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

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Life

Walaza attended

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 ...

where she graduated in drama. Zamo2_Lerato_Walaza

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 discussing condom usage on YouTube. She was still in ''MTV Shuga'' went it went into a mini-series titled

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 ...

highlighting the problems of

on 20 April 2020. The show is written by Tunde Aladese and Nkiru Njoku and broadcast for 70 nights - its backers include the

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and the story will be explained with on-line conversations between the characters. All of the filming will be done by the actors who include Mohau Cele, Nomalanga Shozi and

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 Academ ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walaza, Lerato Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century South African actresses Tshwane University of Technology alumni South African television actresses