Skeem Saam actor Clement Maosa, who plays the role of Kwaito Seakamela, has grown in the weekday drama series. Viewers of the show have witnessed Maosa’s character grow from high school, varsity and getting his first job. And now he has finally taken a step to get married to Elizabeth Thobakgale.
Speaking to Sunday World Maosa said everything has been overwhelming for him because it is more of a realization that he has played the character for more than a decade.
“I think we have explored him (Kwaito) so much because it is more of a journey. Now him becoming a husband is something wonderful. What I appreciate as Clement is that all these years I have had the opportunity to cry, laugh and go through different stages of life with this character,” said Maosa.
Maosa whose character has had quite an adventurous love life says Kwaito has always known that he would settle down but was not expecting to be ready sooner.
“I thought he would be ready maybe at a later stage when he was 35 or 40. Kwaito has been around. He has been a womaniser and he seemed to enjoy being more of a ladies man than commitment. I don’t think any of his relationships lasted more than two minutes except this one.”
Men and role of money in marriage
It took a lot for Maosa to prepare for Kwaito to be at this mature stage of his life. He said as a performer you tend to borrow a lot from your life experience to bring the character to life.
“Where Clement is in life, he is more mature and I think Kwaito is just getting into maturity. I borrow a lot of my experiences, and my emotions to try and give Kwaito the maturity that he needs. I also have a lot of conversations with married people and just explore the idea of marriage.”
About the role of married men as providers, Maosa said: “A man should be a provider but we exaggerate it because of societal standards. We have this thing of saying we can’t get married if we don’t have money. Only now I have realised that yes money will be involved but money is always involved in any other situation whether married or not. I believe that love should take priority and that people can genuinely love one another without finances involved.”
Maosa’s character is currently getting married on the show to his on-screen partner Elizabeth Thobakgale played by Amanda Manku.
