Khanyi Mbau

Khanyisile Mbau is a South African actress musician television presenter and socialite She received recognition as the second Doobsie on SABC 2s soap opera Muvhango 20042005 as Mbali in the SABC 1 soap opera Mzansi and SABC 1s miniseries After Nine As of 2018 She is the host of the SABC 3 entertainment show The Scoop and The Big Secret on BET Africa and plays Tshidi on Mzansi Magics Abomama Khanyisile Mbau was born on 16 October 1985 Her mother Lynette Sisi Mbau worked in the finance department of the pension fund at Barclays Bank Her father Menzi Mcunu was not married to her mother at the time as the couple were only dating Mcunu had no claim to the child but he named her nevertheless Khanyisile one who brings light Mbau kept her mothers surname Lynette soon left baby Khanyi with her parents in Mofolo Soweto and returned to work leaving her grandmother virtually raising her Mbaus grandparents were very Western in the way they dressed and saw the world Mbau said Gladys her grandmother would cane you if you broke the rules She ran her household with the decorum and attention to detail of Buckingham Palace Mbau lovingly referred to her as the Queen of England