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Lerato Walaza
Lerato Walaza is a South African actress who appears in the TV series ''Shuga''. She was a recurring character who was still in ''Shuga'' when the series went into a nightly mini-series to highlight issues surrounding Coronavirus. The series is filmed by the actors and the story will be based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire. Life Walaza attended Tshwane University of Technology where she graduated in drama. She came to notice when she was given the role of Zamo in series one of ''MTV Shuga''. She has the role of a young single parent showing the struggles of balancing life with bringing up a child even with the help of your mother. She was a recurring character who was also in series two. She has appeared in the movie "Letters of Hope" which was screened at the Johannesburg Film Festival in 2019. The latter film was chosen as the opening film for the 5th South African International Film Festival. In 2019 Walaza fulfilling MTV's educational mission by discus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black South Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nkiru Njoku
Nkiru Njoku (born 1980) is a Nigerian screenwriter, writer and video producer. She is the head writer of M-net's ''Tinsel'', a Nigerian soap that started airing in 2008. In 2016 Njoku was the head content producer of ''Project Fame West Africa''. Screen shot from MTV Shuga Alone Together Ep. 52 directed by Njoku. Sol (Ayanda Makayi) talks to his sister Thuli Njoku was one of the lead writers on MTV Shuga Alone Together in 2020 where she wrote and remotely directed the actors in some of the 70 nightly episodes. Njoku wrote the final episode and it was directed by the other lead writer Tunde Aladese. See also * List of Nigerian film producers This is a list of notable Nigerian film producers. * Abdalla Uba Adamu * Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II * Adekunle Adejuyigbe * Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino * Afro Candy * Aisha Augie-Kuta * Akanimo Odon * Akin Ogungbe * Remi Abiola * Toyin Abraha ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Njoku, Nkiru Living people Nigerian screenwriters Niger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century South African Actresses
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Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
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Living People
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Jemima Osunde
Jemima Osunde (born 30 April 1996) is a Nigerian actress, model, and presenter. She gained exposure after playing Leila in the television series '' Shuga''. Osunde was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards for her performance in '' The Delivery Boy'' (2018). Early life Jemima Osunde is an Edo State native. She grew up with her mother, father, and older brothers. She is the last child and only daughter of her parents. She studied physiotherapy at the University of Lagos. Osunde appeared in the film ''Jungle Jewel'' after being encouraged by her uncle to pursue acting in 2014. Career Osunde's first big break was her role as Laila in ''MTV Shuga'', appearing in the fourth series. When the show moved to South Africa for its fifth series, Osunde was written out for a year. She returned for the sixth series when it returned to Nigeria. In 2018, she starred alongside Linda Ejiofor in the second series of NdaniTV's ''Rumour Has It''. Osu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomalanga Shozi
Jessica Nomalanga Shozi (born 1994) is a South African actor, radio DJ and TV Personality . She appeared on the soap Rhythm City and MTV Shuga Alone Together as well as being a host for BET Africa. Life Shozi was born in 1994 and she was brought up in Port Shepstone where she had 12 siblings. She was educated at Marburg Secondary School and Rosebank College. She graduated in Public Relations. She worked as a radio DJ. Shozi came to notice when she joined the e.tv series Rhythm City. She was the successful candidate chosen from public auditions that attracted 5,000 on-line applications. She was asked to play the eponymous role of Normalanga. A new character whose father is a veteran turned mining magnate. She went to Las Vegas to cover the backstage and red carpet of the 2018 "BET Soul Train Awards" and in November 2018 it was announced that she would host BET Breaks - a new magazine programme made in, and about Africa. In 2020 she appeared as Mbali on MTV Shuga's Alone To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohau Cele
Mohau Mokoatle (née Cele) (born September 28, 1991) is a South African actress and singer. She played Bongi in ''MTV Shuga including the 2020'' mini-series titled MTV Shuga Alone Together. Life Cele was raised in Soweto but born in Matatiele in 1991. She can speak English, Sesotho, IsiZulu, IsiXhosa and Setswana. She graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her first acting role was with MTV Shuga which she joined in season 4 as Bongi. She got the audition because they were looking for a singer. She had done some acting at university, but her first professional acting job involved travelling from South Africa to Nigeria where series 4 was filmed over six weeks. The edutainment series was backed by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF. She was a character in the series Thuli noThulani for SABC in 2017 where she played Vice Principal. She was in series 4, 5 and 7 of ''MTV Shuga'' and she was included when it went into a mini-series titled MTV Shuga Alone Toge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquarters of the United Nations, headquartered on extraterritoriality, international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in United Nations Office at Geneva, Geneva, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Nairobi, United Nations Office at Vienna, Vienna, and Peace Palace, The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with Dumbarton Oaks Conference, the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for United Nations Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunde Aladese
Tunde Aladese is a Nigerian actress and screenwriter. In 2018, she received an Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. In 2020 she wrote the 70 night drama for MTV Shuga which was filmed by the actors themselves from over four countries, with languages, English, Swahili, Yoruba, Hausa and Pidgin. It is a campaign focusing on the sexual health of young people between the ages 16 – 25. Career Aladese was interested in drama since primary school, joined a drama club and had an obsession with ''The Sound of Music''. She studied English literature at the University of Ibadan and assisted with a drama series destined for the BBC in Nigeria. She loves to write and was critical. She went on to study at the private Met Film School, based in London and Berlin, gaining a BA in Practical Filmmaking. Aladese has written scripts for ''Edge of Paradise'' and ''Tinsel''. She was the head writer for the series '' Hotel Majestic''. In 2018, she was listed by YNaija as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshwane University Of Technology
Tshwane University of Technology (TUT; af, Tshwane-Universiteit vir Tegnologie) is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. As the number of students registering annually grows rapidly, records show that Tshwane University of Technology caters for approximately more than 60,000 students and it has become the largest residential higher education institution in South Africa. Campuses The university occupies eight campuses: Pretoria, Soshanguve, Ga-Rankuwa, Witbank (eMalahleni), Mbombela (Nelspruit) and Polokwane. Two faculties, namely the Faculties of Science and The Arts, have dedicated campuses in the Pretoria city centre. Student enrollment There were 88,078 students enrolled for the year 2012 at the Tshwane University of Technology. It was estimated, for the year 2014, that the number of first year student applications the univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Shuga Alone Together
''Shuga'', also known as ''MTV Shuga'', is a television drama series that was first aired in November 2009 on MTV Base as part of an initiative dubbed "MTV Staying Alive Ignite!". Its first two seasons were commissioned by MTV Networks Africa in association with The MTV Staying Alive Foundation, PEPFAR, the Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation (HFG) and the Government of Kenya, as part of a multimedia campaign to spread the message about responsible sexual behaviour and tolerance. The term ''Shuga'' is derived from the pronunciation of "Sugar" in Kenyan English. The series later became a hit and was aired in 40 different African countries before it was aired internationally in over 70 television stations. The drama was thought to be a very controversial series by the senior generation of Kenyans because it contained some scenes that contained sexually explicit content. It received a Gold award in May 2010 at the World Media Festival in Hamburg, Germany in the Public Relations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
