{"id":21859,"date":"2024-04-23T14:56:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=21859"},"modified":"2024-04-23T14:56:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:56:55","slug":"nambitha-ben-mazwi-stars-in-showmax-original-empini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/04\/23\/nambitha-ben-mazwi-stars-in-showmax-original-empini\/","title":{"rendered":"Nambitha Ben-Mazwi Stars In Showmax Original &#8211; &#8220;Empini&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Multi-award winner Nambitha Ben-Mazwi is starring in her first lead role in a Showmax Original in <em>Empini, <\/em>opposite three-time SAFTA winner Siyabonga Thwala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in the dangerous world of the private security industry, the 52-episode series<em> <\/em>is a high-stakes, action-packed drama about Ndoni Themba (Ben-Mazwi), a deeply troubled private security bodyguard in search of answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thwala plays her mentor, Khaya Bhodoza: a prominent businessman and political stalwart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben-Mazwi, nicknamed Lady Nam by her fans, was named Hot Chick of the Year at the Feather Awards and Most Stylish Performing Artist in Film\/TV at the SA Style Awards. A Global Citizen ambassador, she was hand-picked by Beyonc\u00e9 to appear in <em>Black Is King<\/em> and has had trending roles in the likes of <em>The Queen<\/em>, <em>The Estate<\/em>, <em>Scandal<\/em>, <em>Broken Vows<\/em> and <em>Doubt<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;d like to believe that I manifested playing such a character,\u201d says Lady Nam. \u201cMy team and I have been working on a strategy for the past two years on branching into a role that showcases my skills as an actress who can also perform in a high-paced action drama. As a strategist, I&#8217;ve been meticulous in my career and how I avoid playing the same character twice. The time is now to showcase the range I possess in my acting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben-Mazwi says Ndoni is her most physically demanding role yet. &#8220;I&#8217;ve done a physically challenging role before, but not to this extent. However, I also did Muay Thai fighting for two years so when I got this role, I was excited because I could now use my skill as a Muay Thai fighter. I\u2019m generally an active person but for this role I\u2019ve had to also up my training, change my diet and do more strength training to ensure that I fully immerse myself into this character.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What will be the cost of vengeance? | Empini | Showmax Original\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xO3u0v45K7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Empini<\/em> starts streaming on Showmax from 23 May 2024 with two new episodes every week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-award winner Nambitha Ben-Mazwi is starring in her first lead role in a Showmax Original in Empini, opposite three-time SAFTA winner Siyabonga Thwala. Set in the dangerous world of the private security industry, the 52-episode series is a high-stakes, action-packed drama about Ndoni Themba (Ben-Mazwi), a deeply troubled private security bodyguard in search of answers.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/04\/23\/nambitha-ben-mazwi-stars-in-showmax-original-empini\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nambitha Ben-Mazwi Stars In Showmax Original &#8211; &#8220;Empini&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-21859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online","tag-showmax","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NambithaBenMazwi-Empini-Showmax.jpg?fit=450%2C348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}