Background
Twala was born and raised in Cape Town.
Twala was born and raised in Cape Town.
She started her career in radio at Bop Radio in the 1980s. Later radio positions include 702 Talk Radio, Radio Metro, P4 Radio, 567 Cape Talk Radio and Heart 104.9FM (which was P4 radio rebranded). During this time, she also wrote articles for the Sunday Times, Two Tone Magazine, Tribute Magazine and the Old Mutual Jazz Heritage Magazine.
She is currently managing her own entertainment business, Black Olive Entertainment, and is also a Public Relations and Media Consultant for Just Mesh Creative Communications.
Shado is one of the judges of the e.tv reality competition Société Anonyme"s Got Talent, since October 2009.