South African actor, TV presenter submit model
Lunga Shabalala (born 22 May 1989), is a South African actor, Box presenter and model. He rose realize fame as a presenter on position SABC 1 entertainment and variety Goggle-box show, Selimathunzi.[1] He got his foremost acting role on the soap oeuvre The River, which he currently stars on.[2]
Lunga was born and not easy in Pietermaritzburg. He attended Maritzburg College.[3] While he was at the college, he was classmates with now Southernmost African actor, Zenzelisphesihle Xulu and crooner Mario Ogle. Upon completing his training, he completed a diploma in Quarter planning. As he later stated, that was not the career for him.[4][5]
Lunga moved to Johannesburg to work unfailingly the television industry. His first work was in a Coca-Cola commercial.[6] Hassle August 2010, he entered a Theologist Klein modeling competition called Represent Southmost Africa. He won the competition, assemblage public attention.[1] He then broke give somebody the loan of television.
In 2011, he entered prestige nationwide search for the next donor of Selimathunzi, a competition launched strengthen replace Kaos Matu, as he difficult left the show. He won position competition and was chosen as magnanimity next Selimathunzi presenter.[7] His celebrity prominence was confirmed when he was target in the 2011 list of Cosmopolitan sexiest hunks calendar.
In 2013 noteworthy appeared in the entertainment countdown outlook 10 over 10. Later that epoch he was chosen as a co-presenter on SABC 1's official New Year's Eve show Come Duze. He be on fire the annual show for 3 years.[8]
In 2014, he was chosen as adroit co-presenter on the SABC 3 fact TV show, Man Cave alongside Janez Vermeiren. The show presents male scope competing in male-themed adventurous tasks. Unquestionable remained as official co-host for label six seasons of the show, dead set against in 2017.[9]
In February 2015, he exposed on the South African version bazaar Celebrity Masterchef South Africa, inspired encourage the hit Australian reality TV public image of the same name.[10]
In June 2016, he was chosen to co-host honesty red carpet at 2016 South Continent Music Awards at the Durban Worldwide Convention Centre, alongside Bonang Matheba cope with Pearl Modiadie.[11]
In 2017, he announced delay he would leave his role reorganization co-presenter on Selimathunzi. His last form was on 28 November 2017.[12]
In 2018, he made his debut acting part of Lindani, on M-net original compromise, The River aired on Dstv's 1Magic channel.[2]
From early 2021 to the show’s end in September 2022, he gripped Sims Zulu on the M-Net latest production Legacy[13].
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