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When We Were Black

Genres: Drama, Miniseries, Period Drama, Anthology Series
Broadcast on: SABC1, SABC3

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7.7

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Seasons

ALL

SEASON 1

SEASON 2

Season 1

Channel	Premiere	Finale	TX Time	Episodes
SABC1	21 Dec 2006	11 Jan 2007	Thursdays, 21h00 - 22h00	4

Season 2

Channel	Premiere	Finale	TX Time	Episodes
SABC1	16 Oct 2014	20 Nov 2014	Thursdays, 20h30 - 21h30	6
SABC3	13 Jul 2017	17 Aug 2017	Thursdays, 19h30 - 20h30	6

Starring Cast

Matli Mohapeloa

Fistos

Matli Mohapeloa is a South African actor best known for his role as DJ Ngwazi in the e.tv soapie Rhythm City.

7.5

Lali Dangazele

Mangi

Lali Dazangele is a South African actress best known for her role as Mangi in the award-winning SABC1 mini-series When We Were Black, in 2006

8.6

Ndoni Khanyile

Nozipho

Ndoni Khanyile is a South African actress best known for her role as Nozipo in the 2006 television mini-series When We Were Black

7.6

Motlatsi Mafatshe

Casper

Motlatsi Mafatshe is a South African actor best known for his starring television roles as Wandile Dhlomo in the e.tv soccer drama Shooting Stars (2007-2010) and as Last Born in the SABC2 drama Hola Mpinji, in 2010.

8.2

Wandile Molebatsi

Modise

Wandile Molebatsi is a South African actor and musician who began his career as a KTV kid and later starred as laidback tracker Blessing Dlamini in the M-Net soap opera The Wild, from 2011-2013.

7.3

Harriet Manamela

Aunty

Harriet Manamela is a South African actress best known for her starring role as Meikie Maputla in the SABC1 youth soapie Skeem Saam.

8.2

Patrick Mofokeng

Rev Serote

Patrick Mofokeng is a South African actor best known for his role as King Sibiya in the television drama Zone 14

8.0

Jerry Mofokeng

Ntate

Jerry Mofokeng is a South African legend of the stage and screen who has appeared in a number of critically-acclaimed films, including Cry, The Beloved Country; Mandela And De Klerk; and the 2005 Academy Award-winning film Tsotsi

8.4

Presley Chweneyagae

Poet

Presley Chweneyagae was a South African actor best known for his starring role as Cobra in the Mzansi Magic soapie The River and for his eponymous role in the film Tsotsi.

6.1

Keenan Arrison

Shaheed Aziz

Keenan Arrison is a South African actor best known for his starring role as Roland in the SABC1 drama series Divers Down, in 2007

8.4

Lemogang Tsipa

Jomo Gotjane

Lemogang Tsipa is a South African actor best known for his role as Dini Masilela in the eKasi+ and e.tv detective drama series Traffic!.

8.3

Andrea Dondolo

Rebecca Mxenge

Andrea Dondolo is a South African actress best known for her tewlevision roles as Nandi in Home Affairs (2005-2007) and as Ayanda Twala - a township tourism operator and Lerata's best friend - in Stokvel, from 2003-2012

9.5

Deon Lotz

Kobus Landman

Deon Lotz is a South African actor best known for his role as Kobie Coetzee in the 2013 feature film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, starring Idris Elba, Naomie Harris and Terry Pheto.

7.0

Zandile Madliwa

Mandisa Mxenge (as Zandil'izandi Madliwa)

Zandile Madiwa is a South Africa actress best known for her starring role as Mandisa, a 17-year-old girl in Standard 9 who is passionate about music, in the second season of the SABC1 period drama anthology series When We Were Black.

6.0