Katlego Maboe Biography: Age, Education, Career, Wife, Net Worth

Katlego Maboe Biography: Age, Education, Career, Wife, Net Worth

Katlego Moswana Maboe is a South African TV presenter, singer, songwriter and accountant. Katlego is famous for hosting the talk show, Expresso on SABC3.

Quick Facts

Stage Name: Katlego Maboe
Full Name: Katlego Moswana Maboe
Occupation: TV Presenter, Singer, Songwriter, Accountant
Date Of Birth/Age: 29th October, 1986 (34 Years Old)
Place of Birth: Ikageng ,South Africa
Gender: Male
Nationality: South African
Marital Status: Single
Education: North-West University

Educational Background

Katlego Maboe attended Potchefstroom Central School and later, Potchefstroom Boys High School. Katlego then enrolled at the North-West University where he attained a Bachelor’s degree, a Bachelor of Commerce in Chartered Accounting.

Career

While Katlego Maboe was studying at the North-West University, an Accapella group named “Flip a Coin” asked him to join them after they heard his singing voice. They released 3 albums with Katlego doing the beat box and also singing.

He got his breakthrough when he made his debut on the Afrikaans Lifestyle Magazine series, DEKAT in 2009. He later began hosting the magazine series, 50/50 on SABC2 then went on to host EXPRESSO on SABC3 in December 2010.

Katlego hosted the second season of “Strictly Come Dancing South Africa” and also hosted two seasons of the South African Film And Television Awards (with Minnie Dlamini in 2016, and Thando Thabethe in 2017). Katlego hosted the eighth and Nineth seasons of Tropika Island of Treasure. He also wrote and performed the show’s official theme song.

Katlego was appointed HOPE Cape Town Goodwill Ambassador in 2014. His philanthropic work due to the appointment involves projects that focus on providing health and education in Cape Town. In 2011 and 2013 Katlego rode the Cape Town Cycle Tour with doctor Michael Mol in order to raise funds for charity.

Scandal

After the cheating scandal and the abuse allegations on his wife made public by her brother Seth, Katlego was fired from his jobs in 2020. Outsurance publicly condemned all forms of Gender-based Violence and announced that Katlego had been relieved of all his jobs. Advertisements with his face were also taken down. He will be able to return back to work only if not found guilty.

Does Katlego Maboe have a child?

In 2018, Katlego and ex-wife Monique Muller welcomed their first child, a boy they named Phoenix Maboe.

What is Katlego Maboe’s net worth?

Katlego Maboe is yet to reveal the exact estimate of his net worth. According to Information Cradle, he is worth between $500 000 to $800 000. These figures are yet to be confirmed.