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Johan Stemmet (Johannes Carl) born 9 February 1952) is a South African TV presenter, producer, director, singer and songwriter. Since entering the world of television in 1980, he has produced over 54,000 broadcast minutes on South African television.

Contents •	1 Early life •	2 1980s •	3 1990’s •	4 2000’s •	5 Personal life •	6 Awards •	7 Discography •	8. References

Early life Born in Springbok, Namaqualand South Africa, [1][2]Johan grew up on the diamond mining town of Kleinzee on the West Coast of Namaqualand. His father was a diamond prospector. Johan started playing music in a three-piece dance band at the age of 11. He was schooled in classical and light music on piano and self-taught on other keyboard instruments and guitar. After completing primary school at Kleinzee he furthered his schooling as a boarder at the Jan van Riebeeck High School in Cape Town where he matriculated in 1969. From 1970 he studied languages and education at the University of Stellenbosch graduating in 1974. To finance his studies, he performed regularly as the resident musician at a Stellenbosch hotel as well as private and company functions. He also collaborated with the well-known writer, Hennie Aucamp during this period in which they experimented with new genres in Afrikaans music. The works produced from this collaboration led to his first television appearance as a singer/songwriter on the television program “Perspektief” (Perspective) in 1979. After graduating in 1974 at Stellenbosch (Bachelor of Arts and Higher Teaching Diploma), Johan furthered his studies for his Bachelor of Education at the University of Cape Town graduating in 1979 whilst teaching as Head of Department at Rondebosch Boys High School in Cape Town. He resigned from teaching and relocated to Johannesburg to join the SABC Television Service on 1 July 1980. 1980’s Apart from performing as singer/songwriter on the 1980 television series” Elke Liedjie Vertel n Storie”(Every song tells a story) Johan presented, produced, co-produced and directed various television shows and hit series such as; Platepraatjies,(Record Chats) 1980 - 1985 a music/talk show series, My Land My Lied, (My country and its songs)1981 a music series filmed country wide utilizing an outside broadcast unit.

Micro Macro, (Small, Big)1981 - 1982 a game show series featuring Leon Schuster in his first ever role as TV presenter

Treffers van Toeka tot Nou, (Hits from yesteryear until now) 1983 a Nostalgic series based on hits from the 1900’s to the 1980’s coupled to the fashions and fads associated with each period.

A Music Special 1984 featuring the international Greek diva Nana Mouskouri.

Various personality shows featuring top local artists of the period such as Rina Hugo, Randall Wicomb, Anneli van Rooyen and Manuel Escorcio. 1983-1985

The Gé sing series (The music of Gé Korsten)1983-1985 locally and in Europe. This was the first ever and to date the only South African Television Music series to be filmed with a single camera in 12 European countries within a six-week period.

Debuut; (Début) 1986-1988 a music talent competition series which launched the careers of many young singers.

Teletreffers, (TV Hits) 1987- 1989 a music series featuring the first Afrikaans Music Videos shot on location.

Crescendo, a talent show featuring up and coming singer/songwriters,1984-1987 Various large outdoor Music Festivals at sport stadiums.1985-1989

Dekade van 80, (The decade of 80)1989 a music show which featured hits of the 80’s. In 1989 Johan resigned from the SABC along with his long-term associates, Johan van Rensburg and Elsa Colling to start their own Production House; STEMMBURG TELEVISION. This was the first Production House to produce Music and Game shows for national broadcast from outside the SABC by previously employed members of the broadcaster.

1990’s 1991 was the year that the audience’s favourite, “Noot vir Noot”, began. This show has taken root in the hearts and homes of millions of South Africans and continues to do so. In 1998 it was adapted, produced and presented by a British team on London Week-End Television as “Michael Barrymore’s My Kind of Music”. It aired successfully in Britain from 1998 until 2002. In 1997, Johan produced the game show “A Word or 2”, hosted by Jeremy Mansfield, which had a successful nine-year on-air run.

