Umkhokha lead actress Hope Mbhele celebrated her umemulo over the weekend in Umthwalume, Portshepstone in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
Umemulo is a traditional Zulu coming-of-age ceremony for women. The ritual is usually done for females at the age of 21, but it can be done at any stage of a woman’s life, depending on circumstances.
Mbhele is an actress and businesswoman but she shared with Sunday World in 2021 that radio is her first love.
“I started my acting career when I was an extra on Uzalo in 2016, thereafter I did a lot of auditions and scored myself a lead role on a Showmax movie titled Goodbye Gogo.”
In 2021 Mbhele scored the role of Busisiwe on Umkhokha which she believes was her big break. Having grown up in a very cultural home and being a cultural girl, she has been able to play the role exceptionally.
“I used to attend the Royal Reed dance and I am a religion-orientated and a cultural girl so playing my role has made tapping into my role a bit easier,” said Mbhele.
The actress’s fellow industry friends such as Kwenzo Ngcobo, Spectacular and Naves, Minnie Dlamini, and Kwezi Ndlovu just to name a few, attended her coming of age ceremony.
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