Dineo Ranaka
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Dineo Ranaka born in South Africa at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is the second largest hospital in the world after West China hospital of Medical Sciences, Sichuan University, occupying , with 3 200 beds and 6 760 staff members. The hospital is in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa...

is a DJ and television presenter who hosts an eponymous music show on e.tv
E.tv
e.tv is the fifth terrestrial television channel in South Africa, following three channels operated by the state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation and the privately owned subscription-funded M-Net, operated by Multichoice...

 in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 which airs at 19:30 pm on Friday evenings for approximately 30 minutes alongside co-presenter Mo Flava.

Personal life

Dineo meaning (Gifts) was born in Diepkloof's Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is the second largest hospital in the world after West China hospital of Medical Sciences, Sichuan University, occupying , with 3 200 beds and 6 760 staff members. The hospital is in the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa...

,in South Africa. Dineo was educated at Unisa in the Gauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...

Province, and is currently studying Fashion Design.Dineo has presented a number of shows and currently presents the Dineo live on Drive show on Yfm between 15:00 and 18:00 pm and co-presents the club 808 Make some noise a television show which airs on e.tv.

Controversies

2010

In September 2010 Fireworks erupted between singer Kelly Khumalo and Dineo Ranaka during rehearsals for the YFM and Chevrolet Divas party. A source told the Sunday World
Sunday World
The Sunday World is an Irish newspaper published by Sunday Newspapers Limited, a division of Independent News and Media. It is the largest selling "popular" newspaper in the Republic of Ireland and is also sold in Northern Ireland .-Origins:The Sunday World was Ireland's first tabloid newspaper...

 newspaper that things went wrong after Khumalo arrived at the rehearsals more than two hours late.

It is believed that Khumalo was not prepared for the gig, she was throwing tantrums and not following the brief.The “moo moos” hit the fan when Dineo, asked Khumalo about motherhood.Dineo states that she was sitting down getting ready for the rehearsal while one of her colleagues was interviewing Khumalo for an insert in Club 808 on camera.She says the interview was based on Khumalo’s music and she thought it had no depth because Khumalo didn’t have a new album out yet.

2011

In February 2011 Dineo had a breakdown on air and was subsequently taken off air resulting in her content producer Bujy and co-host Linda Mbuso to stand in for her.

During the afternoon drive show she started sobbing uncontrollably two hours before her show ended,when questioned about this by management,Diineo said she couldn’t take it anymore.Sunday World states that she was crying because she had had a fight with YFM marketing manager Tamaria Motsepe, who had allegedly denied her the chance to attend this year's J&B Met in Cape Town.
Motsepe told the paper that Dineo was facing a disciplinary hearing, headed by station manager Tumelo Diaho-Monaheng.

J&B Met

During the J&B Met weekend in February it was reported that she had lost it and that she went into a tirade on a bus, where she allegedly swore at Brenda Ngxoli and Palesa Mocuminyane.She than reportedly told Ngxoli and Mocuminyane off when they reprimanded her for complaining that Kenny Kunene
Kenny Kunene
-Early life:Kenny was raised by his mother and grandparents. Kunene's mother has served as an Evangelist and faith healer. While he was growing up near Odendaalsrus his grandmother, a midwife, was the family's sole breadwinner. As as an impoverished teenager living under apartheid, Kunene...

 took her friend and colleague Faith Mangope to Mzoli's Buy and Braai Butchery in Gugulethu..It is believed that “Dineo was shouting and screaming, asking how Kenny can go to Mzoli’s Buy and Braai Butchery in Gugulethu with her colleague and friend (Faith),”.

A witness states that Mocuminyane jokingly said: “Give another child a chance to enjoy him.”
“Dineo started screaming that she was going to teach both Mangope and Kunene a lesson, while crying and swearing,”,Dineo has since apologized for confrontation.

Rehab

After the J&B Met dineo was ordered to go to rehab or loose her job,following the circulating rumors that she was a drug addict.Dineo has since returned to Dineo Live on Drive show.

Hypothyroidism

Dineo reportedly spent three days in the Life Fourways Hospital after she was admitted for a brain-related chronic illness caused by stress and hypertension.On Thursday 24 February 2011 Dineo was admitted and discharged after two days of treatment following her being diagnosed with Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone.Iodine deficiency is the most common cause of hypothyroidism worldwide but it can be caused by other causes such as several conditions of the thyroid gland or, less commonly, the pituitary gland or...

a Brain shrinkage and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.It's reported that she was never in rehab, she was in the Life Fourways hospital.Dineo states that she was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2004,and that her condition was under control until the J&B Met,

Yfm

Dineo became successful in presenting the Breakfast show,It was her rapid success on her Weekend Breakfast Show that made her the perfect candidate to take over from Chilli M's show which aired daily between 15:00 and 18:00 weekdays.
Thereafter replacing the popular Vukani “Chilli M” Masinga who left the show.She then proved the critics wrong and in less than a year, grew the stations listener-ship in the 3-6pm time slot to 750 000 from the previous listener-ship of 600 000.

