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Raphael Griffiths dusts off all the Muvhango hate

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When actor Raphael Griffiths joined Muvhango as Vusi Mukwevho eight years ago‚ he was greeted by a lot of hate for his “lack of acting skills‚” but he has picked himself up to earn his stripes in the industry since then.

The actor burst into the spotlight in 2009 as a presenter on SABC 2’s youth programme Q-base 28‚ and bagged a role on Muvhangostraight after.

“When I started presenting‚ I knew for sure I could do it. But when I got into acting‚ I was not an actor and only after stepping into it I realised‚ ‘man‚ you actually suck at this.’ I also got a lot of people just brutalising me‚ everywhere even on social media and I thought‚ ‘yoh‚ maybe I should quit.”

Raphael said there was a time he got help from three acting coaches at once because he was not willing to accept that he was a bad actor.

He said he found mentors such as his on-screen mother Thandaza (Sindi Dlathu)‚ started reading more books and watched endless hours of online master classes.

However‚ Raphael admitted that things only started falling into place after he learnt to be humble.

“It took a lot of humility for me to say‚ ‘you know what‚ I was never taught to quit and if everyone thinks I’m bad‚ then I’m just gonna work at it until I get better.’ I respected the craft and I really wanted to be great at it and I had to humble myself to begin to learn‚ so I did. It wasn’t easy but it was worth it at the end.”

The actor said he was glad he stuck it out and didn’t quit because he would have otherwise missed out on opportunities such as his new gig on Imbewu: The Seed.

Raphael said he had Duma Ndlovu to thank for the constant motivation to do better.

“The faith that uBab’Duma had in me kept me going. Because when the whole country was saying‚ ‘fire this guy‚ he’s a bad actor’‚ he chose to believe in my potential.”

Now‚ after growing to be a firm favourite on Muvhango as Thandaza’a son Vusi‚ the actor is busy shooting on e.tv’s new drama Imbewu: The Seed starting in April.

The new drama focuses on the lives of two brothers in a multi-cultural KwaZulu-Natal and seeks to show cultural and traditional elements that the families are built on.

Raphael plays the son of one of the brothers and says his character is one to look out for in the drama.

Source: http://www.sundayworld.co.za

‘School Sporting Days Are Back’

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School Sport

By BAKANG MOKOTO

Glory days for Sporting Wednesday are coming back and thanks to North West Education and Sport department, MEC Sello Lehari. The department will be launching the Wednesday School Sport League in football for under 17 learners (boys & girls) at Batlhaping Secondary School in Taung on Wednesday.

Lehari said the primary objective of the Wednesday School Sport League is to revive school sport as it happened in the past. He further said abundance of talent was identified at schools back then.

“We intend to expose talent from the youth and keep them active. The intention is to reduce obesity among the young people who do not participate in sports. The department believes that sport to young people has an educational value as it imparts informal education to them too. Sports impart the important lesson of team spirit and give them the experience of working with different kinds of people in different situations.

“We launched Villages, Township and Small Dorpies (VTSD) Games which aimed at exposing the raw talent from the broader community. Now the department has prioritised learners who are still at school. The launch will be at 1pm,” he said.

Lehari also highlighted that sport help in character building if is infused at an early age to children. He said sport permeates a sporting spirit within children and takes the monotony out of their daily life.

“Sport is played according to the rules per sporting code and by obeying the rules; children will automatically develop a sense of discipline. In the Wednesday School Sport League, schools will compete from their respective classes per school, among different schools, ward, villages, municipalities, district and one team will emerge for the province in both boys and girls.

“The provincial teams of boys and girls will play against the Professional Soccer League Reserve Side during the Maize Cup Tournament,” Lehari said.

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