Dingaan Mokebe has officially changed his name to James Mostamai.Dingaan Mokebe, actor, singer, voice artist, and television presenter famously known as James Motsamai Muvhango turns 43 yesterday.
Dingaan Mokebe starring as the loud and showy yuppie investment broker James Motsamai in the soap opera Muvhango endeared him to his fans. He joined the cast of Muvhango in 2003.
He replaced both Duncan Senye and Vuyelwa Booi, as the single host of the consumer rights show Speak Out. He took over in 2013 starting with Season 6 and continued hosting for three seasons, until 2016.
As he celebrates his 43rd birthday, lets us understand how Dingaan Mokebe made news in recent times prior to him changing his name.
After being known as Muvhango’s James Motsamai for over 16 years, actor Dingaan Mokebe officially changed his name to James Motsamai.
“Before I was James, I was a nobody and after 16-years of being James in Muvhango, I decided to honor the guy who made my life awesome by becoming him.”
“Having the whole Southern African Development Community know me as James for the past 16-years has changed my life in many different ways. I feel like I am James, not Dingaan I can relate to James more you know. People call me James and I had to stop fighting it and accept my destiny.” said Dingaan Mokebe when quizzed about this move.
When a woman claimed he punched her during a road rage incident Dingaan Mokebe was arrested at his Alberton, Joburg south home, and was told to appear in the Booysens magistrate’s court, after a road rage incident.
