Bonang Matheba gets Twitter to help her buy groceries for families in need

Bonang Matheba. Picture: Instagram

Bonang Matheba. Picture: Instagram

Published Apr 14, 2020

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Media personality and businesswoman Bonang Matheba got Mzansi in their feels over the long weekend. 

The former "Top Billing" presenter was feeling sad over the President Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement of an extended lockdown and decided to donate shopping vouchers to families in need.

In a series a tweets, the "Being Bonang" star let her fans know that she was sad but that President Cyril Ramaphosa needed the support of South Africans. 

She then asked her followers to help her identify 25 families in need. 

β€” Bonang Matheba πŸ‘‘ (@bonang_m) April 9, 2020

Bonang said: "Please help me identify 25 families in need.. I wanna send them some grocery vouchers. We'll donate R2000 to each family. Please. I'm so sad".

Following this she said, "Please tag and/or DM the @The_BForce.. tomorrow, we'll contact our families! Stay safe, stay indoors."

%%%twitter https://twitter.com/The_BForce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@The_BForce.. tomorrow, we'll contact our families! Stay safe, stay indoors....πŸ™β€πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

β€” Bonang B* Matheba (@bonang_m)

Her Twitter mentions started flooding with people letting her know why they needed the vouchers and Queen B responded to them letting them know she will help. 

Those who received vouchers thanked Bonang and one Twitter users posted a video of her mother thanking the A-lister. 

Singer Simphiwe Dana also got involved and offered to donate R10 000.

β€” #BamakoIsHere (@simphiwedana) April 9, 2020