Meet the 25 year-old Scandal actress who plays the character of Aya
When she first joined the show, she was all about trying to set up her father and their domestic worker on a romantic relationship. Pretty soon she abandoned that and had to deal with a number of emotions after finding out her father orchestrated her stepmother’s death.
Ayanda Nzimande plays the role of Aya on Scandal!. She is Mamba’s daughter, a role played by Simo Magwaza.
Ayanda tells Drum that she feels blessed to be on Scandal! and being on set with so many people she has looked up to for years. She is theatre trained and previously had a smaller tv role on another show.
“This is my big break. I am so grateful that I am where I am right now. I have always loved watching scandal and wished I could one day join the cast, so this is a dream come true for me. It is a manifestation of what I hoped for. Also, I cannot believe I am acting so close to Lusanda Mbane (who plays Boniswa Langa) I love her,” she says.
“Because I have such a strong theatre background, I would sometimes get nervous when I first started because I felt that I was not doing enough and Lusanda would encourage me by giving me a pep talk, telling me to relax because I’ve got this. I am grateful for that,” she says.
She is 25 years old and the character she plays is 15 and she says her genes are a great help.
“I have a baby face, so at least I do not have to worry about looking too much older than her. But the age gap is quite big and I’m thankful that even at home I am surrounded by teenagers, so I know what they are into nowadays and how they speak. Also, I have been there before, so all I have to do is tap into my 15-year-old self to help Aya come alive.”
Raised by a single parent between Cape Town and Durban, Ayanda has one older sister. She says she has never thought of doing anything else but act.
“Ok, wait, when I was younger, I wanted to be an astronaut so I can be closer to the stars. I guess now I am closer to another kind of stars,” she laughs.
She tells us how she got the role. When her agent told her about it, she sent in a self-taped audition. She received a call back a month later, but she could not make it because she was on the set, playing Mbali on The Legacy on MNet. She managed to reschedule, but there was bungle up with the times, so she was late.
“Eventually I did the second audition and two hours after I left Scandal! studios, my agent called me to tell me that I got the gig. I was so excited.”
She can sing and dance and has done musicals including Sarafina. Ayanda says she cannot wait to for South Africa to see what other tricks she has in her bag of talents.
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Happy birthday 🎂🎉 to actor Nomvelo Makhanya. #etvScandal
Nomvelo Makhanya is a young South African actress popular for her role Lindiwe on etv’s Scandal!. Her fate is steered by her mother and all works in her favor as she is becoming a force to reckon with. As she serves inspiration to most young people,
here are interesting facts about her life.Playing Lindiwe Ngema has masses thinking she is one annoying teenager.
Born on the 24th of April 1996, the actress is 25 years of age. Her career is soaring at such a young age and she is hell bent on making her mark in the entertainment industry.Not one to shy away from flaunting her love life, the actress is all booed up and we are here for it. Leaving fans confused, she shows off a gorgeous rock and could she be engaged? We can only speculate.
Nomvelo drives a sizzling Mini cooper.
Emtee’s ‘Logan’ still topping number 1 on hip-hop charts
Emtee is excited after his recently released album, Logan is on top of the digital music streaming platforms charts.
The star made it known through his Twitter.
The rapper is over the moon as Logan is still the Number 1 hip-hop project on digital music streaming platforms.
The Roll Up hitmaker dropped the dope album on 9 April and it has been sitting at the top of the charts since then.
He took to Twitter and wrote: “Number1 hip hop album. Number 2 across all genres.”
See tweet below:
Number1 Hip hop Album. Number 2 across ALL GEnres https://t.co/qLaSYiJtE0
— eMteeLOGAN (@emteerecords) April 21, 2021
Cassper Nyovest teases forthcoming Amapiano song, fans react
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I’m on it as we speak sir. Trust me!!! We coming with the vibes!!! https://t.co/wQAHjovwIT pic.twitter.com/ZuLlnqcTTc
— Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) April 20, 2021
The rapper has spent more time in the studio with producer Abidoza and they recently dropped a song under the wavy genre titled, Ama Number 10 Ayi’.
Days after celebrating Amapiano as a hype which embraces any artists, especially a rapper like him, he teased another amapiano song.
“I’m on it as we speak sir. Trust me!!! We coming with the vibes!!!” he captioned post of teased song.
Vic Mensa thinks Nadia open a Chesa Nyama in America
Vic Mensa is really loving his stay in South Africa as he spends more time with bae, Nadia Nakai.The American rapper decided to share his opinion as he thinks Nadia would make a lot of money if she opened a chesa nyama (open fire and meat restaurant) in America.
Vic made this known in a podcast interview.
In his words, he has been enjoying the food here and he’s been going to a lot of chesa nyama outlets with Nadia and he wants to take a bit of Mzansi back home with him.
He has an idea for Nadia to open one in the US and thinks it will be very successful.
“I seem to find it wherever I go. I was trying to tell Nadia she needs to come open a Chesa Nyama in America. I really feel that it would be successful in America,” said Vic.
The rapper says that Americans love meat and that’s why he thinks that it would do well.
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