Businesses Owned By Thomas Gumede
Businesses Owned By Thomas Gumede. Thomas Gumede is a South African actor, comedian, director, producer, and businessman. He is best-known for the role of Siphiwe when he appeared in the drama series known as A Place Called Home that aired on SABC1 from 2006 to 2009. Apart from this, he is also known as being the co-host on The Cypher, an SABC1 talk show aimed at younger viewers that premiered on 19th July 2007. He also starred in SABC1’s Bay of Plenty from 2007 to 2008. Other high-profile television hosting gigs include Ridiculousness Africa alongside Boity Thulo and Basketmouth. Below are some of the businesses owned by Thomas Gumede.
Parental Advisory Production
He started the company in the year 2011 along with Lungile Radu, Siyabonga Ngwekazi and Simphiwe Mhlongo, Parental Advisory Productions is a film and television production company. The company is comprised of 4 Directors: Lungile Radu, Thomas Gumede, Siyabonga Ngwekazi and Simphiwe Mhlongo. Parental Advisory Productions is the company behind the hit reality shows “Forever Young” and “MoLove”. Both of which were aired on Vuzu in their 1st seasons in the same year and claimed number one spots on the channel.
Forever Young
He appeared in a reality show known as Forever Young with his friends, Lungile Radu and Siya Ngwekazi. This reality show tells the story about three friends and actors as they chased their dreams. Forever Young was so successful when it initially aired on Vuzu that it was moved to Mzansi Magic.
Black TV
Gumede also has his owns a premium television channel known as Black TV which he is determined to go international following a deal with the Emmy-Award winning GRB Studios. Speaking on the deal, he told Briefly that, “This is a deal for all of Africa, something we can all celebrate. It is a global deal. We will be able to deliver to the whole continent and beyond that. We want to create local content that can compete with international content and is as compelling. We want to set a new standard. Content is king and Africa is an untapped kingdom. There are so many stories to tell. We have great concepts we need to take it from concept to screen.”
