Sihle Ndaba speaks on witnessing mother’s shooting
In one of The Herd’s episodes, Sihle Ndaba played a believable character when she was shot in the leg.
She later revealed that she had drawn inspiration from an actual event that she experienced in her life.
“I’ve never spoken about this but, I was telling the director before we shot that scene that, I’ve actually witnessed someone very close to me get shot right in front of me. So it was very hard to shoot that scene and I had to switch off. I had to stay in the dressing room and I had to be in the moment, to be honest with the story and the character, cause I’ve seen someone get shot, my mom got shot right in front of me,” Sihle said.
For Sihle, it was an emotional day.
“I was across the street when my mother got shot. We were celebrating the Africa confederations cup, Bafana Bafana had won. I can’t remember the exact year, so you know in the townships, we run to the corner, the biggest intersection, people are spinning cars and all of that excitement and amidst that, someone took out a gunshot. He says he shot in the air but how did it hit her in the leg? She couldn’t walk for like a year. The doctors said she could never walk but look at God…and my mother is such a fighter…”
