Hlomla Dandala
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Hlomla Dandala is a South African actor, television presenter and director. He is best known for his roles as Derek Nyathi in Isidingo (1998–2001), title character Jacob Makhubu in Jacob's Cross (since 2007), and host of All You Need Is Love
All You Need Is Love
"All You Need Is Love" is a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first performed by The Beatles on Our World, the first live global television link. Watched by 400 million in 26 countries, the programme was broadcast via satellite on 25 June 1967...

 from 2002-2003.

Hlomla is the son of Mvume Dandala
Mvume Dandala
Mvumelwano Mvume Dandala is a former presiding bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and a former head of the All Africa Council of Churches...

 and has a sister Gqibelo. He has a daughter Ziyanda and was married to TV presenter Candy Litchfield. He speaks four languages: Afrikaans
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...

, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, Xhosa
Xhosa language
Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said...

 and Zulu
Zulu language
Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...

.

Series

  • Isidingo (as Derek Nyathi, season 1-4)
  • Jacob's Cross (as Jacob Makhubu, later Jacob Abayomi; since season 1)
  • All You Need Is Love (host; 2002–2003)
  • Interrogation Room
  • Tsha Tsha (as Lungi, season 4)
  • Gaz'lam (as Coltrane, seasons 3-4)
  • Scout's Safari
  • Zero Tolerance (second season, as Majola Tindleni)
  • Jozi-H (as Dr. Sipho Ramthalile)

Film

  • Fools (1997)
  • Red Dust (2004)
  • Lord Of War (2005)
  • Coup! (made for TV, 2006)
  • Sniper Reloaded (2011)
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