Actress Terry Pheto will play Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in the mini series ‘Madiba’.
|||Actress Terry Pheto, who made her debut in the Oscar award winning local movie Tsotsi, will play Nelson Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a mini series Madiba.
Another local star featuring on the series is Hlomla Dandala, who will be playing Govin Mbeki, former SA president Thabo Mbeki’s late father.
Hollywood star Lawrence Fishburne, who is currently in the country filming a six-part BET mini-series, will portray the role of Nelson Mandela.
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American comedian and actor Orlando Jones will star as Oliver Tambo, the South African anti-apartheid politician and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress from 1967 to 1991.
The series is set to air in 2017.
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