With all that out of the way let me get into the reason why I saw it fitting to write this post. I was quite surprised when Jenayne’s didn’t jump for joy when Biggie announced Mbali’s mishap of forfeiting his rules. She never made Mbali’s stay easy, something that was even felt by other chambermates. Nku even suggested that he sits with jay and find a way of resolving the evident personal issues between them before they spiral out of control. And Mbali bluntly refused because he knew Jay wouldn’t agree but promised to try.
From my understanding and what I watched Jay had hots for Mbali and the feeling was mutual but was restrained by her outside relationship to ‘Gavan’ and often talked about it at irrelevant times as if she was consoling herself and sent endless shout outs to him reminding him to campaign for her(which was cool by the way).
Mbali’s departure honestly didn’t surprise me and I even wanted to draft this post after the altercation he had with Iris but suppressed my thoughts and kinder hoped Biggie was going to be lenient in punishing him. And sort of play the clips that showed ladies ‘provoking’ him with their dares. Jay made it her sole purpose at the Chamber house to discredit Mbali with every chance she got. Maybe she saw him as a strong competitor because the bro mingled and laughed freely with his mates. That was eventually proven when Mbali left.
The house wasn’t the same again. I believe his absence wasn’t only felt by us the viewers or his supporters but the chambermates themselves. The strap was crazy with comments disapproving of Jaynen’s tendency of manipulating situations to discredit Mbali. And come out as the caring person that has everyone’s best interest at heart whilst she just wanted to advance her chances of going to the main house. (And that wasn’t a problem because everyone wanted to be upgraded but the manner which was done in wasn’t right).
In reminiscent ofwhat he said on his dairy sessions, when Biggie asked him what his role in the house is and he replied by saying he is the motivator and man he effortlessly cheered the mates whenever they were down and assumed leadership positions whenever they were given tasks. He even accommodated Iris and spoke isiZulu as it was an open secret that Iris struggled a bit in expressing herself fluently in English. And that to me isn’t something to be ashamed of because it is our reality here in South Africa.
Not all of us were fortunate enough to attend the best schools and I think that’s the reason Mandla mocked it and said English is not our Mother. I for one don’t think you can give/reward people with alcohol and expect them to be on their best behaviour as if they drank a ‘Junky’ especially in a confined space. Bagaetsothis by NO means disregards what Mbali did but I think what happened to him was unfortunate and could have been prevented in my opinion though he said to Nku “maybe this is how it was designed”.
Like Thabo Mokwele like saying at the end of his show, “Keep shining” and be the flower you were meant to be. I must admit I liked his composure when he was told he had few minutes to sort his things out, it reminded me of O’Neal’s eviction. He was so calm and in control of the situation.
