Brandon Yates

CURRICULUM VITAE – BRANDON YATES Contact Details Email Addresses- Mobile Phone:082 - PERSONAL DATA First Names: Brandon David Surname: Yates Sex: Male Marital Status : Single Dependants: Not applicable Nationality: South African Home Language: English Other Languages: Afrikaans Criminal Offences: None Health: Excellent WORK HISTORY 2017 – Present Content producer, script writer and host of “The Sports Show” on HashTag radio. Responsibilities include rewriting sports news/ scripts, organising guests, scripting questions and hosting a sports themed chat show about sport news, fixtures and results. 2014 - 2016 Sports content producer and script writer for SABC 3’s Expresso Show. Responsibilities included rewriting sports news/ scripts, organising guests, scripting questions and creating competition ideas/ writing scripts for brands advertising on the show: https://youtu.be/1fssNZ0YJ9Q 2013 - Present Freelance sports journalist Article for PlanetRugby.com http://www.planetrugby.com/news/super-rugby-review-bulls-2/ Article for PlanetRugby.com http://competitions.planetrugby.com/sport/comment-willemse-and-leyds-crucial-to-stormers-.html Article for SA Rugby (national, most popular rugby magazine in South Africa): http://www.sarugbymag.co.za/blog/details/deafboks-get-test-status 2018-Present Bartender/dancer at Crew Bar 2015 – Present Freelance TV and radio presenter. Presenting on SABC 2's Hectic Nine 9 https://www.instagram.com/p/BQsnl65gCqb/?hl=en&taken-by=brandonyates__ https://www.instagram.com/p/BTCISdmAJAJ/?hl=en&taken-by=brandonyates__ SABC 3's Expresso Show Sports Reporting https://youtu.be/_kjmyW6_7Ng Sports Show intro for HashTag radio https://www.instagram.com/p/BXFiZoln6Gc/?hl=en&taken-by=brandonyates__ Field-reporting at Rhodes University https://youtu.be/N23mpfNCQ-s Radio presenting for Rhodes Music Radio: https://soundcloud.com/bdyatessport EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS High School Woodridge College Van Staden's Pass Heights, Eastern Cape. IEB (Matriculation Certificate) University - Rhodes University Completed BA-Journalism / History REFERENCES Mr. Tony Seifart HashTag Radio owner and station manager - -- Mr. Brandon Doran HashTag Radio presenter - - Mr. Graeme Richards Expresso Show sports presenter - -