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Nolwazi Shange

Nolwazi Shange

Nolwazi Shange, is a SAFTA award winning actress & Casting Director who hails from Durban and studied Drama at The Durban Institute of Technology and hold a Bachelors’ Degree in Marketing & Communications from AAA School of Advertising. She has appeared in well-known programs such as Mtunzini.com as well as the portrayal of Precious in A Place Called Home, Soul City 10, the multi-award winning Intersexions, Single Guys, Zabalaza, Mzansi Love 3 and the international award-winning film Otelo Burning. She also presented Restyle My Style on SABC 2.

Nolwazi was nominated for a SAFTA (South African Film and Television Awards) for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Ntombi in Intersexions Season 1, and nominated for Best Actress on the AMVCA (Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards) 2013 and Pan African Actress at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards for Otelo Burning. In 2010, she was awarded with a SAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for A Place Called Home. True to her diverse nature, Nolwazi also worked as a Casting Director, casting for Intersexions II, Nothing For Mahala, The Chemo Club and Farewell Ella Bella.

Her most celebrated television casting work include MTV Shuga, AboMama, Umlilo, Umkhokha: The Curse, Ndebele drama, Komkhulu, Mzansi Wethu’s first telenovela Sbongile & the Dlaminis and the multi-award winning soap opera Rhythm City. Nolwazi has a vested interest in the business of entertainment, and was honoured at the Clermont Legends Award for representing her hometown.

For bookings or more information on Nolwazi, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Dippy Padi

Dippy Padi

Dippy Padi is a versatile South African actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and presenter.

She is known for her recurring roles in popular TV shows most notably; HowTo Ruin Christmas, Muvhango, and Rhythm City, amongst others. Dippy has collaborated with renowned artists in the music industry and has even hosted her own music TV show.

Her educational background includes studying at the National School of the Arts and AFDA, specialising in Live Performance. Dippy is recognised for her talent as a voice-over artist and has secured leading roles in shows like Takalani Sesame as Zoe, as well as serving as the ADR narrator for Netflix’s, Blood and Water  Season 3.

For bookings or more information on Dippy, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Carol Ofori

Carol Ofori

Carol currently lives between Johannesburg, and Durban and is willing to travel for work.

Carol is an accomplished and highly regarded voice-over artist, radio presenter, TV presenter, author, and master of ceremonies. With a career spanning over 15 years, she has achieved numerous accolades and notable experiences.

In 2023, Carol received the prestigious SOVAS (Society of Voice Artists and Sciences) award, often dubbed the “Oscar for voices,” in the “Africa radio” category. This recognition highlights her exceptional talent and contributions to the industry. She has lent her voice to various significant events and shows throughout her career. For instance, Carol has been the voice of the South African Music Awards, Miss South Africa voice of god, and the MTV MAMA’s voice. She has also voiced many beloved brands such as Cell C, Game, Standard Bank, Dstv, Protex, Parmalat, 947, and KFM.

Not limited to voice-over work, Carol is also a Disney character who portrays the role of Manomi in Disney Plus’s first African anthology series called “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire.” This demonstrates her versatility and ability to captivate audiences across different mediums.

Aside from her voice-over success, Carol has excelled as a radio presenter and TV presenter. She hosted the SABC Talk show “Raising Babies 101” for two seasons and has worked on various radio shows broadcasted on stations like 947, Radio 2000, Metro FM, and East Coast Radio. Hosting her own radio show on East Coast Radio from 9 am to 12 pm, she has earned the endearing nickname “daytime diva” from her fans.

Carol’s skills extend beyond broadcasting and entertainment. She is a skilled master of ceremonies, keynote speaker, and facilitator. She has presided over numerous events, including East Coast Radio’s business breakfasts, the KZN top business awards, the Face of Oceans Mall competition, and Soroptimist International events.

Furthermore, Carol is a published author of the children’s book series titled “African Adventures of Sena and Katlego.” The books, published by Lingua Franca Publishers, are available at leading stores and online at Amazon and Takealot. This initiative showcases her creativity and commitment to engaging with young readers.

In partnership with East Coast Radio, Carol launched “The Carol Ofori Podcast” in 2023. The podcast features conversations with seasoned professionals who share their experiences and insights or ordinary people with interesting stories to tell. This platform allows Carol to showcase her interviewing skills and engage with a diverse range of guests.

Carol holds two degrees—a journalism degree from the University of Johannesburg and a postgraduate degree in marketing management from the Vega School. Her educational background complements her professional achievements, enabling her to excel in her field.

