{"id":52987,"date":"2026-03-17T08:56:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52987"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:56:45","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngail-mabalane-reacts-to-winning-safta-2026-best-actress-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/17\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigngail-mabalane-reacts-to-winning-safta-2026-best-actress-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Gail Mabalane reacts to winning SAFTA 2026 Best Actress award"},"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_189814\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189814\" class=\"wp-image-189814 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gail-Mabalane-reacts-to-winning-SAFTA-2026-Best-Actress-award.jpg?resize=588%2C472&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gail-Mabalane-reacts-to-winning-SAFTA-2026-Best-Actress-award.jpg 588w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gail-Mabalane-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Mabalane wins big at SAFTA 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gail Mabalane was all smiles as she celebrated her big win at the 2026 South African Film and Television Awards.<\/p>\n<p>She returned home with the Best Actress in a TV Drama award for her role as Zenzi in<em> Unseen<\/em> season 2.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing her excitement on social media, Mabalane reflected on the journey that led to the recognition, opening with a message of faith: \u201cWhen the time is right, I the Lord will make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also thanked the other nominees, calling Kim Engelbrecht and Amalia Uys \u201cphenomenal,\u201d and celebrated the unwavering support of her family. \u201cMy beautiful family \u2026 @kabelomabalane @zoemabalane @khumo_mabalane thank you for being my biggest cheerleaders. Thank you for the sacrifices you make so I can do what I love. \ud83e\udd79\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mabalane expressed gratitude to her collaborators, including Netflix South Africa and the production company Gambit Film &amp; Media Arts, for trusting her with the character of Zenzi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaying her has been an incredible honor. Thank you for being bold enough to tell stories with women as leads. Thank you for telling stories not only about us or around us, but through us. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also gave a heartfelt shoutout to the <em>Unseen<\/em> cast and crew: \u201cMy #Unseen family!!!! \ud83d\ude2d The @gambit team of producers, directors, writers, cast, crew \u2026 thank you all so much for holding me up through both seasons. We know what it took to create this body of work collectively \u2013 I couldn\u2019t have done it without you!!! \u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the fans, she added: \u201cWhat\u2019s the point of any show without viewers!!! \ud83d\ude2d Thank you to everyone who watched, reposted, reviewed, rewatched, commented, celebrated, critiqued and loved the show so publicly!! We love you! Re a leboga! \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mabalane closed her message with a declaration of faith: \u201cLast but not least \u2013 #KingJesus!!! \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffe You alone deserve the glory!!! Thank you for adding your SUPER to my natural! \ud83e\udd79\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffe\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See post below:<\/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\/DV8KvWIjF-i\/?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#Gail #Mabalane #reacts #winning #SAFTA #Actress #award<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Gail Mabalane wins big at SAFTA 2026 Gail Mabalane was all smiles as she celebrated her big win at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52987","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\/52987","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=52987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52989,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52987\/revisions\/52989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}