His role in the high-profile movie, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom that featured the world-famous actor Idris Elba, put Thomas Gumede on the global map.
As he celebrates his 35th birthday, let’s take a look at how his year went by.
When Thomas Gumede and girlfriend Zola Nombona first revealed that they were pregnant with their first child, Thomas wrote an emotional Instagram post addressing his soon-to-be-child:
"I remember clearly the day I found out about you. Your mother looked at me and said “I’m pregnant” and then proceeded to cry. I understood it was tears of joy, anxiety, excitement, disbelief, love and the small realization that life will never be the same again."
After Thomas Gumede posted about being a dad with a series of ultrasound images on Twitter, a minor detail caught his followers’ attention. They noticed the name on the ultrasound image -Zola Nombona.
I remember clearly the day I found out about you. Your mother looked at me and said “I’m pregnant” and then proceeded to cry. I understood it was tears of joy, anxiety, excitement, disbelief, love and the small realization that life will never be the same again. pic.twitter.com/ZhUM0BW3bI
