Thishiwe Ziqubu

Thishiwe Ziqubu

Born: August 5, 1985
Thishiwe Ziqubu (born 5 August 1985) is a South African film director, writer and actor. She won Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards for her portrayal of Tshaka in the romantic comedy Tell Me Sweet Something. In 2019, she directed episodes of MTV Shuga Down South.

Movies for Thishiwe Ziqubu...

The Fury
Title: The Fury
Character: Zola
Released: August 26, 2022
Type: Movie
Unable to find justice for her sister, who killed herself after being raped a decade ago, avenging angel Zola Kunene lures the man she believes responsible to an empty apartment - She ties him up and puts on a show-trial, live-streamed on social-media. The public will be judge and jury.Should it be necessary, Zola will be the executioner.
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Wonderboy For President
Title: Wonderboy For President
Character: Mbali Sithole
Released: July 29, 2016
Type: Movie
"Wonder Boy for President," tells a story of a charismatic young man from the Eastern Cape who is coerced into running for president by two corrupt characters. It is a political satire that delves into political dynamics and challenges that arise.
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Tell Me Sweet Something
Title: Tell Me Sweet Something
Character: Tshaka
Released: September 11, 2015
Type: Movie
TELL ME SWEET SOMETHING tells the story of Moratiwa, an aspiring writer who owns and runs a bookstore in the heart of Johannesburg. The bookstore, like her love life, is not experiencing much success. This all changes when she meets and falls in love with the unlikeliest candidate in the world, Nat, a male model, who has never read a book in his life and is desperate to be loved for his mind not his body. Against the odds, they become romantically involved but then Sashi, Nat's now pregnant ex-girlfriend, shows up and sets off a chain of romantic complications into motion.
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Hard to Get
Title: Hard to Get
Character: Skiets
Released: August 29, 2014
Type: Movie
TK is a handsome and charming womanizer who runs at the first mention of commitment. His life changes when he meets Skiets, the one woman immune to his charms.
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Man On Ground
Title: Man On Ground
Released: September 12, 2011
Type: Movie
Ade and Femi are expatriate Nigerian brothers. Ade is a successful banker in London, while Femi, once a political dissident in his home country, has had to escape to South Africa, live in refugee tenements and work menial jobs. The brothers have not only been physically estranged, their relationship is riddled with unspoken betrayal, guilt and scorn, which they have carried since the early days of their youth. During a short visit to Johannesburg, Ade discovers that his brother has been missing for a week. He sets out to investigate Femi's mysterious disappearance, reconstructing the pieces of his everyday life and the cruel hardships he endured just to survive. A riot erupts while Ade is visiting Femi's former boss in one of the townships. Ade is forced to take shelter with the employer. The mounting violence outside seeps into their exchanges and, eventually, prompts an explosion of revelation.
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Low Rider
Title: Low Rider
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Londoner Quinn is at a crossroads. When her mother suddenly dies, Quinn’s search for her errant South African father begins. Quinn’s impulsive mission to reconnect with him, is not as straightforward as she’d imagined and a chance encounter in Cape Town with the mysterious Harley, offering to help Quinn on the journey to connect with her father, takes Quinn on a tumultuous, twisty turn through Western Capes’ underbelly and backwaters.