Throughout her career, Carol has had numerous memorable moments. She has been a weekly columnist for the Witness newspaper in KwaZulu-Natal and contributed to SOUL magazine with a monthly dedicated feature. She has interviewed notable figures such as President Nelson Mandela, Hollywood actor Antonio Banderas, and American rapper Lil Kim. Additionally, she has won a Liberty Radio Award and delivered a keynote address at the international Essence Festival in Durban, among other accomplishments.

Overall, Carol Ofori is an accomplished and multi-talented individual who has made significant contributions to the voice-over industry, broadcasting, literature, and event hosting. Her versatility, professionalism, and engaging presence have solidified her reputation as one of Africa’s prominent media personalities.

For bookings or more information on Carol, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Nqobile Shoba

Nqobile Shoba

Nqobile “Nqobs” Shoba is a skilled voice artist in both English and isiZulu. Nqobile also works as a television promo producer and director.

After graduating from Rhodes University with a triple major degree in Drama, Journalism and Media Studies & Political and International Studies, she ventured to Johannesburg in 2010 and settled in the creative television industry as a Promo Producer.

Her passion for creative television expanded into a love of voice-overs, and she’s never looked back. Her home-grown, crisp, warm and charismatic voice, sees her being able to tackle numerous scripts and brands with ease. Professionalism, and a dedication to excellence, will see her elevating a script  to the next level.

For bookings or more information on Nqobs , please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Mamohau Seseane

Mamohau Seseane

While Mamohau sadly does not personally know Charlize Theron, she comes “straight outta” Benoni, on the East Rand of Johannesburg, but now wakes up to much-loved views of Table Mountain. Within the Primedia stable, she has participated in a number of round-table discussions on sister talk radio station, Cape Talk, regarding social issues, as well as completing various voice-over projects. She relishes engaging in intimate conversation with her listeners, accompanied by love jams, on “Kfm Sunday Love Songs with Mamohau”, every Sunday, from 7-10pm.

With a voice described as “golden”, she is an accomplished voice over artist, having lent her voice to many corporate campaigns, TV and radio advertisements and social initiatives, including the Third Inter-ministerial Conference for Health and Environment in Africa. She also serves as the station voice for Gauteng’s biggest commercial talk radio station, 702, as well as CapeTalk. Mamohau thrives as a lifestyle model and performer. Her modelling portfolio exhibits her immense versatility and vibrant personality, having shot campaigns for leading brands including Levi's, Globacom, Nedbank, Pep, Lewis Stores, and Sportsman's Warehouse.

As a sought-after master of ceremonies, her portfolio includes the Sanlam Top Destination Awards, first TEDxStellenbosch Women’s event, Empower Me Women’s Day celebrations, Bubbles & Bliss annual charity event, and the LeadSA Heroes Awards, to name a few. She also masterfully hosts and facilitates dialogues & discussions, including the Chambord Freedom Day Women’s Lunch and Celebrity Power Panel, in conversation with successful celebrity women who are trailblazers in their fields.

While studying at Stellenbosch University, Mamohau was elected Irene Residence’s head of Critical Engagement, First Years, and Welcoming, and pioneered the very first Women Empowerment portfolio in her student community, a reflection of her passion for uplifting women and girls. As a law student, Mamohau is passionate about human rights, women empowerment and social justice. She aspires to truly be a changemaker and broaden access to legal mechanisms to effect tangible change. She has worked at The Justice Desk, an internationally-recognised and award-winning Queen’s Young Leaders human rights NPO. She is also the Vice Curator of the Cape Town Hub of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, a network of young working professionals committed to making a positive impact.

When she’s not working on her diverse career endeavours, Mamohau enjoys the cultural side of life, travelling, adventuring, and experiencing the beauty the world has to offer. She loves being engrossed in a new read while drinking copious amounts of tea, dancing (very badly), trying out new restaurants and cuisine, hiking, playing netball, and doing a “sho’t left” to explore South Africa’s local gems.

Mamohau's multi-talented nature, go-getting spirit and warmth makes her a true asset in any social sphere. Living by the maxim, "Who dares, wins", this young talent is definitely one to watch.

For bookings or more information on Mamohau, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Sthandile Nkosi

Sthandile Nkosi

Sthandile Nkosi is a Hardworking, bubbly, focused 29 year old qualified performer and actress from Pretoria, Soshanguve who considers herself as a malleable artist.  She studied Dramatic Arts at Pro Arte Alphen Park High school (2011) and graduated from Tshwane University of Technology obtaining both a Diploma and B-Tech Drama Degree in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Majoring in Directing and Scriptwriting in the final year.

