{"id":55306,"date":"2026-04-07T19:43:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=55306"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:43:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:43:53","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignphil-mphela-reveals-father-stole-benefits-paid-after-his-mothers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/07\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignphil-mphela-reveals-father-stole-benefits-paid-after-his-mothers-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Mphela reveals father stole benefits paid after his mother\u2019s death"},"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_190286\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190286\" class=\"wp-image-190286 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Phil-Mphela-reveals-father-stole-benefits-paid-after-his-mothers.jpg?resize=600%2C383&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Phil-Mphela-reveals-father-stole-benefits-paid-after-his-mothers.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Phil-Mphela-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-190286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phil Mphela opens up on his family betrayal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Entertainment commentator Phil Mphela has shared a deeply personal story, alleging that his father took money meant for him following his mother\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Mphela opened up about the painful experience on X after content creator Lasizwe Dambuza asked followers: \u201cWhat\u2019s the worst thing your family has done to you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his response, Mphela claimed that his father took funds paid out as benefits after his mother passed away.<\/p>\n<p>He said he chose not to confront him, but instead left his village and moved to Johannesburg to start a new life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father stole the money from the \u201cbenefits\u201d paid out after my mom\u2019s death. Didn\u2019t fight him. Left the village, came to Jozi to build a life and vowed to be \u201csomebody\u201d. I dropped his surname from my name and took my mom\u2019s maiden name so that he wouldn\u2019t have any ties to me,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The media personality added that the incident led him to cut ties with his father, including dropping his surname and adopting his late mother\u2019s maiden name.<\/p>\n<p>His revelation quickly gained attention online, with many users expressing sympathy and praising his resilience.<\/p>\n<p>Lasizwe also responded to Mphela\u2019s post with a message of support, writing: \u201c\ud83d\udc94\ud83d\ude14 sorry man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans and followers continued to share messages of encouragement, commending Mphela for turning a painful experience into motivation to succeed.<\/p>\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#Phil #Mphela #reveals #father #stole #benefits #paid #mothers #death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Phil Mphela opens up on his family betrayal Entertainment commentator Phil Mphela has shared a deeply personal story, alleging&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55306","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\/55306","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=55306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55308,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55306\/revisions\/55308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}