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Filmmaker · South Africa

Simon Sabela

Died in 1993

Simon Sabela, nicknamed Mabhunu, was first an actor, dancer and choreographer. He performed in the theatre, notably in 1966 in a musical by Gibson Kente, and took roles in cinema in British and American productions shot in the country, including that of King Cetshwayo in 1979. Moving into directing in 1975 for the company Heyns Films, he made several films in Zulu there, in which he often played the lead. A KwaZulu-Natal film and television award, presented every year, now bears his name.

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