By Cebolethu Shinga
Ntandokazi Mzamo, popularly known as Ntandokazi, is a 24-year-old woman born in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. She is currently a law student at the University of Fort Hare, East London campus.
Ntandokazi started trending soon after her video went viral where she was interacting with her boyfriend Athini Bashe. In the video, she was asking for a RedBull. Her boyfriend told her they have a stock of the energy drink at home and offered to give her money. However, Ntandokazi politely declined and said she still had some remaining money from the previous day when Bashe gave her money. The conversation shows a loving moment between the couple.
The video got so much attention with 12 million views on TikTok that Ntandokazi has been trending ever since, with people admiring her humility and humble nature.
Social media’s favourite couple Ntandokazi and her boyfriend Bashe are known as an East London power couple. They met back in 2016 at a local part, but their relationship became official in 2021.
Ntandokazi has now started a small hair business. She sells weaves, and told True FM radio that her love of weaves stems from her never being completely satisfied with her own natural hair.
She told listeners: “Inwele zami ezi natural azikhuli ngalendlela engifuna ngayo, so ndith andidlale ngezi.” (My natural hair does not grow the way I want them to, so I decided to play with these).
Ntandokazi is also a content creator and social media influencer. She and her boyfriend have a YouTube channel called Ntando Bash.
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