ZODWA WABANTU REGRETS LOSING NTOBEKO THROUGH FAME

ZODWA Wabantu bares all in the last episode of her reality show on Moja Love, which was shot at Soweto Theatre on Monday night.

Dressed in a black crop top, short skirt and strappy heels, Zodwa was in high spirits despite reports of her recent split from fiancé Ntobeko Linda.

The socialite and dancer was joined by Khanyi Mbau (they both dated wealthy businessman Mandla Mthembu); controversial musician Jub

Jub and sex therapist Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng. The show was hosted by Trevor Gumbi.

The Soweto-born star, who shot to fame as a dancer who preferred to gyrate on stage sans any underwear and in barely-there outfits, started out as a 16-years old hustling on the streets, trying her best to eke out a living the only way she knew how.

And she wasn't ashamed to revisit her past. “I’ll never forget taking care of myself as a child, that’s why I’m not scared of anything, you can’t hurt me.

They used to hide bath soap and food from me. I then realised that I have a vagina I can use to better myself.

“I remember staying with my friend Nombulelo Nkomo at Dlamini 2 (Soweto). She had a backroom; so we would squat there. I would go to the streets to hustle and she would do all the house chores for us.

I was the provider, bringing home plastics full of groceries,” Zodwa recalled.

After realising that life on the streets wasn’t really sustainable, Zodwa re-branded herself.

She explained: “Street-life doesn’t pay. The money you get just disappears without even seeing how you spent it.

I know in the hood some women still do it for alcohol, expensive hair and staying at luxurious hotels but I was never that person.

I would tell a guy not to take me to the public and feed me expensive food or stuff like that, I just wanted money.”