Lasizwe Dambuza

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Thulasizwe Dambuza (born 19 July 1998), known as Lasizwe, is a South African television presenter, radio host, comedian, actor, and YouTuber.

He became a local internet celebrity, posting videos of himself describing how South Africans live on social media on a daily basis.

Early life and education

Lasizwe was born in Soweto, South Africa. He attended Meredale Primary, a mixed-race primary school in Meredale, south of Johannesburg, and then transferred to Mondeor High School in Mondeor. Lindiwe Dambuza (died in 2016) was a 40-year-old nurse at Lesedi Private Hospital in a loving relationship with his father, Menzi Mcunu.

Zonke Nkabinde, his brother, accompanied him in his childhood, was instrumental in his development, coaching and protecting him. Lasizwe discovered something different about him: he was uncomfortable around boys but could relate to any feminine topic. He discovered he was gay at the age of 15.

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Career

Lasizwe's mother took him for television auditions on a weekly basis across Gauteng from primary school to university. She sat down and told him that the weekly auditions were no longer financially viable for their families. He participated in several competitions that didn't have phones or audio-visual equipment. It was when he won a phone from a radio contest that he used to start creating his first batch of content. He burned the videos onto DVD discs and watched himself on the television screen, using his mother's laptop to film and learn basic video editing. The drive to be on television prompted him to post videos on Facebook and later produce relatable South African content. Ek Sal Doom Jou, his first breakout film based on news of a notorious pastor who sprayed the faces of his congregations with insect repellent in church. The video went viral, resulting in other companies contacting him for commercials.

Between 2020 and 2021, he raised R2 million to assist students who were in need of registration fees between 2020 and 2021. This was in light of the student protests in South Africa, where students were calling for 'Fees must fall' and affected the lives of 313 students by the "R10 goes a long way" campaign.

Lasizwe has appeared on MTV Base Africa's You Got Got as one of the key presenters, and has appeared on SABC 3 and SABC 1's The Real Goboza. He arranged an outdoor event with Mabala Noise and presented an award at the 2017 South African Hip Hop Awards. As their current teen marketing manager, he was featured in a Nando TV commercial and on Fanta's TV commercial. He became a TouchHD radio host in late 2017. He appeared on e.tv's youth show Craze World Live and VOOV TV's latest show VOOVScoop in 2018.

He signed a May 2019 contract to partner with GAME Stores. Following a talk on his social media pages in which he depicted his famed character "Nomatriquency" being interviewed for a job at GAME, he was given the contract.

He appeared on the Netflix film Seriously Single in July 2020. Telkom Monate Vibes, he was the host of the SABC 1 and Telkom music festival in November, 2020.

He collaborated with Steers on the #NomatriquencyxSteers campaign in September 2021, which culminated in his well-known character Nomatriquency being hired at the company. He appeared on a comedy Central Roast spin-off show later this year.

He appeared on the e.tv. television series Durban Gen. on April 1, 2022. He's also scheduled to appear on Savage Beauty, an African Netflix series.

In December 2017, he was featured in Babes Wodumo and Ntando Duma's music video for the song "Jiva Phez'kombhede."

Lasizwe is a YouTuber with more than 80,000 views on his videos. In April 2019, Lasizwe was given the YouTube gold play button for reaching 100,000 followers.

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