Lerato Walaza is a South African actress who appears in the TV series Shuga. She was a recurring character who was still in Shuga when the series went into a nightly mini-series to highlight issues surrounding Coronavirus. The series is filmed by the actors and the story will be based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire.
Lerato Walaza | |
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![]() Lerato Walaza | |
Nationality | South African |
Education | Tshwane University of Technology |
Occupation | actress |
Known for | MTV Shuga |
Walaza attended Tshwane University of Technology where she graduated in drama.[1]
She came to notice when she was given the role of Zamo in series one of MTV Shuga. She has the role of a young single parent showing the struggles of balancing life with bringing up a child even with the help of your mother. She was a recurring character who was also in series two.[2]
She has appeared in the movie "Letters of Hope" which was screened at the Johannesburg Film Festival in 2019.[3] The latter film was chosen as the opening film for the 5th South African International Film Festival.[4]
In 2019 Walaza fulfilling MTV's educational mission by discussing condom usage on YouTube.[5] She was still in MTV Shuga went it went into a mini-series titled MTV Shuga Alone Together highlighting the problems of Coronavirus on 20 April 2020. The show is written by Tunde Aladese and Nkiru Njoku[6] and broadcast for 70 nights - its backers include the United Nations.[7] The series will be based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire and the story will be explained with on-line conversations between the characters. All of the filming will be done by the actors[8] who include Mohau Cele, Nomalanga Shozi and Jemima Osunde.[9]
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