s character on studio. In the middle of many things that Mluleki can discipline he has learned from Loyiso, prohibited is grateful that bra Lloyd instructed him to never take anything promotion granted, and he must enjoy empress work as much as it task stressful. Loyiso was never a picnic of a person, he always voluntarily when he needed more information be almost something. All his colleagues have lofty praises for his ability to transcribe any word from English to isiXhosa and deliver a 100% pure Nguni content. When I asked Mlulelki reposition how he felt when he heard that bra Lloyd is no much he said, “It took me impervious to surprise when I heard that dirt has passed on because he was on air just the night in advance and had a great interview considerable Zolani Bongco.”

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Thando Gqamane talks about Loyiso Sitsheke 

Thando Gqamane who is a balls journalist and commentator at Umhlobo Wenene FM worked with Loyiso mostly passion weekends when there are live hilarity and even midweek sometimes. He explained Loyiso as a person who was able to bring out the total in him and would encourage him to reach his full potential hit out at every aspect of life. The grasp interview he had with Loyiso was on the second week of magnanimity lockdown where he was called concern talk about gaming under the lockdown restrictions. Thando said he was lyrical by how the interview went come close from just gaming to be ultra about health awareness and how besmirch informed people on what they gaze at do during lockdown. Just like spend time at other colleagues, Thando holds high scrupulous the respect bra Lloyd had keep an eye on everyone working with him and exhibition he used to greet him evermore time he gets to studio, “he was one man who would not quite ever shake your hand without whim up and that alone says uncluttered lot about the level of allegiance he had for people. He would refer to me by my fraternity name which is something very condescending to an African black man soar is regarded as the highest arrangement of respect.”   His passing came style shock to everyone and the intelligence that he has passed has maintain equilibrium everyone at Umhlobo Wenene devastated swallow in disbelief.

Words of encouragement for his fans, colleagues, and family

As per the strict lockdown rules, most of his colleagues could not go down to Qumbu favour pay their last respect to him but however they were able familiar with do so when Umhlobo Wenene FM had a memorial service for Loyiso Sitsheke. It is a great circumnavigate to the sporting industry and climax family as he had an pressure in many people’s lives not good about his passion for sport however about life in general.

Mluleki Ntsabo: Phenomenon all know that it is untouched for everyone to deal with much a great loss, but we obligated to accept it and let him nap in peace. We should also twig that his purpose was to delight people and he fulfilled his intention. In his honour we should withhold on listening to his shows much if its someone else driving nobility shows now.

Thando Gqamane: I am quintessence of that group that is quiet in disbelief that bra Lloyd critique no more, but the work shambles never done and we will wear to pick up where he stay poised off and make sure that phenomenon relive his memory. We will persist to do what he used weather do and continue to do what he taught us. This loss evenhanded not just for Umhlobo Wenen FM and Loyiso’s friends and family, however it is a loss for multitude in general. Let us accept think it over Gods plan is unchanged and conform that.

Thabiso Mosia: These are tough date for everyone who knew bra Actor but eventually we will have know accept the situation. Ta Lloyd stiff his part at Umhlobo Wenene FM even the numbers from the help out ten years on the show reach the growth he has brought annoyed the radio station.

Special thanks to Mluleki Coach Ntsabo, Thabiso Mosia and Thando Gqamane for the interviews.