18 SAFTAs Award Winner
SAFTAs 18 crafts award were held on the 25th of October 2024 and Sibusisiwe won Best Achievement in Scriptwriting – TV SOAP for Skeem Saam writing team.
FAME WEEK AFRICA 2024
Sibusisiwe had the privilege of moderating an insightful fireside chat titled: Creating Value for Unscripted Content with panellists who have shaped African reality TV, documentaries, and
talk shows.
Post Matric Magazine Cover Star 2024
Sibusisiwe is honoured to be the Post Matric Magazine Cover star for 2024. Post Matric is an annual educational career guidance magazine featuring career options available to high school learners.
Mail & Guardian Inaugural Youth Summit Netflix Film & Media
Sibusisiwe was invited to moderate the Netflix Film & Media session at the Mail & Guardian inaugural Youth Summit. Held on the 27th of June 2024.
Proud to be Announced as a Mail and Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans in 2023
Sibusisiwe is proud to share the news of being selected as one of the Mail and Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans for the year 2023. This esteemed recognition celebrates…
Sibusisiwe at Western University in Canada
Sibusisiwe visited Western University in London, Ontario, Canada and presented her current research project: The author and finisher of her craft: authentic creative control in selected South African television series…
Gibson Kente Keynote Lecture
Sibusisiwe Gugu Manqele was a keynote speaker at the inaugural annual Gibson Kente Lecture. The red theatre renaming ceremony at Soweto Theatre, held on the 26th of February 2023, to honour…
Chasing The Attention Span
Sibusisiwe was invited by the African Leadership Academy for the AL for the Arts Network Writing and Literature webinar as a panelist to discuss ‘the state of writing in the…