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shado twala

shado twala is a south african radio dj , journalist , entrepreneur and radio and television producer best known as a judge on sa 's got talent .
twala was born and raised in cape town .
she first came to public attention in 1989 when she was chosen as the best presenter in a national poll that won her a trip to new york on an exchange programme to learn more about presenting .
she started her career in radio at bop radio in the 1980s .
later radio positions include 702 talk radio , radio metro , p4 radio , 567 cape talk radio and heart 104.9 fm -lrb- which was p4 radio rebranded -rrb- .
during this time , she also wrote articles for the sunday times , two tone magazine , tribute magazine and the old mutual jazz heritage magazine .
she is currently managing her own entertainment business , black olive entertainment , and is also a public relations and media consultant for just mesh creative communications .
shado is one of the judges of the e.tv reality competition sa 's got talent , since october 2009 .
