---
name: "Zolani Mkiva"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zolani-mkiva"
fi1m_id: "zolani-mkiva"
imdb_id: "nm6115719"
tmdb_id: 1208133
wikidata_id: "Q17455968"
roles: []
born: "1 January 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:33:45.256284+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Zolani Mkiva

## Identity

Zolani Mkiva

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zolani-mkiva
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zolani-mkiva
- **IMDb ID:** nm6115719
- **TMDB ID:** 1208133
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17455968
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17455968, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6115719/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1208133

Crew. Born 1 January 1974 in Eastern Cape.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 January 1974, Eastern Cape
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17455968, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6115719/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1208133

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom*](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Zolani Mkiva is a South African actor, producer, poet and musician. He played Raymond Mhlaba in the film *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013). He has also appeared in *Foreign Demons* (2009) and served as associate producer on *A Small Town Called Descent* (2010).

Born in 1974 in Dutywa in the Eastern Cape, Mkiva trained at the University of the Western Cape. He is best known as a praise poet (imbongi) who performed for Nelson Mandela, including at his 1990 welcome home rally and 1994 inauguration. Mkiva has produced music albums and served as an advisor on traditional affairs and as Secretary-General of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, wikimzansi.com, ru.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), Fi1m 58, as Raymond Mhlaba — [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), as Raymond Mhlaba — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)
- *A Small Town Called Descent* (2010), Production Artist

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