SOAPIE STAR IS ASTONISHED BY RACISM
                           
Actress Mbali Mlotshwa knew she would receive nasty and racial slurs when she joined  7de Laan but she never thought she would receive it from the people on set.
Mlotshwa  a business woman married to the popular DJ Black Coffees  joined the Afrikaans soapie ,7de Laan on  SABC2 earlier this year where she plays the role of Nandi.She is her parents beloved silver spoon daughter who has a keen interest in fashion and photography.She initially dated S’fiso  but she finds herself falling inlove with his boyfriends best friend and flatmate who  was her model.The two tried hiding their feelings for each other but love conquered them, regardless of how they tried to conceal it .The chemistry between the two was swept under the carpet until the inevitable happened  when they kissed.Mlotshwa points out that her characters on screen  interracial relationship with Bernard was met with a lot of racist slurs from both the veiwers and on set.  She says that working there was not easy and finding her grip was the most difficult but she took it on with the utmost humility.When she first joined she did not expect any of these slurs especially from the set because she thought they would understand her better and since they were educated people they would not have a problem with her.

 The slurs on social media began when a picture of the characters ,Nandi and Bernard kissing was posted on the soapies Facebook page .Ann Esterhuizen said “Luckily there are other channels to watch,I am not a racist but people must know their places.Soapies give certain races sh**ty ideas”.Alot of people were angered by this post but many tried to defend  the storyline.Kaizer Kganyago said that they were not aware of this incident but they are totally against racism.

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