1. Riaan Cruywagen was born on 5 October 1945 and is a South African television news reader and voice artist who has been associated with the South African Broadcasting Corporation since its first television broadcasts in 1975.
11 Facts About Riaan Cruywagen
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Riaan Cruywagen began his career as a journalist in 1965 when he started working part-time at the SABC in Cape Town, while studying at the University of Stellenbosch.
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Riaan Cruywagen's contract was renewed and it was announced that he would continue with his duties for a period of time.
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Riaan Cruywagen presented his final news bulletin on SABC 2 on 26 November 2012 at 7 pm.
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The name Riaan Cruywagen has become synonymous with Afrikaans television news through his lengthy career.
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Riaan Cruywagen was the voice artist for the character Haas Das on the popular Afrikaans children's news programme Haas Das se Nuuskas in 1976.
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Riaan Cruywagen voiced the character when it was revived in a movie Haas Das hou konsert in 2007.
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Riaan Cruywagen originally landed the job when he told the show's creator Louise Smit a joke.
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Riaan Cruywagen voiced numerous characters in another popular children's programme, "Liewe Heksie".
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Riaan Cruywagen has appeared in a number of films, playing himself as a newsreader, including an appearance reading the news in Zulu in Leon Schuster's Sweet 'n Short.
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Riaan Cruywagen was seen in Stander as a nostalgic reminder of his long career as newsreader.