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All the winners at the 2018 Royalty Soapie Awards

2018 Royalty Soapie Awards winners

The winners at the 3rd Annual Royalty Soapie Awards were revealed at an event hosted by the remarkable South Africa comedian, Mpho Pops. 

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For the past two years the awards were hosted by the City of Durban (eThekwini Municipality) in KZN and now for the first time, the awards were held, Wednesday on 14 November in Gauteng’s City of Ekurhuleni at Emperors Palace.

“We are very excited that we were able to bring the awards to Johannesburg. We hosted the awards successfully in the sunny City of Durban for 2 years and being able to bring the awards to the City of Gold has made the awards fully inclusive. We are hoping to take the awards to a new city every 2 to 3 years to ensure we leave our footprint in different regions.” said CEO and founder Winnie Ntshaba.

Out of the eighteen categories awarded, seventeen of which were adjudicated by a panel of judges. Seven categories covered creative and technical aspects while the rest recognised achievements in acting.

The seventeenth category was left in the hands of the public as they chose Most Popular Soapie of the Year. The eighteenth category, Lifetime Achievement in the South African Soap Opera Industry was awarded by Royalty Soapie Awards EXCO to a person that has contributed significantly throughout his or her career to the development, upliftment and advancement of the soapie (small screen) industry.

Mzansi Magic’s Isibaya swooped up a total of four wins out of twenty nominations, following closely and with three wins each was Binnelanders and Isidingo.

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The playing field was levelled as most soap operas that participated walked away with a win.

“I am very pleased with the results and am very happy that most entrants were winners this evening. This would have not been possible without the support of our sponsors who value our creatives in the performing arts” said Ntshaba.

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10 Things We Learned About Letoya Makhene On Tropika Smoooth Fan

Letoya Makhene On Tropika Smoooth Fan

This week, Letoya Makhene was in the hot seat on SABC 1’s exciting new celebrity quiz show Tropika Smoooth Fan as she set out to find her smooothest fan.

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During the show, viewers at home uncovered some interesting facts about the star during the exciting live quiz show. In Tropika Smoooth Fan, four die-hard celebrity fans were chosen out of thousands to compete in a variety of interactive games and ultimately Nyeleti Mosothoane was officially crowned Letoya’s smooothest fan. Nyeleti won the grand prize of R20 000 and will now move on to compete in the final alongside the smooothest fans of the other celebrity contestants in the hopes of winning R250 000 cash and a Honda Amaze.

These Are Some Of The Exciting Things We Learned About Letoya Makhene On Tropika Smoooth Fan: 

  • Letoya’s career started when she was cast in an advert at the tender age of nine.
  • Letoya is the daughter of legendary musician Blondie Makhene.
  • While she was still a teenager, Letoya gained fans while hosting various youth-orientated TV shows including YoTV
  • At 14, Letoya formed the group S’kool Girlz with her sisters which achieved moderate success in the local music space.
  • Letoya is the mother of four children – Nubia, Tadiwa, Tamuda and Kopano
  • Letoya appeared in the popular Leon Schuster movie Mr. Bones which went on to become one of the most successful local films of all time in South Africa.
  • One of Letoya’s breakout acting roles was when she played Ayanda Diale on SABC 3’s Isidingo. She now stars as the villainous Tshidi Phakade on Generations: The Legacy.
  • Back in 2011, Letoya bagged the lead role in the film “My Zulu Promise”. Her performance gained her many rave reviews and the film is one that Letoya is still proud of today.
  • The star was once one of Brenda Fassie’s backup vocalists. She performed with the singer on her single ‘Ngiyakusaba’.
  • Letoya is incredibly spiritual and attended an initiation school in KwaThema where she became a sangoma.

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Letoya Makhene Puts Her Biggest Fans To The Test On Tropika Smoooth Fan This Week

Letoya Makhene

In last week’s exciting episode of Tropika Smoooth Fan, Ndumiso Mlangani proved he was Clement Maosa’s smooothest fan. This week, it’s actress Letoya Makhene’s turn to find her biggest fan as the ultimate celebrity quiz show continues. 

