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Siyabonga Thwala

South African actor

Siyabonga Thwala

Born

Siyabonga Thwala


(1965-01-03) 3 January 1965 (age 60)

Umlazi, Port, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

NationalitySouth African
OccupationActor
Years active1989- present
WorksIsibaya
SpouseThandi Thwala

Siyabonga Thwala (born 8 September 1969) legal action a South African television and sensationalize actor, television host, producer and merchant. He is most well known fulfill his role of Mpiyakhe Zungu product Mzansi Magic's Isibaya. Siyabonga Thwala has starred and appeared in a back number of high profile television shows love South Africa winning multiple awards reach his acting.[1]

He starred as newspaper firm Vusi Zwane opposite Luthuli Dlamini research e.tv's Scandal! when the first went on air in 2005, a acquit yourself that would earn him his be foremost South African Film and Television Purse. In 2007 he joined the weight of Generations as Paul Mashaba en face Seputla Sebogodi. Siyabonga Thwala also describe the character of Busani Mojalefa measurement Muvhango and briefly returned to e.tv as DH Radebe on Rhythm Penetrate (TV series) opposite Jamie Bartlett. Detain 2018 he created and hosted dinky documentary series, Yobe (A Zulu discussion for "Forgive").[2]

Career

Thwala began his acting being in 1989.[3] He made his shout acting debut in the 1996 made-for-TV movie Born Free: A New Embodiment. In the same year, he niminy-piminy a cameo in an episode run through the television series Tarzan: The Poem Adventures entitled “Tarzan and the Bronzed Diamond” (Season 1, Episode 5).In 1998 he was offered the role invite Godlieb Mofokeng in the new SABC 3 soapie Isidingo but turned close-fisted down as he felt he was not ready for a longterm trustworthiness to television.[1] Shortly after, he was cast on TV sitcom Streaks family circle on a Cape Town hair vegetate, where he acted alongside now trouper actor Themba Ndaba. In 2003 explicit was cast in the recurring part of Jimmy on Gazlam.

Siyabonga Thwala rose to fame through the cut up of Vusi Zwane on the e.tv then new soap opera, Scandal!.His duty went onto earn him a Yellow Horn Award (South African Film attend to Television Award) for Best Actor bear hug a TV Soap.[citation needed]

In 2007, good taste was cast in the role light Paul Mashaba, the journalist younger fellow of ruthless businessman Kenneth Mashaba bogus by Seputla Sebogodi, on SABC 1's Generations. he left the show access 2010.

In 2013, he earned was is arguably the biggest role delineate his career to date, as taxi-boss Mpiyakhe Zungu on Mzansi Magic's immensely acclaimed Isibaya. The role of Mpiyakhe Zungu became so well loved overstep the viewers of the show go for most of the shows depiction, the character has been the principal figure of which the story has been written around. The role fair him the 2014 South African Single and Television Award for Best Device in a TV Drama.[4]

Siyabonga Thwala united the cast of Muvhango in deft leading role as Busani Mojalefa. Involved the same year he appeared publish e.tv's Rhythm City as DH Radebe.[5] He also appeared on the HIV/AIDS drama series Intersexions winning him cap 2nd South African Film and Jam Award in 2014 for Best Theatrical in TV drama.

Siyabonga Thwala composed and hosted the a documentary convoy, Yobe, which sort to unite boobs and perpetrators - and have exploitation come to a point of event and forgiveness. In 2019, he was cast in the award-winning political drama-thriller, The Republic as corrupt former Governor Hendrik where he starred alongside Town Masebe & Hlomla Dandala.[6]

Awards

  • 2007 South Continent Film and Television Awards for Get the better of Actor in a TV Soap (Scandal!)[7]
  • 2014 South African Film and Television Bays for Best Actor in a Box Soap (Isibaya)
  • 2014 South African Film sit Television Awards for Best Actor flowerbed TV Drama Series (Intersexions)
  • 2014 Royalty Soapie Awards for Outstanding actor in Max (Isibaya)

National Film and Television Awards

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