Who is James Sithole in Scandal etv?

James Sithole is a 30-year-old South African actor, producer, stage manager and Entrepreneur. He is best known for his debut television role as Mdala on etv Scandal!

Biography Profile

James Sithole as Mdala from Scandal etv!
Image of James Kgaogelo Sithole who portrays Mdala on Scandal or Tokollo from Scandal!

Full name: James Kgaogelo Sithole
Gender: Male
Date of birth: 17 September 1992
Place of birth: KwaMhlanga, South Africa
Nationality: South African
Occupation: Actor, Producer, Stage Manager, Entrepreneur
TV Shows: Scandal
Years active: 2013 to present
Languages: English, Ndebele, other

Early life of James Sithole

James Kgaogelo Sithole was born and raised in a small town of KwaMhlanga in the north west of Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. He was born on 17 September 1992. After his basic education studies, he relocated to Mamelodi zone 12 in Pretoria and has sharpened his acting skills since then.

Education of James Sithole

He attended Elukhanyisweni High School in 2010 and Musa Secondary School. In 2012 he enrolled to Study at the University of South Africa and completed his studies in 2014. Concurrently in 2012 he also enrolled to study Communication Arts and Films at Youth In Trust State Theatre.

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Acting career of James Sithole

Sithole has worked as a producer, line producer, actor and as a stage manager. He began his career in 2013 and participated in stage theatres until to date. He’s also stated in the theatre production The Tragedy Of Samuel Omunye, written by the iconic writer, poet, artist, and performer Masai Sepuru. The show was performed at the Breytenbach Theatre and left quite an impression.[¹]

On 7 August 2021 he made his debut on South African television and etv drama Scandal! Here he starred as Mdala or Tokollo from Scandal alongside Matthews Rantsuma (Nhlamulo) and Nomvelo Makhanya (Lindiwe).

Playing Mdala on Scandal etv

Image of James Sithole who portrays Mdala on Scandal or Tokollo from Scandal with his onscreen wife.
Image of James Sithole who portrays Mdala or Tokollo from Scandal with his onscreen wife.

The character of Mdala that he portrays on Scandal is his first television break. And its quite certain more doors are going to open in James’s life. On Scandal, he portrays a villainous young man by the name of Tokollo or Mdala who used to partner with Nhlamulo in criminal activities.

When Mdala first appeared, he brought havoc in Nhlamulo’s life who had reformed from being a criminal. His ultimate aim was to bring back Nhlamulo to crime life.

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“Nhlamulo is a darling of audiences and since I’m here to take him back to his old lifestyle the audience won’t understand that, yet they’ll stay glued to see how he (Nhlaks) overcomes my storm,” said James to Timeslive. [²]

Personal life of James Kgaogelo Sithole

Image of James Sithole who portrays Mdala on Scandal or Tokollo from Scandal.
Image of J Sithole who portrays Mdala on Scandal in real life.

James is a multilingual speaker. He can speak English, Ndebele and other languages he is studying for in order to be versatile in the acting industry. His facebook shows that he is married but we do not have details as to whom he is married to. He is currently living in Pretoria in Gauteng Province in South Africa.

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Social media

The Scandal star is on Facebook and his friend list is full since he has reached 5000 friend limit. He is also on Instagram. His Instagram has about 1500 followers, you can follow him @jamessitholemp.