Zaa Nkweta
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Zaa Nkweta is a Canadian actor
, journalist
and television presenter
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Nkweta has a BA from McGill University
and a postgraduate journalism diploma from Rhodes University
. He is a graduate of Ashbury College in Rockliffe Park, Ottawa and attended The National Theatre School of Canada, training under Pierre Lefevre and Dame Peggy Ashcroft. He has acted in numerous feature films and television shows. His big budget credits include Ali
and Beyond Borders
.
. Nkweta also anchored the pan-African version of the show broadcast to 44 African countries and the United States. Highlights at Carte Blanche (TV series) include stories covering the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002, Medical Fraud in Johannesburg, Oil sabotage in Nigeria, Oil corruption in Equatorial Guinea, and The Taiping Four Gorillas of Cameroon. Nkweta has interviewed The President of Equatorial Guinea, The Chairman of De Beers Mines, Nicky Oppenheimer, and The Secretary General of the African Union (2001–2002) Amara Essy. He has an interest in the arts, having interviewed several notable actors such as Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron and Will Smith.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and television presenter
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
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Nkweta has a BA from McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
and a postgraduate journalism diploma from Rhodes University
Rhodes University
Rhodes University is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, established in 1904. It is the province’s oldest university, and is one of the four universities in the province...
. He is a graduate of Ashbury College in Rockliffe Park, Ottawa and attended The National Theatre School of Canada, training under Pierre Lefevre and Dame Peggy Ashcroft. He has acted in numerous feature films and television shows. His big budget credits include Ali
Ali (film)
Ali is a 2001 American biographical film directed by Michael Mann. The film tells the story of boxing icon Muhammad Ali, played by Will Smith, from 1964 to 1974 featuring his capture as of the heavyweight title from Sonny Liston , his conversion to Islam, criticism of the Vietnam War, banishment...
and Beyond Borders
Beyond Borders
Beyond Borders is a 2003 drama film about aid workers, directed by Martin Campbell and starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen. The original music score was composed by James Horner....
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Between the Lines
Nkweta hosted the first South African literary television program Between the Lines in 1999. He has conducted communications workshops with The South African Department of Trade and Industry, BHP Billiton and Interbrand Services. Stories that Nkweta has presented that have won awards include "Crude" which won an SAB Environmental Awardof Merit in 2001, and "Animals and The Law" which won an International Genesis Media Award in 2005.Carte Blanche
In 2001 he became the anchorman and field reporter for South Africa's highly acclaimed investigative tv program Carte Blanche (TV series)Carte Blanche (TV series)
Carte Blanche, produced by Combined Artists, is the flagship magazine and actuality programme on M-Net, a pay-TV channel broadcasting in Southern Africa. Carte Blanche was launched in 1989 and broadcasts during prime time viewing on Sunday evenings....
. Nkweta also anchored the pan-African version of the show broadcast to 44 African countries and the United States. Highlights at Carte Blanche (TV series) include stories covering the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002, Medical Fraud in Johannesburg, Oil sabotage in Nigeria, Oil corruption in Equatorial Guinea, and The Taiping Four Gorillas of Cameroon. Nkweta has interviewed The President of Equatorial Guinea, The Chairman of De Beers Mines, Nicky Oppenheimer, and The Secretary General of the African Union (2001–2002) Amara Essy. He has an interest in the arts, having interviewed several notable actors such as Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron and Will Smith.