Celeste Matthews Wannenburgh

[2][3][4] She is best known for her roles as Gertie Cupido[5][6] in kykNET & kie's Arendsvlei (a telenovela)[7] and Auntie Hester[8] in David Kramer and Taliep Petersen's award-winning 2002[9][10] revival of District Six: The Musical (1987).

"piano lane"), Steenberg to Anthony Alexander Matthews, a public servant, and Lorraine Ruby Gordene Mentoor.

Matthews’ ethnic background is matrilineally Batswana and Khoekhoen — descending directly from the ‘controversial’[16] 18th century slave,[17][18][19][20] Mento(o)r van Mozambique (1792) of Quelimane at Oudebosch.

[citation needed] Her own plays, Sandra se Erfenis (first performed by Hewat Drama Group with a student cast at the Grahamstown Festival) — was performed with a student cast at the Grahamstown Festival; and Sonne Skaamte was staged as a 'performed reading' in 2004 at the PlayGround venue at the Baxter Theatre Centre.

Written and directed by Matthews—who also played the role of "Auntie Murie" Bonteheuwel Good Samaritan (S2) Sister Plaatjies (S7)