10 Things You Didn’t Know About Moopi Mothibeli

Moopi Mothibeli plays successfully a notoriously obsessed psychopath role of Smanga Moroka who has become the most loved but equally hated since the revamped soapie hit the small screen in 2014 . The talented actor initially auditioned to play his half-brother and love-triangle arch-enemy Mazwi Moroka in the SABC1 soapie,
but eventually clinched the character of Smanga and the rest was history.

Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about Moopi Mothibeli:

1. Moopi Mothibeli was born and bred in Sebokeng, a township in southern Gauteng.

2. Moopi was a soccer player and represented Sebokeng in the under-12 level.

3. He completed Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Tshwane University of Technology in 2008.

4. He completed an Master of Fine Arts in Acting at The Ohio State University in United States.

5. Moopi was a Customer Sales Associate at Total Sports in Vereeniging from 2003 to 2005.

6. Moopi has also been working as a professional mime artist since 2007.

7. He was working as an Assistant Director on a South African State Theatre production called Mantolo – The Tenth Step.

8. He was Awarded certificate in editing for the film, “The First Three Years

9. Moopi has freelanced as an actor, director, teaching-artist and videographer.

10. He joined Generations: The Legacy in December 2014.