Simon “Mabhunu” Sabela Lifetime Achievement Award for Dr Peppas

Ayanda Mngoma and Dr Mikhail Peppas at the Simon “Mabhunu” Sabela Awards. 

Retired Journalism lecturer, Dr Mikhail Peppas was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the star-studded 5th Annual film and Television Awards held at the Durban Playhouse recently.
The former television and broadcast lecturer was honoured for his contribution to the province’s film and television industry. Dr Peppas was praised for his outstanding, timeless achievements and dedication to the film industry.

“It is really an honour and privilege to have people who value your work so much. The best thing for me is working with young, upcoming and hungry talent who are always beaming with excitement and creativity. It is truly something I enjoy and that has kept me going,” said Peppas excitedly.
Peppas wasn’t the only big winner on the night. Drama & Production Studies’ third year student, Ayanda Mngoma was named Lux Best Newcomer Actress in a Film.

Mngoma won for her leading role in “Imbali Kababa” (Daddy’s Flower). The movie is about a young girl raised by her single mother, who longs for a ‘perfect’ family. Her ‘biological’ father is married to another woman. When her father does not pitch on her birthday she runs away from home to look for her father and his house. Upon her arrival, she finds her father with his wife and two children, living the ‘perfect’ family life she longs for. She plans to not return home but one day receives a call that her mum has passed on. On the day of her mother’s funeral, she discovers that the man she had been introduced to as her father, isn’t her biological father. When she goes searching for her biological father, she discovers that he too had passed on. All her life she had lived a life demanding more and more and one day her life just spirals out of control.

When Mngoma speaks of her achievement, she is filled with excitement. “I am ecstatic and honoured to be the one who has won such a prestigious award. I cannot help but believe this is the beginning of greater things to come,” she said proudly.


Named after Simon Mabhunu Sabela, a legend in both the small and big screens, the annual ceremony celebrates and honours outstanding work in the industry.

-Noxolo Memela 

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