Kids' castings attract hundreds

Aspiring actress and presenter Thembisile Ngcobo, 12, of Newlands East says that she has always dreamt of following a career in broadcasting. Credit: Mariola Biela.

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Hundreds of young South Africans descended on the Maggi Yo-TV audition road show this past weekend at Gateway Mall in Umhlanga, Durban The mass casting forms part of a nationwide search for new presenting talent for SABC1's youth programming segment Yo-TV. Open castings have been hosted at shopping malls across the country and this coming weekend, the road show moves to Centurion in Gauteng, followed by Maponya Mall in Soweto the weekend after.