“Sbu Mpungose Leaving Cosmo With Immediate Effect” Screams DRAMA!

September 13, 2012 by  

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Hawu, it was just theother day when we were congratulating Sbu Mpungose on being the first black woman to edit Cosmopolitan Magazine so excuse me for suspecting there is a bit of Drama behind her sudden exit.

The statement from Cosmo says:

“It is with great regret that we have to announce that Sbu Mpungose has resigned as editor of Cosmopolitan South Africa,” says Vanessa Raphaely, editorial director of Associated Magazines. “We wish her well and thank her for the time she has spent here.”

Sbu Mpungose has been editor of Cosmopolitan for the past year and will leave the magazine to pursue personal interests.

Forget the fact that they are incorrect in saying Sbu was there for a year, it was only from 1 November, (making it just a little over 9 months) Cosmopolitan had a longer statement when Sbu joined the magazine, today they are sounding like bo Orlando Pirates/Bafana Bafana when they fire coaches… mmmh!

Mina I suspected tthere was trouble in paradise when Sbu changed her Twitter handle. Soon after she became Cosmo Editor, Sbu’s handle was @COSMOSbu and things were lekker.

Then one day she was on Twitter, going on and on about sexual content, can’t remember the tweets exactly but I know she was getting all sorts of retweets then all of a sudden I heard that the Raphaely clan wasn’t too happy with her tweets, they asked her to delete them and remove the Cosmo from her handle.

This is what I heard.

I was surprised though when I heard that, considering that Cosmo was so liberal about sexual matters but anyway… the COSMO was removed from Sbu’s twitter handle… and now there’s a resignation with immediate effect!

Sbu left a comment on MediaSlut blog about her departure:

Hi MediaSlut – its Sbu Mpungose here. Leaving Cosmo wasnt an easy decision. Its a job i never thought was within my reach, especially as a black woman. When the opportunity became available, I was both terrified and excited. My time at Cosmo has been well spent. Ive letf too soon, but Ive departed at the right time to explore all the opportunities the media industry has to offer. With media being so democratised through digital advancements, im in no doubt the next chapter of my life will be interesting. Oh, and if my CV lands in your inbox, shortlist a sister toe! :-)

Suspect as the circumstances are, we wish Sbu all the best, she is a smart girl and there will definitely be other opportunities out there for her. Now we wonder what the issues was….. mmmh

*calls Julius Malema to investigate*

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117 Comments on "“Sbu Mpungose Leaving Cosmo With Immediate Effect” Screams DRAMA!"

  1. TreyScriptures on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 5:01 am 

    O_o

  2. Nandisile on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 6:06 am 

    I’m sure laba o-Raphaely bebemhlukumeza uSbu wagcina esethi abayithathe into yabo. The Raphaelys have been in charge of that mag forever (talk abt nepotism)

    They & other SA women’s mags are just now realising there is a huge black market they’re ignoring, and thought they could get a black token. I’m guessing Sbu wasn’t having it. Abelungu banjalo vele, act like they’re giving you an opportunity, then think they can control you.

    Vele i-Cosmo umbhedo nje. All abt how women can diet, to look better for a man. How to have great sex, to please a man. How to dress etc etc.

    Very dodgy exit. All the best to Sbu.

  3. snapshot on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 7:02 am 

    Chineke!! @Nandisile what if Sbu was the one troublesome thinking she’s Cosmo and all that. Ima call my friend at cosmo to dish the mgosi there must be something

  4. Brown Shuga on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 7:18 am 

    And come back to dish here tuu Snappy

  5. Nerlee on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 7:20 am 

    Heheehehe this reminds me of my resignation with immediate effect ko blue bank, Phuck white people are the most evil souls, the give us blacks senior positions and still want to be incontrol #bitch I got here by merit not by umakazi. Some battles can’t be faught shame its better to resign sometimes then tell them SHIT when u leave. Sbu is beautiful yazi, am not a Cosmo target market so I never got to read/see her work there!

  6. fabulicious on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 7:55 am 

    @nerlee fAught=fOught…. Aluta!

