Former Imbewu star Thembi Mtshali-Jones as Nengelosi Nolwazi Shange, who wins 2024's Parent of the Year award. NOT.
She's going to commit the crime of hiding her true intentions from her daughter Phetheni, who will now have to suffer as a result.
Their fractured relationship has Nengelosi determined to remind Phetheni of her past by opening old wounds, and she’s plotting her comeback by sliding back into her life with ulterior motives.
Three flash facts on Thembi
She starred on all five seasons of Imbewu: The Seed, all eight seasons of the SABC2 comedy Stokvel and all six seasons of "It's good, it's good, it's niiice," - the SABC comedy 'Sgudi 'Snaysi.
Thembi sang Happy Birthday in Zulu for president Nelson Mandela on his 80th birthday in 1998 in Washington D.C. It was broadcast on CNN.
She also performed lead vocals on the soundtrack to the film Story of an African Farm, which was released as a CD and won the SAMA Award for Best Music for Film in 2004.