Makgano Mamabolo

Makgano Mamabolo's love for story telling started at the National School of the Arts as a Drama major. She then acquired her Bachelor's Degree in Live Performance from AFDA (The African School of Film and Dramatic Arts) and started her professional career as an actress in 2001. She has performed in a spectrum of genres from film, sitcom, drama, presenting, commercials, soap opera, telenovela, as well as theater. . . having starred as Miss Kwa Kwa - her own one woman stage production, in theaters country wide, for four years (which has since been adapted into a second novel). She is not just an actress however, but moves very comfortably from in front of the camera, to behind the scenes. An all-round Showrunner - producer, scriptwriter as well as a director, she has recently stepped down as the Managing Director of Puo Pha Productions of SOCIETY fame, which is currently celebrating the success of the ground breaking Netflix series: TJOVITJO, while developing a slate of documentaries with the NFVF - first one being: SKULLS OF My PEOPLE that she also produced - having won two international awards so far, and five South African Golden Horn awards. She was the Associate Producer on the Out In Africa feature film: While You Weren't Looking, that had it's world premier at the Torino Film Festival, and has won four international awards to date. After a year long travel sabbatical. . . she returns to the film and TV industry, currently as the Creative Producer for Quizzical Pictures' new long running TV drama: LITHAPO, after the resounding success of her international cinema debut as an actress, in the much-anticipated, now award-winning feature film: ZULU WEDDING.