Radio and TV personality, Pearl Thusi is one ZAleb who gets mistaken for many other South African an international celebrities that we’ve decided to compile a list of all her lookalikes. She’s been mistaken to former Generations actress, Danica Jones, TV presenter, Phumeza Mdabe to many more…
Here’s a list of four ZAlebs who’ve been mistaken for Pearl Thusi:
Danica Jones Danica Jones
When Cape Town actress, Danica Jones briefly appeared on Generations The Legacy to play a bisexual character named Tamryn, tweeps took to Twitter to find out if she’s somehow related to Thusi or if she’s Thusi herself.
When Jones got several DM’s from Thusi’s fans, she cleared up the misunderstanding in a 14 second video on twitter:
“Hi guys, so to answer all the messages that I’ve been getting... no I am not related to Pearl Thusi nor am I Pearl Thusi. My name is Danica Jones.”
Phumeza Mdabe Phumeza Mdabe TV host, Phumeza Mdabe has also been mistaken to Thusi when she first appeared on our screens several years ago to host Our Perfect Wedding. Mdabe currently hosts a new show called, Abandoned on mzansi magic where she connects adults who were abandoned as children to reconnect with their parents.
Angela Sithole Angela Sithole Another actress who’s been mistaken for Thusi is Angela Sithole who played the role of Onica on The Queen. She also played the role of Terry on Zabalaza and played a lesbian called Zano on Lithapho.
Other shows Sithole has featured in include:
She acted in Diamond City where she played Pearl, Generations The Legacy, where she played Naledi, Hustle where she played Tai Chi / Angel, Isibaya where she played Keisha’s friend, Isidingo where she played Bev, Mina Nawe where she played Kedibone and Rockville where she played Pretty Girl.
Qiniso Van Damme
Qiniso Van Damme Model, actress and masters student Qiniso Van Damme resembles Thusi the most on this list. When she was announced as “The Bachelorette South Africa”, Thusi’s fans immediately DM’d her on social media as they noticed that she resembles Queen Sono actress Pearl Thusi.
Van Damme and Thusi got so close during her reign as “The Bachelorette South Africa” that they started having fun at people comparing them to each other and began referring to each other as sisters.
It all started when Thusi’s fan asked Van Dammme: “Are you related really?” to which she replied “We are not related. Shem. But that’s my big sis.”
