South Africa’s Thando Thabethe and Nomzamo Mbatha Ready to Break Through on Global Screens
Carole Horst Around the time she was in the seventh grade, South African actor Thando Thabethe auditioned for the lead role in a school play. It didn’t pan out the way she’d planned — she landed a small part in the choir, “sort of singing ‘Kumbaya’ and not really doing much,” she recalls, with a laugh — but a spark was lit.