The Wife ‘Hlome’ cast features some of the freshest faces, established and biggest new talents on South Africa’s acting scene. We are going to let you know all your favourite characters.
Some main cast of The Wife on Showmax, the telenovela are already breaking records while gathering loads of fans who tune in every Thursday morning to watch the latest episodes of their favourite series.
Who is Mbalenhle Mavimbela
Hlomu is played by Mbalenhle Mavimbela. Rising star Mbalenhle Mavimbela (Skeem Saam, Isipho) plays the role of Hlomu the wife, the journalist who falls in love with a taxi driver, not realising that when you marry a man, you marry his secrets. She is a passionate, young investigative journalist. Love forces her to choose between a life of uncovering the truth and a life of hiding it.
Mbalenhle Mavimbela is a South African actress best known for her starring role as Tandzile in the e.tv telenovela Isipho.
Who is Sandile the doctor
In Hlomu’s life is her fiancé, Sandile the doctor, who is played by Kay Sibiya. They are living together when she meets Mqhele, and he is unaware of her dissatisfaction with their unexciting relationship. Kay has had roles in both Uzalo and Generations.
Khumbulani “Kay” Sibiya is a South African actor and media personality most famous for his role as Ayanda in the popular series Uzalo.
Who is Langa?
The twin brother of Hlomu, Langa, which is played by TikTok breakout star Lindah Majola in his first major acting role in The Wife telenovela. As her fun-loving twin, Langa is there to pick up their pieces when things go wrong for Hlomu, and drives her back to their home in KZN when all she needs is family and healing. Lindah is currently working on a series set to air on SABC.
Lindah is an online content creator with fields of interest on hospitality and the digital media industry. He owns and runs Humble Café, a comfort food restaurant situated in the heart of Durban.
Who is Lux
At Hlomu’s office, where she works as a journalist, her boss Lux is played by Kabelo Moalusi of The Queen, The Throne and Generations. Her colleague and friend Lerato is played by Thuli Phongolo from Rockville and Generations.
Kabelo Moalusi is a South African actor best known for his role on the SABC1 soapie Generations: The Legacy as Siya Radebe. He was born on 15 August 1984 in Kagiso Gauteng with his twin Keabetswe Moalusi.
Who is Bab’Dladla ?
In later episodes, we get to meet Hlomu and Langa’s parents. Their father, Bab’Dladla, which is played by Saint Seseli (How to Ruin Christmas, Keeping Score, Isipho), who isn’t afraid to put Mqhele in his place after he raises his hand to his daughter.
Saint Seseli is a South African actor best known for his role as Justice, a former world champion boxer who opens a sporting academy as a last shot at redemption, in the SABC2 telenovela Keeping Score.
Who is Ma’Dladla
The twins’ mother, Ma’Dladla is Ayanda Nhlangothi, a former Idols contestant who has appeared on Ifalakhe and Erfsondes.
Ayanda Nhlangothi (also known as Ayanda, or Aya) is a South African singer best known as a contestant on the first season of the M-Net reality competition singing show Idols.
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Who are Zulu brothers in Hlomu?
What’s new on showmax in December 2021. Onto the casting of the eight Zulu brothers, a formidable crime family from Greytown, KZN, who are described in the books as dark and dangerous brothers.
Who is Bonko Khoza
Mqhele is played by Bonko Khoza. He burst onto the acting scene as Jabz in the multi-award-winning film Necktie Youth, and has since appeared in the likes of Professionals and the Emmy-nominated Roots. On the surface, Mqhele is a loving, family man, but deep inside, his demons are at war with one another. He pursues what he wants until its his.
Bonko Khoza is a Johannesburg born actor born in 1991 and spent his childhood days in Johannesburg, South Africa. For him, his love for art, especially drama and live performance, could be traced back to his years as a teenager.
Who is Nkosana
Nkosana is played by Mondli Makhoba. If you recognise this well-known face on our screens, it’s because Mondli has had roles in Umkhokha, Generations and Imbewu. As Nkosana on The Wife and the firstborn of the Zulu brothers, he took charge of the family after his parents’ murder. He’s a man of a few words and thinks carefully before he acts.
