Masego "Maps" Maponyane (born March 16, 1990) is a South African television presenter, actor, fashion designer, speaker, model, creative consultant, voice over artist, philanthropist and business entrepreneur.

Career

While taking a year off his schooling in 2009, Maponyane started attending modelling and acting auditions, where he attained his first modelling campaign, while working as an assistant to

Lucilla Booyzen Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla (7 March 148 or 150 – 182) was the second daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger. She was the wife of her father's co-ruler and adoptive brother Lucius Verus ...

, Founder o
SA Fashion Week.
Maponye was named GQ's "Best Dressed Man" in 2011 and Cosmopolitan Magazine's "Sexiest South African Man" in 2013. He was a speaker at the ''Tomorrow's Leaders Convention'' in March 2015. In 2015, Maponyane starred in a lead role on South African spoof comedy series ''The Real Jozi A-Listers'', alongside fellow South African entertainers

Da L.E.S Leslie Jonathan Mampe, Jr., (born 26 July 1985), better known by his stage name Da L.E.S, is a South African-American hip hop recording artist and record producer. He achieved early success with his band, Jozi, and is most known for his solo ...

, Trevor Gumbi and his best friend Tol-A$$-Mo. Maponyane is well known for playing a lead role in the South African film ''

Tell Me Sweet Something ''Tell Me Sweet Something'' is a 2015 South African romantic comedy film starring Nomzamo Mbatha, Maps Maponyane and Thishiwe Ziqubu. The film was directed by Akin Omotoso and produced by Robbie Thorpe. The film received nine nominations at the ...

'', alongside good friend and fellow South African actress

Nomzamo Mbatha Nomzamo Mbatha (born 13 July 1990), is a South African actress, television personality, businesswoman, accountant and human rights activist. Early life Nomzamo Mbatha was born on 13 July 1990 in KwaMashu Township, approximately , by road, nor ...

. The film was released in South African theaters on September 4, 2015. The film was removed from major South African cinemas about 5 weeks after release by

Ster Kinekor Ster-Kinekor is a South African-based cinema company, and the country's largest movie exhibitor. It represents 60-65% of the market, having 56 cinema complexes consisting of 400 screens and 64,000 seats; 154 of those screens being 3D cinemas. It ...

, despite having generated R1 million in the first five days and having done well.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maponyane, Maps 1990 births Living people People from Johannesburg South African television presenters South African male actors 21st-century South African male actors South African male models