UPFRONT & PERSONAL
Governing Director
Mr Makama Sir
Sibusiso Makama is popular for mentoring, coaching, advising and incubating young aspiring artists and entrepreneurs within and beyond Gauteng region. He has been in the entertainment industry for more than a decade; he embodies every role within Mahlalela Entertainment Production and Traffix Multimedia Publication so much that being a multiple active employee who practically know 90 % of the services they render at Mahlalela Entertainment Production and Traffix Multimedia Publication as a subsidiary of Mahlalela Entertainment Production.
Sibusiso Makama is surprised and lights up when he talks about his childhood. He never wanted anything to do with music or entertainment whereas his younger brother Musa Jeffery Makama was into music and entertainment. Musa followed on their father’ s footsteps by being behind the microphone and doing post-production. The devotion, desire and ambition started to grow and unleash on Mr. Makama. Sir previously known as‘ Big Man’ and‘ The G. Although born in Soweto, Pimville Zone 4 but he grew up between Dayveton, Zenzele and Pretoria, Mabopane. He grew up in a small family as on the two children of Pauline Makama and Raymond Mdluli. He used to do fine art and write scripts for fun and also gamble as he was streetwise.
His father Raymond Mdluli was a traditional music recording artist who played guitar for himself and the likes of Joe Nina, Kamazu, Steve Kekana just to mention a few.
BORN TO LEAD
He started to be independent at the age of 14 / 15 and at the age of 17 he started hustling in the as an extra with a motive of collecting contacts on industry guru’ s. 2007 he attended acting classes Posture Models runned by Thobile Mkhwanazi, 2008 he went State Theatre to act on a play by Kholofelo Kola( Skroef), 2009 ENGLISH He pursued JANUARY Entertainment 2018 TRAFFIX Production. CO. ZA was scriptwriting at SASWA with Basil Dube and he met with Sol Ratshilo who sharpened his acting skills. In 2010 he met with Lauren Puren who was facilitating at Helen O Grady Drama Academy where he continued as he has a hair salon which he opened in 2008 May 13. Sibusiso, Musa and friends started an NPO called Mahlalela Entertainment & Youth Development which was named after a comedy that was called‘ Matlhalela’. Later that year after producing 6 low costing films Sibusiso decided to go private and that’ s where Mahlalela
born and bred which was formally registered in 2012 January 20.