Akhumzi Jezile
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Akhumzi Jezile | |
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| Born | 15 January 1989 Mthatha, South Africa |
| Died | 28 April 2018 (aged 29) Jamestown, South Africa |
| Burial place | West Park Cemetery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Occupations | actor, television presenter, and producer |
| Years active | 2007–2018 |
Akhumzi Jezile (15 January 1989 – 28 April 2018) born in Ngcobo, was a South African actor, television presenter and producer.[1] He is best known for being a presenter on the SABC 1 television show, YOTV and an actor in the SABC 1 drama series Tempy Pushas and as "Ngulube" in Themby Phishers.[2] In 2014, he won the SAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Drama for this role.[1]
He died in a car accident together with Siyasanga Kobese and other two friends, between Maletswai and Komani on his way to Ngcobo to bury his grandmother.[3]
He was born 12 January 1989 and raised in Eastern Cape, Mthatha later on his family has moved to live in Johannesburg. Akhumuzi is the first born in a family of five children. His father died when he was still a young boy and he raised by his mother, Zoleka Jezile. He attended Winile Secondary School located in Katlehong .[4]