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Thokozile Ntshinga
Thokozile Ntshinga (1953-) is a well known actress, director, translator, community theatre facilitator and arts activist.
Also known and often billed as Thoko Ntshinga.
Biography
Born Thokozile Ntshinga in Langa into a musically inclined family.
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She was a single parent with a twoyear-old daughter, working as nursing aide when she saw an audition notice for the Space Theatre. She hadn't thought that a career in theatre was something one could aspire to, but she got the part and went on to work with the Space.
(That ultimately led her to a glittering film career and stage career: a Fleur du Cap award for Mies Julie and a masters degree in the US).
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As stage actress
Started in theatre at the Space Theatre in the 1970s, performing in A Flea in her Ear, Four Twins, The Incredible Vanishing, Lysistrata S.A., Nongogo (Fugard, 197*), Patty Hearst, Rape – A Revue and The Sacrifice of Kr