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Paballo Basetsana Mothapo popularly known as Pabi Cooper will be a sports presenter for the SABC 1s ‘Good Morning Qatar’.
The young amapiano star took to social media to announce her new job as the presenter of the sports show. She teased a few pictures of herself on set. “New Sports Presenter for Good Morning Qatar on SABC1❤️ 7am-8am,” she said
This gig comes with no shock for Pabi as she has always aspired to be a sports presenter. The 21 year old has always had a deep passion for sports, she was the head of sports in high school and wanted to pursue a degree in Sports Communication at the University of Johannesburg.
The Isphithiphithi hitmaker showed fans on Twitter an Instagram conversation from 2019 where she expresses to Lindiwe Nxumalo a South African Sports broadcaster her love for sport and passion for sports presenting. In the lengthy DM she further inquired about the procedures to follow in order to attain a job in the field of sports presenting.
After making the announcement on social media, Pabi received mixed reactions. Some people were not happy for the musician because they felt that she is undeserving and bagged the presenting job just because she is “Pabi Cooper.” Others however, were extremely happy for her and flooded her comments section with excitement, love and congratulatory messages.