Wandile molebatsi biography of mahatma

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Clayton Swanepoel

When it comes to having paid his dues in the entertainment industry, 16 years on the small and big screen would be an ample apprenticeship in anyone’s books, and that is exactly what Wandile Molebatsi, star of The Wild and Rhythm City, has done.

And his first starring role in the comedy film Skeem shows he is destined for even greater things.

The second youngest of four sons to a pastor father and social worker mother, Wandile, 27, isn’t shy to admit that he and his siblings gave his parents, especially his mother, a hard time growing up.

“We were a bunch of four hoodlums,” he says with a cheeky grin.

“But our mom was also really tough.”

His mother was the first member of his family to see his star potential.

“She noticed I liked getting attention and she decided to get me an agent,” he says, and that’s when his path into the entertainment industry really began.

Success on screen came relatively easily and early for him an