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Thulasizwe Siphiwe Dambuza (born 19 July 1998), known professionally as Lasizwe, is a South African social media personality, actor, television presenter and YouTuber. He became a celebrity by uploading videos of himself interpreting how Africans act and behave in a comedic way. He became the first African to have a reality television show on MTV Africa. @Lasizwe: Fake It Till You Make It went up to three seasons in less than two years.[5]

Lasizwe
Dambuza at Podcast & Chill With MacG interview in 2020
Born	Thulasizwe Siphiwe Dambuza[1] (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 24) Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Nationality	South African
Other names	Lasizwe Babes Wamaleyvels[2] Sweerie[3] Nomatriquency
Education	Mondeor High School Meredale Primary School
Occupation	Actor media personality television personality YouTuber
Years active	2015–present
Relatives	Khanyi Mbau (half-sister)[4]
YouTube information
Born	Thulasizwe Siphiwe Dambuza Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
Channels	Lasizwe Dambuza
Years active	2017–present
Subscribers	750,000+ (April 7, 2022)
Total views	81.7 million (April 7, 2022)
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2019
Last updated: April 7, 2022
Website	www.lasizwe.co.za

Early life and education

Lasizwe was born in Soweto, South Africa. He attended Meredale Primary, a mixed-race primary school in Meredale, south of Johannesburg, and then attended Mondeor High School in Mondeor. His mother, Lindiwe Dambuza (died in 2016) was a 40-year-old nurse at Lesedi Private Hospital, in a relationship with his father, Menzi Mcunu.[6]

Along with his mother, his sister, Zonke Nkabinde, played a major role in his life, guiding and protecting him. Lasizwe noticed there was something different about him: that he was uncomfortable around boys but could relate to any feminine topic. At the age of 15 he recognized that he was gay.[7]

Career

Before starting his career, Lasizwe's mother took him for television auditions on a weekly basis across Gauteng from primary school. At the age of 12, she sat him down and explained that the weekly auditions were no longer financially viable for their family. He entered various competitions that gave away phones or audio-visual equipment. It was when he won a phone from a radio competition, which he used to start creating his first batch of content. Using his mother's laptop to record and learn basic video editing, he stored the videos on DVD discs and watched himself on the TV screen. The urge to be on TV led him to post videos on Facebook, and ultimately create relatable South African content.[8] His first breakout video, Ek Sal Doom Jou, which was a skit based on news reports of a controversial pastor that sprayed the faces of his congregants with insect repellent in church. The video went viral which led to different brands approaching him for commercials.[9]

Between 2020 and 2021, he managed to raise R2 million to impact students that were in need of registration fees. This was in light of the protests that took place in South Africa, where students were protesting for 'Fees must fall' and impacted the lives of 313 students, through the "R10 goes a long way" campaign.[10]

Broadcast media

Lasizwe has made appearances on MTV Base Africa's You Got Got as one of the main presenters, and has presented on SABC 3's The Scoop Africa and SABC 1's The Real Goboza. He hosted an outdoor event with Mabala Noise and presented an award at the 2017 South African Hip Hop Awards. He was featured in a Nando's TV commercial and on Fanta's TV commercial as their new teen marketing director. In late 2017 he became a radio presenter on TouchHD. In 2018 he landed a role in hosting e.tv's youth show Craz-e World Live as well as VOOV TV's new show VOOVScoop.[11][12][13][14][15][16]

In May 2019, he secured himself a deal to partner with GAME Stores. The deal followed after he had posted a video on his social media platforms that depicted his famed character "Nomatriquency" undergoing an interview for a position at GAME.[17]

In July 2020, he starred on the Netflix movie, Seriously Single.[18] In November 2020, he was the host of the SABC 1 and Telkom music show, Telkom Monate Vibes.[19]

In September 2021, he partnered with Steers in the #NomatriquencyxSteers campaign that saw his famed character Nomatriquency getting a job at the brand.[20] Later that year, he was the host of a Comedy Central Roast spin-off show.[21]

On 1 April 2022, he starred on the e.tv television series Durban Gen.[22] He is also set to make a cameo appearance on the African Netflix serie, Savage Beauty.[23]

Music

In December 2017, he was featured in Babes Wodumo and Ntando Duma's music video for the song "Jiva Phez'kombhede".[24]

YouTube

Lasizwe is a YouTuber with more than 80 million views on his videos. In April 2019, Lasizwe received the silver play button from YouTube for reaching 100,000 subscribers.[25]

Endorsements

In early 2018 Lasizwe became Teen Marketing Director for Fanta.[26]

He was nominated for a Feather Award for Social media Personality of the Year,[27] and presented with a People's Choice Award in 2021. He has also been named one of the top YouTubers in South African under the age of 24.[28] In 2021, he was nominated as The E! African Social Star.[29] He is also the first South African to secure an endorsement deal for a fictional character that he named "Nomatriquency".[30]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Generations	Himself	Extra, soap opera
2015	Dinner With Vuzu		Contestant, TV show
2017	MTV You Got Got		Main cast, TV show
	The Scoop Africa
	The Real Gaboza
2018	Craz-e World Live
	VOOVScoop
	MTV You Got Got
2019–present	@Lasizwe: Fake It till You Make It
2022	Durban Gen		Occurring role

Awards and recognition

Year	Award	Category	Result
2018	Avance Media Awards	Ranked #7 on the 100 most influential young South Africans	Won[31][32]
		Lifestyle category	Won[33]
2019	Feather Awards	Social Media Personality of the Year	Nominated[27]
2021	People's Choice Awards	African Social Star 2021	Nominated[34]
2022	2022 DStv Mzansi Viewers' Choice Awards	Favourite personality	Nominated[35]

References

External links

• Official website
• Lasizwe Dambuza's channel on YouTube

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