2000’s Johan went on to produce “Wise Up” (Words and Numbers) in 2004. This is an educational game show, which is aimed at improving numeracy and literacy amongst young learners. To date, 340 episodes of this successful show have been broadcast by SABC 2, re-broadcasts excluded. This show was recognized by the Japan Prize for Education and a translated example was aired on NHK Japan. Johan has also produced several documentaries, including “Fly the beloved country”, a bird’s eye-view of South Africa, spawned from his love for piloting gyro-copters. In 2014 Johan created, produced and directed a new, original, indigenous game show format, Musiek Roulette, for SABC 2 hosted by the South African songstress, Nádine. This show provides a platform for 78 new, upcoming and well known South African artists per season, to perform on television. The show features 312 hit songs per 26-episode series. In 2017 Johan conceptualized and co-produced the very first multilingual local quiz show, ‘’FUNDIS’’ for SABC2.

PERSONAL LIFE Johan married Colleen, a mathematics teacher, in 1980. They were both teaching at Rondebosch Boys High at the time. Colleen retired as Headmistress of Roosevelt High in Johannesburg after a 25-year teaching career. They have two sons who are both married. Carl (born 1984) is a Television Creative Director. He studied and completed his Honors and Master’s degrees at the University of Pretoria after completing his Bachelor of Motion Picture Medium degree at AFDA. Etienne (born 1986) obtained his Bachelor and Honors degrees in Information Science at the University of Pretoria. He lives and works as a Web designer in Victoria, British Columbia Canada.

Johan is an avid aviation enthusiast. He obtained his Private Pilot’s license with a night rating and an instrument flight rating in 1989. He flies single and twin-engine aircraft for business purposes as well as Gyrocopters for sport flying.

He also has a love for the sea and sailing. Johan attained his yachting skipper’s license in 2010.

By 2018 Johan had been presenting on television on a year to year basis for 38 uninterrupted years since 1980 which makes him the longest continuous running presenter on the National Broadcaster since the inception of television in South Africa. Johan has been performing and recording music since the age of 11. He quit recording and touring the country with his music in the mid 90’s stating TV workload and the need for more family time as reason. After a ten-year hiatus from singing, Johan released “Johan Stemmet – Inspirational Songs” in 2006, an ensemble of his favorite songs. This album reached the no 1 position on the South African Gospel charts three weeks after its release, selling 14 000 copies within the first 4 days of its release. It also achieved gold disc status. Johan’s autobiography “Woord vir Woord”(Word for Word) as well as a Music Quiz publication, “Music Trivia” was published by Penguine Books in 2011

AWARDS Artes Award; Best Contribution to Variety shows. 1994 Avanti Award; Communication effectiveness 2001 Avanti Award; Best Presenter 2001 Avanti Award; Creativeness 2001 SABC Golden Plume award for his contribution over 30 years to South African television. 2006 Rapport Vonk Music Award 2009 SAFTA Award; Best Game show. 2010 SAFTA Award; Best Game Show. 2011 TEMPO Award 2015 Lifelong Contribution to Television SAFTA AWARD 2018 Lifetime Achiever DISCOGRAPHY. 1972. Johan Stemmet live at Devon Valley (EMI) 1976. Can I Still be your friend? (Parlophone) 1978. Winter (EMI Brigadiers) 1980. Septemberland (RAP Recordings) 1980’ Sampie se bike (RAP Recordings) 1981. Weet jy waar die liefde lê?(GRC) 1982. Ek is lief vir jou (GRC) 1983. Bianca (GRC) 1983. Die Klokkespel (Panorama/GRC) 1984. Op Versoek (Panorama/GRC) 1985. As ek maar net kon sê (Decibel?EMI ) 1987. n Deel van my (Decibel/EMI) 1991. My Musiek.(Decibel/EMI) 1992. Om tyd te maak (Decibel/EMI) 1993. Stil deur my lewe (Decibel/EMI) 1994. Grootste treffers (Decibel/EMI) 1995.Goue gedagtes (EMI) 2005. Inspirational songs. (Maranatha Musiek) 2007. Reisiger. (Maranatha Musiek)

REFERENCES. Magazines; TV Plus Keur Vrouekeur Huisgenoot You Magazine Finesse Newspapers; Rapport Beeld Die Burger Volksblad Sunday Times Internet TVSA Who is Who in South Africa Radio Interviews; RSG with Lynette Francis RSG with Amore Bekker 702 with Bruce Whitfield 702 with Akki Anastsios Jakkaranda Stereo with Martin Bester, Helen Naudé and various presenters Radio Highveld and Highveld Stereo with various presenters 94.7 with Jeremy Mansfield SAfm with Jeremy Maggs Radio 2000 Radio Pulpit Television Interviews Various on SABC and kykNET programs 1980-2018