Penny Lebyane is a South African radio DJ best known as a DJ for Metro FM. She was a judge on the first season of the M-Net reality competition Idols, in 2002.
In November 2007 she co-hosted the 8th Annual Metro FM Music Awards, with Siyabonga Ngwekazi.
Penny began co-hosting the SABC2 lifestyle show Motswako in February 2010, and left the show in 2013. In 2014 she joined the e.tv breakfast show Sunrise as an anchor, making her first appearance on Monday 14 July.
Penny Matshidiso Lebyane was born on December 25, 1976 in Bushbuckridge. Penny have a National Diploma in Public Relations, Media/Communications from University of South Africa and have won several awards.
it was rumoured recently that Penny was fired as the host of etv’s Sunrise. She then briefly commented on the rumor and mentioned that she would speak on the matter until she was ready to do so.
Speaking to Sowetan Live, Penny has gone on to clarify that she did not get fired but instead decided to resign from the channel.
According to Lebyane, things spiraled out of control when there were constant issues with the renewal of her contract, however, her decision to resign came after she heard news about the channel’s search for new presenters. 
The channel then explained to Penny that it was structuring & outsourcing the show. She then requested that the information is sent to her via e-mail but that never happened.
“In January I started hearing that they were looking for new presenters and I resigned myself to the fact that my contract could not be renewed,” she told the publication.
However, before her resignation, Penny told Sowetan Live that the channel began to act suspicious when they suddenly blocked her access card upon her arrival at work one morning.
After gaining access to the building with the assistance of a security guard, Penny found out that her makeup team & wardrobe were removed.
Penny is said to be displeased with how the channel has treated her after spending three years of her life working for the channel.
Sowetan Live reached out to e.tv’s chief operating officer Mark Rosin who told the publication that Penny’s contract with e.tv had ended on the 31st of March 2018.
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