Haibo: Skeem Saam's Meneer Manaka wrongfully arrested over the weekend
- Actor Skhumbuzo Mbatha was wrongfully arrested over the weekend after giving a mysterious woman a lift home
- Skhumbuzo was out with friends when he realised that there was a lady sitting across him who looked troubled
- The following day, he was called to the police station by a police officer
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Favourite Skeem Saam actor, Skhumbuzo Mbatha otherwise known as Meneer Manaka on the show was wrongfully arrested by the police over the weekend. The incident happened on Sunday afternoon while he was enjoying some time out with friends.
Skhumbuzo said that he was just having sundowners with friends at Pata Pata and the drinks were flowing. Seated across him, was a lady who looked like she was troubled. He shared all the details on Facebook.
"I sat down, consciously keeping a safe corona free space after having greeted everyone around the table. I joined in on the conversation albeit maintaining a sober person's demeanour. I could not help but notice this lady, she was seated right across me at the other side of the table," he said.
According to Skhumbuzo, the woman seemed as though she was bored. He then decided to have a conversation with her to find out what was on her mind.
Source: Instagram
"She told me she was not emotionally well and had wanted to go home but did not want to be a party pooper for her friends," said Skhumbuzo.
When it was time to go home, the lady asked Skhumbuzo for a lift. She asked him if he could drop her off in Melville, Johannesburg and he had no problem doing that. As he drove out of the parking lot she asked if they could stop by at another place. When they got there, she got out of the car and said she would not be long.
She returned to the car frazzled and she asked him if they could leave quickly. He didn't ask her what happened because he did not want to impose.
The following day, a police officer asked Skhumbuzo to come to the station.
"The lady from yesterday, yes that polite sweet lonesome figure I saw when I came to join my friends had smashed someone's car's windscreen with a brick. She then got a metal object and scratched the car. What I hear now is that the car belongs to her estranged husband who was seen by a friend entering the joint with a hot woman and the friend notified her. She too happened to be in Maboneng," he wrote.
That is how Skhumbuzo ended up at the Jeppe Police station.
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