Nelisiwe Sibiya On Giving Her Ithonga Character Her All Despite ill Health
Nelisiwe Sibiya On Giving Her Ithonga Character Her All Despite ill Health. When it comes to all these shows we watch on TV, what we get is the perfect final product. Viewers seldom have an idea, the hard work that goes behind the scenes.
Nelisiwa Sibiya has just shed some light on that with some of her experience on Ithonga.`The award winning actress, musician and entrepreneur plays ZamaHlobo Ntando in the hit Mzansi Magic telenovela. Zama is a villain, and Nelisiwe nails the role to the core. Her performance has earned her recognition, with major award nominations. Nelisiwe was recently nominated for Best Actress in a TV Series at the National Film and TV Awards 2025.
Taking to social media, Nelisiwe expressed gratitude for the feedback she gets from viewers. She also shared some scenes, revealing that she wasn’t well when shooting them. Nelisiwe said she was hospitalized for anxiety, depression, panic attack and fatigue. She also shared tat she going through a lot outside of work. The production team, however, were with her every minute of recovery.
“Yaz I am writing this full of tears because what??
Oh man! One thing I know is that I gave my all to this character ka Zama on Ithonga. My all.
I am so grateful for your amazing support and feedback. Ngyabonga nje even for being given this opportunity to tell her story. @tshedzapictures @mzansimagic @dstvza and everyone involved even for casting me. Ngyabonga.
Oh fun not so fun fact about these scenes (currently playing) I was hospitalised, not sure if during them or after them – from anxiety, depression, panic attack and fatigue.
I think I went too hard on myself plus I was just going through a lot outside of work 🥹 but thank you to the production team they were with me every minute recovering. Oh man @nkanyisomchunu_ ngiyabonga nja yami for always holding my hand! You have no idea the impact you made ❤️,” Nelisiwe said.
