Veteran Actor, Sello Ramolahloane.
Before he started studying at the Faculty of Arts and Design, he already had all the skills and experience an actor needs. He is among the privileged few actors who could hone their skills with the father of township theatre, Gibson “Bra Gib” Kente. This enabled him to perform in countries such as Australia, Netherlands, France, Poland, Germany, Holland, Austria, Portugal and the UK.
Some of the notable theatre plays in which Oom has performed include Township Stories (Relativity), Telling Stories, Interracial, Foreplay, Cards and Memoires of a Criminal.
The veteran actor’s decision to pursue formal education followed a young man’s comment about him being an example of having money without a qualification. He said it bothered him to be an example of excellence without a qualification, leaving behind a bad legacy.
“I needed to change the narrative. Most of us are doing well in the industry but we are bad examples. We must professionalise this and make it a career to change the narrative.”
He added that he also needed to set a great example to his kids after having abandoned his first field of study in the early 2000s with one subject left to complete his diploma.