South African businesswoman Shauwn Mkhize has become the latest star to join popular TV drama, ‘Uzalo’.
The Durban-based socialite will be a part of season seven of the drama series, which is scheduled to debut on 5 March.
‘Uzalo’ shared a poster advertising the upcoming series with the multi-millionaire on it.
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Twitter is divided over the news.
Although some Twitter users are excited to see what character Mkhize will be playing, some said the role should have been given to professional actors who need the money.
Below are some comments.
There are so many talented actors and actresses out there for Mamkhize to just walts into the production of Uzalo, industry bosses must really do justice to these out of work individuals and stop licking asses of influencers #istandfortalent
— #OUTSIDEOPERATIVE (@cholose) March 2, 2021
What is mamkhize doing on uzalo bethuna? Ay man
— Views (@Xhosa_Goddess) March 1, 2021
Mamkhize can buy the whole uzalo. She prolly bought everything and she’s now the production manager, director for script write, head of research and an actor pic.twitter.com/wa1sJQcJeP
— LeeM (@Lindt4u) March 1, 2021
It’s true when they say money beat talent sometimes or qualifications look at MaMkhize on Uzalo#MaDluphuthu. pic.twitter.com/CWHJRG4Iwy
— Greatest Of All Times (@times_greatest) March 1, 2021
Mamkhize should give me her #Uzalo salary, she won’t even notice when it clocks in pic.twitter.com/B8th1CMuOp
— #ChasingTheDream??♂️ (@SdizoRSA) March 1, 2021
I’m glad MaMkhize is joining Uzalo. I hope she’s gonna shake MaNgcobo coz she’s been sleeping on her role. We know she’s capable of giving us more than she is giving us now but she’s holding back #Uzalo
— Tshegofatso (@GontseKhumo_TK) March 1, 2021
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More about ‘Uzalo’
‘Uzalo’ prides itself as being South Africa’s most-watched soap.
The first episode aired on SABC 1 in 2015.
The soap has won several awards: Golden Horn Award for Best TV Soap, Golden Horn Award for the Most Popular TV Soap/Telenovela, Golden Horn Award for Best Achievement in Make-up and Hairstyling in a TV Soap, and Golden Horn Award for Best Achievement in Wardrobe – TV Soap.
More about Shauwn Mkhize’s TV career
Shauwn Mkhize’s reality TV show, ‘Kwa Mam’Mkhize’, took South Africa by storm when it aired in January 2020.
Many viewers were impressed by the massive house and posh cars that Mkhize drove. The realitity show had over 1.7-million viewers.
It even won an international award for the best reality TV show at the Hollywood and African Prestigious Awards.
The renowned businesswoman has over one-million followers on Instagram.
Image courtesy of Instagram/ @kwa_mamkhize



