18 Facts About Jeremy Mansfield

Robert Jeremy Clayton Mansfield was a South African radio and television celebrity.

Jeremy Mansfield worked on numerous radio stations as a presenter, and presented numerous television shows and inserts for popular television magazine programs.

Jeremy Mansfield remained in Grahamstown attending Rhodes University, where he studied speech, drama and journalism.

Jeremy Mansfield was recruited to work for Super Sport on M-Net and was requested to do sport on the John Berks show on the Primedia-owned 702 Talk Radio.

Jeremy Mansfield's popularity continued to grow, and in 1993, he was appointed as a regular presenter of 702's Saturday Afternoon magazine program.

In 1995, Jeremy Mansfield took over hosting of the afternoon show.

In 1997, Jeremy Mansfield moved to 702 Talk Radio's sister station 94.7 Highveld Stereo where he created and hosted the hugely popular weekday breakfast show, The Rude Awakening which at its peak was the most commercially successful show in southern Africa with over 1.5 million listeners.

In June 2010, Jeremy Mansfield announced he would be leaving the show.

Jeremy Mansfield hosted his last show on Monday 12 July 2010.

Jeremy Mansfield returned to radio in November 2018 as the host of the breakfast show, "Mansfield in the Morning", on community radio station, Hot 91.9fm.

Jeremy Mansfield's show changed its name to Joburg's Biggest Breakfast Show and Mansfield left after personal issues.

In 2005, Jeremy Mansfield presented the M-Net comedy show Laugh Out Loud for two seasons.

In 2010, Jeremy Mansfield was cast in Disney's local release of Toy Story 3 as the voice of Lifer.

In 2010, Jeremy Mansfield hosted his own weekly finance show, Jeremy Mansfield's Moneysense on CNBC Africa.

Jeremy Mansfield presented Jeremy Mansfield2day on the YouTube channel of the same name.

Jeremy Mansfield released five CDs containing characters he created on-air, humorous stories and songs poking fun at many South African personalities and situations.

Jeremy Mansfield died on 31 October 2022, at the age of 59.

Jeremy Mansfield was thanked personally by South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela for the charity work he had done which raised over R12 million.