Ntando Duma (born August 29, 1995) is a South African actress and television personality. She is best known as a presenter on

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's youth programming block ''Craz-e'', where she primarily featured on ''Craz-e World live''. She is also well known for her portrayal of Zinzi Dandala on e.tv's soap opera ''Rhythm City''. She is also embroiled in a race-row following a live stream where she racially abuses a woman who confronted her about parking in a disabled parking.

Early life

Ntando Duma was born in the township of

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. She grew up in the township of

located approximately 45 km from Johannesburg, where she was raised by her mother and her grandmother. She has three siblings including her sister, Thando Duma. Her father left the family when she was three years old and died in 2008.

Personal life

She has a child with a DJ called Junior DeRocka who named their child, Sbahle Mzizi.

Career

Television

She joined the etv's ''Rhythm City'' as Zinzi Dandala. In June 2014 Ntando Duma was introduced as one of the new ''Craz-e'' presenters. In 2020, she joined ''The Queen'' telenova playing the role of Mpho Sebata , following year in June 2021 was announced that she is leaving the production.

Modelling

She worked as a model and was part of 2015 Soweto fashion week runway.

Community

She founded the Inspire A Teen SA Foundation. Copyright Infringement In January 2022 News24 reported that celebrity photographic agency Pixel Kollective notified her of copyright infringement after she posted photos taken by the on her social media account.

Controversy

Disabled Parking Space Tweet

On 6 July 2021, Ntando Duma received scorn for parking in a disabled marked parking space, after she took it to her Twitter account. Many people who watched the video said Duma expected Black people to defend her for calling out white people and their “bad behaviour” or “arrogance”.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duma, Ntando 1995 births Living people People from Orange Farm People from Gauteng South African female models South African actresses