Johannesburg- YouTuber Rea Gopane has recently revealed that he would rather burn every cent he has instead of paying Bonang Matheba R300K.
This comes after Rea made defamatory claims about Bonang and was ordered by the Johannesburg high court to pay R300 00 for the claims he made about Bonang.
Taking to social media Rea vented in a video and said he would not pay Bonang a cent.
Rea also added that Bonang was using their legal battle for clout with the hope of staying relevant.
https://twitter.com/reagopane/status/1487421998733180928?s=20&t=y0UOxpfntY44AGFQ5nWkng
“I would much rather burn every single Rand that I will ever make in my entire life than give it to that other queen of yours, literally set it on fire.”
https://twitter.com/reagopane/status/1487682240259796993?s=20&t=y0UOxpfntY44AGFQ5nWkng
“I love my country South Africa and the freedom we have been blessed with. In my lifetime I will be exercising my freedom to the most extreme limits. I refuse to be mentally and physically enslaved.”
https://twitter.com/reagopane/status/1487695377138688002?s=20&t=y0UOxpfntY44AGFQ5nWkng
“Y’all don’t even realize Bonang is just using your sheep behavior to stay relevant in the eyes of the public. She’s great at it no lie but what surprises is how people just keep falling for it,” he wrote.
https://twitter.com/reagopane/status/1487699903321153537?s=20&t=y0UOxpfntY44AGFQ5nWkng
Taking to social media Bonang also shared a statement regarding the outcome of their court battle.
“It is with a great deal of humility that I acknowledge and welcome the vindicating and ground-breaking ruling by Judge Malindiof the High Court of Johannesburg, South Africa on 27 January 2022.”
“Following several false and defamatory attacks on my reputation by a certain Mr. Gopane, and only after two written requests to desist which were ignored, I instituted an action for compensatory damages in the Johannesburg High Court.”
“After hearing argument relating to the unlawful conduct of Mr. Gopane the court upheld my claim for damages, and in a precedent-setting judgment, ordered that Mr. Gopane pay damages in the amount of R300,000 plus the legal costs of the action.”
“I trust that this judgment is a lesson to individuals like Mr. Gopane that there are consequences for abusing public platforms to defame and humiliate others. It is important that particularly as women our voices are used constructively to ensure that cyberbullying, untrue and inflammatory attacks on any individuals reputation are not tolerated.”
“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 to my philanthropic endeavor, the Bonang Matheba Foundation which I established to advance the tertiary education of young women,” reads the statement.
The end. 🥂❤️ Thank you for all your support. pic.twitter.com/0MqNYgEumz
— Bonang Matheba 👑 (@Bonang) January 28, 2022
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