{"id":56060,"date":"2026-04-14T17:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=56060"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:39:11","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigni-would-do-it-again-rea-gopane-reopens-bonang-drama-claims-case-was-thrown-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/14\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigni-would-do-it-again-rea-gopane-reopens-bonang-drama-claims-case-was-thrown-out\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I would do it again\u2019: Rea Gopane reopens Bonang drama, claims case was thrown out"},"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_190390\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190390\" class=\"wp-image-190390 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rea-Gopane-drops-debut-album-Reatlegile.jpg?resize=600%2C392&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rea-Gopane-drops-debut-album-Reatlegile.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rea-Gopane-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-190390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rea Gopane claims he faced no consequence for what he said about Bonang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Podcaster-turned-DJ Rea Gopane revisits his highly publicised fallout with media personality Bonang Matheba.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a recent appearance on the Nine8o Network podcast, Rea reflected on the controversy that erupted in 2022 when he made allegations involving Bonang and her late ex-boyfriend, AKA.<\/p>\n<p>The claims led to legal action, with Bonang reportedly filing a R500,000 lawsuit and demanding a public apology and retraction.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, Rea admitted he was in the wrong for making the statements but maintained that he does not regret how things unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no regrets. If I were at the same place, same time, same age, I would do it again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to acknowledge his mistake, adding, \u201cI was wrong; I shouldn\u2019t have said that about anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cit was blown out of proportion\u2026 it was never going to get as far as it did if she didn\u2019t put petrol onto the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rea also described his actions at the time as clout-driven, claiming the situation did not have the impact many assumed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn public it looks like I went through some sht, but privately nothing happened. There were no consequences,\u201d* he said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the legal matter, he further alleged that he never paid the R500,000, stating, \u201cI still haven\u2019t paid. The case was thrown out by the judge because I filed for unemployment.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">[NO CONSEQUENCES?]\ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the public it looked like I went through some sh\u00a1t but privately, NOTHING really happened\u201d\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p>Rea Gopane on how Bonang Matheba wasted her money on lawyers suing a 21-year-old\u2014&amp; how that whole lawsuit ended up getting to his Mom, possibly affecting her\ud83d\udc94 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GDHoQGfcNo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/GDHoQGfcNo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 YaseBlock B \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddff (@ThisIsColbert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsColbert\/status\/2042828088422146107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\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 src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/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#Rea #Gopane #reopens #Bonang #drama #claims #case #thrown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Rea Gopane claims he faced no consequence for what he said about Bonang Podcaster-turned-DJ Rea Gopane revisits his highly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56060","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\/56060","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=56060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56061,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56060\/revisions\/56061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}