Her large and bubbly personality is what attracts her wide fan base, enticing them with her wit and humour. Anele Mdoda is the loud, outgoing and eccentric South African DJ and emcee from Johannesburg, best known from her radio show “Grant and Anele” with Grant Nash on 5fm. Anele is the first female in South Africa to host a solo drive time show and is also in the top ten most followed celebrities in South Africa on social media frenzy Twitter. Her career in the radio industry started at the University of Pretoria in 2004 as a DJ whilst studying politics and international relations. Her on-air partnership with Grant Nash began here. The pair started up a radio show on Highveld Stereo thereafter moving over to 5fm. Anele Mdoda co-hosted SABC2’s reality competition SA’s Got Talent with Rob van Vuuren as well as took part in the reality celebrity dance competition Strictly Come Dancing.