ZIKHONA SODLAKA
Nongogo is an all-star Stage Play that won Miss Sodlaka a Naledi Award for best actress in a stage play. A masterpiece written by the Great Athol Fugard.
This triple thread has gone on to perform a ONE WOMAN SHOW in the iconic Market Theatre, directed by the great James Ngcobo. The Wife is a show that gave Ms. Sodlaka a standing ovation.
Mandisa, the character she played won her a DSTV Viewer Choice Awards nomination for the Best Actress in a series, a SAFTA Golden Horn nomination, She received more nominations as well as an international NAFTA Award. This Showmax production became a household favourite in 2022/2023 also winning itself a number of awards including Best Ensemble Cast. That same year she went onto Lead a new show Gqeberha The Empire. A matriarch stuck in a polygamous marriage, Bullet yet again, is a character South Africans/ Africans cannot help but love.
Synonymous with the characters she plays Miss Sodlaka is no easy act to forget. She carries passion into every room she walks into. Always keen on the truth, she believes in fairness and in creating equal opportunities for people who deserve them. Now Zikhona Sodlaka Productions aims on doing just that. Creating the stories that this generation of women and men should be telling. Putting the spotlight on the rich African continent, through its stories and its people. Ms. Sodlaka maintains that the local stories deserve a global stage.
The Arts Circle is her first production, a round table talk about the Arts, celebrating its leading practitioners in the aim of educating the ones who are up-and-coming. Empowerment and communication is how Miss Sodlaka will plant change in the arts and hopefully leave it dented by her participation.
The Zikhona Sodlaka Foundation will also not stop adding hope and impacting change where i t can. She is destined for greatness and continues to fulfill her motto ‘ To create the legacy, we were born to live’