  7. zara on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:01 am 

    Hahahahahaha @nerlee maybe u should have tried getting the senior post using umakazi! Works like a charm hahahahahaa

  8. Solomon.Mahlangu on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:06 am 

    Madoda, anime kancane, how do such beautiful women even end up with jobs? mmmmm… the hotness that is Sbu reminds me of……… no one !

    Anyways i wish her all the best, i hope one day in S.A we will have the “Mokoena Sisters” “Mkhize Sisters” running such big organazations

  9. Fab Tee on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:11 am 

    Madoda, anime kancane, how do such beautiful women even end up with jobs? mmmmm…Im trying to understand this question?, I’ve read it over and over but no I still dont get it?

  10. bumbum on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:22 am 

    Solomon was a wise man so says the bible but our Solomon hai I have to disagree, so beautiful women should not work? O_o.

    I like Sbu hey and all the best

  11. @JohneighGALAXY™ on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:25 am 

    @Nerlee: Speaking of banks falsely giving Blacks positions w/ no power/control, some Blacks do stay there for the sake of the perks and the ‘prestige’, like the GM of ABSA; dude is just a front for false transformation, he does nix.

  12. Leungo on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:29 am 

    I know Sbu as we used to work together. She is really a go getter but I guess it is clear from her response to MediaSlut that the job was just too big for her and she is actually admitting that herself.
    Reading between the lines of the Cosmo response gives me the impression that she was fired.
    Anyway, she will find something, she is a clever gil. I just wish she had not left her job at True Love because she was yet to make her mark when she left.

    On a sidenot, for an editor, her grammar is beyond atrocious and her lack of punctuation very troubling too.

  13. Ntombi Yomzulu on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:36 am 

    On a sidenot, for an editor, her grammar is beyond atrocious and her lack of punctuation very troubling too.
    Leungo, my thoughts exactly hehehehe

  14. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:37 am 

    what is umakazi? i also noticed that after she changed her twitter handle from cosmosbu to her own minus cosmo other cosmo employees changed as well… i know a blogger who works there ko cosmo (i have her on twitter n fb). mara she’s not my friend ya gore aka njwetsa di taba.. i just wish she can change her JC username and dish out cos she use her real name..

  15. Leungo on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:38 am 

    To those that read Cosmo, did Sbu really transform it? As in tap into the black market by putting people that appeal to both black and white on the cover?

    Maybe that was what Cosmo initially employed her for but when that did not happen they decided to let her go.

    Look at it this way, crime is driving a lot of young educated white people out of teh country and those are the Cosmo readers. If 3 000 left in the past two years, it means the readership has gone down. So, whoever takes over will have to make sure that the mag gets those numbers back and more.

    Therefore, if blacks and some whites did not find Cosmo appealing, it is the responsibility of teh new editor to make sure they do. Being an editor is no child’s play, you always have to make sure that you think out of the box to get more readers or keep the ones who have. You need to convince people why they need to part with their hard earned money for your magazine.

  16. fufu on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:46 am 

    off topic, i saw Judith Sephuma with a preggy belly.no uyazala lamfazi bo.

  17. Cutie on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:48 am 

    I bought the mag twice and for the ff reasons:

    1. I was @ the airport and desperately wanted to read something to kill time. So I bought it and there was nothing special at all. I did not connect with it @ all. It then promised to have celebs on the next issue in lingerie (Minnie included)

    2. In anticipation of the lingerie clad celebs, I bought the next one. Only to see Minnie and Tamara De)’s bra’s only. The bottom (and my main reaon my anticipation) was covered with some throws/duvets…nxa!

    Will never buy it again ever! She’s definitely fired (maybe constructively)

  18. Ntombi Yomzulu on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:49 am 

    ay no Fufu, I dont believe you for a second owesingaki lomtana? is she still married I remember some publication saying there was trouble in paradise.

    But I guess if ashadile akunalutho

  19. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:50 am 

    In anticipation of the lingerie clad celebs, I bought the next one. Only to see Minnie and Tamara De)’s bra’s only. The bottom (and my main reaon my anticipation) was covered with some throws/duvets…nxa!
    hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha

  20. Ntombi Yomzulu on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:50 am 

    Snappy, we waiting dear

  21. fufu on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:07 am 

    @Ntombiyomzulu yaz nami i could”nt believe it ,and naye she ‘s got that embarrassed look nje.

    i love Sbu though, back then i used to read her articles on meadia 24′s blog.

