Actress, presenter and producer Nambitha Mpumlwana aka Thandie, turns 54 today.
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Born in the Eastern Cape, this businesswoman, philanthropist and humanitarian is best-remembered for her role as Mawande Memela in the soapie, Generations.
As she hits her 54th birthday, let’s see what this amazing actress has achieved over the years.
After Nambitha Mpumlwana’s brief role in Generations, she moved on to a new role in Ashes to Ashes. Once the show was canned, Nambitha Mpumlwana took a hiatus from the small screen.
Her fans were thrilled when they discovered that she was back on the television in a new drama series, The Kingdom.
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The drama series is centered around bible parables and stories about faith, hope, love, and trying to achieve the best version of ourselves.
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Support for the rights of women and children
Generations star, Nambitha Mpumlwana, took to Instagram recently to raise her voice against injustice and violence towards women and children.
#DivasUnite! Leave no one behind: End violence against women and children!
Helping aspiring actors
Early December, Nambitha Mpumlwana and Ben Tjibe came together for a workshop on helping aspiraning actors hone their auditioning skills.
On being a diva
Nambitha Mpumlwana loves to try and be the best illustration of what it means to truly love herself and tries to emulate that for her son as well. She enjoys every moment of her life as it comes. On being a diva, she has this to say:
“I was raised by a diva, she knew her personal space, she knew her stillness and she understood her needs, and if she needed to communicate them to you, she did that, she taught me to do that, so now a lot of people in my environment and a lot of people in the media environment think it’s ok for me to drink out of a dirty cup…”
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Thandie on helping dignify women
She used her education background in psychology to set up a company called DivaNexus which emphasizes on helping women celebrate themselves with dignity.
“I started a company called DivaNexus, I think a lot of people misunderstand what self -love is about and because it’s labeled diva, let’s call it that, but let’s own it, let’s love it. If I can bring the diva out of you, and help you celebrate yourself on a daily basis and help you celebrate the small victories in your life, that’s what DivaNexus is about…it’s about honouring yourself even when people think you shouldn’t.”
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