Jeremy Mansfield
| Jeremy Mansfield | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Jeremy Mansfield Grahamstown, South Africa |
| Residence | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Known for | Radio presenting, television presenting, journalism, |
| Spouse(s) | Jacqui Mansfield nee Thompson |
| Children | One |
Jeremy Mansfield is a South African radio and television personality. He worked on numerous radio stations as a presenter and voice-over artist, and also presented numerous television shows, and inserts for popular television magazine programmes.
Robert Jeremy Mansfield (better known as Jeremy Mansfield) was born in Grahamstown, South Africa. He attended school at the prestigious Kingswood College. He remained in Grahamstown attending Rhodes University, where he studied speech, journalism and drama.
He is former president Nelson Mandela's Honorary Grandson and has been inducted into the Mandela clan.
In 2003 Mansfield married Jacqui Thompson, a former game ranger and author.
In 1985, while still a student, he started working for the Durban-based radio station Capital Radio 604. During the same year, he was awarded the AA Vita Award as The Most Promising Young South African Actor. In 1990, Mansfield left Capital Radio (then broadcasting from Johannesburg) when it closed and joined Primedia-owned 702 Talk Radio.
Mansfield's popularity continued to grow, and in 1993 he was appointed as a regular presenter of 702's Saturday Afternoon magazine programme. In 1995 Mansfield took over hosting of the afternoon show.
In 1997 Mansfield moved to 702 Talk Radio's sister station 94.7 Highveld Stereo where he created and hosted the weekday breakfast show, The Rude Awakening. In June 2010 Mansfield announced he would be leaving the show. He hosted his last show on Monday 12 July. Mansfield stated that he would remain active in other areas of the broadcasting business.
In 2013, Mansfield co-founded XVR, a media company offering syndicated radio shows and packages. In 2014, Mansfield returned to the air with The Jeremy Mansfield Show, a syndicated two-hour show offered by XVR.
In the mid-1990s, Mansfield started appearing as a features contributor and guest presenter on South African Pay television channels M-Net for Front Row and SuperSport. In 1998 he left the channel and started presenting A Word or 2, on SABC 2. The show ran for 10 seasons.
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