As a theatre trained practitioner, she has partaken is multiple school productions namely: A Woman in Waiting as Young Thembi Mtshali (2014), Alcohol DTI Educational theatre roadshow as Xoli (2014), Dipolelo Gotswa Borwa (2015), Adaptation of Medea – Ovation Award winner (2015), Ubulution as Moloi (2016), My Dog don’t like Black people (2017), Reen Bloed Nasie (2018). Eventually, writing and directing her own play titled Ninah (2018). She began performing professionally in theatre where she played various characters on the production Saving Azania (2019).

She made her first television debut on a series Mtvbase Shuga Down South S2 (2018) as Cute girl and Manicurist. She also featured on the Netflix thriller series Dead Places (2019) undertaking the role of Mary a young maid. Sthandile appeared on Pretty’s Daughter as Amy in the NFVF Female Film slate (2019). She went on to play the supporting role of Amahle on the thriller Mzansi Magic movie: Mamodibe (2019). Sthandile has performed in the Children’s theatre piece The Revealers (2020) where she starred as the antagonist Bethany Mazibuko, which has toured around Johanesburg South Schools. Sthandile went onto tackle more serious roles on the big screen with her role as Koketso on Mzansi Magic’s Nnake (Leburugraphy picture). She can be seen on the first season of Vula Vala (2020 - Black brain Pictures), where she plays the trustworthy, streetwise yet sweet shop manager Teaspoon.

In the year 2022, she starred in the Netflix original Supernatural African based six part series The Brave Ones where she played the lead role, Ntsiki a teenage girl who is a reincarnated goddess who comes to save the township where ancestral ground is found from being gentrified.  Portraying this role, helped her acquire special skills like swimming in order to fully submerge herself for the first episode and voice over work where she learnt the importance of matching the emotions of the scenes shot with the voice qualities. In the same year, she was casted as the lead character Mbali on Evod’s production uMbali, where she played a former township beauty queen who would do anything to make money in order to maintain a life of luxury and to feed her daughter. She later joined the cast of The Queen portraying the sexy, evil, money-loving character Londiwe who plays a rival of Harriet Khoza with the hope of taking over the Drug business.

This year in 2023, Sthandile shot an advert for Benny stock cubes as the lead for the stockvel ladies and has also done a voice over for the product. She has done voice work for Netherlands animation called Panda Bear as Kabora who is an evil baboon who wants to steal Panda from China to South Africa by shipping him. She has also shot a movie Becoming Mrs Nkosi portraying the role of Kgomotso Sithole who is a conflicted young lady who stalks her half-sister in order to have her life which she so desires.

Sthandile’s believes that the art of storytelling is the best way to influence social transformation. “It is like holding up a mirror for those who care to search deep for what lies beneath, in order to find the best versions of themselves, within themselves for the betterment of society.”

For bookings or more information on Sthandile, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Gaosi Raditholo

Gaosi Raditholo

In an age of social media buzz and superficial stardom, Gaosi Raditholo has managed to steer clear of all the noise and establish herself as a pure thespian. Over the past few years, film directors and producers across the country have marvelled at how as soon as the lights come on and the camera turns her way, she is able to transform from her shy off-screen persona to embody virtually any role to perfection.

Gaosi’s interest in performance started at a very young age. Her late grandmother was a huge influence through her work as a writer, director and actress in community theatre plays in her village in Botswana. “We’d go on tour with her plays on a blue train back then and just watch her direct plays which dealt with pertinent social issues,” she recalls. “I was also part of the school choir in primary school and would perform in musical theatre shows then. I just loved performance. It was more a hobby back then, an opportunity to play pretend in the same way my sister and I would do during our play time.”

This influence has been clear throughout her career — during her master’s year (she majored in directing and playwriting) Gaosi produced, directed and wrote a screenplay tackling pertinent issues around women, xenophobia and representation on SA film and the broader media landscape. She continues to take an interest in interrogating these issues and wishes to create films and series which advance women rights and mental health in the near future.

Prior to attaining her master’s degree, when Gaosi was in her third year as a dramatic arts student at Wits University, she was awarded the Percy Tucker award as the prestigious school’s best directing student. Despite this being an award often given to fourth year and postgraduate students, Gaosi was ahead of her class and already showing immense promise beyond her years. In the decade since, she’s proven that she truly is cut from a different cloth by not only fulfilling her promise as a director, but also by showcasing her versatility as an all-round filmmaker through her many roles acting on local and international TV/film productions.

Shortly after she was awarded the Percy Tucker award, Gaosi was invited to join Makhaola Ndebele to assistant direct on the legendary Zakes Mda’s play, The Mother of All Eating, which went on to play at the Market Theatre, The State Theatre and Freestate. While she has plans to delve into directing once more, it was at this point that she decided to focus her career as a TV actress.

