{"id":42616,"date":"2021-06-27T18:25:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T16:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=42616"},"modified":"2021-06-27T17:55:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T15:55:03","slug":"thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins","title":{"rendered":"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Thandiwe Newton a prime-time Emmy Award-winning actress told Hot Seat host Violet Gonda that she has Zimbabwean origins as her mother is from Manicaland, Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

Asked about changing her name from Thandie to Thandiwe, she said she was not changing it but she was restoring it. She also said she used to be shy about her name when she was young.<\/p>\n

The Hollywood star who is currently on the cover of the UK Vogue Magazine (May) has featured in many romantic movies and high-octane dramas including Beloved, Good Deeds, Mission Impossible 2 and is currently starring in the HBO science-fiction series Westworld.<\/p>\n

Thandiwe has also been using her social media platforms to champion human rights causes in Zimbabwe and many welcome her powerful voice.<\/p>\n

Thandiwe believes that transformation in Zimbabwe will come from within the Southern African country.<\/p>\n

Watch the video below for more.<\/p>\n

More: Pindula News; Hot Seat<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Thandiwe Newton a prime-time Emmy Award-winning actress told Hot Seat host Violet Gonda that she has Zimbabwean origins as her mother is from Manicaland, Zimbabwe. Asked about changing her name from Thandie to Thandiwe, she said she was not changing it but she was restoring it. She also said she used to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,35,15],"tags":[1493,2189,5349,5350,19],"class_list":["post-42616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-thandiwe-newton","tag-violet-gonda","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"\nThandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thandiwe Newton a prime-time Emmy Award-winning actress told Hot Seat host Violet Gonda that she has Zimbabwean origins ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thandiwe Newton a prime-time Emmy Award-winning actress told Hot Seat host Violet Gonda that she has Zimbabwean origins ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-27T16:25:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/img-60d89f2c2d47b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-27T16:25:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/img-60d89f2c2d47b.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zimbabwe\",\"Thandiwe Newton\",\"Violet Gonda\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins\",\"name\":\"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/img-60d89f2c2d47b.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-27T16:25:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Thandiwe Newton a prime-time Emmy Award-winning actress told Hot Seat host Violet Gonda that she has Zimbabwean origins ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/img-60d89f2c2d47b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/img-60d89f2c2d47b.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins - zimbabwe","description":"Thandiwe Newton a prime-time Emmy Award-winning actress told Hot Seat host Violet Gonda that she has Zimbabwean origins ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins","og_description":"Thandiwe Newton a prime-time Emmy Award-winning actress told Hot Seat host Violet Gonda that she has Zimbabwean origins ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2021-06-27T16:25:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/img-60d89f2c2d47b.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins","datePublished":"2021-06-27T16:25:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins"},"wordCount":158,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/img-60d89f2c2d47b.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Zimbabwe","Thandiwe Newton","Violet Gonda","Zimbabwe"],"articleSection":["all news","community","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins","name":"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/img-60d89f2c2d47b.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-27T16:25:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Thandiwe Newton a prime-time Emmy Award-winning actress told Hot Seat host Violet Gonda that she has Zimbabwean origins ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/img-60d89f2c2d47b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/06\/img-60d89f2c2d47b.jpg","width":1200,"height":1200,"caption":"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/thandiwe-newton-speaks-on-her-zimbabwean-origins#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Thandiwe Newton Speaks On Her Zimbabwean Origins"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}