Salaries Compared; Who earns more Cosmo Diale from Generations The Legacy vs Bongani from Gomora.
South African filming industry has been previously criticized for recycling the same faces on screen and behind the camera. Speaking on Podcast and Chill with MacG, Gomora actor Sicelo Buthelezi revealed that some soapies are recycling writers hence the similarities in storylines and characters across soap operas. We see how much Gomora and Generations The Legacy show producers pay their business people characters.
On Generations The Legacy, Ronnie Nyakale plays the role of Cosmo Diale, a reformed convict who has turned his life away from crime to focus on legit ways of earning money. He stays with Lucy, his elder sister and Gog Flo (Ivy Nkutha), their grandmother. Cosmo runs a franchise chicken retail outlet in Alex Township called Skaftin Chicken. Over the Generations The Legacy storyline, Cosmo improved his business skills and managed to sustain Skaftin Chicken in dire times while creating job opportunities for the locals.
Skaftin Chicken’s former supervisor, Mrekza, resigned to start his own business, credit to Cosmo, who instilled business qualities into him.
On the other hand, Thulani Mtsweni, who plays the role of Bongani on Gomora, is a Shisanyama business owner in Gomora Township. Bongani doesn’t mix business with pleasure; he runs his Shisanyama outlet with the highest standards.
The two businessmen have many similarities, including staying and operating in Alex township, providing jobs to residents and not being scared to make an extra coin illegally.
In Generations, Cosmo struggles with women, while Bongani Shisanyama is a ladies’ man who recently proposed to Zodwa on a romantic dinner at his Shisanyama.
Cosmo from Generations The Legacy vs Bongani from Gomora salary compared.
The two actors have travelled two different professional journeys; Ronnie Nyakale’s career kick-started when he played Papa Action on Yizo Yizo in 1999. He is famous for consistently playing gangster roles such that his fans believe that he is a criminal in real life. In contrast, Thulani Mtsweni’s career has been a rough journey; he faced rejection from television filming and spent much of his career in theatre production, working with university students.
Though they are on different productions, where Generations The Legacy pays more than Gomora, their talents have little to separate the two. On Generations The Legacy, Ronnie (Cosmo) earns R53 000, making him the second-highest earner on the cast, while Thulani earns R57 000 per month, higher than Gomora’s average salary of R31 500.