BREAKING. ''Stress is taking its toll'' on Isidingo's new Ace, Sisa Hewana.

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''Being new to the game, the stress is taking its toll and he's lost quite a lot of weight,'' says an SABC3 source about Sisa Hewana who just joined Isidingo as the new character of Ace. I can show you his on screen debut scene above exclusively first that viewers will see on Tuesday, 11 May when the character of Ace Nzimande makes his first appearance on television.

''When he was announced as the winner, he was looking very beefy like,'' says the source. And I saw him two days ago and he's lost so much weight. I was like, 'Dude, what happened to you?' And he said the scripts are keeping him up at night. The most scenes Sisa Hewana has so far done per day is 15 scenes and the minimum is 8.''

''But Sisa Hewana is now looking like GQ material,'' quips the source. ''He's quite happy. It's like he's been there all along. Robert Whitehead is very happy with him and Jack Devnarain has also taken a liking to him. Chris Beasley is almost like his older brother and very protective of Sisa.''

''We're really happy having all your skill and experience coming to join us here at On.Africa,'' says Rajesh (Jack Devnarain) in Sisa Hewana's very first Isidingo scene above which viewers will see in May. And then look at who walks in . . .

BREAKING. Ace and Nandipha in steamy kiss, as new Isidingo character makes his sexy move!

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Not only can I exclusively reveal the final full new character name of Skumbuzo Ace Nzimande joining Isidingo, I can also show you this hot hot hot smooching and intense kissing going on between Ace (Sisa Hewana) and Nandipha (Hlubi Mboya)!

Viewers will only start to see Ace, or Skumbuzo Ace Nzimande (an ex soccer player and a ''player'' under the girls) from Tuesday, 11 May in Isidingo on SABC3. However, in one of the just filmed scenes that I got my hands on, Ace and Nandipha are already locking lips - the beginning of what is going to be a torrid and sexy relationship that the producers promise me is going to steam up TV screens!

For more exclusively scenes from Ace and Nandipha's sexy, unexpected kiss and how it happens, click on READ MORE below!

Sisa Hewana to make his debut in Isidingo as Ace on Tuesday, 11 May.

Sisa Hewana (27) from Port Elizabeth who I was first to tell you yesterday won the nationwide Isidingo Talent Search competition RIGHT HERE, as well as his first interview, is now set to make his first appearance on screen in Isidingo on SABC3 on Tuesday, 11 May.

He will play Ace, the new love interest of Nandipha (Hlubi Mboya).

BREAKING. Sisa Hewana wins Isidingo Talent Search competition to star as new Ace in SABC3 soapie.

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Sisa Hewana (27) from Port Elizabeth has won the nationwide Isidingo Talent Search competition and snagged the role of the new ''ex soccer player Ace'' character in the SABC3 soapie.

''I'm very excited,'' Sisa Hewana told me yesterday when I spoke with him in Port Elizabeth as he was busy packing to travel to Johannesburg on Sunday night. Today he already has to report for duty on the Isidingo set where he will immediately start working as South Africa's newest soapie actor.

Sisa Hewana got the new permanent Isidingo role after he decided to try out in the auditions with thousands of others in the countrywide search for the new character that Isidingo and SABC3 decided to do to find the perfect actor.

''I'm feeling very excited about it, and it's going to be a very big challenge and it starts immediately tomorrow,'' Sisa Hewana told me when I called him on Sunday. ''I did see the ad for the auditions but friends of mine pushed me to go and my girlfriend told me I would be good for the role,'' the financial advisor said. ''I told myself I'm going to go into it and that I'm just going to have fun.''

Sisa Hewana is staying in a hotel in Johannesburg for about a month, after which he'll find his own place.

Kabelo Collis, SABC3 spokesperson said the channel and Isidingo are excited too, when I spoke with her yesterday. ''We're very excited that we did find the raw talent we were looking for. Sisa Hewana doesn't have any form of acting training and he's never acted before. We're very excited to develop his acting skills and we wish him all the best.''