Ntando Duma

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Ntando Duma
Born (1995-08-29) 29 August 1995 (age 29)
NationalitySouth African
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Model
  • TV Personality
Years active2014–present
Known forRhythm City
Children1

Ntando Duma (born August 29, 1995) is a South African actress and television personality. She is best known as a presenter on e.tv's youth programming block Craz-e, where she primarily featured on Craz-e World live. She is also well known for her portrayal of Zinzi Dandala on e.tv's soap opera Rhythm City. [1]

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She is also embroiled in a race-row following a live stream where she racially abuses a woman who confronted her about parking in a disabled parking.

Early life

Ntando Duma was born in the township of Orange Farm in Johannesburg, Gauteng. She grew up in the township of Orange Farm located approximately 45 km from Johannesburg, where she was raised by her mother and her grandmother. She has three siblings including her sister, Thando Duma.

I grew up in Orange Farm with my grandmother. We didn't really have much to go around, so the circumstances did not really allow for any of us to have pocket money or attend expensive schools. We managed, however to have a normal childhood. Like any other child in the street we would play games and didn't really worry about what was happening at home.

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Her father left the family when she was three years old and died in 2008. [3]

Personal life

She has a child with a DJ called Junior DeRocka who named their child, Sbahle Mzizi. [4]

Career

Television

She joined the etv's Rhythm City as Zinzi Dandala. [5] In June 2014 Ntando Duma was introduced as one of the new Craz-e presenters. [6]

In 2020, she joined The Queen telenova playing the role of Mpho Sebata, following year in June 2021 was announced that she is leaving the production. [7]

Modelling

She worked as a model and was part of 2015 & 2017 Soweto fashion week runway. [8]

Community

She founded the Inspire A Teen SA Foundation. [9]

Copyright Infringement

In January 2022 News24 reported that celebrity photographic agency Pixel Kollective notified her of copyright infringement after she posted photos taken by the on her social media account. [10]

Controversy

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