Carlo Radebe homeless after struggling to secure acting gigs

by Bongiwe Mati

Veteran actor Carlo Radebe is reportedly homeless after finding it difficult to secure acting gigs.

The actor, who many see as one of the best villain actors in South Africa rose to fame when he stared on eTV’s popular drama series Backstage along with the likes of Katlego Danke, Bonnie Mbuli, Pam Andrews, Grace Mahlaba, and others.

His portrayal of the character Duke on the drama series saw him landing many roles after that including movies such as How to Steal 2 Million portraying the role of Vusi, Avenged as Dex Kenny Baloyi, and the role of a security guy on Mrs Right Guy.

The news of the actors’ financial struggle was reported by popular news publication MDN News which shared:

“Famous South African actor homeless. Carlo Radebe well known South African actor, Voice artist, and Thespian is homeless and broke. The Actor has been struggling to sustain himself after not getting gigs.”

The publication further detailed, “He has been evicted and only survived on the R350 government grant.”

Seeing the post, social media users were touched commenting:

One user took further steps to try and help the actor commenting:

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