Late veteran actor Menzi Ngubane gets Safta nod 29 April 2021 - 13:00 By Deepika Naidoo and Kyle Zeeman Actor Menzi Ngubane is nominated in the Best Actor- Telenovela category. Image: Simphiwe Nkwali.
As those close to veteran actor Menzi Ngubane pick up the pieces after his death last month, the star has been posthumously nominated for a prestigious South African Film and Television Award (Safta).
Menzi died on March 13 after suffering a stroke at home. He was 56 and is survived by his wife Sikelelwa and two daughters.
He had suffered health problems and was rushed to hospital with organ failure in 2012 and underwent a kidney transplant in 2014.