Menzi Ngubane (28 August 1964 – 13 March 2021) was a South African actor, best known for playing the role of Sibusiso Dlomo in the soap opera '' Generations'' from 2003 to 2014. Ngubane played numerous roles on other South African TV shows, including ''

Yizo Yizo ''Yizo Yizo'' is a South African television drama series which aired from 1999 to 2004 on SABC 1. Synopsis The series was set in a fictional school, Supatsela High, in a township of Johannesburg. In the first series, the school's dictatorial prin ...

'', ''Ashes to Ashes'', ''Gold Diggers'', and ''Heist''. Incwajana.com Retrieved 24 May 2016 In 2016, he joined the cast of the television drama series ''Isibaya'', playing a taxi firm manager with a dubious past. Ngubane appeared in a number of South African films, including ''

How to Steal 2 Million ''How to Steal 2 Million'' is a 2011 South African action drama film, written & directed by Charlie Vundla, produced by Karen E. Johnson, Jeremy Nathan, Mfundi Vundla and Michelle Wheatley and starring John Kani, Hlubi Mboya, Menzi Ngubane, Ter ...

'', alongside

John Kani Bonisile John Kani (born 30 August 1943) is a South African actor, author, director and playwright. He is known for portraying T'Chaka in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films '' Captain America: Civil War'' (2016) and ''Black Panther'' (2018), ...

, Terry Pheto and

Rapulana Seiphemo Rapulana Seiphemo (born 4 November 1967) is a South African actor and filmmaker. He is primarily known for his role as Tau Mogale in the long-running soap opera '' Generations'' and its continuation, '' Generations: The Legacy''. Early life He ...

. The film won Best Picture at the 2012

African Movie Academy Awards The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was fou ...

. He won SAFTa award for Best Actor in ''Isibaya''. He was married to Sikelelwa Sishuba. Ngubane suffered ill health for a number of years including receiving a kidney transplant leading up to his death. Ngubane died from a stroke on 13 March 2021, aged 56. Three days after his death, his 90-year-old father Ndodeni Ngubane also died. They were both buried together, their funeral took place at their home in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ngubane, Menzi 1964 births 2021 deaths South African male television actors South African male film actors People from Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal