The shock that shook the entertainment industry! The South African community angrily asked: “What’s the point of being flashy if you ignore your own parents?”

JOHANNESBURG – The truth behind the flashy lights: Somizi’s father was caught scavenging for food in the city centre, sleeping huddled next to a bus stop, while his son was living in the most luxurious place in South Africa – a multi-million rand penthouse in Sandton.

A source from a social worker in Hillbrow said:

“The old man said he was Somizi’s father. He didn’t ask for money, just a loaf of bread. We couldn’t believe it.”

The photo of a skinny, grey-haired man curled up under a cardboard box has caused a stir in Mzansi.

SOMIZI – RED CARPET STAR, REAL-LIFE ACHIEVEMENT?

In 2024 alone, Somizi has:

Buy another Rolls-Royce Ghost R7 million

Go on a 5-star vacation in Dubai, Italy, Bali

Organize a birthday party costing more than R2 million, with the participation of international stars

Post “life is to enjoy” Instagram every week

Netizens are outraged:

“He hires someone to wash his hair at home, applies a gold mask, but lets his father eat trash?”

NOT JUST SOMIZI: 5 OTHER RICH STARS HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF “FORGETTING THEIR ORIGINS”!
The naked truth about the icons that society once honored…

1. DJ ZINHLE – Abandoning his mother in a dilapidated house?
A neighbor in Dannhauser, KZN said that DJ Zinhle’s mother “lives alone in a dilapidated house, without electricity or clean water”. Although DJ Zinhle has posted pictures of her giving a Rolex watch to her boyfriend many times, the old mother has never appeared on her daughter’s YouTube channel.

2. PRINCE KAYBEE – Blaming poor parents for “not trying”
The male DJ once made a controversial statement:

“Being poor is not an excuse – I’m rich because I try.”

Later, his relatives revealed that his parents lived on SASSA benefits, while he drove a BMW M4 and lived in Dainfern.

3. THULI MADONSELA – SOUTH AFRICA’S MOST RESPECTED WOMAN? 👀
No one expected former Public Ombudsman Thuli Madonsela to appear on this list. A relative in the Eastern Cape said:

“She has degrees, she has travelled all over the world, but she has never once asked about her family back home.”

Rumours spread that many of her relatives still live in muddy conditions, without toilets, while she receives hundreds of thousands of rand for international speaking engagements.

4. SHAUWN MKHIZE – Has the “billionaire mother” forgotten her biological mother?
Despite her fame with the show “Kwa Mam’Mkhize”, insiders said that Ms. Shauwn had a broken relationship with her biological mother, and put her in an unnamed nursing home, away from the media. Her representative denied this.

5. AKA (Before her death) – Famous, but cold to her relatives back home?

Despite loving her daughter Kairo very much, some relatives in Cape Town accused AKA of only helping people in her “close circle”, and “not being able to meet the rest even if they wanted to”.

MZANSI ANGRY: “Fame with filters can hide filial piety?”
Notable comments:

“You can buy a Versace suit, but you can’t buy back your broken parents’ hearts.”

“Living a true life is not about being on TV, but about bowing your head to your homeland.”

“Those who can still take care of their parents – that’s the real celebrity.”

CONCLUSION:
The spotlight may blind the crowd, but the shadows will always reveal the truth. In South Africa’s unjust and divided society, the least you can do is not forget where you came from – and who brought you here.