Anand Naidoo

Anand Naidoo

Anand Naidoo is the anchor for CGTN America’s “The Heat”, based at the network’s Washington D.C. Bureau. 

Anand joined CGTN America in October 2012 after five years as an anchor and correspondent for Al Jazeera English in Washington.

Before that he was an Atlanta-based anchor for CNN International’s World News for ten years. During this time Anand reported from the Middle East, South Africa and Europe.

Before joining CNN in 1997, Anand was the principal evening news anchor for the South African Broadcasting Corp. in Johannesburg.

He began his broadcast career in Belgium, where he worked as a field producer for Belgian television as well as a producer and anchor for the Belgian Radio World Service. In those positions, he traveled widely as a producer and reporter in Western Europe, the former Soviet bloc states and the Middle East.

Anand has also worked as a news editor on Radio 702, a Johannesburg independent radio station and a presenter on the South African cable station, M-Net.

He began his career as a newspaper journalist on the Johannesburg Rand Daily Mail.

Among the major stories Anand has covered during his career was the release of Nelson Mandela and the first all-race elections in South Africa in 1994. He has also anchored breaking news coverage on the bomb blasts at the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the DPRK missile tests, the Nato Air Campaign in Yugoslavia and the Bosnian war and the 2nd Gulf War in Iraq.

He has also reported extensively from Latin America and North America. He also covered the election campaign of Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.

Anand is the recipient of several prestigious journalism awards including the George Peabody award for coverage of Hurricane Katrina and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for coverage of the Tsunami disaster in South East Asia.

In April 2015, he was awarded the Bronze World Medal for Best News Anchor at the New York Festivals International TV and Film Awards. The jury cited his coverage of the rise of the Far Right in European politics in making the award.

Follow Anand Naidoo on Twitter: @anandnaidoo

STORIES BY ANAND NAIDOO

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July 5, 2025

The Heat: BRICS Summit

All eyes will be on Rio de Janeiro this week, as leaders gather for the 17th BRICS Summit. In 2006, Brazil, Russia, India and China formed the group of emerging economies and then added South Africa in 2010, renaming the bloc, BRICS.  Today, there are […] Read More...
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July 4, 2025

The Heat: U.S. Tax and Spending Bill

The United States Congress passes a major piece of legislation that will have a huge impact for Americans. President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has been approved after winning narrow majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The mega-bill calls for tax cuts […] Read More...
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July 2, 2025

The Heat: Middle East Conflict

U.S. President Donald Trump posted on social media that Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza. The Israeli government has not responded to this claim, while Hamas says it is reviewing the proposal.  Meanwhile, Palestinians have come under regular […] Read More...
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July 1, 2025

The Heat: U.S. Politics

In a stunning upset, progressive upstart Zohran Mamdani declared victory in the primary race to become the Democratic Party’s candidate for New York City mayor.  The local lawmaker says his campaign “toppled a political dynasty” forcing former New York governor Andrew Cuomo to concede even […] Read More...
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June 30, 2025

The Heat: Israel-Iran Crisis

The ceasefire between Israel and Iran continues to hold after recent hostilities between the countries that lasted for 12-days, but there are serious questions about what happens next. Can the crisis continue to be defused? And, what is the future for Iran’s nuclear program? Joining […] Read More...
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June 27, 2025

The Heat: Extreme Weather

It’s only June but already 2025 is one for the record books for extreme heat in the United States. This week, cities from Boston to New York City and Washington, D.C. experienced sweltering heat and humidity threatening infrastructure and public health. Meanwhile in China, a […] Read More...
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June 26, 2025

The Heat: Israel-Iran Conflict

The whereabouts of Iran’s enriched uranium remains in question days after a ceasefire was declared in the conflict between Israel and Iran. In their first televised messages since the ceasefire, both Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory. […] Read More...
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June 25, 2025

The Heat: Middle East Conflict

The Iranian parliament voted to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency on Wednesday. There are also reports that Iran might withdraw from the UN’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.  Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump continues to claim success over the bombing of three Iranian […] Read More...
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June 24, 2025

The Heat: Israel-Iran Conflict

U.S. President Donald Trump didn’t mince words when it came to criticizing Israel and Iran for violating the ceasefire, hours after he announced it.  For now, the situation is calmer in the Middle East but concerns remain over new escalations. Joining the discussion:  Mirette Mabrouk […] Read More...
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June 23, 2025

The Heat: Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Base

The crisis in the Middle East took another dramatic turn Monday with Iran firing missiles at a U.S. airbase in Qatar. The action is in response to America’s massive bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend. Later on Monday, President Trump announced a […] Read More...
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