{"id":1005608,"date":"2022-02-27T17:20:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T17:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/27\/sa-celebrities-who-only-speak-zulu-and-never-speak-english-at-all-see-why\/"},"modified":"2022-02-27T17:20:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T17:20:51","slug":"sa-celebrities-who-only-speak-zulu-and-never-speak-english-at-all-see-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/27\/sa-celebrities-who-only-speak-zulu-and-never-speak-english-at-all-see-why\/","title":{"rendered":"SA celebrities who only speak Zulu and never speak English at all. See why"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Being proud of your mother tongue is one of the recommendable things ever. However, we should know that as South Africans we are differed into many languages and that usually causes communication to be a bit difficult, which is why it is highly recommendable for one to speak English whenever speaking to someone who doesn\u2019t speak or understand your language.<\/p>\n

Well, there are those people who are hardheaded in such a way that they never want to speak any other languages except for their mother tongues\/ home languages. There are those South African celebrities who never speak English, even in serious interviews on TV which are being watched by all the different language groups.<\/p>\n

In this article, we will be checking out those celebrities who only speak Zulu and never speak English at all. Here are the 5 of them below:<\/p>\n

1. Big Zulu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Siyabonga Nene professionally known by the name \u2018Big Zulu\u2019 is a KwaZulu-Natal born rapper, best known for his 2020 hitting track \u2018Imali Eningi\u2019 which had lot of lover countrywide and other African countries.<\/p>\n

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Have you ever heard Big Zulu uttering a single simple English sentence? No! He never speaks nor write in English, even his social media captions are written in Zulu. Not so long ago he left Mzansi amazed after being interviewed by MacG on Podcast and Chill, he was responding in Zulu, he never even uttered a single English word whereas MacG doesn\u2019t fully understand Zulu. MacG even said that he understood half of the interview, since Big Zulu kept on speaking his de Zulu.<\/p>\n

2. Thembinkosi Mthembu<\/strong><\/p>\n

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He plays the character of Mabutho on the 1Magic\u2019s telenovela; The River. All along I\u2019ve been thinking that the reason why \u2018Mabutho\u2019 never speaks English on The River it is because he is uneducated. Well, it turned out that he also never speaks it even in real life.<\/p>\n

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Thembinkosi (27 years old) was invited to the reality show; \u2018Living the dream with Somizi\u2019 he was cooking with Somizi and he kept on speaking Zulu. Even his Instagram posts are captioned in Zulu. I\u2019ve come to realise that he actually never speaks English.<\/p>\n

3. Lungelo Mpangase<\/strong><\/p>\n

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She is best known for playing the character of \u2018Khethiwe\u2019 on the Mzansi Magic\u2019s mini drama series; eHostela.<\/p>\n

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This 26 year old KZN born star prefers speaking her Zulu without a problem. She also plays the role of Ntokozo\/ Iminathi on the Mzansi Magic\u2019s mini drama series; Mzali wami. Have you ever heard her speaking English? She\u2019s always speaking Zulu, pure one.<\/p>\n

4. Mondli Makhoba<\/strong><\/p>\n

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He has played multiple number of roles in different South African movies, soapies or drama series, and none of them he has ever spoken English, he is always shining with his massive Zulu accent.<\/p>\n

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This 43 year old KwaZulu-Natal born star is currently playing the character of Nkosana on the Showmax drama series; The Wife. Whenever Mondli speaks to his fans via videos, he only speaks Zulu and that bothers others who don\u2019t understand Zulu.<\/p>\n

5. Thobani Nzuza<\/strong><\/p>\n

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He used to play the character of Khehla on the SABC 1\u2019s popular soapie; Uzalo. He also played the character of \u2018Mndeni\u2019 on the Mzansi Magic\u2019s mini drama series; eHostela.<\/p>\n

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This 28 year old KZN born star is one of those people who loves captioning their posts in Zulu. Even onscreen, he never speaks English, he\u2019s always speaking pure Zulu.<\/p>\n

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