  22. missTmzee on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:10 am 

    More Almal :-)

    I have a black friend who is a very loyal cosmo reader even before Sbu times. so ya some people are speshal like that.

    I dont think am their target the closest to white i get with magazines is Women’s health and mostly coz its soooo informative.

    Lmao @Ntombi refreshing and waiting for Snappy

  23. True-self on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:15 am 

    her grammar is beyond atrocious>>>>>>really? where exactly, i seem to have missed that. I also think she was told to resign, and it looks like she doesn’t have any offer as yet. Good luck to you Sbu!

  24. Nandisile on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:23 am 

    @snappy Lol at Chineke!!
    You’re right it’s poss she was the problem, but i’m inclined to believe not. Call your friend and report back! *refreshes*

  25. Loulou on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:25 am 

    I thought she did a kak job, or in fact, no job. There was no Sbu in that mag, it was still for whites, I had such hope even though I was sceptical…she should have stayed in her lane…incremental steps are better than leaps sometimes

  26. Bohlez on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:31 am 

    Mina I think this is what happened, when Sbu was hired, she thought ( with the rest of us black woman) that she will transform the magazine to appeal to black people as well, and the o-Raphaely made it difficult for her, Mina I must say I started buying the mag after she was appointed thinking the will be a black cover and articles/ stories that I can identify with but tololo, and then cos she is a very smart girl, she got tired of being a glorified editor who does not make decisions about who to have on the cover, and she started challenging them, and then the was trouble in paradise…. mmmmmmm

  27. Letebele on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:32 am 

    Sbu leaves True Love in less than a year. Sbu leaves Cosmo in less than a year. Common denominator=Sbu

    The worst/least selling issue ya True Love ever in the history of the mag’s existence,Khanyi Mbau issue under Sbu’s leadership.

    So as smart as everyone says she is,maybe she’s just not a good editor.

  28. Nandisile on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:33 am 

    So i guess either Sbu was fed up and decided to resign imm as a fk you to the Raphaely’s who now have to panic over next edition of that crappy mag.

    Or bamzumile and unexpectedly fired her, let her say she resigned so she doesn’t spill.

    Who resigns without a new job offer waiting, unless they’re really unhappy?
    Why would they fire her, 9months not long enough to prove yourself.. Esp with something as formulaic as Cosmo.

    Maybe Vanessa R was still behaving like the editor & not giving her a chance? I also think she shoulda stayed at TL.

    I’m so curious. Snapshot buya nendaba tu!

  29. Nandisile on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:41 am 

    @loulou i also thought it would appeal to us after she came. But heard radio interview after she was hired where she basically said there’s not much she can change as Cosmo is worldwide with specific formula they use everywhere.

    Sad to think we as black people are majority in this country, but almost all women’s mags are made for that 10% that is white…

  30. chilled sweet lemonade on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:50 am 

    i like sbu, she did a great job at True Love, when she took over, i read it back to back….then she moved to Cosmo and i saw no difference, honestly speaking, she was a glorified black editor!!!! those Raphaley (sp) girls would have never let her run things the way she wanted….shem….she was a token alright….the issue now is that she has done all the ‘black’mags…well most….who will take her now!!!time will tell……

  31. Ms.Zie on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:54 am 

    On the topic of mags, True Love needs an intervention. It is just so so painfully weak lately. The content is ZZZzzzzzz

  32. Mopedi thwi on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:55 am 

    @Letebele where did you see the Khanyi Mbau sales figures? Or you just assuming because you bought the mag then? Or is it because it was descussed here? Or………

  33. Letebele on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:00 am 

    “On the topic of mags, True Love needs an intervention. It is just so so painfully weak lately. The content is ZZZzzzzz”
    Agreed! The cover stories are so badly written!

    I’m a mag junkie but nowadays,I spend my money on popcorn and chocolate. At least I get some pleasure from those two.

    Real Magazine is the only one that has held its place shem. To think they’re a lot more affordable than most of these popular ones. They don’t repeatedly put the same faces on their covers,which is the one thing I love about the mag.

