First she became known as the dorky girl with huge specs in Mazinyo dot Q, then she took on the stage and transformed into Miss Kwa Kwa. In-between producing her breakthrough drama series, Society, Makgano Mamabolo also graced our screens on Home Affairs. And if you think she is about to slow down you'd better think again.
This funny woman has since ventured into other avenues, including co-presenting the fourth season of the arts show, Curious Culture, with singer/actress, Jolene Martins and well-known actor, Jerry Mofokeng. In tonight's episode the crew catch up with KwaZulu Natal's Jerry Pooe, who is heralded as a "theatre guru", and they pick his brain about the ins and outs of the world of theatre and all its various wonders. This week Channel O helps our brothers and sisters above our borders remember why it's great to be African by dedicating some parts of O-Boma to them.
Monday saw Mozambicans celebrate their Independence Day and throughout this week the various VJs have been highlighting this point. Chuma must have really disgusted Grace (as seen in the promos) to the point of no return as we see him flying solo today. In studio, he gets to interview a comedian who took part in David Kau's Blacks Only Comedy Show and will also make an appearance at the Blackstreet Comedy Show happening this weekend at Emperors Palace.
You know the story of the ugly duckling turning into a swan, right? Well, I'll give you three chances to guess whose biography it is. You only need one, though: Khetiwe (played by Winnie Ntshaba) from Generations.
She went from being the househelp and nanny of the late Tau Mogale's children, with an addiction to saying "Forgive me" after every sentence, to one very glamorous lady. Having inherited a mansion together with her brother-in-law and former butler, Khapela, she went on to sell the house and from the wads of money she earned she got a makeover and even invested in property. This is where the problem lies.
Her one-time lover and criminal, Ace, needs a place to stay, but Khapela is adamant he will not let a scoundrel like Ace live on his property. Can Khetiwe find a way to make her business partner and ex-lover happy? She got the swan bit right, so perhaps anything is possible.
Faking the video MTV seems to have a thing for putting six young people, who think they know what they're doing, together in some reality programme - only to flip the script on the viewer. As you can tell, I have issues with who won I'm From Rolling Stone (which also put six young hopeful interns together as they vied to become the next contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine), but that aside, Faking the Video is worth a peek. As a spoof of MTV's Making the Video segment, Faking the Video tricks youngsters into thinking they have their dream job of working on a video which features JC Chasez, Michelle Branch and Omarion (pictured) on one song.
But boy, are they wrong. Beyond that, Makgano, Jolene and Jerry seek out the person who had plenty to do with why Pooe turned out the way he did. As Pooe's mentor, Patty Nokwe shares more about the guru.
Richard Greene, a film professional of note and an all-round achiever, also shares with us his involvement in the films Chikin Bizniz and Soweto Green. On an equally creative side, Raksha Gobardan collides art with Hindi iconography, and magic happens. The medium of dance isn't neglected as the team visits Jacaranda City's Tshwane Dance Theatre as they prepare to take their Dansynergy show to The Grahamstown Arts Festival.
First she became known as the dorky girl with huge specs in Mazinyo dot Q, then she took on the stage and transformed into Miss Kwa Kwa.
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