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IT'S NOTHING WITHOUT HER

IT SHOULD have been the best time of his life. He’d filmed with one of Hollywood’s most renowned stars in the biggest project of his career, and every moment should have been a thrill.

But Siv Ngesi was devastated when, just as he was getting ready to promote his new film The Woman King, his mom, Ntombizanele “Selele” Jacqueline Ngesi, passed away on 11 August aged 67.

“The movie is big, but it means nothing without her here,” Siv (36) tells YOU. “I feel lost and empty.”

Selele is one of the reasons he loved being in The Woman King, which is

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