    What the hell happened to Soul mag bandla? Can they just stop printing it already? Yoh! They’re just waisting money/resources.

  34. Letebele on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:07 am 

    “@Letebele where did you see the Khanyi Mbau sales figures? Or you just assuming because you bought the mag then? Or is it because it was descussed here?”

    Saw it in a true love issue dali. Don’t remember who was on the cover but it was one of those bday issues I think. Where it kinda gave the history of the mag (first editor,first cover girl,first what what,etc,etc)

  35. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:13 am 

    ?Mopedi thwi on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 9:55 am

    @Letebele where did you see the Khanyi Mbau sales figures? Or you just assuming because you bought the mag then? Or is it because it was descussed here? Or………

    mopedi thwii, it was on TL mag (their birthday edtition! from the horse’s mouth darling)

  36. Mopedi thwi on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:16 am 

    Thank you Letebele and Kamza

  37. Ntombi Yomzulu on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:16 am 

    On the topic of mags, True Love needs an intervention. It is just so so painfully weak lately. The content is ZZZzzzzzz

    I so agree, my subscription expired twomonths ago and Im not renewing it. Im actually really enjoying Destingy Magazine and Im such a HUGE fan(groupie) of Khanyie Dlomo

  38. Vesa on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:16 am 

    Honestly speaking, I haven’t seen any work from her. Maybe because when she was at True Love, I wasn’t buying the magazine anymore. The same with Cosmo.

    She was on Metrofm sometime last month…..and was going on about how reality shows are dragging women down. I listened for a good two hours and struggled to understand the points she was making. She was all over the show trying to justify her point of view, and the more she spoke on the issue…..the dumber she sounded!

    Even Unathi, who I always find annoying, was waay too smart when she articulated her stand point and the reasons behind it

  39. Vesa on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:21 am 

    I’m a mag junkie but nowadays,I spend my money on popcorn and chocolate. At least I get some pleasure from those two.

    Soo true! The only magazine that interests me lately is Grazia magazine…..but I refuse to buy it cause it’s a weekly mag. Can’t afford that. So I check it out everytime I go to checkers for something

  40. Ntombi Yomzulu on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:26 am 

    HOw is Grazzia Vesa, It has never even crossed my mind to even open it when Im standing in a que waiting to pay. Is it a fashion magazine or gossip or both? maybe I should try it.

    Please dont even mention Unathi, gosh she annoys me when she tries to make her voice sultry aaaargh that womanYerrrrrrrrrrrr

  41. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:34 am 

    nna i enjoyed her (Sbu)’s work at TL… I stopped buying it every month after she left.. never bought cosmo cos i always heard gore the articles are recycled. few months ago i watched Sonia Sedibe on motswako talking about her first born and the story she gave the viewers (motswako) was different to the one on TL mag she gave us months before that interview.. another reason i stopped buying mags with celebs! they feeding us lies and thinks gore we stupid. mxm

  42. Monei on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:35 am 

    True love truly disappointed me when they put connie ferguson on the cover recently. i mean , what is it she cud tell us that we don’t know abt her after all these decades?!i was soooo put off- i suspected they are going back to they’re former obsession with generations stars.

    As i sed abt cosmo rigidness (sic)- its a world wide mag so one can’t stray much frm it. i noticed alot more pics of black girls than before. even hair stuff incl blacks. but i’m not the cosmo target- i grew up reading that stuff. i u go thru a collection as extensive as my mom had (dating frm 1989) it wud depress u to realise how regurgitative their stuff was. esp the sex positions. they’d just change the names.heck, even their articles! same stuff abt ur man, ur career, blah blah blah. u can only be a cosmo reader for 3 yrs. starting in varsity.

  43. BGT on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:40 am 

    I smell drama. These things always reveal themselves with time.

  44. BGT on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:45 am 

    BTW, attaching your employer’s brand and name to your personal social network presence seems pretty dumb to be honest.

  45. Applepurple on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 11:00 am 

    BTW, attaching your employer’s brand and name to your personal social network presence seems pretty dumb to be honest.

    e.g khosiandherDrum

  46. BGT on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 11:04 am 

    If you’re tweeting in your professional capacity then I don’t see the problem. But your personal account? With your personal views, opinions etc? Problematic.

