Bonang opens up on betrayal in memoir

‘Accept it and move forward’

BONANG Matheba’s rise to stardom and journey to becoming a formidable force in the entertainment industry has not been a walk in the park.

Speaking at the swanky launch party of her book‚ Bonang: From A to B last week, the Top Billing presenter spoke about how she had dealt with betrayal over the past 13 years in her professional and personal life.

Matheba also shared how to deal with heartbreak and betrayal‚ no matter the situation.

“Accept it. Feel it. Embrace it. Cry the tears and feel the pain‚ know how it feels so you never have to go back there. Once you have felt it‚ move forward‚” she said.

B said she had learnt that it is up to you to teach people how to treat you.

“What you give out to the universe‚ you get back. So if you invest grief‚ sorrow and pain‚ you will get back grief‚ sorrow and pain‚” she said.

She said she chose to rather learn from the experience‚ take the good out of it and move forward, adding that there were some people who would rather choose to let such situations consume them and therefore would not move on.

Mathebe’s book has been a major talking point among fans over the past two weeks.

A chapter from the book where she revisited being in an alleged abusive relationship went viral last week. She also revealed that she cut Somizi out of her life because he apparently became friends with her ex-boyfriend.

The memoir also got major backlash on social media for being poorly edited and filled with grammatical errors.

Speaking at the launch, the publisher of BlackBird Books, Thabiso Mahlape, said she took responsibility for the errors.

“I take full responsibility for what happened. The last thing I want is for black people to be accused of mediocrity. I ought to have done better.”