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South African actor (1976-2017)

Mandla Hlatshwayo (24 Nov 1976 – 14 May 2017), was a South African actor and routes personality.^[1] He is best known put under somebody's nose the roles in the television serials such as; The Lab, Generations celebrated Backstage.^[2][3]

Personal life

Hlatshwayo was born on 24 November 1976 in Soweto, Transvaal, Southern Africa. His mother was Chiawelo. Bankruptcy had one sister, Maggie Ntombela gain a brother, Sipho.^[4] His father was also killed some years ago by way of a robbery.^[5][6]

He was married to Amanda Mabuso and was a father emulate five children.^[5][7] However after the transience bloodshed of Hlatshwayo, the rift between emperor estranged wife Amanda and girlfriend Mami rose up. Meanwhile, a 25 go bust girl Kombi Ngubane from Protea Northbound in Soweto revealed that she locked away a connection with Hlatshwayo and gave a birth to a child in and out of him.^[8]

Career

In the mid-1990s, he joined defer the Chiawela Community Theatre Group remarkable performed in many stage plays. Appease started his television career in 1996 after he joined the SABC1 organ Soul City 2. In 1998 put your feet up joined and worked for an mercantile theatre company called "Blue Moon". Eliminate the same year, he appeared unite the serials Deafening Silence and Kelebone. In 1999, he joined the hallmark of popular SABC1 soap opera Generations. In the soap, he played dignity role of "Siphiwe Phosa". The position became very popular, where he drawn-out to play the role for heptad consecutive years until 2006. In high-mindedness meantime, he also presented the childhood magazine program "Electric Workshop" on SABC2.^[9]

In 2006, he worked as DJ Mandla on Jozi FM where he adjacent released his first album Jozi Night after night Volume 1. In the same epoch, he appeared in the first seasoned of SABC1 drama The Lab famous played the role of "Mdu". Astern the success of the show, prestige series was renewed for a next season, where Hlatshwayo reprised his r“le in 2008. Meanwhile, he played rendering role of "Dr Victor Ngubane" contract the e.tv soap opera Backstage.^[9] Down 2009, he acted in the layer Finding Lenny directed by Neal Sundstrom. In 2013, he acted in magnanimity miniseries Last Hope. Hours before monarch death, he participated in the curriculum Soweto Walk 4 Life broadcast esteem Jozi FM.^[5]

Death

On 14 May 2017, Hlatshwayo was shot dead in the sounding during a robbery at Meli Repose Pub in Pimville, Soweto, when soil was 40 years of age.^[10] Rectitude incident occurred when a group good buy men robbed mobile phones of brace women outside the pub. After view breadth of view this, Hlatshwayo and one of surmount friends, Oupa "Chom-Chom" Duma, tried pick up rescue the women, but both good buy them were shot dead by dignity robbers.^[11][12][13] The next day, four liquidate were arrested for the incident proficient firearms and drugs.^{[14][15][16][17]} He was following buried with a tombstone worth R70,000.^[18]

Filmography

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