Skeem Saam actor and YouTuber, Hungani Ndlovu opens up about his TV roles and upcoming 30th birthday.
HUNGANI NDLOVU: TURNS 30
The fan-favourite Skeem Saam actor, Hungani Ndlovu admits to Sowetan that he’s stressed about turning 30 in June.
“My gosh, I’m turning 30! Ndi ne-stress! My life was very blessed, privileged, and filled with opportunities, but not without hardships.”
The actor who is also a dancer and content creator reflects on the entertainment industry and adds that acting alone is not that lucrative.
He says he looked for opportunities in the world of entertainment and creation. In his quest not to shift industries and professions, he found himself doing different stuff that he enjoyed and that formed part of him being an entertainer.
HIS ROLES IN ‘SKEEM SAAM’ AND ‘SCANDAL!’
The choreographer and Skeem Saam actor Hungani Ndlovu, who plays the “snobbish” T’bose Maputla opens up about replacing Cornet Mamabolo.
Ndlovu tells TshisaLIVE that the production wanted a new character, still within the walls of T’bose, Kwaito, Kat when he joined the SABC1 soapie in season 12.
Ndlovu’s latest character returned from overseas and experienced a culture shock or a different way of living and became unfamiliar to his friends, family and viewers.
“I didn’t have to focus on the T’bose that was there before, but rather just focus on what can I bring that would be different. So as much as my homework was to look at some of the previous performances, nuances and how he relates to other characters, from that then my task was how do I create something different?”
The YouTuber adds that he knew that the first Tbose spoke Sepedi hundred percent of the time and changed that by not speaking the language all the time.
Ndlovu is also famously known for playing the characters of Romeo Medupe in e.tv’s Scandal! and Duma in uBettina Wethu.
“Romeo was my last big TV character and I had to make sure that they were not trying to have a Romeo through T’Bose. Through this role, I can show a different side of me as an actor,” he tells Sowetan.