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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Bongile Mantsai, (Mthunzi)
- Bongile Mantsai originates from Stellenbosch, Western Cape
- Having been in the industry for over 15 years, Mantsai has worked with Brett Bailey and Lara Foot among others in theatre.
- Mantsai is an artistic director at Zabalaza, a Baxter Theatre Centre Development Programme that develops theatre practitioners from in and around the Western Cape
- He best-known for his starring role in the acclaimed South African screenplay, Inxeba,
- Through Inxeba in 2018 he bagged a SA Film and TV Awards (Safta) gong for best supporting actor.
- In 2014 Bongile Mantsai walked away with the best lead male actor award at the Naledi Theatre Awards.
- He has now joined the cast of Scandal! as Mthunzi Mayisa, a character that got him the attention he needed.
- The character portrays him as a ruthless villain, and Bongile has adjusted to being hated by viewers.
- The talented actor is from a musical and Christian home. His father was a bishop of the St Paul Apostolic church.
- Mantsai is a man of many talents. He played instruments at church and composed hymns as well as songs for a cappella.
