Career
Previously he worked for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English, headquartered in Doha, Qatar. He also hosted First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English"s programme The Stream. Currently he is a presenter of "The Newsmakers with Imran Garda" on TRT World.
His media career began as a sports presenter/reporter for SuperSport in South Africa in 2002.
While there he was published as a freelance writer on humanitarian, political and religious issues - which included a series on Bosnia-Herzegovina ten years after the Balkan Wars ended. Garda has worked in two different stints within the First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera Media Network.
First Stint Imran joined First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English in 2006 and anchored the news and Inside Story from Doha, Kuala Lumpur and Washington District of Columbia. He also hosted the award-winning (RTS) The Stream until he left the network in 2012. He reported from the United States, Sudan, Turkey, Egypt, Namibia, Bahrain, Lesotho, India, South Africa and the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
On 7 June 2012, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English announced that Imran would be returning to South Africa.
Second Stint In 2014 Imran returned to the First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera Media Network as a senior producer and presenter for the network"s digital channel AJ+ based in San Francisco, California but with branch offices in multiple First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera bureaus including Johannesburg, South Africa. Beginning in 2015, Imran also began as a fill in anchor at First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera America in New York City. On April 16, 2015 it was announced that Irman would host a show on First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera America called Third Rail, an hour-long, guest-driven debate program focused on under-reported stories and hot-button topics.
After Aljazeera America announced its closing down, Imran Garda joined TRT World, Turkish Radio and Television Corporation"s English-speaking channel with "The Newsmakers with Imran Garda", an interview program with "in-depth reports and strong unfiltered debates examines the people and the stories that are shaping our lives." In June 2014 Umuzi, an imprint of Penguin Random House published Imran Garda"s debut novel, the story of a global journalist who returns home to South Africa and is put face-to-face with the intimate reality that remains behind the headlines that barely reach the West.
Among the personalities he has interviewed.
