by Thinus Ferreira
The South African actress Candy Moloi has died. She was 67.
The veteran actress recently announced that she had contracted the Covid-19 coronavirus but had recovered from it. The cause of her death is not yet known although she's had a long battle with cancer.
"It is with great sadness that Word of Mouth Pictures and the Muvhango family have learned of the passing of a legend, Candy (Mokondeleli) Moloi," says a statement from the production company that produces the weekday Venda prime time soap on SABC2.
"Mme Candy played the original vho-Makhadzi in Muvhango and was one of the original cast members who started with the production when it premiered in 1997. Her daughter, Lerato Moloi, also featured in Muvhango as Refilwe, uncle Tshepo's daughter."
In 2009 Candy Moloi won a SAFTA award in the category for Best supporting actress at the South African Film and Television Awards.
Besides Muvhango Candy Moloi in 2008 appeared in other noteworthy roles as MaModumedi in the SABC1 miniseries Death of a Queen, and in 2014 she was Fhatu Neluvhola in the SABC2 drama series Thola.
In SABC2's Giyani - Land of Blood she appeared as Vho-Phophi Baloyi and played Granny Rambau in the second season of Ring of Lies. In Stokvel she starred as Makhadzi.
