Anele Mdoda is a renowned South African Disk Jockey, a presenter who has scored her way into hosting the Oscar red carpet
interviews. Growing up, she wanted to be at the top of her game and she has since worked her way to earning that spot.
She draws inspiration from her close friend, who is today one of the world’s biggest stars in television, Trevor Noah the host of the Daily Show in the United States.“I was shocked to find out that over 83% of children in South Africa below the age of six do not have access to any form of structured early childhood learning as the majority come from disadvantaged communities. As an aunt or parent, you know that education is the key to children’s success in the future.”, said Anele.
“The initiative with Twinsaver Luxury and TuGo Toys has made it so easy for the general public to get involved and make a difference, as the Cotlands Active Learning Toy Libraries have become an important community and social resource,” she added.
Both Anele and Sam were at Cotlands in one of their Active Learning Toy Libraries on the 5th of July in 2013, where they were motivating and spreading awareness to children about the importance of education that comes with the usage of the TuGo toys.
As she continues with humanitarian work, Anele has taken it upon herself to fight school sanitation by building ablution facilities in schools that do not provide any for underprivileged children.
Anele Mdoda Controversy
Anele Mdoda was trolled on Twitter following her milestone of hosting the red carpet at the Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in California, 2019. Anele had to defend herself after she was dragged for her attempt at getting the celebrities’ attention.
A video went viral where Anele was heard screaming for the Grey’s Anatomy star, Sandra Oh, she said, “Sandra…girl I love your dress. I’m from South Africa, can we talk? Can we talk Sandra, all the way from South”
There was another clip from the red carpet which was shared where Anele was heard shouting for Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt. In her defence, Anele highlighted the realities presenters go through when they’re on the red carpet.
She was again dragged on twitter by the former presenter of Real Goboza, Phat Joe. He questioned her credibility of being on the judging panel of Miss South Africa. His tweet spewed and received mixed reactions and he was criticised by several twitter users.
In her response to Phat Joe, she said, “Also Phat Joe I have judged Miss SA for 4 years now and picked a damn Miss World. My beauty has nothing to do with whether I can see beauty or not. Do me a favour and don’t say nonsense to my face the next time you scrape an invite to something relevant.”
The media mogul was dragged by Amerian Twitter in 2019 for the remark she made about Kelly Rowland. She responded to a tweet by Sizwe Dhlomo when he spoke about Kelly Rowland’s beauty, Anele responded to the tweet comparing two images of Kelly, with and without make-up on, which led to her receiving hurtful and shaming remarks from several American Twitter users.
Anele has handled different kinds of criticism from different people. One thing she never stops is working twice as hard to achieve her wildest dreams and securing a better future for her child.