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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>South African television and stage actor Sello Maake kaNcube has defended his recent trip to Zimbabwe following criticism that he sold his soul by accepting an invitation by authorities in Harare.<\/p>\n

Maake kaNcube is best known for his leading roles in the soap opera Generations as Archie Moroka and on the ETV soap opera Scandal! as Lucas \u201cDaniel\u201d Nyathi.<\/p>\n

He was seen in a picture alongside Pearl Thusi that trended over the weekend posing with Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa, wearing scarves in Zimbabwean colours.<\/p>\n

Sowetan reported that many social media users viewed the visit by SA entertainment personalities, who included actress Sonia Mbele, as an endorsement for Mnangagwa and the ruling ZANU PF party.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Sowetan after the criticism, Maake kaNcube said he was invited by Zimbabwe\u2019s Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Monica Mutsvangwa, for a tour of Zimbabwe. He said:<\/p>\n

The invite also fell in line with a personal campaign of taking my expertise in the arts to Africa, as I find myself hamstrung to make a contribution to my own country.<\/p>\n

I accepted the invitation for personal, social and business purposes. My wife is a Mbewe who is actually half Zambian and Zimbabwean.<\/p>\n

She had never been to either country, so her being to Victoria Falls for the first time was a magical experience for me.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a quote that says that \u2018An opinion is like the nether part of the anatomy ensconced between the buttocks, everybody has it\u2019.<\/p>\n

Beyond that anybody\u2019s opinion about me has never been my reality.<\/p>\n

Even when a person would say what a good actor I am, I know the limitations of my craft and what I still have to perfect.<\/p>\n

Maake kaNcube said he first visited Zimbabwe for a shoot in 1988 and in 1990 and considered migrating there. He said:<\/p>\n

When I visited in 1988 it was for the first time I had set my foot in a country that had gained its independence from colonialism. It filled me with so much elation.<\/p>\n

Going there this time after the land reform, which found the country subjected to sanctions that crippled its economy and saw its citizens crossing the border to South Africa to eke a living, Zimbabwe is a nation on the trajectory of rebuilding and reconstructing itself brick by brick.<\/p>\n

During his recent visit to Zimbabwe, Maake kaNcube also visited Victoria Falls and farms owned by black people and created a video that he posted.<\/p>\n

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