Why Ayanda ‘Disappeared’ From Generations
The reason Ayanda disappeared from Generations is that she was pregnant and took maternity in real life to welcome her third born in June.
Her real name is Samantha Samela Tyelbooi and she assumes the character of Ayanda Majola on the SABC 1 week after week soapie.
She announced on her Instagram page that her newborn baby was born on the 8th of July when her second daughter was celebrating her 1st birthday.
When actresses usually fall pregnant like Manaka Ranaka who Lucy Diale is, they usually write their pregnancies into their characters or hide their pregnancies as it wouldn’t fit the character.
Tyelbooi’s baby bump wasn’t noticeable before she went on maternity because she hid it with big dresses and jackets just like what Manaka Ranaka is currently doing with her character.
On the show, Ayanda, a bomb on her daughter (Nontle) and baby daddy; Tau Mogale, and disappeared without letting anyone know her whereabouts. She revealed that Nontle was indeed Tau’s daughter as we’d suspected in a letter but ran off instead of facing the music before she left.
Her disappearance destroyed her relationship with her on-screen daughter since she was unreachable for weeks. Before Ayanda came back, Rapulana Seiphemo who plays Tau Mogale took a fall for one of her crimes.
Ayanda is back and she’s fighting hard to fix the mess she created with her daughter, who would rather have her father raise her than her mother. The mother and daughter duo have always had a rocky relationship from the beginning.
Samantha Samela Tyelbooi who plays the role of Ayanda Majola on the SABC 1 weekly soapie; Generations: The Legacy got her first role as a supporting actor on Generations in 2006, after only being in Johannesburg for four months.
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