Matron Nkabinde from Durban Gen is related to Pastor Gwala from Uzalo. The actress whose character fans would love to hate is related to the actor who plays Pastor Gwala on Uzalo.
About Matron Nkabinde on Durban Gen
The actress, whose real name is Zimiphi Biyela, is also a radio personality, a presenter at Ukhozi FM. She also doubles as a singer, and her stage name is Zim dollar. She participated in drama whilst in school and never expected her hobby to turn into a lucrative career. Her first job was at Mbongeni Ngema Committed Artists as a dancer, singer and actress.
She dropped her first afro-pop album in 2009 called Kwaze Kwamnandi while she was teaching. Doors then opened for her radio career, which she started by reading the news at Locra FM and later landed a job as a presenter at Ukhozi FM. Zimiphi landed a role in Durban Gen as a strict matron who leads all her junior nurses using a very tight leash. Junior nurses fear this character at Durban Gen. Zimiphi is also a doting mother to her ten-year-old son in real life.
About Menzi Biyela (Pastor Gwala in Uzalo)
Menzi Biyela is an actor that doubles up as a rapper too. The actor is only 38years old, and he is best known for his role as Pastor Gwala in Uzalo. When the actor is not on the small screen playing some role, he is directing and running his own production company. Menzi is a doting father of one, and his love for his son can be seen through his Instagram posts. He separated from the mother of his child, but they co-parent their son, who is rumoured to want to follow his father’s footsteps and be an actor. Biyela has landed TV roles in Rhythm City, Blessers, Five Tiger, Ifalakhe and currently Uzalo.
Is Matron Nkabinde From Durban Gen related to Pastor Gwala from Uzalo?
We can’t help but note some similarities in how they look that they can pass as brother and sister. In an Instagram post by Zimiphi Nkabinde, she called Menzi Biyela her brother. So we can only believe that the two are related. Apart from that, there are no other posts that show that the two are linked.