Bonang On What It Takes To Succeed In The Entertainment Industry

She is after-all the queen of entertainment and without a doubt, many of us can learn a lot from Bonang Matheba.  She understands how the industry works, because she has been in the game for years and she can back it up. Bonang Matheba is on top of her game right now. She’s dominating the radio, fashion and TV scene and there’s just no way of stopping her. But how does she feel about education?

She said it was at the age of nine that she decided what she wanted to become in life and being a fabulous presenter did not even cross her mind. She initially wanted to become a pre-primary school teacher, claiming that she would be a fabulous teacher just as she is a fabulous presenter.

Matheba said when she wanted to study at a tertiary institution in South Africa, she was unlucky as she could not be accommodated and that is when she landed in the entertainment industry while on a presenting course.

“To be honest, you don’t need to be educated in order to be in the entertainment industry, but you need to be born to do it, but I won’t encourage children to drop out of school to pursue their dreams,” she said.

Matheba is of the opinion that one cannot be taught to be a celebrity at university. It is a gift one is born with, she believes. For instance, some people can be taught on how to be a presenter but if they are not born to be presenters they will not be as good as a person born to be a presenter, she said.

“In the entertainment industry, you have to be born with a gift to succeed. Someone can go to school, but yet cannot succeed in the industry, unlike those born with the talent, but nonetheless education is very important,” she said.

To be on screen doesn’t require you to be educated, but doing the behind the scenes work does.