{"id":41314,"date":"2025-11-10T19:39:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=41314"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:39:28","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpearl-thusis-daughter-thando-mokoena-says-men-must-pay-or-forget-the-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/10\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpearl-thusis-daughter-thando-mokoena-says-men-must-pay-or-forget-the-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Thusi\u2019s daughter, Thando Mokoena says men must pay or forget the date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187299\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187299\" class=\"wp-image-187299 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pearl-Thusis-daughter-Thando-Mokoena-says-men-must-pay-or.jpg?resize=600%2C444&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pearl-Thusis-daughter-Thando-Mokoena-says-men-must-pay-or.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Thando-Mokoena-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearl Thusi\u2019s daughter sparks debate with bold dating stance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pearl Thusi\u2019s daughter, Thandolwethu \u201cThando\u201d Mokoena, recently set social media alight with a playful yet firm declaration about dating.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old podcaster and content creator, who recently joined the cast of Youngins, posted a video on her Instagram account where she made it clear: she will never pay for a date.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Thando joked, \u201cI want this to be a PSA to every man out there who\u2019s planning on taking me out; don\u2019t ever expect me to have my wallet on me. I\u2019m not whipping out my Apple Pay. What I will do is if you ask me to pay for something, I\u2019mma say, \u2018Are you serious?\u2019 and walk away and book my Uber home, thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her message quickly sparked a mix of reactions. Some praised her confidence and unapologetic stance, while others questioned whether such a statement was appropriate for someone her age.<\/p>\n<p>Adding another layer to the conversation, Thando\u2019s caption read: \u201cFor women though the rules differ (for relatability, not referring to myself, lol).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch video below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOywAPkCPUN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Pearl #Thusis #daughter #Thando #Mokoena #men #pay #forget #date<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Pearl Thusi\u2019s daughter sparks debate with bold dating stance Pearl Thusi\u2019s daughter, Thandolwethu \u201cThando\u201d Mokoena, recently set social media&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41316,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41314\/revisions\/41316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}