Mohau Cele
Mohau Cele or Mohau Mokoatle-Cele (born September 28, 1991) is a South African actress and singer. She played Bongi in MTV Shuga including the 2020 mini-series titled MTV Shuga Alone Together
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Born | Mohau Mokoatle 28 September 1991 Matatiele,Eastern Cape,South Africa |
Nationality | South African |
Education | University of the Witwatersrand |
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Known for | playing Bongi in MTV Shuga |
Life
Cele was raised in Soweto but born in Matatiele in 1977. She can speak English, Sesotho, IsiZulu, IsiXhosa and Setswana. She graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand.[1]
Her first acting role was with MTV Shuga which she joined in season 4 as Bongi.[1] She got the audition because they were looking for a singer. She had done some acting at university, but her first professional acting job involved travelling from South Africa to Nigeria where series 4 was filmed over six weeks.[2] The edutainment series was backed by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF.
She was a recurring character in the series Thuli noThulani for SABC in 2017 where she played Vince Principal.[3]
She was in series 4, 5 and 7 of MTV Shuga and she was included when it went into a mini-series titled MTV Shuga Alone Together highlighting the problems of Coronavirus on 20 April 2020. The series was written by Tunde Aladese and broadcast every week day - its backers include the United Nations.[4] The series will be based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire and the story will progresses using on-line conversations between the characters. All of the filming will be done by the actors[5] who include Lerato Walaza, Sthandiwe Kgoroge, Uzoamaka Aniunoh, Mamarumo Marokane and Jemima Osunde.
References
- "Mohau Cele | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- Roets, Adriaan. "Mohau Mokoatle on her role in Shuga Star". The Citizen. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- "Thuli noThulani | Season 1 | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- "Every Woman Every Child partners with the MTV Staying Alive Foundation to Tackle COVID-19". Every Woman Every Child. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- Akabogu, Njideka (2020-04-16). "MTV Shuga and ViacomCBS Africa Respond to COVID-19 with "Alone Together" Online Series". BHM. Retrieved 2020-04-30.