WATCH: Noxolo Grootboom shares life lessons

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During our chat, Grootboom said her childhood in the Eastern Cape, brought up by her grandparents was the “best part” of her formative years. As she moved back with her mother at 12, the family eventually found their way to Johannesburg. Years later she joined the SABC, just to get a job and provide.

The Citizen has a sit-down interview with legendary broadcaster Noxolo Grootboom as she talks all things about her journey. Picture: Sibongumenzi Sibiyia

The state broadcaster has been turbulent for several years, with rotation of leadership, retrenchments and massive losses. They are attempting to steer the ship in the right direction. Grootboom says during those years she had one mandate, to deliver the best news to the nation.

“If the ship is sinking, hold it. Make sure it doesn’t sink. Do your job and do it well. Our business was news, no matter what was happening around us. Come 7 o’clock viewers are expecting us to dish out news to them and that was our business. ”

She also touched on her family life, the best life lessons during her journey, if that memoir will ever be written and the fact she doesn’t age.