  47. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 11:05 am 

    ?BGT on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:45 am

    BTW, attaching your employer’s brand and name to your personal social network presence seems pretty dumb to be honest.
    @BGT people will do anything to gain followers and be known gore ba etsang/ position they have. @noleen3talk… u cant have your own personal innocent opinion. everything you say/ do will always be associated le the co. you representing.

  48. Lela on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 11:16 am 

    I think she has done well for herself but she put me off in some interview on radio where she was implying that she was God’s gift to TL even mentioning Khanyi’s name more like implying she did better than Khanyi ayike lapho she really sounded dumb.

  49. Letebele on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 11:28 am 

    @Lela: I remember that interview,it was on the kayafm’s breakfast show. She sounded so arrogant shem. Yoh! The nerve of comparing yourself to Khanyi Dhlomo! Tjo!

  50. @JohneighGALAXY™ on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 11:55 am 

    True Love died when Khanyi Dlomo left. It’s never been the same. Sbu must learn from her mistakes and come back better. My only problem w/ her tenure at Cosmo was that she was known for being a BLACK EDITOR rather than an astute professional. If you work for a company and all you are known as is a Black this-and-that, then know that you are only there as a token.

  51. Ntombi Yomzulu on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 12:01 pm 

    JG Kamza is looking for you on the T-lady wat wat post

  52. posh on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 12:14 pm 

    Ouch Sorry Sbu! In my eyes Cosmo has always been the same old sex/diet/dating/fashion magazine….I didn’t see the difference

    I’m sure Jane Raphael would kill for Khanyi Dhlomo’s clone….I think their vision for Cosmo when they hired Sbu was a Destiny Mag typa mag that will appeal to diverse target market.

    She kinda liked the limelight though….

  53. Savanah Dry on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 12:15 pm 

    Eh I am a cosmo fan however had stopped buying for a while due to recycled material. i Bought once when Sbu was the editor , all i noticed there were more black models and more make up adverts with balck girls, the content was shallow i ddnt like it at all.

  54. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 12:20 pm 

    Ntombi thanks but i dont see his post.. Joneigh your email ad again please?

  55. Leungo on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 12:32 pm 

    @Kamzababy, what did Sonia say?
    I will never forget the way she gushed about her first baby with Lesley that if Melinda Ferguson had not mentioned her first baby, Sonia would have fooled people into believing that she was a first time mother. Who does that mara?

    If Sonia’s first born child grows up with an inferiority complex, she must just know that it is her fault.

  56. Lela on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 1:13 pm 

    Ayi Joneigh nam i had issues with the fact that she seemed fascinated by being called the first black editor. I hate anything that says first black or black because that to me says a lot.

  57. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 1:14 pm 

    Leungo, cant remember but all i remember ke gore what she was busy saying ka his other child, is way too different to what she said ko TL.. she started something about privacy le gore the child is/was in school so she cant disturb his schedule sa skolo for just shoots blah blah blah mxm

  58. Applepurple on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 1:42 pm 

    Who is the father of Sonia’s 1st kid,phela knowing his identity could explain a lot.

  59. Gomolemo on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 1:50 pm 

    QKamza i used to love Sonia until she did that TL interview and did not mention Donell her first born son with some loser. O sele ngwanyana o, o batla Seanokeng a tlo mo tseela Leslie gape!!

  60. Gomolemo on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 1:51 pm 

    *nne ke feta fela* Thanks!!

  61. Lela on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 1:54 pm 

    Baby daddy is some Zimbabwean guy,forgot his name.

  62. missTmzee on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 1:56 pm 

    helloooo @Gomo

  63. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 2:01 pm 

    Seanokeng ke mang? death!

  64. Applepurple on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 2:07 pm 

    @Lela is he in the same success caliber as Leslie?

  65. chilled sweet lemonade on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 2:36 pm 

    hahahahaha gomolemo……come on…dish…….somblief!!!via Seanokeng.

