SA Reacts to a Photo of Sindi Dlathu and Her Twin Sister: "The Resemblance is Insane"

• SAFTA-winning actress Sindi Dlathu and her sisters caused a buzz on social media over the weekend
• A photo of Dlathu, her twin sister Zanele Sangweni, and their younger sister, Tina Dlathu, left Mzansi confused
• South Africans and fans of the former The River star complimented the actress and her sisters

Actress Sindi Dlathu and her twin sister recently topped social media trends when a photo of them was shared on X.

Dlathu, who's related to Tina Dlathu, previously hogged headlines when she starred on BET_Africa's cancelled telenovela, Queendom.

The multi-award-winning actress is also famously known for her villain role on Mandla N's canned TV show Isiphetho.

Sowetan reported in 2021 that the former The River actress and co-executive producer has a twin sister named Zanele Sangweni. The photo also shows Dlathu's younger sister, Tina Dlathu, who also starred on 1Magic's The River.

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Social media user @RefilweSeboko shared a photo of the actress, her sister, Tina Dlathu, and her twin sister on her X account on Sunday, 19 October 2025.

"How on earth do they look together?" she captioned the post.

Social media reacts to the actress's photos

@LesothoJoinsZA reacted:

"The resemblance is insane. How many generations are we looking at?"

@__keRatu asked:

"Who is that one in the middle? She looks so much like Sindi."

@Blkbro responded:

"I read somewhere a long time ago that Sindi is a twin, maybe that’s her twin sister."

@Sibahle_ZA said:

"It's her twin sister; she is a twin."

@wenzilethusi said:

"Their mama needs to go to jail for producing such insane beauty."

@Silvxrbxck commented:

"I used to work in the same environment as the one in the middle. She looks exactly like Thandaza."

@DlaminPirlo replied:

"Okay, now, which one is the real one here?"

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@Simphiwe_Mnyand wrote:

"You mean to tell me there’s no Sindi Dlathu in this picture?"

@Tshepo8500 reacted:

"This is her twin, and she would play a double when Sindi could not. Ngiyakutshela," (I am telling you!)

@AfrikanChefZA said:

"And Sindi looks like her Sarafina character. The one in the middle looks like Thandaza."

@mannothot13 wrote:

"It’s like a copy of a copy."

@Didi_biyela01 reacted:

"Thandazile, Thandazwa, and Thandaza."

@BastardZuma wrote:

"I hope they look like their dad."

@zitha_alex90318 replied:

"The ocean, the dam, and the river."

@Medicocre wrote:

"Thandi, Thandie, and Thandeka."

@kgbmoeketsi commented:

"They used the same time-lapse camera for this photo."

@Faithgiver said:

"Hey, they look very together, are they both?"

@LawdFundamental responded:

"They look very together."

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Source: Briefly News