Showmax has confirmed Abdul Khoza’s exit from popular series The Wife.
Abdul Khoza who plays Nqobizitha Zulu on The Wife for which he won Favourite Actor at this year’s DStv Mzansi Viewers’ Choice Awards and Golden Horn for Best Supporting Actor at the 2022 Saftas.
Many fans and viewers of the show were hopeful that Abdul would be a part of the telenovela as the principal, but according to Showmax, Abdul’s role will soon come to an end.
This comes after The Wife actor caused a huge stir in March leaving Mzansi in a media feeding frenzy after he revealed that his character had come to an end. Abdul thanked his cast members and everyone else on the team. However, the multi-talented actor later retracted his statement.
The Showmax statement said “If you’ve been following the lives of the Zulu brothers from the beginning of the telenovela, the formidable crime family has come to feel like your family, too, right? So saying goodbye to Nqoba was never going to be easy, and it certainly has not been easy for Abdul’s co-stars, who have built a strong bond with him from the very beginning of this journey,”
His cast members left some heartfelt messages for the actor as his time on the show has come to an end.
Zikhona Sodlaka, who played “Nqoba’s” love interest Mandisa, said she was honoured to have worked with such an “incredible” talent.
“I think our chemistry worked because of how dynamic yet similar our characters are. The one is a female version of the other and vice versa. He is the scene partner I didn’t know I needed. We got to play so much on-set,” she said.
Mbalenhle Mavimbela (Hlomu):
“Oh man! I have so many memories with Abdul, but my favourite one was when he jumped on the table to try to reach one of the brothers. That showed how much he cared about Hlomu and Mbali.”
Mondli Makhoba (Nkosana Zulu):
“I’m really grateful for the relationship we have, both on and off-set. I think the off-set relationship we had made it easier for the on-screen chemistry. It was challenging but a good challenge because he always wanted us to push each other to get better. He always wanted us to find better and more artistic ways to do scenes. We were always on our toes because of how good he is.”
Sipho Ndlovu (Sambulo Zulu):
“The success of season 1 was driven by Abdul Khoza. He is one person who made sure we have unity, and he brought us together. He ensured we remained one, even off-screen as brothers. This became evident even to the viewers as they started picking up that the brotherhood they see on-screen is just as strong off-screen.”
