Mohau Cele
Mohau Cele | |
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| Born | Mohau Mokoatle 28 September 1991 Matatiele, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Education | University of the Witwatersrand |
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| Known for | playing Bongi in MTV Shuga |
Mohau Mokoatle (née Cele) (born September 28, 1991) is a South African actress and singer. She played Bongi in MTV Shuga including the 2020 mini-series titled MTV Shuga Alone Together.
Life
[edit]Cele was raised in Soweto but born in Matatiele in 1991. She can speak English, Sesotho, IsiZulu, IsiXhosa and Setswana. She graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand.[1]
Her first acting role was with MTV Shuga which she joined in season 4 as Bongi.[1] She got the audition because they were looking for a singer. She had done some acting at university, but her first professional acting job involved travelling from South Africa to Nigeria where series 4 was filmed over six weeks.[2] The edutainment series was backed by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UNICEF.
She was a character in the series Thuli noThulani for SABC in 2017 where she played Vice Principal.[3]
She was in series 4, 5 and 7 of MTV Shuga and she was included when it went into a mini-series titled MTV Shuga Alone Together highlighting the problems of Coronavirus on 20 April 2020. The series was written and directed by Tunde Aladese and Nkiru Njoku[4] and broadcast every week day - its backers include the United Nations.[5] The series will be based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire and the story will progresses using on-line conversations between the characters. All of the filming will be done by the actors[6] who include Lerato Walaza, Sthandiwe Kgoroge, Uzoamaka Aniunoh, Mamarumo Marokane, Jemima Osunde and Marang Molosiwa.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mohau Cele | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Roets, Adriaan. "Mohau Mokoatle on her role in Shuga Star". The Citizen. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Thuli noThulani | Season 1 | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "MTV Shuga: Alone Together | Episode 52". YouTube. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Every Woman Every Child partners with the MTV Staying Alive Foundation to Tackle COVID-19". Every Woman Every Child. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Akabogu, Njideka (16 April 2020). "MTV Shuga and ViacomCBS Africa Respond to COVID-19 with "Alone Together" Online Series". BHM. Retrieved 30 April 2020.