Brighton Ngoma worked his way up the ladder in the acting industry and is reaping the benefits of his work. After his exit, the actor who went from being a stage manager to an actor on Scandal for 12 years has been relatively quiet. Many fans have been wondering what he has been up to since he left the etv show. We have the gist of what Brighton Ngoma has been working on in the past few months.
Brighton’s exit was a heartbreak to many who had loved his role as Quinton on Scandal. Ngoma took on the role of a father of one who went through a lot in his last month. He woke up in a hospital believing he was married to Dintle and had forgotten that he had worked on his past issues with his mother. After he lost his memory, his mother and his baby mama lied to him a lot for their own gain.
Brighton Ngoma is active on his Instagram account and shares pictures of his family with his followers. He also uses his platform to share information on the jobs he is currently working on. Besides showing his funny bone through his Instagram posts after his exit, many fans who wish to see him on-screen have seen him on uBettina Wethu.
Like his role in Scandal, he is married with one child. The only difference is that he has a son in real life. His wife is an actress named Tshepi, who was also on Scandal some years ago. Fans wish to see more of Brighton Ngoma onscreen shortly.
He was born in 1985 in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa and has a Xhosa and Swiss heritage.His father was a doctor while his mother is a nurse. Ngoma has one younger brother. His father left him at the age of 5, where he raised with his mother. In 2002, when he was 17 years old, his mother died. Afterwards, another family fostered his brother.
Ngoma has a skin condition called Vitiligo, that causes the skin to lose pigmentation, resulting in discoloured patches.
He started his career as a freelance stage manager. Then he started acting in the popular television series Scandal as a featured extra. After the director saw his acting ability, Ngoma was soon promoted to supportive actor.However, after a few months, he was promoted to the leading role of the character ‘Quinton Nyathi’. The show became one of the most watched soap operas in South Africa [8] [9], and it was also broadcast across Africa on eAfrica, e.tv Botswana, and e.tv Ghana.