In Pictures: Generations The Legacy actor ‘Khulu Skenjana’ Ben Mpofu’s fashion sense shocks Mzansi.
Khulu Skenjana is a South African actor who plays Ben Mpofu on Generations The Legacy, whose dressing and fashion sense shocks Mzansi. Dressed in suits onscreen, Khulu’s fashion sense in real life tells a different story, and fans barely recognize him off-screen.
On Generations The Legacy, the Ben Mpofu character is a shrewd and corrupt businessman, father of two and ex-husband to Fikile Maponya. As a businessman, Ben is successful, owns a chain of retail stores, and has business interests in construction, tourism, and hospitality. His construction company was awarded a corrupt tender and courted the attention of investigative journalists Siyanda Khoza and wife Pamela Khoza. The corrupt construction tender implicated Minister Walter Nkaba resulting in his reassignment to Paris, France.
Ben Mpofu – Khulu Skenjana dressing sense in Pictures
As a father, Ben is a strict parent and turned his children Bonga – the role Tabile Tau and his sister played against their mother, Fikile. Manipulation and blackmailing is his language; he always blackmails his ex-wife to get things done.
In real life, Khulu Skenjana is a father of two beautiful daughters, with ex-wife actress Mona Monyane who played the role of Lindiwe Baloyi on Skeem Saam and Dr Nthabeleng on Muvhango. The couple separated in 2020 after four years; a year after their marriage, their second-born child Amani-Amaza Wamazulu Skenjana passed away one week after birth.
Mona Monyane announced their separation on Twitter on 6 March 2020 and revealed that they encountered many troubles as a couple.
My husband and I have parted ways. I know this will come as a shock to many, and I ask that you continue to believe in love and family. The battles we have met have been difficult to overcome together, and I ask that you respect us by not sensationalizing our separation. – Mona Monyane.
Random facts about Khulu Skenjana from Generations The Legacy
- He was born on 6 April 1982 in Soweto, South Africa
- Khulu was married to a Zimbabwean born actress Mona Monyane
- He is father to two beautiful daughters, Ase-Ahadi Lesemole Mamphai Skenjana his eldest daughter was born in August 2016
- Over his acting career, he has featured on many plays, soapies and films as a guest actor, voice-over artist and has played a handful of main role characters.
- Off-screen, Skenjana is friends with Nimrod Nkosi, who plays the role of Walter Nkaba on Generations The Legacy.