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It never made sense to her family. Her love for the arts and her goal to become a performing artist just seemed a bit farfetched.
Now not only is she a former Miss Botswana, but she’s on TV screens in millions of households after joining the Muvhango cast
She plays Khumo, a go-getter determined to achieve her goals by fair or foul means. She is also James Motsamai’s long-lost half-sister from his father’s side.
This is Seneo Mabengano’s first acting gig.
When she looks back on her journey, she just wants to laugh because her dreams just seemed too abstract when she was younger.
Now the former Miss Botswana (26) is set to grab all the attention with her role in the SABC 2 drama.
She first auditioned in Gaborone, Botswana, after a post was put up on social media by the Muvhango casting team.
She was shortlisted with a smaller group for a second round of auditions in South Africa. She says she was pleasantly surprised when she received a call that she was chosen for the role.
“After that audition, I went back home to Botswana hopeful and prayerful. Thankfully a month later, the phone call came, and here we are today; I am playing Khumo on Muvhango,” she says.
When she was young, she wanted to be an actress, but she never thought in her wildest dreams that she would get her break in Muvhango.
She’s had to deal with some hard knocks in life. Seneo lost her mother when she was 13, and she and her brother were brought up by her grandparents and later by her aunt and her husband, whom she considers her parents.
“I was raised in a traditional home, respectful and loving. My grandparents helped mould me into a well-rounded woman. I consider myself lucky to have experienced such an upbringing of rooted culture and having my grandparents contribute to how I was brought up,” she says.
