Afternoon Express

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Afternoon Express
Genre Magazine
Directed byVardi Flvaz
Presented byPalesa Tembe
Country of origin South Africa
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
Production
Executive producersBradley van Berg
Patience Stevens
ProducerAlshe du Plessis
Production location Cape Town
Camera setupShawn Inskip

Peter Nielson

Rudy Drega
Running time60 Minutes
Production company Cardova
Release
Original network SABC 3
Original release4 May 2015 (2015-05-04)
Chronology
Related Expresso Morning Show

Afternoon Express is a South African advertiser-funded production variety magazine talk show produced by Cardova for SABC 3.

Contents

Presenters

Past presenters

History

On 18 February 2015, a press release from SABC 3, stated that their longest running talk show, Three Talk, would come to an end on 20 April 2015. This comes after host of the show, [5] Noleen Maholwana-Sangqu, announced her retirement after 12 years of service, however, other reports say the show had been cancelled due to low ratings. [6] [7] In April 2015, SABC 3 announced that Afternoon Express would take its place. The channel started broadcasting the show live on 4 May 2015. [8]

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