Gerry Elsdon
It has been a few years since we have seen Gerry Rantseli Elsdon on our TV screens. This national TB Ambassador made a strong impression as the co-host of South Africa's first Big Brother reality series and as a continuity presenter for M-Net. Gerry has been back in recent years as a host and executive producer with South Africa's satellite news network, ANN7, and is now setting a new career course.
Going back in time to say Gerry Elsdon has a colourful background is a huge understatement! Having been born in District 6, living through the forced removals and Group Areas Act in the Cape in the 80s, to getting off a Greyhound bus from Cape Town, and meeting Nelson Mandela in an elevator in her first hour in Johannesburg.
Gerry is determined to inspire an interest in the arts amongst young people and to encourage creativity as a means of expressions, while also instilling a culture of learning, and teaching business skills to equip young performers and artists for the future.
Gerry Elsdon started her working career within the liberation struggle as a teenager on the Cape Flats. She later followed the move of one of her mentors, Cheryl Carolus, to Johannesburg to work for the African National Congress at national level.
It has been a few years since we have seen Gerry Rantseli Elsdon on our TV screens. This national TB Ambassador made a strong impression as the co-host of South Africa's first Big Brother reality series and as a continuity presenter for M-Net. Gerry has been back in recent years as a host and executive producer with South Africa's satellite news network, ANN7, and is now setting a new career course.
Going back in time to say Gerry Elsdon has a colourful background is a huge understatement! Having been born in District 6, living through the forced removals and Group Areas Act in the Cape in the 80s, to getting off a Greyhound bus from Cape Town, and meeting Nelson Mandela in an elevator in her first hour in Johannesburg.
Gerry is determined to inspire an interest in the arts amongst young people and to encourage creativity as a means of expressions, while also instilling a culture of learning, and teaching business skills to equip young performers and artists for the future.
Gerry Elsdon started her working career within the liberation struggle as a teenager on the Cape Flats. She later followed the move of one of her mentors, Cheryl Carolus, to Johannesburg to work for the African National Congress at national level.
