Abigail Kubeka

Abigail Kubheka OIS (born 7 December 1939) is a South African singer, songwriter and actress. On the SABC TV series Generations: The Legacy, she plays the role of Zondiwe Mogale, the mother of Tau Mogale (Rapulana Seiphemo) and Tshidi Phakade (Letoya Makhene).^[1]

Abigail Kubheka
Born	Abigail Kubheka (1939-12-07) 7 December 1939 (age 85) Orlando East, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Other names	Cossie
Occupations	Singer songwriter actress
Years active	1957 - present

Personal life

Kubeka was born 7 December 1939 in Orlando East. She attended a missionary boarding school in Kilnerton. From a young age, she showed an interest in singing.^[2]

Career

Abigail Kubeka started singing with popular musicians such Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela and has performed with many others including Thandi Klaasen.

In 2014, Kubeka received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS), and in 2016 was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Wawela Music Awards (WMA) in Johannesburg.^[3] In the early 2000s Kubeka won the Lifetime Achievement Award for best musician and jazz industrial.

Kubeka has appeared in films including An African American (2016), The Jakes Are Missing (2015), and The Long Run (2001), in which she sang with Busi Mhlongo.

Filmography

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes #
1969	Knock-Out		Viriato Barreto
1971	Diary of Thandi	Sis'May	Jacob Ngubeni
1973	Joe Bullet	Beauty	Louis de Witt
1987	City of Blood	Maureen	Darrell Roodt
1990	Last Year's Queen	Unknown	Unknown
1995	Cry, the Beloved Country	Mrs. Mkize	Darrell Roodt
2001	The Long Run	Bar Lady	Jean Stewart
2001	An Activists 2: Long Walk	Madikizela
2010	Kasi Movies:Elalini	Anele	Anele Jong
2015	The Jakes Are Missing	Grace	Figjam
2016	An African American	Wajé Seleste	Nkosi Size
2017	Morning, Mandela
2018	What's The Deal	Shantel "Abram's'	Tanit Phoenix

Television

Television

Actress

Year	Title	Episode	Role	Director	Notes #
2005	Holby City	Tuesday's Child	Paulina Griffin
2007-2011	Wild at Heart	5 episodes over the stated time period.	Cebile/Mrs. Fatani[4]	?
2014–present	Generations		Zondiwe Mogale
2020	Queen Sono	Mazet	Main role	Kagiso Lediga and Tebogo Malope	Netflix

Accolades

Kubeka won a Wamela award for lifetime achievement, for the services she has provided for the country, and was also nominated at the Durban Film Festival with Thuso Mbedu, Connie Ferguson, Leleti Khumalo and Sihle Ndaba.

• Wamela Music Awards (Won - Lifetime Achievement Award 2001)
• Durban Film Festival (Nominated - Actress In Supporting Role 2014)
• South African Film and Television Award (Won - Best Actress, The Long Run 2015)
• SAM Awards (Singer of the Year - Nominated 2017)

References

1. "Generations actress Abigail Kubeka assaulted by taxi driver". briefly.co.za. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
2. "Abigail Kubeka | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
3. "Abigail Kubeka to receive Lifetime Achievement Award". 2 August 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
4. "IMDb: Wild at Heart - Cebile/Mrs. Fatani". Retrieved 11 May 2023.

External links

• Abigail Kubeka at IMDb