South African actress Shoki Mokgapa has died. She was 34. Her cause of death is not yet publicly known.
The talented young actress who graduated at the Johannesburg-based AFDA film school with a bachelor’s degree in live performance made her South African TV debut in the SABC3 series The Lab, and a decade later appeared this year in the new local drama series The Docket that started on SABC3 recently and that was filmed last year.
A tweet from Clive Morris Productions said: "We are extremely sad to hear about the passing of Shoki Mokgapa. Everyone here at CMP loved working with her and she will be greatly missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time." She can currently be seen on South African TV screens in The Docket, filmed in 2017.
Popular soapie Isidingo also expressed their condolences: "We are saddened to hear of the passing of award winning actress Shoki Mokgapa. May you rest in eternal peace."
Mokgapa won the Safta award for Best Actress in a Feature Film for her role in Sink - she played a Mozambican domestic worker who loses her child.
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