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Deon Potgieter

Deon Potgieter is an award winning producer, director, writer, author and journalist. He has worked across all media platforms with distinction. His debut book “Rose of Soweto” first published by Penguin books made the Alan Paton literary award longlist. Other books include; "Touched by a Princess" and "The Dufus Diaries Off to see the Wizard"

He has written for "The Mail & Guardian", "Sports illustrated", "The Phonebook", "Boxing world", "The Sweet Science", "Discovery channel online", "Y magazine" ,"XL magazine" and "Navy news" amongst other print and electronic media.

Amongst the plethora of popular and/or award winning television series he has worked on are; "Tarzan van George", "Cold Blood; the murder cases of Mike Bolhuis", "Wat is waarheid", "Karakter",

"Family Bonds", "The Fighters", "WWP Thunderstrike", "Woza weekend", "Yo Tv", "Snake Park 2" and "Toasty Show".


“Life's a rollercoaster ride. It's your choice if you want to scream or laugh.”
Deon Potgieter
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