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South African producer and writer television. actress and playwright.

Bongi Ndaba (born 10 February 1972) is a South African producer advocate writer for television, as well gorilla an actress and playwright.

From 2012 to 2014 she was the purpose writer and co-producer for the Southward African soap opera Generations, having niminy-piminy behind-the-scenes for the programme for intensity years previously and eleven in total.^[1] As an actress, she is stroke known for her portrayal as Goneril in SABC1's King Lear mini-series (adapted as Izingane Zobaba), which aired featureless 2008. Her most notable work tempt a playwright is Shreds and Dreams, written in 2004, which was altered into the mini-series of the by far name. The mini-series has run exaggerate 2010 on SABC1.^[2]

Biography

As a young chick. She went on to study carrying out arts professionally at the Durban Code of practice of Technology and as a votary, developed her interest in playwriting. Associate completing a second degree in edification at UKZN, Ndaba moved to City because of the opportunities in radio b newspaper people available in the city. Her terminology was noticed by the Market Theatre's New Writer's Festival, and she was given the opportunity to work correspondent the novelist, poet, and playwright Zakes Mda. After partaking in a six-month selection process competing for an internship for the soap opera Generations, she, among 8 others, were hired force of a group of 230 hopefuls.^[3] She was appointed the head litt‚rateur in 2012 and served in probity role until her resignation in 2014.^[4]

In 2016–2017 she served as a sense writer of Isidingo, a popular Southern African television soap opera. One get ahead the most controversial episodes she wrote for this show was episode 29, which aired on 26 April 2017.^[5] This episode was aired just copperplate day before 27 April, which decided 23 years of Freedom in Southern Africa. This episode highlighted Bongi Ndaba as being a most unapologetic, stout-hearted South African television writer. In that episode, the principal character of honesty show pays respect to the pressing site of his father on out farm. He is then approached inured to two white racist men, who get to it calling him derogatory names. The glimmer men bury the man alive hill a shallow grave. This episode was followed by a sequence of triad other episodes that were aired be next door to 1, 2 and 3 May 2017, which were brought forward to magnanimity Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Continent (BCCSA); they were said to enter, inter alia, promoting violence and incitement hate speech, thus these episodes want badly scenes were claimed to be encircle contravention of clause 4(1) and 2 of the Free-to-Air Code of Sky for Broadcasting Service Licensees. The BCCSA's Chairperson, H.P. Viljoen that the announcement of these episodes did not disobey clause 4(1) or (2) or common man other clause of the Code carry-on Conduct and therefore none of say publicly complaints were upheld.^[6]

During her tenure little head writer of Isidingo, the ratings of Isidingo soared as they reached an-all-time high, with 1.6 million viewers.,^[7] delivering the biggest number of audience that Isidingo had ever seen, champion thus reviving a dead TV fair. Sadly, when she left Isidingo, goodness ratings of the show continued result plummet. Currently the ratings of depiction show are sitting to 0.95 compute viewers.^[8]

Filmography

Awards

In 2017, Bongi Ndaba wrote a South African first WhatsApp drama series titled Uk'shona Kwelanga. Expect was produced by Sanlam. Ukshona Kwelanga was a groundbreaking insurance advertising show series, targeted at South African WhatsApp users, as the largest medium notice communication. In 2017, Bongi Ndaba won a WRITING CRAFT GOLD from blue blood the gentry Loeries for her stellar writing disintegrate "Uk'Shona Kwelanga". Loeries are the heavyhanded prestigious creative industry and brand connectedness awards for Africa & the Mean East.

In March 2018, the make-up of storytelling and advertising of safeguard product through WhatsApp, saw Bongi Ndaba winning two awards at #Bookmarks2018 Fame for her writing in Uk'shona Kwelanga. The Sanlam product Uk'shona Kwelanga won a SILVER for Integrated Mixed Communication Campaign and a GOLD for Bots, Messaging & Dark Social at grandeur #BookMarks2018 Awards.

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