UPDATED: ANN7 relaunches Straight Talk (Again)

ANN7 has announced that they will once again be relaunching their long form interview and analysis programme, Straight Talk.

The programme was initially started in 2015 as a replacement for Political Edge, which was a similarly formatted show anchored by Hajra Omarjee. In 2015, Straight Talk was anchored by editor in chief, Moegsien Williams and in 2016 it was anchored by Chelsea Lotz (who has since moved on to become ANN7's Cape Town based reporter).

This year, the show will be anchored by Sifiso Mahlangu, who is the channel's political analyst and also writes for their sister newspaper, The New Age. He holds qualifications in Psychology, Communication, and Political Science.  (He is quite spicy on Twitter too)

Through his  brand of humor and personality, Mahlangu seeks answers to tough question and pulls no punches in getting to the truth and providing a local narrative to South African current affairs and news-makers.

ANN7 News Editor, Abhinav Sahay says: "We are excited about the  revamped Straight Talk show; everyone has a question and Straight Talk will provide the answers.”

Straight Talk launches on ANN7 on Sunday 12 March and airs weekly in the 7pm slot, with repeats :Monday mornings at 7:30am.

ANN7 relaunches Straight Talk, adds Chelsea Lotz as anchor/presenter

ANN7 will be relaunching their Striaght Talk brand come 1 March.

Straight Talk, which was ANN7's main weekly in depth interview program in 2015, was started to fill the void left by Hajra Omarjee's Political Edge when she left the organisation. It has been hosted by multiple hosts for its 2015 run, including the likes of Ricky Naidoo and Moegsien Williams.

Now the channel has named Chelsea Lotz as the anchor/presenter of the show. Chelsea joined the channel at the start of the month and has been doing some fill in anchoring whilst prepping for the start of the new season of Straight Talk.

Looking at her LinkedIn page reveals she is quite well accomplished already. She has represented the youth of the continent at major international gatherings, worked on UN reports and is currently the Co-Director for the South Africa India Business and Friendship Association (SAIBFA)

The new season of Straight Talk kicks off March 1st (Odd that it is a weekday and not the previous weekend slot the show occupied)