Gold digger, chancer, attention whore – Khanyi Mbau has been called all of that and more. While her flamboyant and daring personality have made this actress a darling of the media and a sought-after guest at parties, her flashy lifestyle and relationships with older (and often married) men have made her one of the country’s most talked about women. This is the story of a young starlet who let sudden fame go to her head. Her world spirals out of control as fancy cars and rooms full of shoes become more important than self-respect. Khanyi divulges all about her abusive marriage to Mandla Mthembu, the sugar daddy she married at 19. He is also the father of her only child, a daughter named Cannes. She reaches an all-time low when the marriage breaks up and she is left destitute. Khanyi then gets involved in a sordid affair with a married man, Theunis Crous. Their relationship is splashed in the tabloids as are their often very public fights. It is only when she decides to turn her life around that Khanyi has the courage to break up the affair and face an uncertain future. In this book the Queen of Bling bares her soul as she tells of some of the hard lessons she learned and of the things she will never do again.
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Lesley Mofokeng. Bitch, please! I'm Khanyi Mbau
Introduction
1. The Queen of England
2. A star is born
3. I hate jazz
4. From Hard Copy to Soul City
5. Bitch, please! I am Khanyi Mbau
6. Sandton’s golden couple
7. A lonely bride
8. The dutiful wife
9. What hides beneath the surface
10. A stranger walks in
11. The alpha female
12. Rented joy, rented love
13. “The Khanyi influence”
14. Overcoming a winter curse
About the author
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To my Mother, to my Gogo
Khanyi Mbau
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Babes turned out to be a canny entrepreneur. He managed to run a printing company during the apartheid years. All his life he insisted that the children learn a musical instrument. Playing music had meant so much to him, he wanted to pass that joy on but warned it was impossible to make a living as a musician. Khanyi’s aunt ensured her upbringing was even more cosmopolitan and unusual. Nikiwe lived and worked in Germany as an engineer for BASF. She was a smart, successful woman who had travelled and seen the world, and her visits left the little girl with an expanded sense of her own potential. There was far more to see and do than the township offered.
As a girl, Khanyi loved cartoons and eating bowls of cereal in bed. Significantly, she was addicted to The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, an early reality show that celebrated the excesses of the 1980s, showcasing giant homes, expensive cars and yachts. Can there be any doubt this planted an envious thought in her young brain? Something along the lines of “if they can have all that, why can’t I”?
