Anton Enus

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Anton Enus, is a South African-born Australian news presenter.

Enus is currently co-host of World News Australia on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).

Career

Enus presented SBS World News Australia late edition, which aired on weeknights at 9.30pm until December 2007. Due to the departure of both Mary Kostakidis and Stan Grant as co-hosts of SBS World News Australia, Anton was appointed co-host of the bulletin on 17 December 2007.^[1]

Anton has been a news preseenter and journalist for 20 years. He has been with SBS World News Tonight for the past five years, after a 15-year career in radio and television with South Africa's national broadcaster, SABC. Anton's achievements include the CNN World Report award for best international report and the Bokmakierie Award for current affairs. Before leaving South Africa, Anton presented the country's major evening national news bulletin for the SABC.

Personal life

Enus was a founding member of South Africa's gay and lesbian sports movement in the early 1980s and was on the organising team that guided the country into the Gay Games for the first time in 1994. He has also served on committees aimed at reconciling Johannesburg's multi-cultural gay and lesbian communities.^{[citation needed]}

Anton is a keen long-distance runner, having completed more than 4 standard or ultra-marathons. He has completed South Africa's premier ultra-marathon, the Comrades (90 km), two times. He also enjoys squash, tennis, road running and hiking. In 1999, he migrated to Sydney with Roger Henning, his partner of 10 years,^[2] and they both became Australian citizens in July 2002.^[3]

References

↑ Grant quits SBS
↑ "Two of Us", Good Weekend magazine, The Age, 1 March 2003
↑ Profile from Outgames 2008 Conference

External links

Anton Enus Bio at SBS website

v t e SBS Presenters

SBS World News	Anton Enus Janice Petersen Lee Lin Chin Ricardo Goncalves Kathy Novak Sarah Abo Rena Sarumpaet Mike Tomalaris Craig Foster

Programs	Jenny Brockie Karla Grant Les Murray Anjali Rao Ellen Fanning

Past	Andrew Orsatti George Donikian Indira Naidoo George Negus Mary Kostakidis Stan Grant Amrita Cheema Ben Fajzullin Paul Dempsey Basia Bonkowski Neena Mairata Peta-Jane Madam Yalda Hakim

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