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Thabo Motsieloa

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Thabo Motsieloa
Thabo Motsieloa in 2013
Born
Thabo Motsieloa

(1961-03-17) 17 March 1961 (age 63)

Thabo Motsieloa (born 17 November 1961) is a Swedish television news presenter and former actor.

In 1983 he founded the martial arts sports club Södermalms shaolin kung fu.[1]

Motsieloa founded Thabo Motsieloa Masters Cup a mixed martial arts competition using Allstyle, combat sport rules that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques. Motsieloa designed the rules and regulations. This event is one of the biggest Martial Arts competitions in Scandinavia.[2]

Motsieloa wrote columns for newspaper Aftonbladet in the early 1990s, before he moved to television, where he led TV shows such as current affairs debate program Black or White,[3] Cold Case Sweden[4][5] and investigative journalism program Drevet. During the summers of 2005 and 2006 he worked as a news broadcaster for TV 4 and in 2008 he was a sports commentator during the Olympic games.[6]

As an actor, he has appeared in Speranza at Uppsala City Theater (1992), and other plays.

Since 2013 he has been the co-host of Aftonbladet TV's Brottscentralen a documentary/reality legal series that chronicles the daily lives of police officers.[7]

Personal life

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He was born 17 November 1961 in London, England. His parents are from South Africa and met while attending university in the UK. In 1962 they moved to Sweden.[8] His mother was a nurse, therapist and international aid worker. His father was a medical doctor and jazz musician. Motsieloa grew up in the Solna, Vallentuna and Sollentuna municipality in Stockholm County

References

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  1. ^ DAGS ATT HAJPA K-1 MATCHEN! Archived 2009-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Kamp med nya grepp
  3. ^ [1] Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Här är din tv-höst
  5. ^ [2] Archived March 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "SVT:s OS-team - OS Peking | svt.se". Archived from the original on 2011-06-12.
  7. ^ "Thabo Motsieloa ska lösa brott med Aftonbladet TV".
  8. ^ "Pappa och invandrare – barns rätt till sin far - Allt för föräldrar". Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2010.