Pulane's Bio
Pulane Nel-Sekepe (often credited as Pulane Palmer) is a South African actress, singer, voice artist and television presenter who rose to fame co-presenting the SABC3 Afrikaans-language lifestyle and magazine programme NAweek.
She was born in the Eastern Cape in 1991 in a town called Magwigi. From primary school all the way through high school Pulane performed in every drama production there was. She also took flute, piano and singing lessons.
During her high school years she performed at The Aardklop Festival where she won various awards including Best actress in The ATKV national youth competition. After school she joined 13th Floor, a performing arts ministry, where she did performances all over South Africa for two-and-a-half years.
In 2012, she booked her first show at The National Children's Theatre in the production Goggas. She continued to play the lead female role in Honk Junior, another National Children's Theatre production.
Pulane has also guest-starred in the SABC3 drama series High Rollers and on the SABC1 soap opera Generations. In 2017 she had a starring role in the kykNET & kie sitcom #koelpixels.
In 2018, she had a starring role as sarcastic domestic worker Cecilia in the kykNET sitcom Die Kasteel. In the same year she sang the theme tune for the SABC2 sitcom Die Vlieënde Springbokkie.
She joined OFM’s broadcasting team in 2021, presenting the Central SA Top 30 along with Sam Ludidi.
Jaco's Bio
Born on 9 September 1996, in the East Rand, Jaco de Waal displayed a love for performance from a young age. Keenly participating in drama at school, he knew that entertainment would always be a part of his life.
In 2006, Jaco competed with contenders from 32 countries in the World Championships of Performing Arts and won three world champion titles.
He started his radio career in 2017 at the community radio station, East-Rand Stereo.
In 2019, he moved to Central South Africa to continue his community radio journey and worked at Overvaal Stereo for three years before moving to Bloemfontein to join the OFM team.
Jaco has a passion for all things radio and always wants to learn something new, with the goal of contributing to the medium and making great radio.
One of his favourite movies is "The Boat That Rocked" a movie about a pirate radio station in the United Kingdom during the 1960s.
Jaco’s favorite saying is the Chinese Proverb: "It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war." This to him means that preparation is key to handling any situation in life.
Tune in to Pulane Nel-Sepeke and Jaco de Waal on The Real Good Weekend on Saturdays, 12:00 – 16:00.