  66. chilled sweet lemonade on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 2:41 pm 

    C’mon lela…think…think..think……we have all the time…..via name of baby daddy etc

  67. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 2:48 pm 

    *googles seanokeng and leslie sedibe *

  68. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 2:51 pm 

    http://www.proudlysa.co.za/mailmerge/newsletter/2012/march/psaevents/velentinesday.html

    LOL

  69. Lela on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 2:52 pm 

    Don’t think so Apple but don’t know much except that he is a Zimbabwean.

  70. Ntombi Yomzulu on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:00 pm 

    Kamza Im lost, link???

  71. Phindy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:10 pm 

    Didn’t she say he was an older French or Italian man in an old TL cover story some years ago? That’s wat I remember mina nje. She said she was attracted 2 older men of foreign origin bla bla bla.

  72. Vesa on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:13 pm 

    Lela, is he not Mozambican? I remember her saying “she loved his exotic looks and something about the hair. I chuckled when she later dated Leslie who had a chiskop

  73. Vesa on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:14 pm 

    @Phindy….I remember that

  74. Applepurple on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:22 pm 

    I hope that old man is monied though, cause the worst thing that could happen to any kids with different fathers is if the one is wealthy and other not so much.

  75. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:23 pm 

    ntombi, seanokeng…

  76. Applepurple on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:28 pm 

    who is she?Kamza

  77. Applepurple on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:34 pm 

    Omg! is she doing Leslie? lol!

  78. Pkasts on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:40 pm 

    @ Ntombi Yomzulu ………Seanokeng o teng on 1 of those pics…LOL

  79. Sips187 on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:43 pm 

    Tjo akuzindaba layikhaya, how I have missed you all. Sanibonani kunina nonke

  80. Sips187 on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:44 pm 

    @ Pkasts Is she the chubby-lumpkins?

  81. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:48 pm 

    akere Gomo said “Kamza i used to love Sonia until she did that TL interview and did not mention Donell her first born son with some loser. O sele ngwanyana o, o batla Seanokeng a tlo mo tseela Leslie gape!!” and dissappears so nna i googled Seanokeng and posted a link so you can add 1 plus 1 together

  82. Leungo on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:54 pm 

    So Seanokeng is the chubby girl. Was she and Lesly an item?
    Before seeing the chubby girl I had actually thought that this Seanokeng is the SK of channel O who is also in the pictures and was wondering whether Kamzababy was implying that Leslie was gay.

  83. Pkasts on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 3:54 pm 

    @Sips187 Yah…with dimples… LOL @ Chubby-lumpkins….

  84. Vesa on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 4:10 pm 

    Heheheh…..le tseba ditaba lona JC bloggers! Is she the mother of his baby?

  85. Cutie on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 5:59 pm 

    @Apple- yes the dude was loaded. If I remember well he paid for her previous car (RAV 4). That man used to also date a friend of mine. At some point they had a fist fight (Sonia and ma friend) about this man. Brother was a womaniser of note and used to spoil rotten all of them, myfriend included!

  86. zara on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 6:25 pm 

    Hehee *claps! Gomo u disappear and then appear with dramatic news

  87. elegnamis on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 6:44 pm 

    Sonia’s baby daddy is from moza. He’s Sammy Sabiti’s brother.
    Dumelang!

  88. elegnamis on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 6:49 pm 

    @zara, I have a crush pls hook me up. tuuu *kisses ur feet*

  89. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 7:25 pm 

    ok, who is Sammy sabiti?

  90. fabulicious on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 7:44 pm 

    So Cutie is Gomo?
    *claps like a nigerian woman!*

  91. Cutie on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 7:57 pm 

    @Fabu – No doll we are two different people. I’m Xhosa and I think Gomz is Tswana. Lol!

  92. elegnamis on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 8:18 pm 

    sammy sabiti’s brother/cousin/friend or sumfin.

  93. kamzababy on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 10:46 pm 

    google says sabiti is from uganda…

  94. snapshot on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 6:14 am 

    Sorry guys eish 9-23:00 job not blogger friendly. My friend is a dog shem, shim refused to gooi the juicy steak. Hate him from now. Bloody dog is also a blogger so he laughed and said go tell JC bloggers Sbu resigned. I was go to hell.

