After 23 years on air South Africa’s loved 7de Laan will be coming to an end in December this year. The South African public broadcaster SABC and Danie Odendaal Productions announced in July that the popular Afrikaans soapie would not be recommissioned for another season.

 

 

 

 

 

In conversation with TimesLive, actress Nobuhle Mimi Mahlasela who plays the role of Aggie in the popular soapie, expresses how proud she is of the work the show has achieved, it’s contribution to society but more so proud of the work she has achieved as an actress.

“I’m a fully grown adult now, but I’m proud of the work that the show has achieved. The executive producer, cast and crew … I’m also proud of what I achieved on the show, because Afrikaans is my third language and I had to work twice as hard to deliver and maintain a quality performance. I’m also excited to see what’s to come because acting is my first love. I don’t see myself doing anything else but acting, so it shall be done”, the actress tells the publication.Mimi reflects on the core memories and moments when she played the role of “Aggie” on the show.

“The memories I have of being on 7 de Laan — such an iconic show — to single out one would be a lot but a recent one was a storyline that got me nominated for the Royalty Soapie Awards where my character goes through a rape storyline, and she falls pregnant and she has to get rid of the baby. That storyline was too close to home for me”, the 7de Laan actress shares.

Nobuhle continues:” Also when my character got married as well. There’s a lot, but I think my debut storyline as well is one of the most iconic ones where literally I came in and I was in this huge storyline with two amazing actresses in the country, [one of whom was] Mam Themsie Times. It lasted for about three months so that storyline, [it was] the Mampoor storyline where we were brewing illegal alcohol”.