{"id":110155,"date":"2019-11-27T11:34:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T10:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=110155"},"modified":"2022-12-08T23:14:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:14:14","slug":"khanyi-mbau-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/khanyi-mbau-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Khanyi Mbau Biography – Truth About Her Age, Background History and Love Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
Khanyisile Mbau (born 15 October 1985) is a South African actress, TV presenter, musician, and socialite best known for her relationship with Mandla Mthembu.<\/strong><\/p>\n Most individuals in the entertainment industry get their breakthrough in the most unexpected way. There are numerous stories of talent managers meeting people in the supermarket or a bar and then offering them a role. For Khanyi Mbau, however, her journey to stardom began after actress Lindiwe Chibi was shot by her boyfriend, leaving room for her to be replaced on Muvhango<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Since that time, Khanyi has gone ahead to enjoy a career that can only be well described as controversial. During her time in the limelight, she has proven to be very hardworking and dedicated to her craft as she also earned herself the nickname of ‘queen of bling’ due to her love for the finest things of life. But regardless of all that she has achieved in her career, including winning a South African International Film Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Red Room<\/em> (2019), Khanyi will forever be noted for her headline-grabbing relationship her former millionaire husband Mandla Mthembu.<\/p>\n On the 15th of October, 1985 at the Florence Nightingale Hospital in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Khanyi, whose birth name is Khanyisile Mbau, was welcomed to the world. She was born to unmarried parents; mother Lynette Sisi Mbau who worked at Barclays Bank, and father Menzi Mcunu. Despite not having a claim to his child since he was not married to her mother, Mcunu was still able to give his daughter her name Khanyisile, which means one who brings light.<\/p>\n Due to the demands of life, Khanyi’s mother left her young daughter in the care of her parents in Mofolo, Soweto, and returned to work. Her grandparents, particularly her grandmother Gladys, went on to raise the young girl, instilling in her a sense of discipline and decorum. Not much else is known about Khanyi Mbau’s early years other than that she attended what was supposed to be a white-only cr\u00e8che called Flock on Eloff Street before enrolling at Bedfordview High School.\u00a0The next bit of information that is available to the public about her comes from 2005 when she was cast to play the character of Doobsie on the SABC2 soap opera, Muvhango<\/em>.<\/p>\n While Khanyi Mbau made her acting debut on Muvhango<\/em>, her time on the show was shortlived as she was fired due to the negative publicity that always seemed to be around her. The particular incident that left producers with no option but to let her go was when she reportedly traveled outside the country to the Middle East without giving notice as Muvhango<\/em> was still filming.<\/p>\nA Quick Summary of Khanyi Mbau’s Personal Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Khanyi Mbau was Born to an Unmarried Couple<\/strong><\/h2>\n
She was a Natural In front of the Camera Although She Was Not Always Far From Controversy<\/strong><\/h2>\n