THE ADAGE “the higher they climb the harder they fall” aptly sums up TV personality Bonang Matheba’s week.
Queen B’s book, Bonang: From A to B, has been recalled as it is riddled with factual and grammatical errors and, according to latest viewership numbers from the Broadcast Research Council, her reality TV show Being Bonang has failed to impress, although the channel it airs on claims it’s a hit.
Bonang received some online support from Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s alleged former mistress Buhle Mkhize. Mkhize told Matheba on Instagram: “We love and support you - well I do. Adjust that crown mama and continue to put our country on the map.
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“This is genuine love and support for someone who makes it so beautiful being a woman and a go-getter”
Bonang replied: “I wanna run to you and give you a big kiss. This means so much. Thank you.
“From the deepest parts of my soul, thank you. Just what I needed... at the perfect moment. I appreciate you Queen. And thank you for this. Words fail.”
Last month, Bonang debuted her first reality-television show, Being Bonang, on DStv premium’s VuzuAMP.
VuzuAMP’s Nondumiso Mabece said despite the flack Being Bonang received, the show is the highest-rated show on VuzuAmp, and the channel was willing to renew it for a second season if Matheba agreed.
The show failed to make the “Top 30 Programmes All Adults 15+ & DStv Adults July 2017 primetime 17h00-22h00” list.
This means it ranked lower than 30th show on the list, Isithembiso-R, which has an audience of 327831, even though the media personality has millions of social media followers.
The Sunday Weekend Argus reported last week that BlackBird Books took full responsibility for her book, which was riddled with grammatical and factual errors. Readers took to social media criticising her tell-all biography, exposing spelling, grammatical and factual errors.
This week Exclusive Books sent out a recall of Bonang: From A to B and offered customers a full refund.
Exclusive Books chief executive Benjamin Trisk told Cape Talk: “I think Bonang’s followers deserve some respect. I can’t launch and promote this book.”
The chain also cancelled all launches.
It was reported on Thursday Bonang won’t apologise.
Attempts to reach Bonang or her representatives were unsuccessful.