Lorch’s ‘baby mama’? Five things to know about Natasha Thahane

Actress Natasha Thahane announced her pregnancy on Tuesday 8 March and fans are convinced her on and off boyfriend, Orlando Pirates player Thembinkosi Lorch is the father. 

NATASHA THAHANE ANNOUNCES PREGNANCY 

Natasha Thahane announced that she is pregnant with a beautiful pregnancy shoot on 8 March. The Blood & Water star has been romantically linked to Orlando Pirates player Thembinkosi Lorch. So, Tweeps are convinced he is the “baby daddy”. 

Lorch and Natasha are having a Child. Too bad the child will be forced to support a losing team.
I can already imagine baby shower kugcwele decor ye pirate pic.twitter.com/pkVGLq03zR

— iam Paul Zihle 🙃 (@Paul__Zihle) March 8, 2022

So, what do we know about Lorch’s potential “baby mama” Natasha? 

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1. SHE IS AN ACTRESS 

Natasha shot to fame when she starred in SABC’s Skeem Saam. She went on to work alongside Connie and Shona Ferguson in The Queen on Mzansi Magic and she starred as Wendy Dlamini in Netflix’s Blood & Water.

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2. NATASHA IS 26 YEARS OLD 

The Queen star was born on 25 September 1995. So, she is 26 years old. 

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3. SHE IS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU

Natasha is the granddaughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. She was born to parents Trevor Thamsanqa Tutu and Nomaswazi Mamakoko.

4. NATASHA STUDIED IN NEW YORK 

The actress studied accounting at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) but did not complete her qualification because she was more passionate about acting. She thereafter went on to study at the New York Film Academy in the US.

5. SHE HAS BEEN TRENDING FOR HER R1 MILLION SCHOLARSHIP SCANDAL 

The actress caused an uproar on social media when she told MacG and Sol Phenduka that former speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete assisted her with R1 million funding to study in the US.

“I asked Mam’ Baleka (Mbete) and was like, ‘Mama, I need to go back to school, I’ve been accepted, I don’t know what I’m going to do. Can I have funds? Please arrange something for me.’ She managed to speak to (the department) Arts and Culture and they were able to help me,” said Natasha on an episode of Podcast And Chill.

She later explained that she got R350 000 and now R1 million but Tweeps continue to drag her on Twitter for answers.

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