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BEHIND THE<br />
MICROPHONE<br />
From dreams of being a game ranger to a zest for travelling and<br />
a love of reality TV, here are 10 things you probably don’t know<br />
about radio and television personality Carol Ofori<br />
Radio and TV personality Carol Ofori<br />
has cemented herself as one of the<br />
most formidable women in the local<br />
media space.<br />
Throughout her 20-year career, the<br />
Randburg resident has been gracing<br />
airwaves on a multitude of stations.<br />
While radio has always been Carol’s<br />
first love, she is also known as a<br />
seasoned television presenter and<br />
voice-over artist.<br />
She’s currently hosting the parenting<br />
series, Raising Babies 101 every<br />
Monday at 9am on SABC 2 and<br />
continues to push the limits when it<br />
comes to her brand and creative flair.<br />
Now, Carol opens up and shares<br />
some tidbits about herself which<br />
many may not know about her.<br />
1. She’s travel-obsessed<br />
Carol is a massive lover of<br />
international travel and, having<br />
travelled to 20 countries around the<br />
world, she counts this feat as one<br />
of her biggest achievements in life.<br />
‘I am so blessed to have had the<br />
opportunity to explore the world and<br />
it’s one of my favourite things to do,’<br />
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Carol says. ‘To date, I have travelled<br />
to Nigeria, Swaziland, Zimbabwe,<br />
Mozambique, Botswana, Tanzania,<br />
Kenya, Ghana, Mauritius, Zambia,<br />
Germany, the UK, France, the USA,<br />
Mexico, Switzerland, Italy, Indonesia,<br />
Thailand and Dubai, and I am proud<br />
that around half of those are African<br />
countries.’<br />
2. Carol simply can’t choose one<br />
favourite place to visit. So her top<br />
two destinations are...<br />
‘South Africa, its Mpumalanga.<br />
‘The waterfalls are so majestic and<br />
there is so much greenery, mountains<br />
and wildlife. It’s such a gem!’<br />
Internationally, her favourite place to<br />
visit would be Cancun in Mexico. ‘My<br />
husband and I had the best time ever<br />
when we visited. Everything from the<br />
sight-seeing to the nightlife to the<br />
food was incredible there.’<br />
3. She had dreams of being a<br />
game ranger<br />
While she’s hosted a stint of radio<br />
shows on multiple stations and a<br />
variety of television shows, Carol<br />
admits that when she was younger,<br />
she did not plan to be in the<br />
entertainment space. ‘At first, I wanted<br />
to be a game ranger.<br />
‘I love animals and I couldn’t think of a<br />
better way to earn money.’<br />
However, things quickly changed.<br />
‘After that, I wanted to be a<br />
policewoman and then a lawyer. I<br />
ended up studying to be a journalist<br />
and now I am a broadcaster and<br />
I couldn’t think of anything else I<br />
would rather be doing.’<br />
4. She fell in love with radio during<br />
her university days<br />
Fresh out of high school, Carol went<br />
to study at Rand Afrikaans University<br />
– now known as the University of<br />
Johannesburg.<br />
During her time there, she got<br />
involved with the campus radio<br />
station where she worked as both<br />
the DJ manager as well as an on-air<br />
presenter. It was then when she fell in<br />
love with the medium and pursued a<br />
career in radio.<br />
5. She’s had some interesting jobs<br />
over the years<br />
Carol’s had a multitude of different
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