Strictly Come Dancing 2019 judge Motsi Mabuse, 38, recalled the time herself and sister Oti Mabus, 29, struggled to find a dance teacher before making it big.
Speaking to The Mirror, she explained: “Finding people to give us the instructions was difficult.”
According to the publication, the sisters had to travel to school on separate buses from white children and saw buildings being torched in riots.
She added: “It was a very difficult time in South Africa.
Finding people to give us the instructions was difficult.
Motsi Mabuse
“So to be a little girl and push yourself in this type of dancing, where there are no other black girls, was really tough.”
The Strictly sisters soon found a weekend club where they learned dances such as the Cha Cha Cha.
The judge went on to say after working hard at their passion, they were “soon better than the teacher”.
Motsi and Oti’s mum later hired a room at a local kindergarten and a teacher to help the girls learn to dance.
The professional dancer went on to say their parents made “sacrifices” to get them into dancing and said their mother also learned how to sew to cut the costs of outfits.
Nowadays, the pair are starring on BBC’s biggest dancing show Strictly Come Dancing.
Oti joined Strictly Come Dancing in 2015 and has had a celebrity partner each year ever since.
She is currently dancing with former Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher, who were the first couple to be awarded a 10 this series.
Motsi joined the panel earlier this year to replace Dame Darcey Bussell.
The latter stepped down from her role on the panel after seven years to focus on other work commitments.
The new judge has been a hit with the viewers even since taking her seat alongside Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli last month.
Despite loving her new role, Motsi opened up on the negative side to the job, facing online trolling.
The mother-of-one admitted she gets angry will trolls, bur rants to her husband Evgenij Voznyuk about them instead of responding online.
Speaking on The Jonathan Ross show, she said: “I get so upset – well angry – then I write everything down, I answer them then I go to my husband and I put on my angry voice and then he’s like, ‘OK darling, do you feel better?’ and I’m like, ‘Yes’.”
Her admission comes after Shirley Ballas revealed she had received death threats following Dev Griffin’s departure on the show earlier this month.
The Radio One star and Dianne Buswell lost out to Viscountess Emma Weymouth and Aljaž Škorjanec in a dance-off in movie week.
Strictly Come Dancing continues tomorrow night at 6.35pm on BBC One.
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