10 Things You Didn’t Know About Itumeleng Bokaba

Itumeleng Bokaba is best known for her role as Mampho in the e.tv soap opera Rhythm City, making her first appearance in 2012. The friendly, ambitious, bubbly, creative 23-year-old has been in the TV industry for almost 20 years now. How amazing is this?  The young star still dreams to achieve more and there’s no doubt that we are still going to see big things from her.

Here are 10 things you should know about the gorgeous Itumeleng Bokaba:

1. Mampho started working in television in 1996 when she was four years old. When she was six she entered a Miss Tinkerbelle Pageant sponsored by Edgars.

2. Itumeleng also did commercials and promotional skits for various companies and garnered experience with voice-over work, including a radio mini-series called The Magic Circle for Ulwazi FM.

3. When she was eight years old, in 2000, Bokaba started working as a presenter on Yo.tv. The first show she presented was Yo.tv Land with co-presenter Musa Mthombeni and she later worked on Blue Couch, The Chilling Show, How To, Blast, Yo trip, Off Camera, WildSpace and Gimme the Mic.

4. Itumeleng has also had experience with hosting live television and being MC to large audiences through Yo.tv’s Rand Easter Show Road Trips.

5. She left the television scene for a while in her Matric year, but continued being involved in school plays and hosting hip hop-oriented events with friends.

6. She started playing the role of Mampho on Rhythm City in 2012 and also played the role of Sivikile in the Mzansi Magic short film House of Sangoma.

7. Itumeleng describes herself as friendly, ambitious, bubbly, creative, flirty and a little loopy at times. In her spare time she loves to write songs and poems, watch television and Google conspiracies.

8. Born in Alexandra, Johannesburg, she grew up in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni. She matriculated from St Mary’s school in Waverly and speaks Tswana, English and Zulu.

9. he’s had great passion for the arts since she was very young. At four years old when people asked her what she wants to be when she grows up she said, “Brenda Fasssie”. She still has aspirations of being in the music industry.

10. She’s currently studying Dj-ing and Music Production. In her spare time, she loves to write songs and poems, watch tv and google conspiracies.