There was a time whilst he thought his goals wouldn’t come true.

He went to audition after audition and all he received were rejections. That became till he caught the attention of movie director Mandla N and matters started out shifting inside the right route for him.

Akhona Ndlovu (24) is passionate about his craft. He started out collecting trophies for great actor, movie director at Creative Arts College and knew he just needed the right break to make it.

He now plays charmer Herbert on DiepCity and has ladies glued to their screens.

“When I graduated from Creative Arts College with my Diploma in appearing arts and production strategies, I started out doing theatre performs with a number of the scholars I was reading with.

“We might be a part of festivals in KwaMashu, things have become difficult when I began attending display screen auditions and I might be rejected. I ended up questioning maybe I must surrender because things have become quiet after and my family convinced me to get a job.

I commenced operating at food outlets working the till. I didn’t love what I did so I would leave jobs because I turned into unhappy.”

Akhona says sooner or later he preferred to take a seat at home together with his performing qualification than to be unhappy doing something he failed to love.

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“I did an audition for Mandla N and he changed into impressed by means of my acting talents. He turned into like wow this is ideal and I went domestic and I relaxed for a long time.

I had even forgotten approximately the audition. One morning I received a name telling me that I became solid to play Herbert and I recollect screaming and I packed my luggage and went to Johannesburg.”

He says that his big destroy wouldn’t were viable if film director Mandla N didn’t see his potential and acting abilities.

Akhona performs Herbert, an ordinary younger man who inherited his uncle’s Spaza shop. He hasn’t spent an awful lot time in Diepsloot and regularly finds himself falling prey to township gangsters who want him to pay a protection rate for the Spaza store.

Herbert is likewise deeply in love along with his excessive faculty overwhelm Nonkululeko (Nox), performed by way of Nozuko Ncayiyane.

“I love gambling Herbert, I see the similarities between myself and Herbert. It is such a splendid honour to paintings subsequent to Nozuko Ncayiyane, she has amazing enjoy and I am getting to know plenty from her.

I am certain that each township has a Herbert.

“The chemistry among Herbert and Nox is real, myself and Nozuko have devoted ourselves to it.

We need to bring authentic love onscreen, I am receiving a lot love from the visitors and the those who realize my struggles. I love that DiepCity touches on extraordinary emotions and exceptional aspects to reality. There’s pleasure, tears, loving and worry,” he says. He’s grateful for the opportunity.

“One of my friends referred to as me these days telling me that he’s satisfied I subsequently acquired my huge spoil. I am sincerely grateful to Mandla N because he believed in me.

The first time [few times] I went to set I used to cry tears of joy. I came with my theatre mentality and he showed me how to be appropriate on person and fit the fashion.”

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Akhona says that performing on a large production is a step forward to greater matters that he’ll do within the enterprise.

“I want humans to recognize me for my work and I hope to use my directing competencies within the future. I am hopeful that large matters are going to happen moving forward. When I think of my friends who have struggled with me I am influenced to work harder now not just for me however for them too.”

He is a man who has stimulated such a lot of younger human beings in Mzansi . On his ultra-modern post he shared with fans good-looking photos of him looking fresh which left many speechless in Mzansi .