Bongile Mantsai

Bongile Mantsai is a South African actor and theatre practitioner known for his work in film, television, and stage. He gained widespread acclaim for his performances in Inxeba: The Wound (2017), Knuckle City (2019), and the television soap opera Scandal!. He has won multiple awards for his performances and is recognized for his contributions to South African theatre and storytelling.

Quotes

• I know how it is to grow up in the township and I know so many intelligent boys from my township who went to school but when you see them now, you ask yourself what happen
• This story resonates deeply with me as a person from the township. It portrays how easy it is to get caught up in difficult situations while trying to reach for your dreams
• When we are shooting, we shoot out of sequence, but when I watched it at the end, I felt like there was hope
• I think these villainous roles chose me. I grew up in church. My father was a bishop and I am a youth pastor so playing these roles is a big gap between my actual life back home and what I'm playing on screen.
• As a pastor and bishop's son you always have to lead by example and with these roles, every time people question me and I tell them the contrast, they get shocked.
  • Bongile Mantsai discusses the challenges of family loyalty in 'Family & Rugby',IOL, Alyssia Birjalal(June 2025)