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== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Zuma-Ncube was born in 1985. In 2007, she graduated from [[AFDA, The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance|AFDA]] with a Live Performance degree. Her graduation film, Sindiswa, was nominated for the Student Academy Awards (Student Oscars) in Hollywood.<ref name=":0" /> She met her husband, Wesley Ncube, while she was studying in [[Cape Town]], and married him at the end of 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/zuma-ncube-wedding-goes-ahead-429282|title=Zuma, Ncube wedding goes ahead|last=Smook|first=Ella|date=2008-12-18|work=IOL|access-date=2017-04-29|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref>
Zuma-Ncube was born in 1984. In 2007, she graduated from [[AFDA, The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance|AFDA]] with a Live Performance degree. Her graduation film, Sindiswa, was nominated for the Student Academy Awards (Student Oscars) in Hollywood.<ref name=":0" /> She met her husband, Wesley Ncube, while she was studying in [[Cape Town]], and married him at the end of 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/zuma-ncube-wedding-goes-ahead-429282|title=Zuma, Ncube wedding goes ahead|last=Smook|first=Ella|date=2008-12-18|work=IOL|access-date=2017-04-29|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==

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Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube
Born1985
Johannesburg, South Africa
Medium
  • Television
Years active2007–present
Genres
Subject(s)

Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube (born 1985) is a South African television actor and producer, daughter of President Jacob Zuma and African National Congress (ANC) politician Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and daughter-in-law to Zimbabwean United Movement for Democratic Change politician Welshman Ncube.[1][2]

Early life

Zuma-Ncube was born in 1984. In 2007, she graduated from AFDA with a Live Performance degree. Her graduation film, Sindiswa, was nominated for the Student Academy Awards (Student Oscars) in Hollywood.[1] She met her husband, Wesley Ncube, while she was studying in Cape Town, and married him at the end of 2008.[3]

Career

Gugulethu has appeared in several television shows, including Interrogation Room, SABC3's Isidingo,[4] and E.tv's Rhythm City.[5][6]

It's for Life

Through Nyenyedzi Productions, which she co-owns with her sisters Nokuthula Nomaquawe and Thuthukile Zuma, she co-produced and acted in Mzansi Magic's It’s for Life, a 2011 sitcom about four 20-somethings who find a squatter in their house.[4][7] Their father promoted the series through his official presidential Twitter account, for which he received criticism.[8][9]

Uzalo

Zuma-Ncube also co-owns Stained Glass Productions with Kobedi "Pepsi" Pokane, through which they co-produced Uzalo, a soapie, for the SABC1 channel.[10] It aired three days per week, Monday to Wednesday, and was the second-most popular television show in South Africa, behind Mzansi Magic's Isibaya telenovella, with which it was intended to compete.[11]

The first season, which aired in 2015, cost R50 million,[11] and was filmed and produced in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,[10] where it received R8 million from the ANC-led local municipal government.[6] The Democratic Alliance accused the local municipality of patronage for funding the private production, noting that there would be no government oversight of the spending and that the money could have helped less established entertainment businesses instead.[12][13]

The TV series was caught in controversy when then-SABC CEO Hlaudi Motsoeneng intervened in a decision not to renew the series, deciding instead to commission another three seasons for around R160 million, an amount with which "the SABC could produce about 20 programmes".[14] Stained Glass Productions were accused of political interference with the procurement processes of the SABC, which the co-producers denied, claiming that they "did everything by the book" and that they received no "special treatment".[15][16][17]

Politics

In 2011, she volunteered at Luthuli House, the ANC's headquarters, with her sister Thuthukile.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "So who are Zuma's 22 children?". Parent. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ Peta, Basildon (20 December 2008). "Zuma's daughter marries into Zimbabwe politics". The Independent. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ Smook, Ella (18 December 2008). "Zuma, Ncube wedding goes ahead". IOL. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ a b c "Zuma's daughters spark job controversy". The Star. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ Thangevelo, Debashine (17 March 2014). "Soap star Zuma-Ncube finds her rhythm". IOL. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ a b Bambalele, Patience (7 February 2015). "'Uzalo' hope for Zuma". Sowetan LIVE. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ Pauw, Jacques; van der Merwe, Jeanne (27 July 2014). "Jacob Zuma's family empire". City Press. Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "When President Zuma endorsed his daughter's TV show". DispatchLIVE. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ Smith, David (29 July 2014). "Jacob Zuma accused of nepotism after giving daughter ministry position". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  10. ^ a b Roets, Adriaan (18 January 2015). "When blood is forever". The Citizen. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ a b Blignaut, Charl; Sithole, Siyabonga (19 January 2015). "Zuma's daughter caught up in TV show drama". Channel. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ "DA condemns KZN's R5 Million cash injection into Uzalo". South African Broadcasting Corporation. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ Khoza, Amanda (23 June 2015). "President Zuma's daughter gets R5m subsidy for SABC Durban soapie - Uzalo". BizNews. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  14. ^ wa Afrika, Mzilikazi (10 July 2016). "Hlaudi's R167m Zuma TV deal". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  15. ^ "Uzalo producers dispute R167 million deal: We are getting R14,000 a minute". Times LIVE. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  16. ^ "Uzalo creators: 'We did everything by the book' on Hlaudi intervention". 702. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  17. ^ Madibogo, Julia (11 July 2016). "President Zuma's daughter shares her side of the Uzalo story". Times LIVE. Retrieved 29 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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