Bonang Matheba wins court case against Rea Gopane… he’s set to pay her R300 000

Bonang Matheba

Cape Town – Entertainment industry great Bonang Matheba took to Twitter on Friday to announce that she has won her court battle against controversial vlogger Rea Gopane.

According to Bonang, the court ordered Rea to pay the internationally recognised presenter R300 000 for allegedly defaming her character.

The drama has been playing out on social media platforms for the world to see.

Rea took to his vlog last year to announce that Bonang allegedly introduced her former boyfriend AKA to cocaine.

After the post garnered traction on social media, Bonang applied for a defamation of character lawsuit case against the controversial vlogger which resulted in him having to pay R500 000 to Bonang and was ordered to issue a public apology on his social media platform.

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Rea later apologised on social media but it seemed, the dispute between the two entertainment industry rivals was never settled.

“The next 30 years are about to be mad fun for him,” Bonang said in reply to a tweep who said they doubted if even Rea would afford the damages ordered from him.

Queen B, as she’s affectionately known, issued a statement stating the outcome of the court.

“It is with a great humility that I acknowledge and welcome the vindicating and groundbreaking ruling by judge Malindi of the High Court of Johannesburg,” she said in the statement.

“It is not my intention to benefit financially from the ruling rather I wish to uplift those less fortunate than me and I will be donating the damages received through my philanthropic endeavor Bonang Matheba Foundation which I established to advance the tertiary education of young women,” she said.

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