South Africa

Bongi Ndaba is a South African producer and writer for television, actress and playwright. She has worked on many of South Africa’s best loved prime time television shows such as Generations (former Headwriter / Co-Producer), Isidingo, Mzansi Magic’s Saints and Sinners (Co-Creator) as well as telenovela, Ke That Bosiu (former Headwriter / Showrunner). Ndaba is currently the head-writer on the number one television show in South Africa, Uzalo, which recently broke its own record reaching 10.2 million viewers. As a young woman, she successfully auditioned as an actress for The Playhouse Company in Durban, selected by theatre practitioner Themi Venturas. She went on to study performing arts professionally at the Durban University of Technology and as a student, developed her interest in playwriting. Her most notable work as playwright is Shreds and Dreams, written in 2004, which was adapted into the mini-series of the same name, and has run from 2010 on TVSA. The first short film which she co-wrote, Father Christmas Doesn’t Come Here, won Best Narrative Short at Tribeca Film Festival in 2010. Miracle (2018)was Bongi Ndaba’s directorial debut. In 2017, Bongi Ndaba won a Writing Craft Gold from the Loeries for her stellar writing on Uk'Shona Kwelanga. Loeries are the most prestigious creative industry and brand communication awards for Africa and the Middle East. She also won two awards at #Bookmarks2018 Awards for her writing on the show.

Filmography

Miracle (2018)