Film star Mbele speaks on debut leading role

AFTER winning his first South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA) for Best Actor in a television soap Scandal last year, Melusi Mbele, has stepped into his first leading role in a feature film titled The Butcher’s Soul, that premiered on  Showmax early this month.

Famed for his roles in Isibaya, Rhythm City, Muvhango and the cult Showmax movie Umakoti Wethu, Mbele goes full action hero in The Butcher’s Soul as the butcher, Mthunzi and his vigilante alter ego, Skhova.

The KZN-born actor leads a stacked cast that includes African Movie Academy Award nominee Vuyo Dabula (Five Fingers for Marseilles), SAFTA winner Katlego Danke (Gomora), and the likes of Zinhle Mabena (Shaka iLembe), Bokang Phelane (Blood Psalms) and Tshepo Howza Mosese (co-host of The Ultimatum SA).

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