Mfana Jones Hlophe remembered: SAFTAs joins industry tributes to former Generations actor
The South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) has joined the growing chorus of tributes to actor Mfana Jones Hlophe, who died on Wednesday, 7 October, aged 55.
Television audiences knew him best as Jabu in Soul City, a role TVSA said he played from 2006 to 2007, and later as the scheming Bra Nimrod Thabede in Generations: The Legacy, to which he returned in December 2025.
SAFTAs has honoured the late Mfana Jones Hlophe, who died aged 55, as tributes pour in for the veteran actor, known for his roles in 'Sarafina!
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