Jabulile Primrose Mabena
Sport media that knows the sport.
Sport Management graduate and PGCE-qualified professional with hands-on experience in event coordination, sports media, athlete support, and stakeholder engagement. Driven to grow sport participation and deliver exceptional sporting events across South Africa.
Portfolio & Projects
Shot courtside at the Telkom Netball League, Ellis Park Arena. The women's game gets a fraction of the cameras it deserves. Here's what it looks like up close.
About & CV
- Sports photography across Telkom Netball League, FootGolf SA, Hollywoodbets Super League, Engen Qualifiers & GWDL
- Match reporting, social media management, graphic design, content creation
- Live coverage on the day, working alongside teams, officials and sponsors
- Planning and running tournaments end to end, from setup to a smooth day for every player
- Player registration, database management, and group allocations for each round
- Set up and maintained official tournament scoring systems and mobile applications
- Post-tournament score verification and player rankings compilation
- Lesson planning, delivery, and assessment under mentor teacher supervision
- Learner progress tracking, attendance monitoring, and examination moderation
- Coordination of extracurricular and co-curricular activities
- Sports, arts, and cultural programme planning and implementation
- Intra-school competition organisation, coaching across netball, athletics, football & gymnastics
- Administrative support for event coordination and participant registration
- Supervised a team of fieldworkers for accurate household enumeration
- Quality assurance, performance monitoring, and weekly assignment review
- Daily liaison with the Field Operations Officer to keep fieldwork on track
- Student academic eligibility verification using the Integrated Tertiary System (ITS)
- Late application processing, module registration guidance, and uLink technical support
- Academic documentation generation and student query resolution
- Team administration, MySAFA eligibility verification, match statistics recording
- Real-time scoreboard updates, crowd management, team logistics coordination
- Guided high school learners through tertiary application and registration processes
- Financial aid support (NSFAS, NRF, bursaries), accommodation assistance, career guidance
One Event, Every Role
Most events need a coordinator, a photographer, a reporter and a designer. Jabulile is all four, so the coverage is accurate because the same person ran the scoring.
Runs the event from the back office.
On the touchline when it happens.
Turns the day into the story.
Ships the graphics before the crowd leaves.
Testimonials & References
On record soon
References from federations, event organisers, and athletes will appear here as new coverage lands.
Let's Work Together
Open for freelance sports media, event coordination, and sport administration bookings. Send a message below, or reach me on the direct line.