Mondli is a South African born actor whose acting ability has seen him performing on big stages around the world. He has done a number of theatre shows in Australia and England. He has appeared in local and international productions such as, Generations The Legacy, Isithwmbiao, uZalo, Imbewu, eHostela, Easy Money and Roots.
Mondli has appeared in various films, to mention a few, lPaper planes, Casualty, iZulu, Lindwni, Grey Matter and uMahamba Yedwa.
Who is Nqoba
Nqoba is played by Abdul Khoza. Fans of The Wife telenovela has been raving about Abdul’s performance as this hot-headed sibling, and describe it as a perfect casting. Abdul Khoza already has a SAFTA win under his belt, and his roles of Isibaya and on Kings of Joburg has garnered him much praise and attention. In his role as Nqoba, he is a ‘hit first and explains later’ type of guy. Sometimes he doesn’t even explain.
Abdul Khoza is a South African actor best known for winning the second season of the SABC1 reality competition, Class Act, in 2011.
After winning Class Act, he left his job as a fireman in Durban and moved to Johannesburg to pursue a career in acting. He also served four years in the army before he became a firefighter.
Nqoba’s partner and mother of his children is Zikhona Sodlaka, who plays Mandisa. She is a SAFTA nominee for her role in After 9 and also features in the upcoming Showmax Original epic series Blood Psalms.
Who is Sambulo
Sambulo is played by Sipho Ndlovu. Sipho has an instantly recognisable set to his face, and he has played roles in some of the biggest soapies in South Africa, namely Isibaya and The Queen. As Sambulo, there’s more to this brother than meets the eye. Laid back, funny, and we learn, he is also an undercover hitman. He’s not after power but is his brothers’ keeper and the true glue working silently to hold them all together.
Thulane Nkululeko
You can’t have a conversation about the Zulu brothers without mentioning The Youth Squad aka the younger brothers who round up this oddly charismatic criminal family. Look out for SAFTA nominee Thulane Nkululeko Shange (Is’thunzi, iNumber Number) as Mqoqi; Ishmauel Songo (Rhythm City, Tsotsi) as Mpande; and Swelihle Luthuli (eHostela) as Ntsika.
Thulane Nkululeko Shange is one of Mzansi’s up-and-coming performers who has captivated audiences with his on-screen presence.
Despite the fact that Thulane has only been in the industry for a short time, he has demonstrated since his debut on our television screens that acting is unquestionably his calling.
Who is Qhawe
Qhawe is played by Kwenzo Ngcobo. The sweetest of the brothers, Qhawe is also the family strategist. He saw Hlomu first, and it was love at first sight, but this once, he failed to put a plan into action. Kwenzo has spent his early acting days mainly in theatre, travelling the world, and he also appeared in Imbewu – but his role in The Wife has no doubt sent his career into the stratosphere.
Kwenzo Ngcobo (born around the 1990s) is a South African actor. He rose to prominence for his outstanding performance on set and is best known for his role in Imbewu: The Seed, an e.tv series.
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These younger brothers are often sent on errands by Nkosana and the older Zulu clan, who also do their best to protect their younger siblings from the criminal life that they have taken up for reasons as yet unrevealed to viewers. Inevitably, The Youth Squad gets involved in the cash-in-transit heists that Nkosana, Nqoba, Mqhele, Qhawe and Sambulo have been pulling off, with disastrous consequences as they come under the beady eye of the law.
In opposition to the Zulu family are the Majolas, who runs things at the taxi rank and make the mistake of asking Nkosana to sacrifice the life of one for his brothers as reparation for an incident, forcing him to go to war against them.
Bongani Gumede plays Bab Majola. He is a two-time SAFTA Best Actor nominee for Isibaya and has also appeared in Zone 14 and Yizo Yizo. Siyabonga Shibe plays Gwaza and has also been nominated for SAFTAs as Best Actor in Gazlam and Best Supporting Actor for Ashes to Ashes. Ntando Mcube plays Geja, who you have seen in Durban Gen, Intersexions, Saints and Sinners, and Lockdown.
Doing his best to maintain the peace between the Zulu and the Majola clans is the legendary Dumisani Dhlamini, who plays Dlakadla, and has been put in charge of the taxi association after the former leader was killed by Nkosana.