Nastassia Arendse is an anchor at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Every Thursday afternoon you can catch her on “The Alternative Investor”, an investment show that helps viewers navigate the world of alternative investments. She is also the anchor of a weekly book feature at the SABC where she sits down with local and international authors. Occasionally, you can find her on KayaFM.

Having debuted on radio as a traffic reporter for YFM (99.2 FM), Nastassia has been in broadcasting for 9 years, and has worked in both television and radio. As a television anchor, she presented Closing Bell East Africa and Open Exchange on international business channel CNBC Africa. She has also hosted business shows on SAfm and Classic FM.

As an experienced reporter, Nastassia Arendse covered global commodity markets for Moneyweb where she wrote features that track changes and trends worldwide in the commodity space. The beat focused on how prospects for the global economy, interest rates and currencies influence investor decisions in relation to gold, precious metals, fixed income and equities.

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In 2015, she hosted a show called Africa’s visionaries for Skytv, which aired in the UK on channel 412. She has interviewed a range of business leaders, including Barclays CEO Maria Ramos, Bidvest founder Brian Joffe and Comair CEO Erik Venter and former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano amongst others.

Nastassia Arendse represents a new breed of journalists that have managed to break the mould of the profession and explore different avenues in the media and public sphere.

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