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Who is Carol Bouwer? Is She Married? Every Fact About Her

by Reng
November 22, 2021
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Carol Bouwer is a South African well-known public figure. She has a wide range of portfolios ranging from acting, media personality, business, charity, and working as a women’s rights activist.

The successful woman attracted viewers with her acting the part of Khomotso in Generations. She has moved into other businesses that overlap many industries.

Carol remains an inspiration for many that are working hard to reach the top of their career. The media lights often neglect many positive impacts she is making.  Yet there are many interesting details about her life that everyone should know.

Who Is Carol Bouwer?

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The successful owner of Carol Bouwer productions started from somewhere before becoming a successful media brand. Born in July of 1974, she grew up during the apartheid regime that dictated relationships in South Africa.

The Soweto-born big dreamer wanted to be a psychologist but life twisted it to reach people through other platforms. She has risen to the top through hard work and is bent on giving back to society by encouraging others especially women.

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Carol Bouwer Marriage

Carol And Her Husband Sharing A Meal(Image Source)

Many celebrities are always faced with the challenge of balancing a successful career and a relationship. Carol proves that this can be done. She has been married to one partner, Edward Bouwer for over two decades now.

They tied the nuptial knots on April 25 2000 at a ceremony that was held at Nassau Island in the Bahamas. They first met in Amsterdam and ever since they have been together. Her husband is a businessman.

Together with Edward, they are the proud parents of a child, Dante who was born in 2001. They also run a property portfolio together.

10 Interesting Facts You Should Know About Carol Bouwer 

1. She Hit The Screen At 17

Her life story truly began when she hit the media screen at the age of 17. She was a presenter on an educational program for school kids known as Teleschool.

This laid the foundation for other roles she will take in the media. Carol’s breakthrough came with her presenting the Buzz. After this, many viewers became her avid followers on the reality show, Generations.

2. She Is The Owner Of Carol Bouwer Production House

Stories of success are not always the easy ones portrayed in movie scripts. From the Soweto neighborhood, she pushed to become not just an actress but an owner of her own production company, Carol Bouwer’s production.

The company’s success is reflected in its good projects like; A-List, Hooked, No Reservations, and Motswako.

The programs are run on SABC. Motswako has run for over 20 seasons with each talk show targeting issues that affect women.

3. She Was Inspired To Start Carol Bouwer Bags

She Started Carol Bouwer Bags(Image Source)

Shortened to CB bags, the aim is to reach out to African artisans the world over using locally sourced materials from South Africa’s wildlife.

Currently produced in Cape Town, the line of luxury bags opened its first store at the prestigious One and Only Hotel in Cape Town.

There are stories in honor of outstanding women behind every collection in her brand of bags. One of the smallest bags in the CB collection, Kedi, is named in honor of her late cousin, Kedi who was the epitome of elegance.

4. How She Became A Voice At The UN General Assembly

Right from when she took the job of doing post-production work after apartheid, the tide was set for her brand in advocacy. She uses her platforms like Motswako to speak on issues affecting people in South Africa.

Through these channels, Carol spoke at the UN General assembly in 2018. She lends her voice to promote the women and children issues.

She is a UNICEF special adviser for women and children.

5. She Corrected Badly Built Homes Through Her Company

Carol is passionate about the lives of others. Through her Developments, she undertook the correction work on badly built RDP homes in the Western Cape.

This is to lessen the gap between people by upgrading their living conditions.

6. Carol Bouwer Started The Mbokodo Awards

Her name is always linked to projects that involve women’s empowerment. She started the Mbokodo Awards to celebrate the achievement of outstanding women.

7. A Fire Damaged Her Home

Carol has been through trying moments in her life. Added to the list is the damage of her Lions Head home in Cape Town by fire. The incident happened in 2019 and left the family quite shocked.

They were able to rise above it through the support they offered each other. She recounts how her husband took her to safety in a luxurious hotel in Cape Town before returning to the tragic incident.  It took the effort of firefighters using helicopters to control the fire.

8. Bouwer Horses Competed In Australia And Dubai Races

Before she met her husband, he was into horses. As an avid horse lover, her husband has influenced his wife into sharing his hobby.

Her husband bought their first horse in 2003 and it raced in Durban.  The horse suffered injuries and had to be taken for breeding. The filly born was named Speedy Gondante by their son, Dante.

Their racehorses participated in races outside south Africa. They have raced at Australia and Dubai races as well as in Singapore.

9. She And Her Husband Plan To Build Peace Island

Carol Bouwer And Her Husband(Image Source)

To date, they maintain a dream of building Peace island. The offshore project is to be located between Robben Island and Dolphine Beach off the coast of the Western Cape. The size is likely going to be on 900 hectares of land in the sea.

The idea was first conceived by Edward and it has become their dream. Peace Island may cost between R50 to R80 billion. She and business partners from other parts of the world are in collaboration to make it work.

10. How Did She Make Her Net Worth?

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Carol has made a lot of investment across many areas of life in and outside South Africa. Her current net worth is not known but speculations have it in millions of dollars.

The media personality and business mogul has investments in mining, construction, fashion, and media production and all these add to her income.

Her project on Peace Island will cost close to $80 million before it is completed. Looking at all these ventures, Carol has a solid financial root.

Complete profile of Carol Bouwer 

Carol Bouwer
Full NameCarol Bouwer
Date of BirthJuly 1974
Age51 years old
Zodiac signNA
Place of BirthSoweto
NationalitySouth African
EthnicityNA
CareerTelevision Presenter, Producer, and Businesswoman
EducationNA
FatherNA
MotherNA
SiblingsNA
Marital StatusMarried
SpouseEdward Bouwer
BoyfriendNA
ChildrenDante Bouwer
ReligionNA
Net Worth$1million – $2 million
Source of IncomeTelevision appearances, Production and Business
HeightNA
WeightNA
Hair colorBlack
Eye colorBlack
Social MediaInstagram
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