When asked where he derived inspiration from to pull off a convincing villain in Fish, Sjava explained it was from life in KZN.
“It's a life that I know. Remember, I grew up in many areas in KwaZulu-Natal where we were surrounded by people like Fish, so it wasn't difficult for me to act a role of someone we know or grew up knowing them to be.”
Sjava then explained how “very different” he was from his character and that he found it very “draining to be a bad guy”.
“Haha! We are very different. I think I was acting a very tough scene that took me an hour to snap out of that feeling. We are very different but it's very nice to be able to tap into such a character ...
“Yoh, it's draining to be a bad guy, that's why you won't see me in a bad mood.”
With all music gigs banned due to Covid-19, Sjava expressed how he was now back home in KwaZulu-Natal.
“We are not getting paid, we can't work ... so this is a very difficult time for artists right now. Truly speaking, we don't know what we're going to do now – our things have stopped.
“I'm even back home because I can't make money. We've been suffering, we're from the bottom – the ghetto – I'm sure we'll survive.”
The muso also mentioned that he was working on a new album and had an EP out that people can listen to on streaming services.