Portia Gumede

Portia Gumede is a South African actress and writer best known for her role as receptionist Dinki Dube on the SABC3 television drama series Hard Copy She also cowrote produced with her production company Paw Paw and starred in the SABC1 miniseries Izingane zoBaba based on the Shakespeare play King Lear The sixpart series aired on SABC1 from April to May 2008 as part of its Shakespeare in Mzansi strand of miniseries Other television series she has acted in include Home Affairs Going up Again Backstage Egoli Stokvel Soul City and Sibahle a short film She also appeared in Leon Schusters movie Oh Schucks Im Gatvol She has also created or written several television shows including Sokhulu Partners which was nominated for an International Emmy Best Drama Award in 2009 Home Affairs 2 and 3 Stokvel Interrogation Room and Keeping Up Appearances