10 Interesting Facts About Scandal!’s Mamarumo Marokane (Vuvu)
10 Interesting Facts About Scandal!’s Mamarumo Marokane (Vuvu). She is one of the rising stars to keep your eyes on. Mamarumo Marokane has been on a number of shows, and she nails each and every character she gets.
Learn more about her from the following facts abut her personal and professional life;
1. Mamarumo Marokane was born on the 15th of August 1996. She studied at City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts, graduating with a diploma in Acting for Camera and Live Performance.
2. The talented actress best known for her role as Dineo in the MTV drama series MTV Shuga: Down South. Mamarumo, however, made her television acting debut in the BET Africa drama series Grit. She next appeared in the Mzansi Magic telemovie Isipho Sothando.
3. Mamarumo next played the recurring role of sports science student Dineo in the seventh season of the MTV drama series MTV Shuga, entitled “Down South 2”. She appeared throughout the season, beginning with the Season 7 premiere.
4. A month later she had a guest role in the series premiere of the Netflix South Africa superhero action series Shadow, which debuted on 8 March, 2019.
5. Also in 2019, she had a starring role in another Lokshin Bioskop telemovie on Mzansi Magic, entitled Magenge, about a young man who turns to a life of excessive partying after the death of his mother until his father steps in to help him get back on the right path.
6. Through her talent and hard work, Mamarumo eventually landed her first starring role in television. She was cast as Boleta in the Mzansi Magic supernatural drama series Omen, which premiered on 5 January, 2020.
7. Later that year she landed another recurring role, this time as Marothi’s girlfriend, slay queen Kaone, in the SABC1 youth soapie Skeem Saam, making her first appearance in Season 8. In 2021, Mamarumo starred in another two Lokshin Bioskop movies: first to air was the romantic comedy Love Lerato Thando, about a 23-year-old philosophy student who challenges herself to be open to love.
8. She next appeared in Wa Lepelle, a supernatural story about a generational curse, which first aired on Mzansi Magic on 12 June. Also in 2021, Mamarumo had another starring role, this time as Letti in the eOriginal series Is’phindiselo, the first local production to air on the newly-launched eVOD digital streaming service.
9. She currently plays the role of Vuvu on hit e.tv soapie, Scandal! Vuvu arrived with baby mama drama, to disrupt the relationship of Lindiwe and Nhlamulo Maseko. As Lindiwe has passed away, she and Nhlamulo are starting to rekindle what they had before.
10. Marokane is a self confessed tomboy. Don’t be fooled the slay queen characters she has payed on some shows. She’s more like her character Dineo on MTV Base Shuga: Alone Together.