: “Sis May”
Daphney Duduzile Ngubane
( Born Daphney Duduzile Hlomuka )
( ** – ** – 1949 – 01 October 2008 )
South African Television,Film,Radio & Stage Actress.
Daphney was known by audiences for her role as “MaMhlongo” in the television drama series “Hlala Kwabafileyo” and as “Sis May” in the comedy “S’gudi S’naysi”.
Daphney died of kidney cancer at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital.May her soul rest in peace.
Daphney Hlomuka Ngubane was a South African stage, film and television actress and radio personality. She was born in 1949 and bred in Kwa-Zulu Natal, she grew up in KwaMashu during the apartheid era. She started acting in Theater in 1968 and joined a Welcome Msomi playwright in Durban, she was
Later considered for playing Qobeni and Umabatha two playwrights also written by Welcome Msomi in Isizulu language. She went to a Europe tour in the 1970 for her other character. She started to be noticed nationally in the 1980’s when she was casted on Hlala kwabafileyo as MaMhlongo, the rich
Mhlongo’s wife. She topped her career by playing Sis’ May on S’gudi S’naysi with who was known as Sdumo the legendary late Joe Mafela for all it’s seasons. She also played thw maid Tryphina and played Queen Ntombazi on Shaka Zulu. She is known for her prestigious acting skills over,