Zenande Mfenyana Biography, Age, Husband, Career, Net Worth, Pregnancy
Zenande is well known for her sharp tongue, crazy wit and beautiful heart. Her empathy and christian background have made her a philanthropic beauty in the industry. She always thrives to help those less fortunate than her and has made it her mission to be a beacon of hope for all.
Zenande Mfenyana Biography, Age, Husband, Career, Net Worth, Pregnancy
Name: Zenade Feziwe Mfenyana
Date of birth: 11 October 1985
Occupation: Model, Actress, Philanthropist, Voice-Over Artist
Siblings: Akhe Mfenyane (sister), Mzwethu Kantus Mfenyana (brother)
Well known role: Noluntu Memela (Generations), Goodness (The Queen)
Net Worth: $1 million
Nationality: South African
Background
Zenande was born on the 11th of October in 1985. She was born in Kagiso, East Rand in Johannesburg. However her family moved early on in her life. They moved to Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. She has a sister named Akhe Mfenyana who made an apperance alongside her sister on The Queen.
Education
Zenande went to Queenstown Girls’ High School where she completed her matric. After this she went to the University of Pretoria. There she studied a Bachelor of Arts in Drama. This is evident in her acting chops.
Zenade Mfenyana Biography, Career
Zenande got her breakthrough role as Noluntu Memela on Generations in 2011. However she was fired due to a strike that included over 10 other cast members. These cast members included the iconic Connie Ferguson, Sophie Ndaba and her acting mum at the time Nambitha Mpumlwana. This happened in 2014. The strike was due to long running differences about the actors’ pay and contracts.
Her character on Generations was cunning and channelled low key Cruella Deville vibes. This is because she was the epitome of backstabbing and willing to do antyhing to get her way. However that is stark opposite to the church girl sweetheart she is in real life.
In 2015 she acted along side Menzi Ngubane on Ashes to Ashes as Reba Namane. This was followed by a main role on Igazi as Babalwa. The show was a Ferguson Films’ production, run by Connie Ferguson and her Husband. She also appeared briefly in the MTV Shuga as Cynthia Vilakazi.
Still within Ferguson Films’ productions, she plays the main role of Goodness Mabuza on The Queen. She acts alongside Connie and her husband. Her role is a low key throwback to her days as Noluntu as the characters share similar traits. However she had to leave The Queen due to her pregnancy.
Her movie appearences include Liefling in 2010, Kampterrein in 2017 and even All About Love also in 2017.
Besides her acting gigs, she was signed as the brand ambassador for Chelline. It is an online shopping site for hair products, accesories, clothing and much more. She is also the brand ambassador for Geisha. Her Geisha billboards are strewn across countries in Africa such as Kenya.
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I should take a trip to Kenya just to go see this billboard ❤️ #GeishaLotions #Kenya 🇰🇪
Zenande Mfenyana Biography, Philanthropy
Zenande is a very passionate and empathetic human being. She thrives to impact lives especially children. Some of her work includes a visit to Sandizile Primary School in Mpumalanga. She went there to donate shoes to the underpriveldged children.
Her work with children has always been close to her heart. Notably she even went on tour with a music show visiting different schools in the Gauteng province.In 2018, Zenande Mfenyana was part of the Panties & Bra’s Campaign which is a movement that identified the need to shine a spotlight on disadvantaged girls, ensuring that their empowerment & development is prioritized.
Zenande Mfenyana Net Worth
As of 2020, Zenande is estimated as having a net worth of about $1 million. This is quite a feat considering how relatively new to the TV screen she is. However her talent is undeniable and worth every penny. On top her acting, her brand ambassador work and modelling stints also haul in quite a bit of revenue for her.
Love Life
Is Zenande Mfenyana pregnant?
Yes, Zenande is indeed very pregnant and enjoying every minute of it. She gushes about her unborn baby and she has even named the baby bump, baby love. Her photo shoot accompanied with sweet letters to baby love on instagram had everyone gushing over her soon to be baby with her.
Is Zenande Mfenyana married to Dr Malinga?
As funny as this may be, no Zenande is not married to Dr Malinga. However they both announced that they were having twins round about the same time. The coincidence was just a beautiful coincidence. Zenande has a husband of her own and Dr Malinga a wife of his own. We sure do hope that the twins get to meet each other though!
Who is Zenande Mfenyana’s Husband?
Zenande has had her share of run ins with ugly frogs before she finally found her prince in Warren Masemola. She once revealed on twitter that she dated someone who hated her friends, her job, basically everything about her for a year. In addition she said that she ended it because she could not change herself for him. Adding a happy note to the tweet she indicated that she was now with someone who made her happy. We are inclined to assume that at the time she meant Mr Masemola. The young couple are married and are already expecting.
Zenande Mfenyana Biography, Pregnancy
Twins or a single girl, the world is a bit confused at the moment. Zenande posted a rather cryptic picture with two bubbles. However another post makes it seem as though she is having a singular girl. Regardless of whether or not it’s a boy or a girl we can not wait to meet baby love.
I thought I would have cut my hair by now, but I figured my daughter picked me like this when she was choosing her Mama, so the locks stay 😍 I don’t want her to give me the side eye when she meets me for the first time 🤣
— Zenande Mfenyana (@Zenande_Mcfen) May 26, 2020
Zenande celebrated Mother’s day by having a prego-photo shoot. The shoot showed off her baby bump in all her glory. Her instagram blew up as she shared the photos from her shoot.
Her pregnancy has been filled with controversy. From social media body shaming her pregnancy look to people clapping back after an incident with a caring fan. Her private conversation with a fan was leaked. It showed a rather angry response from Zenande low key accusing the fan of projecting her issues onto her. The fan was showing support in the wake of Zenande being body shamed. A #ZenandeMustFall even did rounds for a while in response to the conversation.
Who was wrong ?? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/Kz5kd313c5
— Kween👑 (@___kweenin) June 22, 2020
However Ntsiki Mazwai, the sister to Thandiswa Mazwai came to her aid.
Quick question……are you trolling a pregnant woman?
— #IAmNtsikiMazwai (@ntsikimazwai) June 23, 2020
Zenande Mfenyana Biography, Controversy
Zenande revealed that she had experienced abuse from more established actors. This was in response to a debate that started on Twitter. Rami Chuene and Nokuthula Mavuso also came out saying they had been taken advantage of by more established actors as well. She said that she hopes one day she’ll be able to speak about it but regardless, it should stop. And enough was enough.
In recent news Zenande has the world waiting on her with baited breath. She said that she has some news she want to spill, expanding by saying she had been quiet too long. Coinciding with this, was the Ferguson Scandal pertaining to actors’ wages.
People thought ‘the juice’ was about the Fergusons. However she jumped to their defense warning people by saying “Hands off the Fergusons”. The world is still waiting on her to spill the secrets she wanted to spill.
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