Mutodi Neshehe

Mutodi Neshehe (12 January 1975 – 1 July 2021) was a South African actor and model. He is best known for the roles in the television serials and soap operas such as Muvhango, Generations the legacy, Jacob's Cross, Skwizas and Broken Vows.

Personal life Neshehe was born on 12 January 1975 in Meadowlands, Soweto, South Africa. His father Joseph Neshehe is a businessman, who started Lesedi Clinic with Dr. N. Motlana. His mother Thelma Neshehe is a popular actress. He studied Environmental Science, Computer Programming in high school. After completing his studies in USA, he became a graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.

He was married to Leslee Dalton, who he met in North Carolina. She relocated to South Africa to be with Neshehe in 2004. They separated in 2018 but reconciled in November 2020. The couple had two children.

He died on 1 July 2021 after COVID-19 complications at the age of 46. A drive-through memorial service was held at 929 Casebella Estate, Taylor Road, Honeydew due to COVID-19 pandemic of the country. The funeral service was started at 8am at Doxa Deo Church and the burial started at 11.30am at Westpark.

Career Neshehe began acting at the age of four particularly in commercials. At the age of 10, he made his film debut with Windrider directed by Darrell Roodt.

In 2007, he acted in the Roodt's film Lullaby. Then he appeared in the SABC3 comedy-drama One Way and the M-Net drama serial Jacob's Cross. In 2008, he joined the fifteenth season of M-Net soapi opera Egoli: Place of Gold as a guest. In the same year, he made the minor role "Gym Instructor" in the SABC2 sitcom Skwizas, ITV drama serial Wild at Heart and in the film Southern Cross. Later in the same year, he was invited to perform in the fourth season of SABC2 dance reality competition Strictly Come Dancing as a celebrity dancer. In the Mzansi Magic drama series Rockville he made a guest role in the episode nine of fourth season in 2016. In the same year, he again made a guest role in an episode of the SABC2 sitcom Mamello.

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 1985 Windrider child role Film 2006 Muvhango Ndalamo Mukwevho TV series 2006 One Way Guest role TV series 2007 Jacob's Cross Ben Khumalo TV series 2008 Egoli: Place of Gold Guest role TV series 2010 Skwizas Gym Instructor TV series 2011 Wild at Heart James TV series 2011 Winnie Mandela Jerry Film 2012 Elelwani King Ratshihule Film 2013 Little One Detective Morena Film 2013 Stealing Time Film 2015 Rise Vincent Zondo TV movie 2015 Generations Zola TV series 2016 Mamello Amos TV series 2016 Rockville Alex TV series 2016 Happiness Is a Four-letter Word Ntuthuko Film 2016 Zaziwa Himself TV series 2017 The Queen Mike TV series 2017 Harvest Mandla TV series 2017 Broken Vows Rendi TV series 2017 7de Laan Carter TV series 2019 Man in Crisis Film 2020 Three Stops Maurice Cele Short film