Today we take a look back to Sarafina actress since the move has been released 20 years back, we check where are they now?
1.Leleti Khumalo
Leleti Khumalo is a South African actress known for her leading role in the movie and stage play Sarafina and for her roles in other films such as Hotel Rwanda, Yesterday and Invictus, as well as the soap opera Imbewu:The Seed where she played MaZulu Nokubonga Bhengu
2.Mbongeni Ngema
Mbongeni Ngema is a South African writer, lyricist, composer, director and theatre producer, born in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal. He started his career as a theatre backing guitarist.
3. Dumisani Dlamini
South African actor Dumisani Dlamini has hit back at his … her father played alongside the veteran actress in “Sarafina!”.
Dumisani Dlamini was married to a Jewish American woman Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer whom she stayed with for 15 years in United States after Sarafina tour
Dumisani Dlamini has currently been appearing in many show such as Muvhango.
4. Simizi Mhlongo
Somizi Buyani Mhlongo is a South African television personality, radio personality, choreographer, dancer, actor and singer. In 1992, he appeared on the musical and political film, Sarafina! which gained his prominence.
His one of the topped rich celebrity, Simizi is a judge in SA Idols and have his own reality show “Dinner with Simizi”
5. Zenzile Miriam
Zenzile Miriam Makeba nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa
6. Bonisile John Kani as the Principal of the School
He is a South,African actor, author, director and playwright, known for portraying T’Chaka in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: Civil War and Black Panther, Rafiki in the 2019 remake of The Lion King and Colonel Ulenga in the Netflix film Murder Mystery.
7. Mary Kuksie Twala
Mary Kuksie Twala was a South African actress. In 2011, she was nominated for Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Being in Mzansi’s acting industry for over 50 years, some of her most memorable roles include acting on Sarafina in 1991 as Leleti Khumalo’s grandmother. Through the years, she has inspired many young actors and actresses
8. Nhlanhla Ngema
Nhlanhla Ngema was born in South Africa. He is an actor, known for Sarafina!
Nhlanhla’s first professional production was Sarafina in 1987. He starred as Stimela Sasezola
9. Sindi Dlathu
Sindi Dlathu is a South African actress and musician. She portrayed Thandaza Mokoena on Muvhango, a role she played from the show’s inception until her departure in 2018