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Andile Gaelesiwe Biography: Age, Career, Relationship, Net Worth

Published on November 15, 2021

Andile Gaelesiwe Biography: Age, Career, Relationship, Net Worth

Andile Gaelesiwe is a popular South African musical artist, radio, and television personality. She is the founder and CEO of the Open Disclosure Foundation (ODF), an institution founded in the aid of survivors of sexual violence.

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Quick Facts

Name: Andile Gaelesiwe
Date of birth: 13 September 1973 (48 years old)
Birth Place: Soweto
Nationality: South African
Boyfriend/Husband: Lesley Musina
Occupation: Musician, Media Personality
Net Worth: $1,000,000-$5,000,000

Career

Andile Gaelesiwe started in the music industry in her early twenties in 2003, she has released several music albums and she signed with BMG records. Andile then joined the YFM radio station and trained for a year before becoming a radio host.

Her interest in the non-profit coupled with her love for humanity led her to YFM to initiate a department called YCARES. As the director, she touched on major South African issues in the areas of HIV/Aids, youth development and entrepreneurship, education, and sexual violence.

In 2001, Andile Gaelesiwe was working at YFm when she heard a young woman call in and threaten to commit suicide because she had been sexually abused. This incident made Andile speak out about her own abuse in the hopes of helping other young people seek treatment.

She was then called upon to anchor the docu-reality show Khumbul’ekhaya. She also started a program called Open Disclosure for sexual assault victims to come out and receive help.

In 2019 Andile was cast as the host of the South African couple’s reality show titled Before I Do, which helps South African couples deal with relationship challenges.