ETHEREAL, FIERCE and BEAUTIFUL ENHLE
It is a cold Sunday morning in May, Mother’s Day, and the TRUELOVE crew is waiting patiently at the sublime Fairlawns Boutique Hotel & Spa in Sandton. The air is thick with anticipation as we await Enhle Mbali’s arrival on set, and against my usual practice, I agree that we quietly go through her social media posts for reference. I have been deliberately avoiding her social media because I wanted to experience her in person.
As I go through her Instagram page, I am struck by the stark difference embedded in my memory of her from many years ago, and the woman I am now seeing on social media. She is visibly different, confident, poised – even her voice sounds different. This is not the naive young girl called Precious whom we first met in 2005 through the drama series Tshisa, on SABC1: this is Enhle, a woman living in our times and on her terms. The passing of time … it has been many years indeed.
Enhle arrives 30 minutes later, and yet perfectly on time as the make-up department has just announced that they are ready for her. She is dressed casually in jeans, a T-shirt, Dior sneakers and a trench coat. She now wears her hair short in a tight blonde crop, which works for her stunning and delicate features. It actually makes her look even younger than her years.
She carries a very easy energy about her, almost as if she has not a care in the world. Not at all like the woman who is supposedly going through the biggest fight of her life. This is a woman on top of her game, and she knows it. Why else would she be so calm, when so many in her position would
