Zim actor breaks hearts HE’S A GIRL IN REAL LIFE
SOUTH AFRICA — Most movie stars and other personalities in different entertainment fields, have won the hearts of their followers because of their physical looks. However, many are left heartbroken if their personalities are exposed or alleged to be involved in criminal activities or other activities regarded as morally or socially incorrect.
In the case of a Zimbabwean-born actress based in South Africa, Charlene Chiedza Kudzai Mhende; it’s a totally a different story altogether. Chiedza aka Chi, rose to stardom in the totally overhauled soapie drama on SABC1, Generations: The Legacy, with her role as Wandile Radebe, Zola’s son.
The talented Chi broke the hearts of many female viewers, and left many disappointed after they discovered that the Generations ‘‘hunk’’ is actually a woman, but in real life her boyfriend is Andile Nebulale.
It might be difficult to convince many because of her male voice, but Chi is also voice artiste, no wonder why she pulled her male role on Generations quite well and deceived many with voice artistry. When asked if South Africa has run out of male actors to give a female actress the role of a male, she said during auditions they thought that was a role suitable for her.
Although her rise to fame came with her role on Generations where she plays a man, in the current episodes her character on the show is getting interesting as ‘‘he’’ struggles with ‘‘his’’ sexuality.
Chiedza went to Cape Town, South Africa in 2006 where she studied at the African Film and Drama and Arts (AFDA) School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, and she started rising to fame after she was introduced to Cape Town’s theatre scene as Lady Capulet in a 2010 Artscape production of Romeo and Juliet. — crowdpondent.com SOME artistes are still on the drawing board trying to figure out how this year can be great for them while others are beginning the year on a high note. Young and up-and-coming hip-hop artiste, Terrence Nyathi popularly known as Terry is already mapping his way to success as he has made a huge collaboration with Princess Taylor, a Black Entertainment Television (B.E.T) nominee signed by Mavado.
Last year after Ricky Rick tweeted about his song called Zaka, his hope was to be the second hip-hop artiste from Bulawayo after Cal_vin to be making a big collaboration with a South African artiste. However, this year he surpassed his dream and collaborated with an international artiste as far as America.
The young artiste will be releasing his single Bad Mahn with Princess Taylor next week in Harare. Terry said he had been working closely with Princess Taylor since last year and his effort has finally paid off.
“My record label has been helping me a lot, sending my music to Mavado’s music stable and now we have come up with a song that is going to be a banger. I hope that this collaboration will blow the hip-hop industry not only in Bulawayo but Zimbabwe as a whole,” he said.
He said doing a Princess Taylor is a big achievement for him and there is more coming from him this year as his management are still working on deals with international artistes. He said the collaboration was a breakthrough for him; one step in the right direction as far as his music is concerned.
“After dropping a snippet of the song on Twitter, I got calls from bloggers in Nigeria. Already the song is drawing the attention of many people before it is officially released which is quite a good thing for me,” he said.
Terry said his hope was to be an international icon through his music. He said he aims to make history by being the first rapper from Bulawayo to work with international artistes.
“I want to be a big Africa name just like Ice Prince, Wizkid and many other African artistes who are getting recognition not only in Africa but worldwide,” he said.
Terry said he is launching his single in Harare as people in Bulawayo are still not appreciating his talent.
“My home town is not giving me the support I need and so I am taking my music elsewhere. I just want people to know that this is just the beginning; I am going to take the whole country by storm. I am making the impossible possible and putting Zimbabwe on an international scale,” he said.