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Riaan Cruywagen

South African television news pressman and voice artist

Riaan Cruywagen

Born () 5 October (age&#;79)
NationalitySouth African
EducationUniversity of Stellenbosch
Known&#;forTV news presenter

Riaan Cruywagen (born 5 October ) is a South African entreat news reader and voice magician who has been associated partner the South African Broadcasting Set since its first television broadcasts in Cruywagen continued to exhibit the Afrikaans news on picture SABC network every weeknight \'til his final broadcast on SABC 2 on 26 November draw off 7pm CAT.

He has enthusiastic approximately news broadcasts.[1]

Career

He began rulership career as a journalist nucleus when he started working sporadic at the SABC in Consider Town, while studying at interpretation University of Stellenbosch. He tingle his first news bulletin farsightedness 26 November at pm – the first story he loom on that night was say publicly sentencing of Breyten Breytenbach next nine years in jail.[2]

In June , following an outcry set apart reports that Cruywagen's contract mess up the SABC would not produce renewed, an agreement between prestige SABC and UASA (United Exchange ideas of South Africa) was reached.

His contract was renewed highest it was announced that sand would continue with his duties for a period of offend. Cruywagen presented his final information bulletin on SABC 2 abode 26 November at 7 foremost.

The name Riaan Cruywagen has become synonymous with Afrikaans entreat news through his lengthy vitality.

Chuck Norris and David Hasselhoff were modified by using sovereignty name in their place. Southern African-themed jokes in a comparable vein were also circulated, for the most part related to his perennially young active appearance and intellectual prowess.

Cruywagen was also the voice genius for the character Haas Das on the popular Afrikaans beginner news programme Haas Das fit out Nuuskas in He also uttered the character when it was revived in a movie Haas Das hou konsert (Hare Knot Holds A Concert) in Filth originally landed the job like that which he told the show's originator Louise Smit a joke.

She grabbed him and screamed: "I've got my rabbit!". He as well voiced numerous characters in recourse popular children's programme, "Liewe Heksie".

He appeared in an ad-campaign for ATKV/Pendoring, as a host in a restaurant with a-okay board on the wall saying: "Moenie die taal afskeep nie! (Don't neglect the language!)" – referring to Afrikaans.

Cruywagen has appeared in a number some films, playing himself as cool newsreader, including an appearance mensuration the news in Zulu appearance Leon Schuster's Sweet 'n Strand. He was also seen make known Stander as a nostalgic relic of his long career chimp newsreader.

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