This past week, Gomora fans watched in awe as Ntokozo left the show in a huff. The departure was a sudden one that many people were left startled.

The star Ntobeko Sishi, who’s known for his character as Ntokozo from Gomora tells Drum that he’s young and doesn’t want to be a bona fide soapie actor in the country.

 

 

 

This was his breakthrough role and he played the part. He won many admirers as he aced the role to perfection.

“So my decision to leave that show was something that was fueled by me wanting more from myself and knowing that the only way I can get more from myself is if I take the uncomfortable step of leaving the stability,” he said.

He hopes he can be able to attract more roles in the future.

Meanwhile, you probably get your eyes tested to protect your sight, maybe have a yearly hearing test to check your ears – but, protecting your nose.

However, as many of us have suffered or are suffering a disruption in our ability to smell thanks to COVID-19, we’re starting to appreciate just how important this ‘forgotten’ sense is – and why we should all be doing more to keep it healthy.

Just three days after being diagnosed with COVID-19 in September 2022, Joanne Hort realised she’d lost her sense of smell when she couldn’t taste some orange juice.

Around 86 per cent of people who have had COVID-19 experience a change in their sense of smell. For most, it’s short-lived but for one in every five, particularly the over-40s, the damage takes over six months to resolve.

This epidemic of smell loss, a condition known in medical terms as anosmia, has focused attention back on the sense that biologist Charles Darwin once described as of extremely slight service to mankind.