Timiya Miyen is host and producer of Talk SA broadcast on Tuesdays at 11h30 on SABC2. Talk SA is a show that talks to the SABC’s mandate of nation building, and covers issues relating to days and places of national importance. This show also touches on issues of disability, HIV/AIDS and the plight of minority communities and rural areas. Talk SA shares opinions while engaging in healthy communication and tells the true, often ignored South African story. It features colourful personalities with stories of courage and tragedy. Timiya is able to visit any community with comfort and sincere appreciation of different identities. She converses in all 11 South African languages and speaks one Zimbabwean language.
Timiya began her TV career in 2002 as a presenter on Take 5, an SABC Education youth programme. Her passion for sharing South African stories helped her land the role as host on more SABC Education programmes; Vuk’uzenzele, Kgotla, 48 hours, Tswelopele and now Talk SA. Born in Elim, Makhado in Limpopo province, Timiya says “I want to make Talk SA a programme that viewers watch because of all the interesting places and people that we meet. Each week this year we travel to a certain part of the country, giving South Africans, from different walks of life, an opportunity to express their views on national television. Talk SA is different from other talk shows in that we don’t bring experts in to share their opinions on television, we take television to the people and let them have a say.”
Frank, funny and compassionate is how Timiya sees herself; her Talk SA colleagues describe her as the life of a party, progressive, intuitive and inquisitive. They all agree dishonesty and disregard for other people’s feelings really makes her angry. “Talk SA covers many topics that directly and indirectly affect all South Africans. Sometimes racism and the resurgence of Afrikaner nationalism, domestic violence, religion in society and schools, women and child abuse, freedom and human rights, farm attacks, BEE and black empowerment, the cost of living, drugs in sport, law enforcement, abortion, media responsibility, xenophobia and much more” continues Timiya.
Timiya began her TV career in 2002 as a presenter on Take 5, an SABC Education youth programme. Her passion for sharing South African stories helped her land the role as host on more SABC Education programmes; Vuk’uzenzele, Kgotla, 48 hours, Tswelopele and now Talk SA. Born in Elim, Makhado in Limpopo province, Timiya says “I want to make Talk SA a programme that viewers watch because of all the interesting places and people that we meet. Each week this year we travel to a certain part of the country, giving South Africans, from different walks of life, an opportunity to express their views on national television. Talk SA is different from other talk shows in that we don’t bring experts in to share their opinions on television, we take television to the people and let them have a say.”
Frank, funny and compassionate is how Timiya sees herself; her Talk SA colleagues describe her as the life of a party, progressive, intuitive and inquisitive. They all agree dishonesty and disregard for other people’s feelings really makes her angry. “Talk SA covers many topics that directly and indirectly affect all South Africans. Sometimes racism and the resurgence of Afrikaner nationalism, domestic violence, religion in society and schools, women and child abuse, freedom and human rights, farm attacks, BEE and black empowerment, the cost of living, drugs in sport, law enforcement, abortion, media responsibility, xenophobia and much more” continues Timiya.
There was very little career guidance around while Timiya was growing up. She wanted to be a social worker, an economist, an actuarial scientist and an electrical engineer. She put her final dream of becoming an electrical engineer on hold due to financial constraints when a friend told her about Take 5 looking for new presenters, she says, “It was my first audition and I got the job. I started as a presenter but vowed to become a producer, I wanted to be more than just a face, I wanted to influence content and plant seeds in people’s minds, to change mindsets and make a difference through the powerful medium of television. Talk SA looks at ways South Africans can deal with every day issues and drive towards building a strong and united nation.”
To reach Timiya e-mail her at timiya@welela.tv.
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