These SA celebrities look so much alike that their fans often get them confused
Thishiwe is a script writer on the e.tv soapie Rhythm City and also played the lead role in the movie Man on Ground, which was a nominee at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for best foreign film.
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Zahara and Yanga Sobetwa
One is a seasoned musician with multiple awards and a number of platinum albums under her belt. And the other is a rising star who showed her musical prowess by winning the coveted Idols title in 2018. And all the fans can agree on one thing: they look so much alike they could be sisters.
Zahara
Zahara, 30 started singing in her school’s choir when she was six years old, and at the age of nine she was told to join the senior choir because of her strong voice. In 2011 Zahara released her debut album Loliwe, which went platinum in 13 days and double platinum after 17 days, selling over 100,000 copies in South Africa. The music video for her debut single, Loliwe, has surpassed the 5 million views mark on YouTube. In 2012, at the annual South African Music Awards, Zahara won eight awards
Including “Best Female Artist” and “Album of the Year”
Recently, the songbird was awarded the Next Generation Entertainment Award for best female act in the international act category, making this her 40th music award.
Yanga
Yanga Sobetwa, 17 was the youngest and tiniest of 2018’s Idols, but her powerful voice and stage presence is anything but. The 17 year old made it to the top 16, then the top six and then the final three of South Africa’s most popular singing contest, before she was crowned the winner. Yanga was certainly one of the public’s favourites.
After seeing one of Yanga’s performances on Idols, Zahara’s older sisters called her and said Yanga is definitely her younger sister. The star sent Yanga a sweet message saying, “Hey Yanga, my sisters just called me right now, they’re like you are my younger sister and they’re my old sisters…I just want to say keep up the good work. You were born for music, it’s not something you studies, and it is your gift.” Zahara also dedicated her hit song, “Destiny”, to Yanga.
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Source: W24
