{"id":49691,"date":"2026-02-11T18:37:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=49691"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:37:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:37:48","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncity-makoti-reveals-she-is-the-breadwinner-in-her-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/11\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncity-makoti-reveals-she-is-the-breadwinner-in-her-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"City Makoti reveals she is the breadwinner in her marriage"},"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_189189\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189189\" class=\"wp-image-189189 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/City-Makoti-reveals-she-is-the-breadwinner-in-her-marriage.jpg?resize=601%2C405&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/City-Makoti-reveals-she-is-the-breadwinner-in-her-marriage.jpg 601w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/City-Makoti-Husband-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-189189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">City Makoti speaks on her family\u2019s financial dynamics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Award-winning content creator City Makoti has set social media alight after candidly revealing that she is the primary provider in her household.<\/p>\n<p>The influencer, whose real name is Anika Dambuza, shared a video on TikTok, opening up about her family\u2019s financial dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip, she questioned why society still treats female financial leadership in marriage as taboo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy does talking about being the female breadwinner make people so uncomfortable? It\u2019s automatically seen as something that will bruise a man\u2019s ego,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>City Makoti argued that many women feel pressured to downplay or even conceal their financial contributions to protect their partners\u2019 pride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of women keep quiet or lie about who the real breadwinner is to protect egos, but a confident man is not embarrassed by his partner\u2019s success, and he\u2019s secure enough in his masculinity to stand beside her and not compete with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her remarks divided opinion online; some critics felt that such personal details should remain private, while others applauded her honesty, saying her reality reflects that of many South African women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSihle is always so supportive of me, and I wouldn\u2019t have been able to do anything that I\u2019ve done without him,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n<p>She stressed that financial contribution does not determine leadership within a home.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, respect and partnership matter more than income, adding that her husband remains the head of their household, leading with love and emotional intelligence while building his own career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thecitymakoti\/video\/7604413196086037781\" data-video-id=\"7604413196086037781\">\n<section>@thecitymakotiEverything I do has a purpose.. and this is exactly the conversation I wanted us to have \u2665\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u266c original sound \u2013 TheCityMakoti | Anika Dambuza<\/p>\n<\/section>\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 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#City #Makoti #reveals #breadwinner #marriage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; City Makoti speaks on her family\u2019s financial dynamics Award-winning content creator City Makoti has set social media alight after&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49691","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\/49691","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=49691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49693,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49691\/revisions\/49693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}