Local Nomzamo opens casting agency in SA
MBABANE - Actor Nomzamo Mkhonta has opened many doors for locals, as she has opened a casting agency in South Africa (SA).
Mkhonta is one of the feZ locals Zho are cXrrently shoZcasing their acting skills in the television shoZ, ,sitha The Enemy. ,sitha The Enemy is a SoXth $frican television drama series created Ey Mandla 1 and MpX melelo 1hlapo. ,t is an original series prodXced Ey %lack%rain 3ictXres, as mentioned on their ZeEsite. ,t airs each Zeeknight at pm.
Agency
The name of the agency is 1TXEe ko Casting $gency, co foXnded Ey Mkhonta and felloZ coXntryman /inda /Xkhele, Zho is also an actor. /Xkhele has Zorked Zith the leading S$%C drama series Skeem Saam, $dXlting and ,sitha.
The agency has a knack for finding and developing neZ talent, and its roster of sXccessfXl actors is proof of its e[pertise. $ casting agency is a place Zhere talent meets opportXnity. ,t is a place Zhere actors, models and other performers can connect Zith the people Zho can help them achieve their dreams. $ good casting agency is like a matchmaker, Eringing togeth er the right people for the right roles.
³, have Eeen in this indXstry for a long time , decided to groZ Xp and do my oZn, so , can leave my oZn legacy. That is Zhat pXshed me to open the agency, so , can help a lot of people hone their acting skills,” she said. Mkhonta said she greZ Xp in EsZatini, Zhere there Zere feZer opportXnities to enter the indXstry. ³There are no sXch opportXnities Eack home. ,t is my dream to Ering acting classes and Zorkshops, Zhich ZoXld help those individXals Zho do not have resoXrces to relocate to S$,” she mentioned. The actress pleaded Zith local associations like the EsZatini 1ational CoXncil of $rts and CXltXre to come in handy and help the locals re discover their talents.
Support
She fXrther mentioned that ³, Ee lieve that as SZati actors, Ze have the potential it is MXst that Ze do not have the mXch needed sXpport. Taking reference from the Channel yemaSZati, 4haZe MamEa, Ze Zill groZ local artists so that they can cre ate MoE opportXnities for local actors.”
Mkhonta stated that, as an agency, they Zant to pXt a fXll stop on Eack groXnd artists only. She said that lo cals shoXld not Ee overMoyed Ey Eeing on the e[tras EXt encoXraged them to Eag lead roles. The agency has Eeen aEle to sXccessfXlly hold classes for actors Zho sXEscriEe to them.
³The aspiring actors Zill Ee Zork ing Zith %afana MZelase and /inda /Xkhele, Zho is knoZn for his role in µ$dXlting¶ , Zhere he acted as a police officer,” added Mkhonta.
She mentioned that her agency has alliances Zith other actors from ,sitha and µMy %rothers .eeper¶.