South African actress and media personality Khanyi Mbau seems to have hit hard times of late. The actress is in trouble with the Standard Bank after she failed to make payments for her two luxury cars, a Porsche Carrera and a Mercedes Benz AMG.
According to the Sunday World, Standard Bank has since filed a lawsuit at the Joburg High Court to force Khanyi to return the luxury cars after defaulting on monthly installments. The papers were filed by Alexandra Pesci Martins, Weir Smith Inc Attorneys on behalf of a Standard Bank at the Johannesburg High Court last week. The bank seeks an order to cancel the installments of the former Metro FM presenter’s Porche Carrera and Mercedes-Benz AMG reads the statement. The bank is pleading with the court to force the former Muvhango and Uzalo actress to return the luxury cars.
However, Khanyi told the newspaper that the Mercedes was sold two weeks ago. She says she does not understand why the bank did not pick it up. Khanyi also expressed shock that the bank had decided to take her to court, asserting that she is quite willing to resolve the matter amicably. She added that she is only one month behind in arrears for the Porche and she expects to be up to date soon. She is willing to arrange the meeting to sort things out with the bank.
According to the Sunday World, Khanyi bought both vehicles for at least R1.5 Million each and was paying at least R28 000 a month for each vehicle. However, the Covid-19 induced national lockdown seems to have affected her adversely resulting in her skipping payments for both luxury cars in March, April, and May. She later made the outstanding payments although she is yet to pay for the month of August.
Khanyi Mbau wae born Khanyisile Mbau but known professionally as Khanyi Mbau. She is a South African actress, television host and artist. Raised in Soweto, Mbau rose to widespread prominence and became a household name as the second Doobsie in the SABC 2 soap opera Muvhango (2004-2005) as Mbali in the SABC 1 soap opera Mzansi and SABC 1’s mini-series After Nine. As of 2018, she is the host of the SABC 3 entertainment show The Scoop, The Big Secret on BET Africa and plays Tshidi on Mzansi Magic’s Abomama.
In 2004, Mbau replaced actress Lindiwe Chibi in the role of Doobsie on Muvhango after Chibi was shot by her boyfriend. A year later she was fired from the role, reportedly for spending too much time partying and appearing in the Sunday tabloids. In 2006, she joined the SABC 1 hit drama series Mzansi, in its second season, as Mbali. SABC 1 did not renew the show for a third season. Later in 2007 Mbau played the role of Zee in the SABC 1 mini-series After 9. In 2012 she was the guest judge on the second season of SABC 1’s Turn It Out. In 2013 she starred in an episode of E.tv’s anthology drama series, Ekasi: Our Stories.
She also featured in the DStv Vuzu documentary, I Am, and she portrayed Sindisiwe Sibeko on DStv’s Mzansi Magic mini-series Like Father Like Son. In 2017, Mbau began production of her third film with filmmaker and comedian Leon Schuster, Frank and Fearless, which was set for cinema release in 2018.
In November 2018, Mbau announced the launch of her own brand of gin called I Am Khanyi – Millennial Shimmer Gin.
