Khanyi Magubane is a talented,energetic broadcaster, writer, poet, journalist, event MC and social commentator.

At just 30, she hosts a successful gospel and spirituality show on SAfm, “Living Sounds”, whose purpose she says, is to “heal, inspire and motivate.”

She is quite poised on issues of spirituality, motivating, with her compassion that she shares with the hundreds listeners who write into her show with various emotional trauma’s and challenging situations.

Speaking of she show Magubane says, “I’ve been presenting Living Sounds for four year now and it has grown from just a show to a ministry for me. It has taught me how to listen to people, how to engage in people’s pain not just to feel sympathy for them, but to understand and empathise with them. God has really given me a heart for people and through this show, I have learnt that real peace comes from a whole heart, spirit and soul” 

She also presents an arts show entitled “Art Matters” where she interviews South Africa’s top theatre directors, actors, playwrights, as well as some of South Africa’s leading visual artists exhibiting at galleries across the country.

The show also covers contemporary dance, street theatre and covers all the top art events.

Magubane is also an experienced MC and panel facilitator, having MC’d at events including the Cape Town international Jazz festival, the intra-Africa Business Network, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Publishing book launch at Xarra books, Newtown-Johannesburg, Alliance Francaise. 

As a published poet, She’s has contributed to a number of crucial anthologies.

In 2008, she was published by veteran “Guerilla” publishers Botsotso publishing in a poetry anthology that infused together the works of street poets, reflective poets, hard poets, soft poets.

In 2006, She was invited to be part of the “Words gone two soon” poetry and prose tribute collection to late writers Phaswane Mpye and K. Sello Duiker.

In October 2006, “Basadzi Voices” (UKZN press) was launched at the prestigious Poetry Africa Festival in Durban. Magubane was one of the black female poets chosen to be part of that anthology. In Johannesburg, the book was launched at Xarra books to raving reviews. She has also shared the stage with literary giants such Ngugi WA Thiong’o and African American poet Sonia Sanchez.

Khanyi has also performed internationally. She was part of the South African delegation invited to perform at the 12th Havana international poetry Festival in Cuba, along side poet Laureate Professor Keorapetse “Willie” Kgositsile, Cape writer James Matthews and poets Lebo Mashile as well as Phillipa Yaa De Villiers. These just some of Magubane’s achievements as a poet. 

Academically, Magubane is an English literature and communication studies graduate BA (Communication). She also has an Honours degree in Journalism, both degrees from RAU (now the University of Johannesburg). She regularly contributes for Magazines including the literary Journal Words etc and O Magazine.

She has also been a radio journalist for the past 10 years.

Her illustrious career started as a trainee journalist at Radio 702 in 2000. After almost four years, she moved to YFM, where she was a news anchor and senior reporter. She also wrote for the YFM’s magazine Ymag, where she was a film features writer.

After an exciting tenure, she left YFM in April 2006 to pursue a full time writing career. She’s currently a presenter of a highly successful Gospel radio programme on SAFM “living Sounds” and a producer at the station.

Having a passion for film, Magubane is also a scriptwriter, who also has a desire to one day direct her own work. She is working as a senior writer/reporter for publishing consultant Bigmedia, where she writes for the online publication MediaClubSouthAfrica.