Israel Matseke Zulu

“I don’t take advantage that I am a star.”

“People always expect you to be happy, they think just because you on TV your life is better, but truth is we all go through the same life issues.”

“I know what heals me when I am troubled, I learn to calm myself, I have my own ways of keeping myself together, if I need to cry I will.”

“I spend most of my time happy, I struggle to be an angry person, I think it’s because I know that when I feel upset I close myself indoors to be alone.”

“I always tell them [youth] that take whatever you do and your life serious. I tell them that success does not go hand in hand with drugs. Stealing or going to jail in order to be successful is wrong. I give them this information so that when they decide to take a decision they take an informed one.”

“These activities are important for young people because if they are doing nothing they will get involved in drugs and crime.”

“I draw a line between acting and real life.”

“During those days, we survived on the principles of ubuntu. Money was not as important as it is today.”

“My message in my art is crime does not pay. I like roles that emphasise the gospel that prison is not paradise and crime does not pay.”

“I’m an actor with a purpose. My intention is to open the eyes of young boys who want to travel down the road of gangsterism.”

“I think there is a need for people in the public eye to take a stand against crime, violence, gangsterism and other sensitive issues that affect us as black people, especially the youth.”

“Being arrested was a blessing in disguise.”

“I grew up in court. I knew the justice system. Boys will be boys was the judgement and I knew the judgement before it was even given.”