Woman Asks if She Looks Like Zinhle Mabena: “What Do You Think?”

• A young TikTok user shared with the public that she thought her facial features bore a striking resemblance to local media personality Zinhle Mabena
• A few members of the online community agreed that the woman could be dubbed the Isibaya star's lookalike
• Zinhle has not made major headlines since 2021, after she was accused of plotting to murder her ex-husband, a case that prosecutors dropped

A young woman thought she had a remarkable resemblance to actress Zinhle Mabena, who hasn't made headlines in years.

As part of TikTok South Africa's sponsored content, the unnamed TikTok user covered her face with both hands and asked the online community:

"They say I look like her. What do you think?"

She then revealed her face, showing how she compared to the media personality, whose picture was featured at the back.

A few TikTok users responded to the advertisement, with more yeses than nos filling the comment section.

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What happened to Zinhle Mabena?

It seems as if 2021 may have been a rough year for the media personality, who played the role of Sihle in Isibaya. On 16 February, 2021, Zinhle was reportedly arrested and detained at the Olievenhoutbosch police station. She was charged with attempted murder of her now ex-husband, Robert Ngwenya. The businessman suffered an attack, which ended the life of his bodyguard.

However, prosecutors dropped the charges against her due to a lack of evidence, citing the arrest as unlawful. Joshua Lazarus of Shapiro & Ledwaba Inc alleged at the time that the allegations against the star came from Robert, whom she was divorcing.

Following the dismissal of Zinhle's case, a warrant of arrest was then sent out for Robert, who allegedly violated the protection order against him by his ex-wife.

Shani van Niekerk, who served as Robert's legal representation, denied the violation and said that her client indicated no members of the South African Police Service visited his home or made contact with him.

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Since then, Zinhle has kept a low profile, rarely making news. However, her last post on her Instagram account was on 29 May, 2025, where she shared pictures of her elegant self, captioning the post:

"Let the magic begin."

Take a look at Zinhle's doppelgänger in the TikTok video here.

4 Other stories about lookalikes

• In another article, Briefly News reported that Shaka iLembe protagonist Lemogang Tsipa resembled Beyoncé when he used a TikTok filter. The actor joked that he had always known he looked like the megastar.
• A young woman abroad left South Africans in disbelief when she bore a resemblance to Tyla. The model and content creator documented her shopping day, showing her curls, which reminded locals of the award-winning singer.
• A musician in Cape Town shocked local social media users when they saw he looked like Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber. However, people were more impressed when the doppelgänger greeted people in isiXhosa.
• A TikTok user, Nompumelelo, claimed that she was the spitting image of South African media personality Jessica Nkosi. Hundreds of online community members were in awe of the resemblance, with one person noting it would open doors for her.

Source: Briefly News