“Maphorisa and Kabza De Small do it for me” – Says ‘Skeem Saam’ Principal Thobakgale . Actress Elizabeth Serunye, who plays Principal Jacobeth Thobakgale in ‘Skeem Saam’ has become a favourite to the South African TV viewers. Serunye who’s been in the industry for 31 years reveals she had a seven-year spell where she used to sell food on the side of the road in Alexandra. At the time she had certificates in reception and in banking law, but nothing was working out.
The actress says in real life she sits down with her boys and they have frank conversations about everything. “I talk openly about everything, including sex, and how they must prioritise safety first. We speak the same language, and they are my friends. I think I am also a boy now because even the music I listen to is not what society expects from a woman my age.”
“Bona, it’s slap ‘n tap and piano all the way. Maphorisa and Kabza De Small do it for me. Even when I am driving you will find me pumping Umsholozi and people get shocked and say ‘hau ma-oledy’ and I say ‘dala what you must because this is what I enjoy,” she says.
She’s a very precise person. She takes time to analyse situations. “I really take time and assess things in my own way. Even if you clap me, I will not get angry immediately. I will sit and analyze what happened and try to figure out why you did what you did and I could get angry after two months. I try to understand why people do the things they do before I react,” she told News424.
