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Chris Q Radebe is a South African actor and scriptwriter who dreamed of becoming a writer since he was a child. He would go to any length to ensure he achieved his goal.

He grew up with his mother and three sisters. He had no father figure in his life and assumed his father had died. It wasn't until later that he discovered his father was still alive, working as a miner in a different town.

He moved to the mining town with his father, and his sisters soon followed. His father had remarried, but the second marriage had also been unhappy. He divorced his second wife and began venting his frustrations on his children.

Chris Q Radebe was born on December 19, 1983, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was born into a family of four children, three girls and a boy. Tholani, his mother, raised him and his siblings all by herself.

Growing up, his mother couldn't afford them a home of their own. They relocated to live with loved ones, relatives, or friends for a few months before moving on to someone else.

Chris taught his father was late because his father Shayizandla had separated from his mother. When he was seven years old, he moved to Gauteng with Shayizandla. His father had remarried and worked as a miner. Sadly, his mother died in 1995.
 

Chris showed up at the national TV channel SABC after finishing his matriculation and asked to take the scriptwriter's test. He did well and was offered a role in the television series Isidingo. Unfortunately for him, he did not have a computer with which to complete the task.

Chris had to leave work for a while to do some odd jobs, but he eventually saved up enough money to buy a laptop. Chris Q Radebe started his scriptwriting career.

Personal Life

Ginephi, Zandile, and Zethu Radebe are Chris Q Radebe's three sisters. Shayizandla, his father, is a miner. Chris is single and has made no mention of finding a partner in the near future. For the time being, he is concentrating on writing gripping scripts for productions.

Career

Chris has collaborated with a number of South African film production companies. He has appeared in numerous local television telenovelas, soap operas, and dramas as an actor. He worked on the soap opera Uzalo as a story liner and head writer.

In 2013, he appeared in the SABC1 sitcom Single Guyz and as Romeo in Season 2 of Mzansi Magic's soap opera Isithembiso.

On July 23, 2018, he made his Mzansi Magic soap opera Isibaya debut as Chief Dabula. In 2019, he portrayed the title character in Mzansi Magic's period drama series Ifalakhe.

Chris applied for and was granted a scriptwriter test at the SABC following his matriculation. 

The show's organizers offered him a role on the show. He was unable to work because he lacked a laptop. He worked as a security guard in Durban, South Africa, until he saved enough money to buy a computer. 

He returned to Johannesburg with his laptop to begin his scriptwriting journey. Later, he was hired to write for the popular television show Rhythm City.

He has a long list of scriptwriting credits, including Uzalo, Zabalaza, Isidingo, Isibaya, The Queen, and The River. He is a co-creator of the popular drama series Gomora.