Kamo Mphela Reacts To Making It To The Cover Of New Netflix Show, ‘JIVA’. Dancing sensation and Amapiano Queen Kamo Mphela known for her exhilarating and explosive dance moves alongside her catchy feature verses on some of the biggest Amapiano tracks has been on a journey to fly the Mzansi flag up high. She has been breaking boundaries when it comes to the entertainment industry.
Streaming platform, Netflix, has dropped it’s highly anticipated dance series trailer for Jiva! – one of the hottest dance series set in South Africa; Kamo Mphela has made it to the cover of Netflix’s new dance series ‘JIVA’. The star took to social media to share the news with her fans stating: “On the JIVA Netflix cover. God has been good.”
The fun and energy-packed drama series will follow the talented street dancer, who while juggling the demands of a dead-end job, family responsibility and a rocky love life, realises that her dance moves could be her ticket out of her working-class neighbourhood in uMlazi, Durban. Ntombi wants to ditch her job, fetch her nice life and get out of her rut and into the spotlight. OI her journey to get there, she forms a dance group called the “Trollies”, made up of her and three other very different but very talented women, Vuyiswa, Zinhle and Lady E.
Choreographed by Bontle Modiselle and Tom London, the series features a wide range of dance styles from Mzansi, all coming together to create a colourful ode to South African dance culture. The movie boasts an all African cast, including “The Queen” actress, Candice Modiselle, and pan-African choreographer, Sne Mbatha, who makes her acting debut. Others in the cast include Zazi Kunene, Stella Dlangalala, Prince Grootboom, Given Stuurman, Zamani Mbatha and Anga Makubalo.