By Katlego Sekhu
This week, former Generations star Sophie Ndaba was a guest on 959 Breakfast with Dineo Ranaka and Sol Phenduka.
During the show, the actress opened up about her childhood in Zimbabwe.
Sophie Ndaba and her parents moved to Zimbabwe in her childhood. They had close family there. “My mother was the daughter of a chief in Zimbabwe,” she says.
Ndaba left her home to go live at boarding school.
“I told my mom I didn’t want to stay with people and wanted to go to a boarding school at 8/9 years old.”
After completing school, she moved into a foster home.
“I got semi-adopted by a very wealthy family. They had like 10 businesses and that’s where my business about business from. I always say to people learn the good and the bad.”
Sophie grabbed the opportunity with both hands.
“I saw that opportunity and said I was going to learn business, I took it with both hands. When other kids were partying on weekends I was working at different shops trying to make money and pay school fees.”
She attributes her success to her strict upbringing.
“I wouldn’t be the woman that I am today, I mean that woman, the mother of the house was tough. She was a businesswoman, she was giving I learned that everything you have you have to work for it.”
Watch Sophie Ndaba on 959 Breakfast with Dineo Ranaka and Sol Phenduka.
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