Who is Mmarona Motshegoa?
Mmarona Motshegoa is South African actress, television presenter and entrepreneur who was born 29 September 1987 (35 years old). She is best known as Tumi on the SABC1 soccer drama series Zone 14.
Biography, age, children, husband, divorce, and Instagram.
Name: Mmarona Motshegoa
Date of birth: 29 September 1987
Age: 35 years old (2022)
From: Soweto in Gauteng
Occupation: Actress, Television presenter and Entrepreneur
Nationality: South African
Gender: Female
Tv shows: Rhythm City, Generations and Muvhango.
Personal life history
Mmarona Motshegoa was raised and born in Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa. Her date of birth is on the 29th of September 1987 which means she is 35 years old as of 2022. She was married before but was divorced. We don’t know the reason why they divorced. Before they split, they were blessed with one daughter.
Who was her husband?
When she married senior processing engineer Leslie Goitseone Kgwele, Mmarona Motshegoa was known as Mmarona Kgwele. According to a relative, the couple filed for divorce in 2018 and had been sleeping separately in the same house since then. Motshegoa has proposed full custody of the couple’s only child, and Leslie appears to be in agreement.
It’s unknown if she got married and has other children after the divorce.
Educational Background
She was elected as the first black Mini Mayoress of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Mini City Council in 2001, and she later became Head Girl of her primary school. Couple of years, she also became a head girl in High school.
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Career journey
She hosted five shows on DStv’s Channel O music channel (when she was simply known as Minx): The 411, Oboma, Amplified, Oboma Xpress, and O News. On Channel O Radio, she also honed her radio broadcasting skills.
In 2009, she made her acting debut on the e.tv soapie Rhythm City as Keke, a stylish lesbian journalist.
In 2012, she appeared as Paulina (aka Banshee), a Goth who falls in love with MJ Memela, in a highly controversial guest recurring role on the SABC1 soapie Generations.
She had a starring role in the SABC1 police drama series Task Force in 2014. The same year, she starred in the SABC1 drama series Sticks and Stones. Also she began playing the recurring role of Buhle on the SABC2 soapie Muvhango in 2018, making her first appearance on April 4, 2018. 1
She has even appeared in the film “Losing Lerato” as “Little Kgomotso’s Mom.” Mmarona Motshegoa played ‘Naledi Kgakgudi’ in “Vutha,” a new medical drama on SABC 2. She joined a cast that included Boikie Pholo, Dumisani Mbebe, and Sipho Mbele.
Mmaroma Motshegoa has landed a new acting gig. The actress has joined the cast of Family Secrets, a new SABC 1 show. Veteran actors such as Nimrod Nkosi, Jamie Bartlett, Vusi Kunene, Cedric Fourie, and Mampho Brescia appeared in the series’ first season.
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Other interest
Mmarona is also the founder and youth mentor of Itshepeng Youth Mentoring and Projects, a mentoring organization dedicated to inspiring and guiding teenagers and young adults to become the best citizens they can be.
Other Television roles
aYeYe – Season 2 as Social Worker
Family Secrets – Season 2 as Sheba
Generations – Season 1 as Paulina
Muvhango – Season 1 as Buhle
Mzansi Love – Season 3 (Big City Love) as Tshidi
Rhythm City – Season 1 as Keke
Sticks and Stones – Season 1 as Mbali
Task Force – Season 1 as Sandy
The Queen – Season 5 as Maipelo Maake
The River – Season 2 as Precious
Vutha – Season 1 as Naledi Kgakgudi
Zone 14 – Season 4 as Tumi