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Letoya Makhene is an actress, singer and TV personality who has shot to fame over the past few years. Letoya’s career started when she was cast in an advert at the tender age of nine. She then became a presenter on KTV before moving to YoTV. When she was 14, Letoya formed the group S’kool Girlz with her sisters which saw the star break into the music industry. Letoya’s presenting career got a boost after she became a co-host on the second season of Idols South Africa and appeared in popular soapies like Isidingo and Generations. Today, the star plays Tshidi on Generations: The Legacy.

This week, four die-hard celebrity fans will compete in various interactive games in the hopes of being crowned Letoya’s smooothest fan. The winner will make it to the finals where they will compete against the smoootest fans of the other celebrity contestants where, after another round of games, the two top contestants will go head to head to win R250 000 cash and a Honda Amaze!

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Isidingo actress Khabonina Qubeka shocked Mzansi by announcing the birth of her daughter

Khabonina Qubeka

Isidingo actress Khabonina Qubeka left many South Africans shocked on Monday morning after she announced that she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl last week.

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Many people did not know about her pregnancy but the award-winning actress managed to keep her pregnancy out of the spotlight.

Taking to social media to announce the exciting news, the star said: “Good morning my angles, please allow me to share this with you. A few days ago – 02 October 2018 at 9pm, I gave birth to a beautiful, healthy and oh so peaceful baby girl! Yes IT’S A GIRL. I had the most beautiful QUIET pregnancy. I’m so happy fam..God is Good (sic),” Khabonina Qubeka wrote on Instagram.

The former Muvhango actress hasn’t yet shared the name of her new bundle of joy.

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THE RISE AND RISE OF CLAYTON BOYD

Clayton Boyd from Generations

Clayton Boyd is currently starring in the hit South African soap opera Generations: The Legacy, one of the country’s most popular series with nearly nine million viewers, which has also been broadcast in countries such as India and Jamaica.

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He will also soon be seen in Patrick Garcia’s horror film Hell Trip – which premieres at Comic Con Africa on September 14 in which he stars alongside Jonathan Boynton-Lee, Jay Anstey and American actor Stevel Marc.

Says Boyd about his role in Generations: The Legacy: “I play teacher Robert Carlson. There are things about to happen that will change his life forever. I can’t reveal too much at this stage but the subject matter is explosive and topical.”

Boyd has an impressive resume which includes roles in a host of popular TV series including Isidingo, Binnelanders, The Wild, Thola and MTV’s Shuga as well as the BBC series Leonardo.

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Cape Town born Clayton achieved a double major BA in Psychology and Theatre from San Diego State University before moving to the University of Alabama and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival for his Masters degree. In 2006 he received his MFA in Theatre with an emphasis in Shakespeare.

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Fikile Kani graduates from NYU Graduate Acting Program

Fikile Kani

Lesotho-born South African actress Fikile Kani, best known for her recurring role as Zak, Rajesh Kumar’s efficient PA on Isidingo has graduated from NYU Graduate Acting Program.

Fikile is all about education, she also studied for a BA Film and Video Production at the University of Cape Town from 2009-2011 and did her Honours in Film Studies in 2012.

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Her first starring role in television came in 2015 as the character of Ipeleng, a perfectionist questioning her seven-year-long relationship, in the Mzansi Magic drama series It’s Complicated.

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The Final Cut winner – Nasiphi Nthabeni makes her Isidingo debut

Nasiphi Nthabeni

SABC 3’s talent search The Final Cut winner, Nasiphi Nthabeni, has made her Isidingo debut tonight as Cebisa. 

Nasiphi Nthabeni was one of four Eastern Cape finalists who went through in the competition. The young actress plays as Nina’s trainee in the criminal arts.

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Nasiphi was born in Ngobo, Eastern Cape. She grew up as the only child, raised by a single mother who struggled to make ends meet. The family relocated to Cape Town in search of greener pastures.

Her mom passed away in 2004 (when she was 12) and she moved in with her aunt who was also struggling to raise her own six children. None the less, her aunt worked hard to make ends meet and was always loving and supportive toward her and her cousins.

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Relebogile Mabotja joins Isidingo cast

Relebogile Mabotja Isidingo

Off the back of making a highly anticipated guest appearance on Skeem Saam earlier this month, multi-talented media personality, Relebogile Mabotja, joins the Isidingo cast. Relebogile Mabotja’s first screen appearance … Read Full Story