    The 3lines: the Raphaels wanted to retain full control of the editorial Sbu also wanted the freedom to exercise her Black editor functions but felt limited & believed that stalled her power to take the Mag to another lever whilst the Rs felt she wasn’t performing according to their expactations. Its not editor like to seek permission from “other people”. All hell broke loose after her twitter sexiology. ….eish iphi I anything goes mxim there’s more here but fear of constructive dismissal shim chose the employer over me, us, JC after so many yrs of gossip abt employers ……looser

  95. Beautybaby on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 7:04 am 

    kwaaaaa @Snappy, i feel you my love, i feel you, shim betrayed us *sad face*, morning beautiful people.

  96. Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 9:01 am 

    Sammy Sabiti is not Mozambican!

  97. BlackWoman on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:03 am 

    Sonia’s baby daddy’s name is Eddie. He is Zimbabwean. He used to own some stationery business. He drove around in the Crysler cabriolet car (can’t remember the name of the car). He was an absolute dog. Nja ya maoto a mabedi. Shagging anything and everything that was willing and available, then dumps and moves to latest available p*ssy.

  98. missTmzee on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:05 am 

    yhuuu @blackWoman what a picture you paint. lol

  99. kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:32 am 

    @BlackWoman, so Sonia le ena was was willing and available neh? *claps once*

  100. BlackWoman on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 10:36 am 

    @mizzTMZ, there was one time when my friend (who knew this Eddie character) showed me an kid who barely looked 18 and told me the girl was Eddi’s latest squeeze. I was so angry and disguted. She was too young and was being used, then dumped like a used tampon.

  101. Applepurple on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:13 am 

    @BlackWoman so there is nothing exotic about him ne? and how is his hair? is it kinky like ours?

  102. bumbum on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:41 am 

    Lol @APple asking is it a kinky afro, mara Sonia said its kind of different nje. Hahaha

  103. Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 11:53 am 

    @bumbum….I remember reading that back then in True Love. And she specifically mentioned that he was from Moz. Not unless she was lying then….but what for? And her kid looks a bit coloured, with the hair and all. I know that Sonia is light skinned but she doesn’t have that kinda hair….

  104. zara on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:43 pm 

    elegnamis on Thu, 13th Sep 2012 6:49 pm

    @zara, I have a crush pls hook me up. tuuu *kisses ur feet*
    who do u want me to hook you up with sweetie thetha ndimamele!

  105. elegnamis on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 12:44 pm 

    No one said sammy is from mozambique. the guy and sammy are related or bff’s. the refer to each other as brothers.
    unless sonia was jolaring with the zim guy and sammy’s brother at the same time (when she was acting the part of a doctor)

  106. elegnamis on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:30 pm 

    @zara pls hook me up with KGB

  107. Vesa on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:36 pm 

    @elegnamis….we mentioned Moz cause we’ve heard that baby daddy is from there

  108. zara on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:42 pm 

    @elegnamis KGB?

  109. elegnamis on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:51 pm 

    was at bluebank. now at aqua blue holding co.

  110. zara on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:53 pm 

    hehehehehe *claps once*

  111. elegnamis on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 1:56 pm 

    what does *claps once* mean?

  112. kamzababy on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:09 pm 

    *walks past*

  113. elegnamis on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:26 pm 

    *kisses kamza on the forehead*

  114. sk1 on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 2:51 pm 

    this mara ——- Before seeing the chubby girl I had actually thought that this Seanokeng is the SK of channel O who is also in the pictures and was wondering whether Kamzababy was implying that Leslie was gay.

    *Deathbylaughter*

    Ziyaphum’indaba , keep them cuming , this is the JC we know and love

  115. samlicious on Fri, 14th Sep 2012 4:43 pm 

    hehehe you guys are still at it *walks past to Anything goes*

  116. Dj Y on Sat, 15th Sep 2012 5:14 pm 

    Hawu she did nt even say goodbye in the Oct mag, hay this was sudden….good luck Sbu, u ll do great wherever u re @…

  117. Adzasma on Mon, 17th Sep 2012 5:07 pm 

    I think its got something to do with Associated magazines,even Omagazine could never keep their black editors.I reckon it has to do with how The Raphaely family run that publishing company. Based on what I’ve observed the staff is not racially balanced.its largely white with a few exceptions ie black drivers and office cleaning staff. its very troubling actually.

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