Rose of Soweto: The Dingaan Thobela story Tapa blanda - 2016

An award winning writer, producer and director Deon Potgieter has excelled in all media formats. At 22 he wrote and directed the highly acclaimed television series "The Fighters", regarded as the best documentary series ever made in South Africa. A host of iconic series followed the likes of "Catch a wake-up", "Yo tv", "Woza weekend", "People of the South", "Olympic Dreams","Fresh", "Toasty show", "WWP Thunderstrike", "Snake Park" and "Family Bonds", the most successful sitcom ever screened in South Africa. Internationally he has written for "Discovery.com" and "The Sweet Science.com" amongst others and was the boxing writer for the "Mail & Guardian". He wrote for the "Sports Illustrated - swimsuit edition" and "Y-mag". Was voted one of the best writers of short fiction by the U.K readers of www.thephonebook.com for his series of stories. He produced the most watched inserts for Vodafone live 3 G cellphone broadcasts. His work for TraceSport has been broadcast in 200 countries worldwide. Deon received a specially created award at the South African Boxing awards in 1991 for his contribution to the upliftment of the sport.