Bonang heads back to SABC for new docu-series

BONANG Matheba (pictured) dives back to SABC1 — the channel that introduced Mzansi to her sobriquet Queen B over 10 years ago.

The 33-year-old media personality promises to take South Africans into the new chapter in her career as she conquers the global market in her new docu-series A Very Bonang Year next month, Women’s Month. Lebonza, as she's affectionately known to her fans, told

Sowetan

yesterday that it was very important to take it back where it all started. She became a superstar after presenting the music show Live on SABC1 in 2007. “What better way to share my global expansion other than with those who were with me when I started.

“As I venture internationally, I naturally wanted to share it with as many people as possible, SABC1 has the highest viewership in the country, so for me it was an obvious choice when wanting to share this special project,” Matheba explained. While three seasons of her reality show, Being Bonang, on pay broadcaster DStv with sidekick Tebogo Mekgwe were more light-hearted, Matheba said the two-part special is more serious than just popping “champagne, dahling”. When the show premieres on August 1, viewers will be taken behindthescenes on Matheba’s business dealings in

Prague, London, Manchester, New York and Los Angeles.

“I am really allowing South Africans to see what is usually kept behind-the-scenes when it comes to my meetings with key team members and partners."