{"id":43466,"date":"2025-11-29T18:42:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T18:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=43466"},"modified":"2025-11-29T18:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T18:42:21","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignbrenda-ngxoli-reveals-intense-13-month-preparation-for-her-brenda-fassie-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/29\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignbrenda-ngxoli-reveals-intense-13-month-preparation-for-her-brenda-fassie-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Ngxoli reveals intense 13-month preparation for her Brenda Fassie role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187660\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187660\" class=\"wp-image-187660 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Brenda-Ngxoli-reveals-intense-13-month-preparation-for-her-Brenda-Fassie.jpg?resize=600%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Brenda-Ngxoli-reveals-intense-13-month-preparation-for-her-Brenda-Fassie.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Brenda-Ngxoli-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brenda Ngxoli<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Actress Brenda Ngxoli has opened up about the level of dedication and sacrifice she poured into preparing for her upcoming portrayal of the late music icon Brenda Fassie.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing a heartfelt post on Instagram, Ngxoli detailed the physical, emotional and artistic journey she embarked on to embody the legendary star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took me 13 months to prepare for this role,\u201d she revealed. \u201cFrom gym to weight loss drips to personal trainers to Mediterranean diets\u2026 you name it. Whilst breastfeeding my darling @sky_ngxoli.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ngxoli explained that her transformation went far beyond physical training.<\/p>\n<p>She committed to dance and movement classes, voice coaching and other performance-based work, all with the hope of authentically capturing the spirit of Brenda Fassie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll in faith that one day I shall be able to portray Brenda Nokuzola Fassie,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The actress also shared behind-the-scenes photos showing her in full character mode, attempting to channel the vibrant energy and unmistakable presence of the late singer.<\/p>\n<p>The images offer fans a glimpse into the depth of her preparation and her determination to honour Fassie\u2019s legacy with sincerity and respect.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRjUpe6iDa7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRjT3ljCDXT\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Brenda #Ngxoli #reveals #intense #13month #preparation #Brenda #Fassie #role<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Brenda Ngxoli Actress Brenda Ngxoli has opened up about the level of dedication and sacrifice she poured into preparing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43468,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43466\/revisions\/43468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}