Thabang moleya biography

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THABANG MOLEYA

FILMMAKER | DIRECTOR 

Born in the humble township of Tembisa, South Africa, Thabang Moleya was inspired from an early age to appreciate art and film. In his first year of high school, M-NET hired him to be a presenter on K-T.V and here he found that he loved being in front of, and behind the camera. He and two friends were granted access to the post-production facilities and equipment, and they started experimenting with making short films.

After high-school Thabang took a year off and decided to continue presenting. He saved enough money to move to Cape Town and spent three gruelling years in an intense course in Film and Television Production Techniques at City Varsity.

Here he was awarded numerous achievements, including Best Short Film at Sithenghi Film Festival (Jameson Award), a nomination in the Durban International Film Festival and winning numerous awards for Public Service Announcements in Dubai and South Africa (VUKA AWARDS), Cannes International Critc Week, Tampere Film Festival in Finland, 16th Africa Film Festival in Milan (as well as having the privilege of being the youngest director to ever compete in that Festival).

In his third year, he shadowed his mentor on a series called Interrogatio

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GQ chats with Thabang Moleya about his new TV show, Ayeye: Stripped

Whenever there's conversations about the South African film and television industry, Thabang Moleya comes up.

Born in Tembisa, he’s the eldest of three kids. Thabang entered the film industry when he was just 15 years old – he hosted the kids show K-TV on MNet.

The Emmy Award nominated filmmaker has directed some of South Africa’s most popular soapies, including Jacob’s Cross, Zone 14, The Lab, Jozi H and Gomora.

Moleya co-founded a production company, Seriti, which introduced new talent and enticing storylines on our screens. He directed the successful Netflix romantic comedy, Happiness Is A Four-Letter Word and its sequel Happiness Ever After.

GQ had a chat with Thabang about his latest television show and his love for storytelling.

GQ: Let’s chat about what everyone wants to know before we forget. Please give us all the 411 about your new television show…

Thabang Moleya: The series – which was originally on 1Magic – initially followed three male best friends navigating messy love lives, testy friendships and soaring careers. With this new season, it will now tell the story of a rich stay-at-home mom who becomes an adult content creator in order to maintain her lifestyle after her