I am not a sex worker, I am just doing my job': Muvhango's' Angela Atlang

I am not a sex worker, I am just doing my job': Muvhango's' Angela AtlangThe Muvhango' actress says she's been attacked on social media by her fellow church members since she joined the soapie.

by Rae Seleme

07-09-2021

in SA TV and Film

Muvhango' actress Angela Atlang as Itseng Motsamai. Image via Instagram @angelaatlang

Botswana-born actress Angela Atlang who recently joined SABC 2's Venda soapie Muvhango to play the role of Itseng Motsamai has rubbished rumours from her home country that she is a prostitute.

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The actress who is a born-again Christian told Sunday World that she's been getting calls from church members in Botswana who are reprimanding her for being a prostitute in South Africa.

THE STIGMA IS VERY DEEP' Atlang's character Itseng Motsamai who is James Motsamai's (Dingaan Mokebe KaKhumalo) sister is a seductive but hard and gritty woman who plies her trade as a stripper on the show.

The actress says she's been attacked on social media since she debuted on the soapie on 16 August as James Motsamai's estranged sister.

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Atlang who's been struggling to get a breakthrough on TV says she's shocked that people think she's the character she portrays.

I am shocked that people are actually thinking that this is my real life.

I am not a sex worker, I am just doing my work.

The stigma is very deep.

Big Daddy silence Itseng.

Tonight on #Muvhango at 21:00 @SABC_2 pic.twitter.com/AyT5cMczeo

Muvhango (@MuvhangoSA) September 6, 2021

MINISTERING IS MY PASSION' The 26-year-old actress told News 24 that she took the role because she loves a good challenge and believes that her work ethic will endear her to the viewers.

Atlang is well-known for giving out bible-based advice in her home country as she's very spiritual and deeply rooted in Christ.

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I have always been that way ever since I was born.

For the first three months of my life, my mom says she had a deep sense of longing to live at a church.

When I was born, she took me and raised me at a church house for the first three months of my life.

Fans of the actress will also be surprised to know that she's lived in a one-room house, used paraffin lamps and candles, and knows how to make an outside fire to cook.

Itseng though #Muvhango pic.twitter.com/PK3VgahOxN

Muvhango (@MuvhangoSA) September 3, 2021

Also read:Actress Angela Atlang joins Muvhango' as James's stripper sister

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