Former Generations actress Sophie Ndaba, best known for her role as the bubbly Queen Moroka, has learned a lot off camera since being fired from the show and it’s thanks to her ‘perfect’ mentor Mfundi Vundla.
While it is no secret that they have not always seen eye to eye, Sophie revealed in an Interview on Trending SA that she still sees Mfundi as a father figure and has learnt a lot from him.
“I’ve always seen Mfundi as a father figure, and I believe in honesty. When I felt he was wrong, I told him he was wrong, and I felt that it was time, not to necessarily make peace but to say, let’s get on with it.
"I mean why am I moving ten steps back when I should be moving ten steps forward, so I moved ten steps forward" she said.
Sophie added that there was no one better to mentor her than the man behind one of the biggest soapies in the continent.
She said "The SABC said if we want to move on to the next level we must choose our mentors and I thought he was absolutely perfect, I mean he came up with one of the biggest soapies in Africa, why not."
She was part of the 16 lead actors who were fired from Generations after embarking on a strike demanding better salaries, an extension on their contracts and royalties from episodes which had been rebroadcast.
These days Sophie is a successful businesswoman and she attributes that to her move from in front of the camera to behind the scenes, which allowed her more time to grow her business.
“I stepped off because I wanted to grow my business, I wanted to add to my business. I do property now, I do decor, I do project management and those projects, I do events, I do international events, I do concerts."
