Meshack Mavuso

Meshack Mavuso Magabane (born 8 March 1977) is a South African actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the popular serials Heist, Isidingo, Yizo Yizo, Isithembiso and Durban gen as Dr Thabo Dlamini.

Personal life He was born on 8 April 1977 in Mandagsoek Limpopo, South Africa.

He is married and is a father of four children. Then, he appeared in the drama series Yizo Yizo which aired from 1999 to 2004 with the role 'Jabulani "Javas" Nyembe'.

He also gained fame when he joined the Mzansi Magic telenovela Isithembiso which premiered on 3 April 2017, where he played the character of Keromemang Mtimande, the father of Tshepo, who was kept as a secret to his father by her mother until he mysteriously discovered to have a child with his ex-girlfriend Chlodea who now dates his enemy.

He started his career as Meshack Mavuso and played the role 'Simiso Mtshali' in the second and third seasons of the police procedural series Zero Tolerance aired in SABC2. Before these credited roles, he played a different uncredited characters in the first season. In 2008, he was one of the celebrity dancers in the Dancing New Year Special Strictly Come, which aired on 31 December 2008.

In 2009, he made a supportive cameo appearance on the first season of the genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? which was based on the British series of the same name. The serial was aired on SABC2 in 2009. In 2014, he returned to television acting with a guest role in two episodes of the AIDS drama Soul City in which he played as a 'doctor'. In 2015, for the first time, he used the name Mavuso Magabane for the television serial Zabalaza. In the serial, he played a guest role in one episode. In 2016 he made his second lead role in the e.tv robbery drama Heist with the role 'Chairperson'.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 1998 Isidingo Vusi Moletsane TV series 1999 Yizo Yizo Javas Film 1999 Portrait of a Young Man Drowning Captured Man Short film 2000 Hijack Stories Papplas man Film 2009 Who Do You Think You Are? Cameo role TV series 2014 Soul City Doctor TV series 2015 Zabalaza Cameo role TV series 2016 Heist Chairperson TV series 2020–2023Durban GenDr. Thabo DlaminiTV series2023–presentSmoke & MirrorsMayor Jaxon MkhizeTV series