Dineo currently hosts the "Dineo Live on Drive" show making her YFM
YFM
YFM is a "Youth" radio station in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 1997, the station is formatted to mostly play urban music genres such as Kwaito, Hip Hop, and R&B along with minority of its airtime dedicated to talk shows. As noted by the name, the station's core audience consists of...

's first female afternoon drive time jock and is recond to be the only female afternoon drive time Radio Dj in the country.Due to her shows success she won the favor of clients such as Love Life
Love Life
Love Life is a musical written by Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner . It opened at the 46th Street Theatre on October 7, 1948, and closed on May 14, 1949, after having played 252 performances...

, Sanlam
Sanlam
Sanlam Limited is a financial services group in South Africa with its head office in Bellville in the Western Cape. Established in 1918, the Group demutualised in 1998 and Sanlam Limited then listed on the JSE Limited in Johannesburg and the Namibian Stock Exchange. The Sanlam Group conducts its...

, Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...

, Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...

, Vodacom
Vodacom
Vodacom is a pan-African mobile telecommunications company, and was the 1st cellular network in South Africa. It provides GSM service to more than 35 million customers in South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Revenue for the year ended 31 March 2008...

, Cadbury
Cadbury
-Businesses:*Cadbury Adams, the company's North American subsidiary*Cadbury Ireland, the company's Irish subsidiary*Cadbury UK, the company's UK subsidiary*Cadbury India, the company's Indian subsidiary*Cadbury New Zealand, the company's New Zealand subsidiary...

 and Levis
Levis
-People:*François de Gaston, Chevalier de Lévis , French soldier best known for his command in Canada in 1760*George Levis , American college basketball player and coach*Georges Lévis , French adult comic artist-Places:Canada...

, just to name a few, requesting that she specifically run and drive their on-air campaigns.

Club 808

During 2010 e.tv
E.tv
e.tv is the fifth terrestrial television channel in South Africa, following three channels operated by the state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation and the privately owned subscription-funded M-Net, operated by Multichoice...

 launched their lifestyle and music entertainment show aimed at the youth called club 808"make some noise".

It features presenters Dineo Ranaka and Mo flava.on August 2010 During august 2010 Club 808 executive producer Zam Nkosi said: "The show will be fresh, very contemporary, fun, flirty and lightly irreverent, with the tongue firmly in cheek. It will certainly not take itself seriously.".The show currently airs on Etv.

Surveys

Dineo was voted one of the Top10 Coolest Dj’s in the country in the Generation Next survey.

Initiatives

Brand Ambassador Dep Basic Education.

Brand Ambassador Joburg Pride. Consulting on their overall look and feel as well as their theme for 2011 “Born This Gay”.

Brand Ambassador Key Change Music.

Campaigner for school fundraisers. Having raised R92 000 for Bedfordview High School, R35 000 for Hoër Skool DeAdelaar as well as 30 odd k for the school where she matriculated Dinwiddie High School. Supported by the likes of The Parlotones
The Parlotones
The Parlotones is a rock band based in Johannesburg, South Africa. They have achieved multiplatinum-selling status in their home country. They experiment with their sound and various structures in their songs, incorporating the typical doo-wop or traditional folk structures. The Parlotones are...

, Thembi Seete, Tuks Senganga, JR, Swatta Kamp, Jozi, Chomi, Arthur Mofokate, Drenko, Black Cofee, Dj Kent, Dj Zand, Thulani the Warrior, fellow Yfm Radio Dj’s, Johannesburg Metro, SAPS, ABI and many others.

Mc/Hosting

Favored Mc/Host for the 2011 June 16 Commemoration at Orlando Stadium with Gareth Cliff.

Favored Mc/Host for GM’s launch of their Hot New Chevy Spark.

Mc/Host Yfm Kasi Tours.

Favored MC/Host for the Edgars Music Series.

Favored MC/Host for Miss Tropica.

Radio

3-6pm Monday to Friday Afternoon Drive time host Dineo Live On Drive Yfm(Currently).

6-9am Saturday and Sunday Weekend Breakfast Yfm.

Producer and Co-host The Essential Rush with Chilli M 3-6pm Monday to Friday Yfm.

Fanta World Chart Show with Brown Suga 5fm.

2-4am Sunday and Stand-in jock 5fm.

Radio training by Barney Simon 5fm.

Filmography/Television roles/Presenting

Club808 Etv (Currently co-presenter with Mo Flava).

Scandal (Etv Soapie).

Sunlight Game Show [SABC1].

Real Goboza Season 1 (Former co-presenter with Trevor Noah on Sabc).

Field presenter for [Big Brother Africa].

Lead in musical theater production Sexy and The City.

Gaz’lam and Home Affairs(Cameo appearance)along side Award Winning actress and sister [Manaka Ranaka].

Erfsondes - Season 2(Nurse 2 - Mohlalhla).

Noted - Season 1(Presenter - Herself).

External links

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