‘The River’ Actor Presley “Cobra” Chweneyagae Appears on ‘Papgeld’ for Failing To Pay R58 000 Child Support

‘The River’ Actor Presley “Cobra” Chweneyagae Appears on ‘Papgeld’ for Failing To Pay R58 000 Child Support

  • Controversial actor Presley Chweneyagae is the talk of the town after he was accused of not taking care of his teenage son
  • The actor has been in the media for the wrong reasons lately after he was allegedly involved in the lotto fraud scandal
  • Chweneyagae appeared on the popular television show Papgeld after his baby mama accused him of abandoning their son

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Tsotsi actor Presley Chweneyagae is trending on social media after recently appearing on the popular Moja Love show Papgeld.

Presley Chweneyagae accused of being a deadbeat father
'The River' star Presley Chweneyagae appeared on 'Papgeld' for not taking care of his son. Image: @presleychweneyagae
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The star, who was recently hogging headlines for his alleged involvement in the lotto scandal that saw Terry Pheto lose her home, is allegedly a deadbeat father.

Tsotsi star Presley Chweneyagae allegedly failing to pay R58 000 child support for his son

According to reports circulating on Twitter, the controversial actor had a baby boy with a woman named Alletta Somfula from Kempton Park in Johannesburg. The woman wrote to the Moja Love show, Papgeld, hoping they would help her get some money from Chweneyagae.

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Alletta explained that she met the actor in 2005, soon after the release of the internationally acclaimed movie Tsotsi. iHarare reports that she became pregnant soon after and told Presley. She said:

"We met in 2005 and I got pregnant. I found out I was pregnant when he had gone to the US for the Oscars. When he came back, I told him I was pregnant. He even asked my uncles to alert his family that I was pregnant, but his mother denied the child."

Presley Chweneyagae's baby mama blasts him for failing to take care of their son

Cobra's baby mama revealed shocking details when she noted that they even had DNA tests done to verify whether her son was Presley's. Although the results were positive, the Tsotsi actor never helped them financially.

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Speaking to ZiMoja, Somfula said she is not hoping to get back with the actor but wants him to take care of his son, who is now in Grade 10.

"We did the DNA test on the same day. After two weeks the results came back and confirmed he is the father. He disappeared for years. I had to move the file to Tembisa in 2014 since I was working this side and he was staying in Pretoria. He offered to support the child and pay R700. After that he gave me R1 000 and that was it."

'The Wife' star Stoan Seate seemingly misses daughter Malaika Mazwai's graduation after being roasted online

In more entertainment news, Briefly News reported that Stoan Seate has been hogging headlines for the wrong reasons lately. The Bongo Maffin singer and actor recently trended while being roasted for his Twitter post.

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Stoan recently took to his Twitter page to insult the EFF for their National Shutdown. The post landed him in hot water as peeps came out, guns blazing at him.

According to ZAlebs, the star did not attend his daughter Malaika's graduation. The pictures shared on the 22-year-old Instagram page show that her legendary mother, Thandiswa "King Tha" Mazwai, attended the function at AFDA film school.

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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.

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