Nelisiwe Sibiya Says Playing Sangoma on ‘Durban Gen’ Challenged Her, Impresses With 6 Pics Behind the Scenes

Nelisiwe Sibiya Says Playing Sangoma on ‘Durban Gen’ Challenged Her, Impresses With 6 Pics Behind the Scenes

  • Nelisiwe Sibiya character on Durban Gen seems to be developing with big changes that the actress opened up about
  • The actress who plays Doctor Mthetwa on eTV's Durban Gen talked about how hard it has been for her to transform into a sangoma for her character
  • Fans reacted to Nelisiwe opening up about her role as many are excited to see her performance in the soapie's new timeline

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Nelisiwe Sibiya is going from strength to strength as her character will go through a major life change. The TV star who plays the doctor on the screen will transform into a traditional doctor.

Nelisiwe Sibiya
Nelisiwe Sibiya let It be known that she faced quite a lot of difficulty when portraying a sangoma for her character on 'Durban Gen'. Image Instagram/ @nelisiwe_faith_sibiya
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The actress admitted that it has not been a walk in the park to portray a sangoma authentically. Nelisiwe opened up on her social media to fans, who reacted by assuring her that they looked forward to her performance.

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Nelisiwe Sibiya growing as performer on Durban Gen

TV actress Nelisiwe opened up to her fans about the challenges she is facing with her character becoming a sangoma on Durban Gen. TimesLIVE reports that Nelisiwe shared some pictures on Instagram of herself in character and confided in her supporters.

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In the post, Nelisiwe says that although she's excited that the storyline is something that is close to her heart but she said that it was difficult. She wrote:

"It's been so hard! Haweh mah! Shooting these scenes were the pits! So challenging! Overwhelming and powerful. I can’t wait for you guys to see this journey I took.”

Viewers were already impressed just from the pictures. Nelisiwe shared four more images showing some scenes for the sangoma role.

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@kgosikgadi_shaz commented:

Now this is you! I know you’ve killed this character already!

@melanieronal commented:

"And I'm sure you fit the character well."

@sphokazimhayise20 commented:

"I can't wait."

@lunniekaz commented:

"I thought you are a real sangoma I was so shocked."

@thobekile.ndlovu.3304 commented:

"But ke Sbusiso, bhuti Thabo n lindelani same time it leads to...... Empeleni this character eyakho. Thokoza Gogo."

"Bring back Rhythm City": 'Durban Gen' fans angered with 5 years storyline jump

Briefly News previously reported that The Durban Gengeneration group is right facing feedback from unhappy soapie viewers.

This comes after Phil Mphela, an media commentator, revealed on Twitter that soapie would not proceed with its current storyline. Durban Gen would continue in the future instead.

The soapie jumped five years ahead to create Season 2A and B. Season 2B of the TV show will debut another year.

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Rutendo Masasi (Human-Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za