Former Generations actress Winnie Ntshaba was on Monday unveiled as one of the cast members for the upcoming fifth season of MTV's award-winning edutainment drama Shuga.
The star was unveiled alongside actors Given Stuurman, Ayanda Makayi, Stephanie Sandows and Samkelisiwe Makhoba at a media briefing in Johannesburg.
Winnie will play the role of Neliswe, a hyper-religious mother who does her best to care for her 15-year old daughter Khensani.
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The group join previously announced cast members Vanessa Mdee, Clint Brink, Thuso Mbedu, Mohau Mokoatle Cele, Jezriel Skei, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ikubese, Nick Mutuma & Adesua Etomi.
The show's fifth season, entitled Shuga: Down South, will also feature musicians Kwesta and Seyi Shay, who will make cameo appearances at themselves.
The long-running social drama series follows the lives of young people on the African continent and has featured issues around HIV &AIDS in Kenya and Nigeria in the past.
This season will be based in Johannesburg’s Braamfontein area and in a fictional version of Soweto called Zenezele.
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The show will premieres in South Africa in March 2017 on MTV Base (DStv channel 322) and will also be broadcast by the SABC from 8 March 2017 .
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