Gift Mokhampanyane was born on 16 April 1988, Gauteng he us a South African actor and presenter rose to fame in 2005, when he played the role of Sipho in SABC1 drama series Soul Buddyz.

He had no other acting experience when he landed a part in Soul Buddyz in 2005, playing the role of Sipho. In 2011, Gift Mokhampanyane was the presenter of children show called Yo TV.

Gift play the role of Fanie in SABC1 soapie drama Skeem Saam and he also appeared on Sokhulo and Partners season 2 as Tsepo Moloi. Gift Mokhampanyane recalls rejection of his father. Many women in South Africa can relate to having to haul their children’s fathers to maintenance court to get them to support their children.

But have you ever wondered how the children in question feel about it? It made me feel like my father was paying me to be his son,” says Skeem Saam actor Gift Mokhampanyane, who has experienced being a “maintenance baby”.

Mokhampanyane, who plays Fanie Maserumule on the popular SABC1 soapie, says he grew up with his father being in and out of his life; at some point he stopped showing up and he had to grow up fatherless. I am part of the statistics I guess; I am one of those young men who grew up without a father,” he says. It has really impacted me a lot. I sometimes wonder how my life would have turned out had he been a constant fixture in my life. Mokhampanyane, 27, says his father’s family never liked his mom but preferred his father’s other baby mama.