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Duduzile Zamantungwa Mabaso

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  • Script and Continuity Department
  • Director
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Duduzile Zamantungwa Mabaso
duduzile zamantungwa mabaso is a creative who has been working professionally as a scriptwriter, storyliner and editor since 2006. She started as a trainee writer on Ubizo-The Calling and then moved into storylining at Muvhango. She has worked on telenovelas ever since the first one produced in South Africa, iNkaba, including Uzalo which shattered premier night ratings when it debuted in 2014; her most recent being in variously roles from storylining to head writer, The Queen. Though she has written for the children's program Thabang Thabong as well as the Lokshin Bioskop movie, Viva Gomora, she primarily works in long-running serials and in drama series such Zabalaza, Tempy Pushas, Soul City, Mamello, Housekeepers and Ithemba. Her most recent work is as head writer on season 2 of Unmarried. Her other writing forays include poetry and book publishing. In 2016, the Independent Media Group, recognised her as one of the 100 Young Independents. She founded her publishing and story development company, Black Letter Media, in 2011. (CV available on request.)
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Housekeepers (2018)
    Housekeepers
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Writer(as Duduzile Mabaso)
    Stevel Marc in Unmarried (2018)
    Unmarried
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Writer(creator, as Duduzile Mabaso)
    Connie Ferguson and Shona Ferguson in Rockville (2013)
    Rockville
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Majola's Hat
    Short
    • Writer(as Duduzile Mabaso)
    • 2011

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    Writer



    • Uzalo
      • Writer (as Duduzile Mabaso)
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025



    • Leleti Khumalo, Naymaps Maphalala, Dawn Thandeka King, Nompilo Maphumulo, Ntokozo Dlamini, Sihle Ndaba, and Nokuthula Mabika in Uzalo (2015)
      Uzalo
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Writer (as Duduzile Mabaso)
      • 2015–2024
    • Happiness Is (2024)
      Happiness Is
      3.8
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • Kay Bikitsha, Mbulelo Grootboom, Zandile Msutwana, and Zikhona Sodlaka in Gqeberha: The Empire (2023)
      Gqeberha: The Empire
      7.9
      TV Series
      • story editor
      • writer
      • 2023–2024
    • The Queen (2016)
      The Queen
      7.9
      TV Series
      • head writer
      • 2016–2023
    • Grootboom & Sons (2022)
      Grootboom & Sons
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2022
    • Good Men (2022)
      Good Men
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2022
    • DiepCity (2021)
      DiepCity
      8.6
      TV Series
      • head writer
      • scriptwriter
      • written by
      • 2021–2022
    • Housekeepers (2018)
      Housekeepers
      8.7
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2020–2022
    • Umbuso (2022)
      Umbuso
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2022
    • Connie Ferguson and Shona Ferguson in Rockville (2013)
      Rockville
      8.1
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2021
    • Stevel Marc in Unmarried (2018)
      Unmarried
      7.9
      TV Series
      • head writer
      • written by (as Duduzile Mabaso)
      • 2018–2020
    • iThemba (2019)
      iThemba
      TV Series
      • head writer (as Duduzile Mabaso)
      • 2019
    • Fikile Mthwalo in It's Complicated (2015)
      It's Complicated
      8.5
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2015
    • Mamello (2015)
      Mamello
      TV Series
      • Writer (as Duduzile Mabaso)
      • 2015
    • Zabalaza
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2013

    Script and Continuity Department



    • Kay Bikitsha, Mbulelo Grootboom, Zandile Msutwana, and Zikhona Sodlaka in Gqeberha: The Empire (2023)
      Gqeberha: The Empire
      7.9
      TV Series
      • script editor
      • 2023
    • The Queen (2016)
      The Queen
      7.9
      TV Series
      • script editor
      • 2016–2019
    • Salamina Mosese, Dineo Ranaka, Kay Smith, and Thembisa Mdoda in Baby Mamas (2018)
      Baby Mamas
      5.9
      • script editor (as Duduzile Mabaso)
      • 2018
    • Baby Cele, John Kani, Ernest Ndlovu, Nakedi Ribane, Dumisani Mbebe, Samkelo Ndlovu, and Nompilo Gwala in iNkaba (2012)
      iNkaba
      TV Series
      • script editor (as Dudu Mabaso)
      • 2012–2013

    Director



    • Majola's Hat
      Short
      • Director (as Duduzile Mabaso)
      • 2011

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      • Duduzile Mabaso

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