Sonia Mbele

Sonia Mbele is a South African actress,[1][2] model,[3] tv producer and entrepreneur.

[5] Sonia Mbele was born in December 1976 in Natalspruit, South Africa.

In 2003, Mbele was cast in SABC 1 soap series Generations through which she rose to prominence in South Africa, she played her role as Ntombi Khumalo up to 2011.

[8] Mbele became the first black celebrity to be named face of Dark & Lovely, Lux, and Sun-Silk in South Africa.

[9][10] In 2018, Mbele brought the first The Real Housewives franchise to Africa which premiered in South Africa as Real Housewives of Johannesburg through her company Sonia Mbele Films,[5] then in 2021, she created another reality tv series called Pastor’s Wives for HONEY TV.