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Johannesburg, 18 July 2024 – Businesswoman, multi-award-winning radio and television host, Zero Malaria global ambassador and style icon Bonang Matheba, is set to once again, captivate South African television viewers with a brand-new reality show titled B’dazzled by Bonang.
This six-part series, with 46 minute episodes, is a co-production between Bonang Matheba Entertainment, with executive producer, Matheba, and Cake Media, with executive producer, David Phume. The exciting new show will premiere on Monday, July 29, at 18h00 on S3, offering the viewers intimate moments where they access a side of Bonang that she has not shared before.
With a 20-year track record in the entertainment industry, her very own luxury beverage, a Foundation, and numerous brand collaborations with local and international high-profile brands including L’Oréal Paris, Steve Madden and many more, viewers will be treated to an exclusive and intimate look into Matheba’s flourishing career and her life as an entrepreneur.
Originally launched on YouTube in 2011, attracting over one million followers, this revamped on-screen version of B’dazzled by Bonang, is set to be bigger and bolder, bringing viewers closer to Queen B – one of Africa’s most sought-after and highly influential entertainment personalities and social media darling. In this behind-the-scenes style show, she will be sharing invaluable entertainment and lifestyle business insights and knowledge, coupled with her signature humorous unapologetic approach to life.
“After so many years in the industry, I’m excited to share a side of me that is not often seen – the business behind my various brands and how they are working to better society. B’dazzled by Bonang is an exhilarating combination of the daily trials and tribulations that come with running my businesses, with a dose of the dazzle and glamour that my audiences have come to know and love.” said Matheba.
“We know Bonang is a ratings generator and we have seen this on S3 and other SABC platforms before. This new series is one that we have intentionally acquired to garner higher ratings, it is part of our second quarter milestone against our strategy of increased entertainment of global standard and is meant to reinforce our brand position. Bonang exudes the same brand values of fiercely achieving your goals, owning your personal narrative and living an accomplished life that S3 champions in all our audiences. We hope audiences will be reinspired to keep pursuing their goals and build an impactful life.” said Sane Zondi, Head of Channel: S3.
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About Bonang Matheba
Known for her impeccable work ethic, determination, and generosity, South African businesswoman, multi-award-winning radio and television host, Zero Malaria global ambassador and style icon Bonang Matheba, affectionately referred to by fans as Queen B, is one of Africa’s most sought-after and highly influential entertainment personalities and social media darling with over 8.58M combined social media followers. Bonang was always destined for greatness, with her big break coming when she landed a role as a presenter on SABC 1’s premium music show Live Amp in 2007. In 2013, she made history as the first international ambassador for the cosmetics brand Revlon, outside of the US. In 2014, she went on to host the show Front Row on South Africa’s biggest commercial radio station, Metro FM. 2019 was a remarkable year for Bonang as she was recognised for her inspiration, and influence at the Global Social Awards held in Prague, Czech Republic – bagging the coveted Best Inspiration and Influence award. In the same year, she also won African Influencer of the Year at the E! People’s Choice Awards held in Los Angeles, California.
To top the year off, she launched her luxury beverage brand, the House of BNG, introducing a range of Brut and Brut Rosé Méthode Cap Classiques (MCCs), later expanding the range with a Prestige Reserve, and recently introducing a non-alcoholic Nectar Rosé.
Bonang’s screen presence includes three seasons of her reality show Being Bonang on 1 Magic DSTV Channel 103, the award-winning documentary Public Figure (in which she starred and co-produced), her own episode in Activate, a six-part National Geographic documentary series about global efforts to eradicate poverty by 2030, and in 2020, Bonang took viewers along on her global adventures, in SABC 1’s 2-part Special A Very Bonang Year. In the same year, Bonang was named one of Forbes’ 50 Most Powerful Women in Africaand graced the cover of the Forbes Women Africa March issue. She has also had the honour of hosting several Miss South Africa pageants, and appearing as a judge on Miss South Africa reality series, S3’s Crown Chasers. In 2024, she hosted the Time100 Impact Awards, a spin-off of Time magazine’s Time100 Most Influential People list in Kigali, Rwanda. Bonang also proudly heads up the Bonang Matheba Bursary Fund, aiming to put 300 girls through tertiary education by 2025.
About S3
S3 is a revamped channel servicing the independent thinker and the progressive South African millennial. We want our viewers to open up to new lands, new content, new ideas and new ways of being. Through this new positioning, S3 invites viewers to take in all the new programming on offer to open up to a dialogue with your public broadcasting channel. Ultimately, our vision is to foster the spirit of curiosity and spearhead a generation of free thinkers. S3 is opening itself up to new viewers. These viewers, who fall under the millennial umbrella, are more socially conscious and environmentally aware than their predecessors. They are progressive and open-minded, and S3 will champion their frame of min
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Don’t miss B’dazzled by Bonang every Monday at 18:00 from the 29th of July 2024, only on S3.
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