Indeed, it is unclear how publishers might have taken to the township-centric characters and tales from the Hlomu series but, fortunately, we don’t have to worry about it. She has said that she felt publishers might not understand the stories she was telling, and that she did not want to have to compromise her writing. Her decision to self-publish was made without even approaching publishing houses. Without fail, Busani-Dube’s books come directly from the experience of being a black woman in South Africa – they are stories that properly reflect their readers.īusani-Dube is a journalist by trade. Her characters are realistic and damaged, they come with baggage and they come with imperfection and insecurity – just like the rest of us. She describes her books as being about “broken men and the women who try to fix them”, and when asked what inspires here books, she has said: “People, just people and their realities.” Both of which, you’ll no doubt agree, are refreshingly pithy responses.īy and large, her books are positioned somewhat in defiance of the white-washed, absurdly photogenic and straightforward romance novel. I’ve been watching fans ‘casting’ from the sidelines on Twitter and Facebook but haven’t been able to say anything.Best known for her Hlomu series – and for writing the novelisation of the 2018 film Zulu Wedding – Busani-Dube is a self-published novelist based in Johannesburg. “It feels like I’ve been keeping a secret from my fans and followers for months, and I couldn’t even post a hint. Mbalenhle is under a lot of pressure because the book on which the telenovela is based is popular and the minute people on social media found out it was being turned into a telenovela, they began doing their own casting for the “perfect Hlomu”.
“Funnily enough, a while back I did a TikTok pretending to be Hlomu the Wife and that I had ‘made it’, not knowing I would end up playing the character. “When I found out Hlomu the Wife was being turned into a series, I jumped at the chance to audition,” said Mbalenhle. Mbalenhle is excited to bring Hlomu to life and is a fan of the books. Hlomu will fall in love with Mqhele (played by Bonko Khoza), who burst onto the acting scene as Jabz in the multi-award-winning film Necktie Youth and has since appeared in Professionals and the Emmy-nominated Roots. The actress will play Hlomu, a journalist who falls in love with a taxi driver, not realising that when you marry a man, you marry his secrets. Rising star Mbalenhle Mavimbela of Skeem Saam fame has snagged the coveted lead role of Hlomu in the upcoming Showmax telenovela The Wife.
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