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TV news anchor Riaan Cruywagen exits Kyknet Verslag

3 Apr 2018

NEWSWATCH: It's been reported that veteran Afrikaans TV news anchor Riaan Cruywagen, at the age of 72, ended his TV news anchor career spanning more than four decades on South African television, on Thursday night, most recently as news anchor on Kyknet Verslag (DStv 144).

TV news anchor Riaan Cruywagen exits Kyknet Verslag

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Kyknet says Cruywagen will remain as the presenter of Met 'n Huppel in die Stap, Kyknet's Afrikaans magazine show focusing on the challenges, joys and life advice for people after 50.

Cruywagen comments:

"I'm also finally saying goodbye tonight after more than five wonderful years – first at Dagbreek and after that at Kyknet Verslag," said Cruywagen at the end of the third season and episode 140 of the show.

“I'm now swapping the world of hard news and actuality for other TV work and new challenges but not without saying thank you to Kyknet for the opportunity to broaden my horizons on this exceptional channel.

"I've worked with tens of creative and inspiring people, as well as at Kyknet and with the producers of our programme, IdeaCandy – and in my old days, I've learnt a lot from them. If I can mention only a few names – because there are tens of them – I’m saying thank you very much to Karen Meiring (Kyknet channel head) and Tim du Plessis (head of actuality) of Kyknet and Wim Steyn (executive producer) and Wynette Theart (producer) from IdeaCandy and their personnel.

"The most unsung mainstays were our studio crew without which no programme can ever make it onto the air – my director Rudi Botha and his team and my editor Werner Swart and his able journalists.”