South Africa's Queen B has indeed lost out on an incredible opportunity to take her brand to the rest of Africa by presenting on Moments with Mo, a Nigerian based syndicated talk show.

“The first two shows were planned. I knew about those. But then we got an offer from EbonyLife TV in Nigeria to do another talk show. “My manager Zoe [Msutwana] is working out the details, logistics and money, but it’s as good as done," Bonang Matheba told City Press earlier this year.

Had Bonang indeed clinched the deal, she would have cemented her brand across Africa, effectively becoming a media Mogul at 28 years old, something that most upcoming celebrities in SA would envy..

However, Matheba accepting a hosting gig with SABC 3's Afternoon Express may have seen her bid adieu to the Ebony TV Moments with Mo deal.

According to Sunday World, the SABC prohibited her from joining the show as it would have presented a conflict of interest.

"We wanted to work with her but unfortunately she has a talk show on SABC3 whose format is the same as ours, so we couldn't proceed. We did not have a problem to work with her but we couldn't because it was a conflict of interest," said Ebony Life TV head of entertainment Sandra Amadio.

But based on what’s she’s achieved so far at her age she’s bound to come across another big gig,

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