Nambitha Ben-Mazwi Celebrates A Decade As An Actress With A Glamorous Event
Nambitha Ben-Mazwi Celebrates A Decade As An Actress With A Glamorous Event. It has been 10 years since Nambitha Ben-Mazwi left the corporate industry for the life of entertainment. On Tuesday 10 November, she celebrated the milestone with industry peers and fans at Artistry in Johannesburg.
Nambitha is one of those entertainers who are all-rounders. She is a media personality, and actress, and is also an MC among other things. Many though know her much better as an actress. Her television debut role was in 2016, while she was a student at the University of Cape Town, in the television series Doubt, where she played the role of Unathi Mweli. She later appeared in Diamond City, Scandal!, Broken Vows and the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror.
In 2022, she starred in a South African television series Savage Beauty as Linda Bhengu. Her performance earned her recognition, including the Global NFTSA Award for Best Actress for her roles in Savage Beauty and Empini. Prior to this she appeared in Madiba (2017), Scandal! (2017), Diamond City (2018–2019), How to Ruin Christmas (2020), Dead Places (2021), Happiness Ever After (2021) and The Estate (2021).
This year, the multi-award winning actress secured a groundbreaking new role internationally. Nambitha has been cast as Moya in Tatort, German-language television’s longest-running crime drama. The part also saw her master Swiss German, rehearsing alongside her Tatort co-stars before filming began at the end of September 2025.
All of this is worth celebrating, and Nambitha did that in style.
“It feels like last night was a dream, wow wow wow.
Prepare to be sick of #ADecadeOfExcellence content coming your way 💕
Thank you to my glam team for making me look like Cinderella 🤩,” Nambitha said.
