Gareth Edwards to Step Down From Anchoring Duties, Duduzile Ramele to Replace Him

Longtime eNCA anchor, Gareth Edwards, who currently sits at the helm of Afternoon News, will be stepping away from the anchoring desk.

He will now become the channel's Social Media Editor, taking over from Damon Boyd, who stepped down in September after 2  years in that position.

Gareth wanted to take a step in a new direction, “Having worked in the TV space for six years I am looking forward to the new challenge of bringing digital and TV closer together,” says Gareth Edwards, Social Media Editor at eNCA.

As someone that follows Gareth on twitter, I can see Gareth perfectly fitting the new position like a hand in a glove. he is usually the one that does the news breaking on my Twitter stream and does a great deal to promote eNCA's onscreen content.

Gareth is, according to me, the biggest eNCA success story that there is. His onscreen journey is nothing short of a stereotypical "climb up the corporate ladder." At inception, he was a sports anchor for the channel, then he became the preferred sports channel for flagship show, News Night, then he did late nights, holidays and weekends as a general news anchor, followed by stints at the helm of the channel's breakfast show, Morning News Today and the modmorning news, before most recently settling in as the anchor of Afternoon News.

He has had perfect chemistry with whomever he has anchored with. They include Eleni Giokos, who is now at Bloomberg Africa, Lerato-Allie Paine, who is now at the SABC's Morning Live, Joanne Joseph, who still does the mid morning news and Duduzile Ramele, who will replace him as anchor of Afternoon News (Personally I feel this is the wrong choice as Joanne should've come to the afternoon or Cathy Mohlanhlana, who does mid morning nes AND eNews Prime Time. She could have done with a better schedule.).

Duduzile is, of course, no stranger to eNCA viewers. She is frequently seen doing the late night news or weekend and public holiday news. But it is apparently her work done during election coverage and the coverage of Nelson Mandela's memorial last year that caught the eye of eNCA's big wigs.

 “We are delighted that Dudu is joining our permanent team. She distinguished herself during the Nelson Mandela memorial coverage and the national elections with her maturity, intelligence and a keen interest in current affairs,” says Channel News Director Mapi Mhlangu.