| Thabo Motsieloa | |
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| Born | Thabo Motsieloa 17 March 1961 London, England |
Thabo Motsieloa (born November 17, 1961) is a Swedish television news presenter and former actor.
In 1983 he founded the martial arts sports club Södermalms shaolin kung fu.[1]
Motsieloa has also founded Thabo Motsieloa Masters Cup a mixed martial arts competition using Allstyle, a combat sport set of rules that uses wide variety of fighting techniques and skills. The rules and regulations were designed by Motsieloa. This event is one of the biggest Martial Arts competitions in Scandinavia.[2]
Motsieloa wrote columns for newspaper Aftonbladet in the early 1990s, before he went on to television, where he led TV shows such as current affairs debate program Black or White,[3] Cold Case Sweden[4][5] and investigative journalism program Drevet. During the summers of 2005 and 2006 he worked as a news broadcaster for TV 4 and in 2008 he was a sports commentator during the Olympic games.[6]
As an actor he has appeared in Speranza at Uppsala City Theater (1992), and some other plays.
He was born November 17, 1961 in London, England. His parents are from South Africa and met while attending university in the UK. In 1962 they moved to Sweden.[7] His mother was a nurse, therapist and international aid worker. His father a medical doctor and jazz musician. Motsieloa grew up in the Solna, Vallentuna and Sollentuna municipality in Stockholm County