It didn’t take long for Gaosi to announce her arrival on the scene with her breakthrough role as an actress on an SABC 2 show called Keeping Score. Here, she played the character of Jade, a broken girl trying to find herself in a world which wasn’t accepting of her sexuality. Jade’s mother’s overt rejection of who she is led her to question her identity and her place in the world. “The role required me as an actress to find emotional depth to convey her struggles,” says Gaosi. “It pushed me as an actress to interrogate the psychological impact of rejection or being othered in society. I had to make friends with my shadow self in order to convey an array of emotions in the most authentic way possible, with as much truth which resonated with the audience who could identify with her struggles.”

Over the following few years, Gaosi firmly established herself as one of the brightest young actresses on the continent with roles on film and TV productions such South Africa’s leading telenovela “Keeping Score”, “The Queen”, “The River”, sci-fi series “Vagrant Queen”, and a cameo role in National Geographic’s “Crisis in the Hot Zone” series. Known for her incredible range and dynamism, Gaosi is now set to take the international film industry by storm with an upcoming role on renowned global platform HBO in a series slated for release in 2023. Having been directed by great local theatre directors such as Greg Homann, Pusetso Thibedi and Makhaola Ndebele, as well as one of the great local multi award-winning TV & film directors  Catherine Cook, with whom she worked with on “Keeping Score” and “The River”, she’s continually been inspired to enhance her abilities by constantly challenging her artistic brain.

Apart from her work as an actress and director, Gaosi is big on fitness and working out — “A good gym session is necessary for my sanity. That’s what keeps me grounded and centred.” With plans of delving into athleisure in the near future, Gaosi’s keen sense of style and business are set to form the cornerstone of her next chapter. Given her trajectory and what she’s achieved thus far, there’s little doubt she’ll make a success of this, too.

For bookings or more information on Gaosi, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Khosi Ngema

Khosi Ngema

Khosi Ngema is an actress and singer-songwriter born in Johannesburg South Africa on 2 November 1999. Khosi grew up in a creative family and naturally fell in love with the arts as a child.

On 20 May 2020, she made her acting debut in the second African Netflix original series “Blood and Water” as the second lead role - “Fikile Bhele” a star swimmer of an elite high school who is suspected to be the abducted at birth sister of leading character “Puleng Khumalo”.

Before her acting debut on Blood and Water, her acting experience was from taking Dramatic Arts in high school as well as writing and acting in a few short films thereafter. Khosi was recently acknowledged and praised by renowned actress Gabrielle Union on her acting and career endeavours. She is currently working on independent projects in music and fashion as well as making efforts to get more involved in the community to highlight and address national and global social matters.

For bookings or more information on Khosi, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Kamogelo Molatlhoe

Kamogelo Molatlhoe

Kamogelo Molatlhoe is a female actress popularly known for her roles in the popular drama series Rhythm City and local telenovela Lithapo. Kamogelo is a trained actress, with an honours degree in Performing arts and management from the University of Witwatersrand.

Originally from Dobsenville, Soweto, Kamogelo got her big break when she landed the role of school girl Keabetswe Mofokeng on Rhythm City. Always passionate about acting Kamogelo now has an online acting workshop called scripted conversations on her IGTV, which aims to help young aspiring actors and actresses with technical and industry insight.

For bookings or more information on Kamogelo, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Busisiwe Mtshali

Busisiwe Mtshali

Busisiwe Mtshali’s passion and vibrant personality are without a doubt the most enduring characteristics about this incredible actress. Born, bred and raised in the bustling streets of Johannesburg, Busisiwe is without a doubt a city slicker who thrives in the fast pace of city life.

Busisiwe completed her tertiary education at the University of the Witwatersrand where she obtained her Honors Degree in a Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic arts in 2013, her career though started well before obtaining her qualification. While studying she was notorious for juggling both her studies and her passion for the industry with ease and utmost professionalism and because of this Busisiwe was able to pave the path of her destiny. From Lokshin bioscopes to international features she has continued to prove that her passion, professionalism and eagerness have remained integral in how she approaches her craft.

Busisiwe has been a part of some very popular shows within the South African industry and such as Lockdown, Ring of Lie to name a few, but many may commonly know her for her role of Thandeka on Thandeka’s Diary. She’s also graced our screens on soapies such as Scandal as well as Isidingo. In 2019 she booked her first international feature film following the narrative of Muslim girls saved from a Boko Haram camp. With both local and international film festival awards under her belt it’s clear to see that her range is wide and her talent immeasurable.

For bookings or more information on Busisiwe, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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