LEGENDARY theatre actor and drama coach, Spha Mzobe, is back in acting and has earned a new name.
Mzobe, who recently joined Uzalo as a kind stepfather, has become a ladies' favourite.
They are now calling him iStepfather seCountry on social media.
The 43-year-old actor, who plays Velenkosini on Uzalo, stole ladies' hearts when he found his wife had hidden her child.
Instead, he convinced his wife to accept the child and became a kind stepfather.
He told Daily Sun that although he is not a stepfather in real life, he enjoys his character because it is a start for people to talk about being a stepfather or stepmother.
"I believe it's time for people to talk openly about this issue because many people have children, and many of them will get married to other people, not the ones they have children with.
"There's no need for people to hide their children because they are afraid to lose their partners. The big challenge is that people don't ask each other if they have children when they're still trying to get in love," he said.
Mzobe was born in Ndwedwe and later moved to Ntuzuma in Durban, KZN.
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He said he likes his character because it will encourage men and women to love children.
Mzobe started drama at an early age, and he became a drama coach at KwaMashu Community Advancement Projects (K-CAP) in the early 2000s while being a residential performer at The Playhouse in Durban alongside top actors such as Bheki Mkhwane.
In 2007, he was awarded the Art Youth Development Award by the International Youth Foundation in Washington, DC.
Mzobe told Daily Sun that in 2009 he became tired of living in Durban and moved to Umhlabuyalingana, where he continued to nurture youth in art.
"I worked at the Tholulwazi community organisation, developing youth in art and doing research through art. I was helping them with skills and letting them heal their past.
"I'm currently working at Mbazwana Art Centre nurturing youth in art, and seeing the response from people, I just realised it was the time to be back in the mainstream acting," he said.
