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Leanne Manas is the new female anchor of the SABC's flagship breakfast program - Morning Live. Prior to this she was the host of two Business programs on SABC 3 - Business update and Business Focus.

Leanne Manas is the new female anchor of the SABC's flagship breakfast program - Morning Live. Prior to this she was the host of two Business programs on SABC 3 - Business update and Business Focus.

Leanne was also chosen as the National Anchor for the 2004 elections and presidential inauguration.

She started off her television career as the main news anchor for South Africa 's essential Business Channel - Summit Television. Leanne has also done extensive work for radio stations across South Africa including Radio Algoa, Jacaranda and East Coast Radio.

A qualified Speech and Drama teacher with Honours in English, she started her career as a news anchor at Radio 702. Leanne then moved to Johnnic Publishing's African Business Channel where she became the news anchor for Classic fm. She then took a keen interest in Finance journalism and completed a postgraduate certificate in Economics Journalism from Rhodes University .

She was also one of the nominees for Sanlam's Business Journalist of the Year award in 2002.

In her spare time she teaches Television skills to students.