Uveka began her broadcasting career in 1996, with the SABC at Lotus FM.
After 5 years, she then moved to East Coast radio, before leaving Durban entirely to pursue greener pastures in Johannesburg. In 2002 she joined Primedia Broadcasting, where she worked at 702 and 947, establishing herself as a television force to be reckoned with, she presented Rights and Recourse on SABC 3, and later joined then eNews Channel (now eNCA) as a weekday News Anchor. Following a return to radio at 947 and 702, she went on to host parenting show, Great Expectations, on eTV from 2011 to 2016. In that time, she returned to eNCA as a Primetime anchor and host of Food Matters, Health Matters, Medical Matters and Sustainability Matter currently underway.
She also held the title of programming and content manager at SRN Media.
Since leaving news two years ago, Uveka has established herself as a social media Influencer, podcast and vodcasts host with her focus being Health, Wellness, Parenting, Relationships and “Real life issues”.
Uveka has featured in movies in the role of “news anchor or reporter” in movies such as Leon Schuster’s Frank and Fearless, series such as Strike Back and Savage Beauty. She shot her first movie earlier this year in a completely different role to any she has played before meaning not a news persona. The movie titled Greytown Girl is a true story and is due for release later this year!
Among the highlights of her 25 -year career, Uveka notes covering post-war Iraq, reporting from in and around Baghdad for a week.
Further highlights include covering various national elections, interviewing several local and international celebrities such as Stevie Wonder, local and international politicians such as former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, ambassadors and High Commissioners, but her favourite interviews involve ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Apart from being an established television and radio anchor, she is an active philanthropist and passionately supports the Rise Against Hunger charity organisation, which distributes food to ECD centres and University students across South Africa.
