Sandile Dlamini is a South African musician and actor best known for his starring role as Phakade, one of the Bhengu brothers who has been keeping a family secret for years, in the television soap opera Imbewu: The Seed. It was his first credited acting role.
Sandile Dlamini was born and raised in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal. His date of birth is on the 26th of September 1956, which means as of 2023 he is 57 years old. In his family, we don’t know how many children there are, but he has a brother called Lungani Dlamini. Dlamini is multilingual and is able to speak Swahili, Xhosa, Zulu, and English. His religious beliefs are those of a Christian.
According to his Instagram bio, he mentioned that he is a God-fearing, loving husband and father. So we assume that he is married as well as a father. Among some of his children, he revealed his last born on Instagram. The last born is in his 20s, which means some of his children are adults and might have their own families by now. It’s unknown how many children he has. The name of his wife is unknown so far.
His primary school information is unknown but he attended high school at Menzi High school. After high school, he enrolled to study at Natal Technikon. We don’t know what exactly he was studying.
He began his career as a musician. The type of music is Maskandi, which he started performing in KwaZulu-Natal with his brother Lungani Dlamini. Also, he performed with artists like David Hakins,, a white Maskandi musician. His career journey in acting started when he was old enough. He first appeared on Stockvel season as Little Jerry. In 2015, he became famous after he was featured in Bush Knife.
The year 2018, he finally got a leading role on Imbewu: the seed where he is potraying a character as Phakade Bhengu. Shongololo or Phakade Bhengu is the brother of late Zimele Bhengu on Imbewu. The two were entangled in a family secret which was exposed later on. The secret was that Phakade impregnated his brother’s wife because his brother was impotent. The secret was known by their mother but his brother didn’t know anything. He was convinced that the children were his. The storyline continued until now, Phakade’s wife died as well as MaZulu’s husband. We don’t know if they will get married but they love each other though.
In 2015 Sandile and a group of other South Africans marched to eThekwini (Durban) Mabhida Stadium against Xenophobic violence in South Africa. The banner they were holding were written “South Africa says no to Xenophobia. Let there be peace in our city”. He was nominated in 2020 for Best Male Actors by KZN awards.
Many people have been amazed by his beard since he began acting. There are no images of his beard growing from a certain era in his old photos. This isn’t to say it isn’t genuine, but only Sandile knows. His beard, whether genuine or fake, has become his trademark in the world of entertainment.
