Asavela Mqokiyana, former Isibaya actress has called out her father Manqoba Mngqithi, who is the head coach of Mamelodi Sundowns.
In April the actress announced that she got married. Last week, she shared pictures on social media of her new lavish home that she built with her husband.
Taking to social media on Friday morning, September 2, Asavela said whatever she has and is yet to achieve, should not be attributed to her being Manqoba’s daughter and his money. As she has worked hard for what she has.
She additionally expressed that she has been through peaks and valleys without him. People should therefore learn to keep their opinions to themselves.
Mqokiyana dragged her alleged absent father on Twitter. Disclosing that her success cannot be attributed to his parenting as there was not any.
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The Mamelodi Sundowns coach has finally decided to address his daughter’s claims of him being a dead beat. He told Daily Sun that he does not wish to air his dirty laundry to the public and that he wants to protect Asavela.
“I don’t want to air my dirty laundry in the public. I want to protect my daughter but at this point in time I must clear the air. I’m aware of Asavela’s claims and there is no truth to them,” he said.
“Asavela is my first daughter but from a previous relationship. I was about to start working when her mother fell pregnant. From day one, I took care of Asavela and I paid damages to her family which is why she used my surname,” he told the publication.
He said he lived with her when she was a teenager and paid for her fees from primary till tertiary. But Asavela could not complete her studies because she was owing fees.
Manqoba said problems between them began when the star started working and standing on her own two feet. He even said he does not know who took her lobola because traditionally the father is involved in the negotiations.
“Ever since she started working, she started fighting with me. Because of this tension I don’t even know her husband and I don’t even know who took her lobola.”
The coach says his daughter should be concentrating on her marriage instead.
Asavela shook the timeline and gave another bad name to absent fathers. She said her success is not owed to her father saying she struggled during her childhood.
“Whatever I have/will still achieve never credit all my hard work to manqoba mngqithi and his money. Ngihluphekile ngaphumelela engekho. If you have an opinion or inkinga Cela uyidle. Love and light I guess” wrote Asavela Mqokiyana.
“I worked from 14 years at west street supporting my late grandmother who worked as a domestic worker in Wentworth. When I went to varsity I worked at Gateway…Just don’t credit him for anything when it comes to my success.
“But he keeps doing interviews as a supportive father and that’s annoying. Whatever I have to will still achieve, I’ll never give credit to Manqoba Mngqithi and his money,” she said.
The actress added that she suffered and succeeded without the help of her father. On the same breathe, some tweeps have taken what she said hard and called her out for naming and shaming her father on social media.