Nomzamo Mbatha Bags the Septimius Award for Best African Actress for Her Role in ‘Shaka Ilembe’

Nomzamo Mbatha Bags the Septimius Award for Best African Actress for Her Role in ‘Shaka Ilembe’

  • Nomzamo Mbatha won the Best African Actress award at the 2024 Septimius Awards for her role as Queen Nandi in the drama series Shaka Ilembe
  • Bomb Productions shared the news on social media, celebrating her success in Amsterdam
  • Social media users congratulated Mbatha for representing South Africa on an international stage

Nomzamo Mbatha is getting the international recognition she deserves, and we are happy for her. The star who has been flying the country's flag high recently won big at the 2024 Septimius Awards.

Nomzamo Mbatha bags international award
Nomzamo Mbatha has won an award at the Septimius Award. Image: @nomzamo_m and Rob Kim/Getty Images
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Nomzamo Mbatha wins international award

Congratulations are in order for South African actress Nomzamo Mbatha, who recently won the Best African Actress award for her role in the top drama series Shaka Ilembe. Nomzamo plays King Shaka's mother, Queen Nandi.

The star-studded Shaka Ilembe features Khabonina Qubeka, Senzo Radebe, Thembinkosi Mthembu, Ntando Duma, and Lebogang Tsipa.

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The news about Nomzamo Mbatha's big win at the Septimius Awards was shared on Instagram by Bomb Productions, the production company behind Shaka Ilembe. The post congratulated the Coming 2 America actress for her success. The caption read:

"Congratulations to the beautiful and talented @nomzamo_m Winner of 2024 Best African Actress @septimiusawards Amsterdam for her role as Queen Nandi in Shaka iLembe."

Mzansi congratulates Nomzamo Mbatha on her major win

Social media users commended the star for flying the country's flag high in Amsterdam.

@ambesiwe_tokyo_ commented:

"Congratulations Boss Lady 🙌"

@feli_mabaso said:

"Congratulations queen. You deserve it."

bongiwe_diseko wrote:

"Congratulations 🔥🔥"

@the_foodychef commented:

"❤️❤️❤️Oooh yessss😍"

@alex_memela said:

"Halala Nkosazana 🙌🙌🔥🔥"

Queen Modjaji fails to outperform Shaka Ilembe

In more entertainment news, Briefly News reported that it was a battle of the TV shows, as Queen Modjadji's debut episode numbers are compared to Shaka iLembe's. Queen Modjadji exceeded many people's expectations after the series debuted on Sunday, 14 July, on Mzansi Magic.

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The series managed to pull in some tremendous numbers, as 1.2 million people tuned in to watch. However, they are not close to Shaka iLembe. The series managed to rope in a massive 3.6 million viewers on the channel.

Source: Briefly News

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Privie Kandi (Entertainment Editor) Privilege Kandi is an entertainment news editor (joined Briefly in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for six years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.