Sonia Mbele Responds to Claims of 42 Charges of Tax Evasion for ‘Real Housewives of Johannesburg’

• Actress Sonia Mbele and two colleagues have allegedly missed tax payments for The Real Housewives of Johannesburg
• She, along with partners Yolisa Gqunta and Rebone Sesing, is facing 42 counts with the tax man ranging from 2019 to 2022
• The reports of her gigantic legal woes have reopened her Zanu-PF drama, opening her up to more public scrutiny
• Briefly News has received a statement from her spokesperson, Thato Malindi, who has explained her separation from the company in question

Former Generations actress Sonia Mbele has been implicated in another scandal, that SARS is allegedly charging her and her Real Housewives of Johannesburg (RHOJ) business partners for evasion of tax.

Sonia Mbele allegedly missed tax payments from 2019 to 2022

A report by TimesLive said the actress missed her Wednesday court appearance, submitting a sick note. It was rejected by the judge to account for tax evasion charges between her and two business partners, Yolisa Gqunta and Rebone Sesing.

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The National Prosecution Authority released a statement that read:

"The directors in relation to their company, Real Housewives of South Africa are facing 42 counts of not filling company income tax from 2019 to 2022, not filing their Value Added Tax (VAT) returns from 2020 to 2022 and also not filing their Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) from 2020 until 2022."

Sonia Mbele independent from Rhosa since 2019

in a statement sent to Briefly News by her spokesperson, Thato Malindi, it was clarified that the businesswoman had walked away from the company in question of tax evasion, Rhosa, in 2019:

"In 2019 Sonia Mbele left Rhosa and concluded with her peers to close the company however the Public Officer and Accountant didn’t do so.

"Sonia further made her own arrangements to settle her portion of the amount which means she wasn’t in contempt of court due to the assessment made... So it confuses and derails us on why these allegations have been highlighted to make it seem like she has been duck and dodging these allegations."

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Mzansi shocked by Sonia Mbele's tax evasion allegations

The story that comes after her controversial Zimbabwe visit opened the producer up for more public scrutiny. These are some of the comments that came in:

@Ayola_M was disappointed:

"Sonia shocks me for this. I had so much hope for the girl! Ndim owrongo."

@AmuFloyd made a list:

"If it's not lottery money, it's defrauding SARS. Our celebs!"

@Kwena06019336 was hopeful:

"I hope SARS got its cut from the Zimbabwean Zanu-PF-driven campaign that Sonia attended last month. I hear it was around 7 figures in ZAR."

@Hlubizer speculated:

"She got moolah in Zimbabwe recently when she went there as Zanu-PF guest and ended up making moegoe of herself. I doubt she declared anything."

@Questerr_ was disappointed:

"My goodness, gracious me! She’s tarnishing her unsullied image."

@MashSammy said:

"Mnangagwa will pay for her."

@lnkambule91 commented:

"Just after her visit to Zim yhoo."

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It is alleged that she competed with Netflix to document the brazen prison break of Bester and his disgraced aesthetics doctor girlfriend, Nandipha Magudumana.

Source: Briefly News