Bonnie Mbuli Reflects on Her Experience of Being Accused of Witchcraft Because She Wears Waist Beads

Bonnie Mbuli Reflects on Her Experience of Being Accused of Witchcraft Because She Wears Waist Beads

  • South African actress Bonnie Mbuli has shared her experience with local men when they spot the beads she wears around her waist
  • The former television presenter made the comments after another social media user revealed that she uses the body accessory to evade harassment from men
  • Mbuli, however, seemed unbothered by the name-calling she gets, saying these people are "God's first pancakes"

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Former Afternoon Express presenter Bonnie Mbuli has opened up on her bad experience with South African men. The actress said she has been called a witch each time men get a glimpse of her waist beads.

Bonnie Mbuli, actress. waist beads, South Africa
Bonnie Mbuli has revealed that she has been accused of witchcraft for wearing waist beads. Image: @bonniembuli
Source: Instagram

According to TimesLIVE, Mbuli made these sentiments when she responded to a follower who revealed that she uses the body accessory as her shield against bullies.

The publication reports that the Twitter user said she wears her waist beads visible so that South African men will assume she is a sangoma and not harass her.

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Mbuli responded to the post by sharing her own experience with South African men and the waist beads. She said she gets called names each time she posts a picture with them visible. She wrote:

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"I’ve worn waist beads for the past couple of years and when I post with them visible, SA men are always the first to call it witchcraft, now I’m remembering the hun who called them “God's first pancakes.”

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Maboe shared the good news that the court had ruled in his favour after a two-year legal battle. According to the statement posted on his Instagram page, the court did not find any domestic violence evidence against the former Expresso presenter.

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Privie Kandi (Entertainment Editor) Privilege Kandi is an entertainment news editor (joined Briefly in 2022). A Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the Christian College of Southern Africa (2016), she has been in the arts and entertainment industry for six years. Privie has worked for the Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust as a communications officer and a writer and TV producer for lifestyle and entertainment channel CME TV. She passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her at privie.kandi@briefly.co.za.