Kia Johnson

TV Presenter, Radio Personality, Motivational Speaker, Voice Actress, DJ and Eco Warrior Kia Johnson is currently best known for presenting on SABC3's Expresso.

Apart from her work on Expresso, Kia has also featured on popular TV shows such as ‘Top Billing’, ‘Hello Doctor’ and SABC2’s ‘Keeping it Real’.  She was also presenter (and researcher) on the SABC1 youth feature 'Take 5', and worked as presenter and researcher on the Afrikaans music show “Susters” on the then Channel MK89.  Her radio work includes presenting 94.5KFM's Saturday “Weekend Drive” show,  whilst on weekdays she produces and presents traffic from 9am until 3pm across both the KFM Brunch and KFM Lunch shows.   She also produces and presents traffic at 567Cape Talk and Simulcast Traffic for both 567 CapeTalk and 702.  She has also presented on Good Hope FM, Heart104.9, MuthaFM and retail radio stations Feelgood FM and Radio ACK, and has worked as a voice actress at SAfm.

Known for her enthusiasm and ambitious nature, Kia is an activist for the GivenGain Foundation, and was a Celebrity Ambassador for the highly successful Vote for Table Mountain campaign which lead to Table Mountain being voted one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.  Kia was one of the first celebs to add her stamp to this campaign, and was known for going the extra mile for this cause, utilising her media profile to promote it wherever she could, and even involved scores of schoolchildren in her campaign.   She is actively involved in community projects for Tygerberg Children’s Hospital (TCH) and the  “Intyatyambo Community Project”, and one of her other passions is supporting local music talent, especially in Cape Town.  She has done this via her work at LMX, a recording facility that caters for the local market in South Africa where the likes of Locnville, Red Light in June and 12th Avenue have recorded albums.