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TOP BEST ACTRESSES
ON SOUTH AFRICAN TV

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outh African film industry is infested with bad actors and actresses (i.e Ranthumeng from
Muvhango...Karishma from Generations the legacy, gosh they are terrible!), it feels like
casting directors love torturing their viewers with bad acting, which makes you wanna
gouge your eyeballs out or rather appreciate those who deposit their energy and talents into
their given roles.In 2011, SowetanLIVE ran an article Top 10 SA Actresses revealing the best
actresses who grace our local Television screens, the list was rather disappointing as Sowetan
overlooked some of the most remarkable actresses in Mzanzi. Below is a redeeming list with
best actresses curated for you to scrutinize:
By Gudani Sigama

Sonia Mbele SINDI DLATHU michellebotes

(was Ntombi Khumalo-Dlomo on Generations)

(Nomthandazo Mokoena on Muvhango)

(Cheryl De Villiers on Isidingo:The need)

You will remember this beauty as the
wife of controversial
businessman/gangsta, Sibusiso Dlomo
on Generations. Although she hasn't
done much acting recently except on
golddiggers, her work in the soapie still
speaks volume about what a talented
actress she is.

She had a small part in the critically
acclaimed Apartheid film Sarafina then
emerged as an actor on one of South
Africa's most watched tv shows, Muvhango.
Although her character is currently
rumoured to be attending an all-white
party which is expected to end sometime
in December 2017, there is no denying
that her and some few characters( not
Ranthumeng or Mankosi) are God's gift to
Duma Ndlovu's mystical show.

If you watch Isidingo religiously, you
will remember an episode back in
2003 where Michelle's character
murdered her stepson in cold-blood,