Bonang Matheba

Bonang Dorothy Matheba

Bonang Dorothy Matheba is a South African media personality and entrepreneur known for television and radio presenting, major live-event hosting, television production and the House of BNG beverage brand.

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About Bonang Matheba

Profile information current to 2026-08-23.

South Africa · Television presenter, Radio presenter, Entrepreneur · 2 affiliations

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Known for: South African broadcast media; Live-event and pageant hosting; Consumer-brand entrepreneurship; Television production
Country: South Africa

Television presenter
Radio presenter
Entrepreneur
Author
Television producer
Event host

At a glance

Her national television breakthrough came through SABC 1's music programme LIVE, later known as Live Amp, which she joined in 2007.
She launched the House of BNG luxury beverage brand in 2019.
Her major hosting assignments have included the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100, the Miss South Africa pageant and The Earthshot Prize Awards.
She was identified as executive producer of the 2024 SABC 3 series B’dazzled by Bonang through Bonang Matheba Entertainment.
She published From A to B, a book about her career and public life, in 2017.

Background and broadcast breakthrough

Matheba was born on 25 June 1987 in Mahikeng, North West. News24 reported that she attended Fourways High School and later enrolled at the University of Johannesburg, leaving as her television career developed. After appearing on the SABC 2 youth programme Manhattan's Fantasy Challenge in 2002, she gained a major national platform in 2007 as a presenter on SABC 1's music programme LIVE, later known as Live Amp.

Presenting and live-event work

Her public career has extended across television, radio and live events. Among her documented assignments, she hosted at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 in Johannesburg in 2018, hosted the Miss South Africa pageant in 2023 and again in 2024, and was announced as a co-host of The Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony in Cape Town in 2024.

Business and television production

Matheba launched House of BNG as a luxury beverage brand in 2019. She later expanded her production work through Bonang Matheba Entertainment, which was associated with her role as executive producer of B’dazzled by Bonang, an SABC 3 series that premiered in July 2024. The House of BNG website remained publicly accessible as of 23 August 2026, although the reviewed evidence does not independently establish her current legal ownership, management position or governance role.

Authorship and educational initiative

Matheba authored From A to B, published in 2017 and catalogued as a memoir about her career and public life. In a 2020 Forbes Africa interview, she also said that she had established the Bonang Matheba Bursary Fund in 2017 to support young women pursuing tertiary education in South Africa; independent programme or grant records were not reviewed.

Affiliations

House of BNG Founder; launched the luxury beverage brand 2019
Bonang Matheba Entertainment Executive producer associated with B’dazzled by Bonang 2024

Timeline

2002 Made her television debut on the SABC 2 youth programme Manhattan's Fantasy Challenge.
2007 Joined SABC 1 music programme LIVE, later known as Live Amp.
2017 Published From A to B.
2018-12-02 Hosted at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 in Johannesburg.
2019 Launched the House of BNG luxury beverage brand.
2024-07-29 B’dazzled by Bonang premiered on SABC 3; Matheba was identified as executive producer through Bonang Matheba Entertainment.
2024 Announced as co-host of The Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony in Cape Town.
2024 Hosted the Miss South Africa pageant for a second consecutive year.

Additional verified details

Current context

House of BNG's publicly accessible website continued to describe the brand as Matheba's luxury beverage venture launched in 2019. First-party website evidence supports the brand's continuing public presence, but does not independently establish Matheba's present legal ownership interest, management role or company governance.

Biographical facts

Matheba was born on 25 June 1987 in Mahikeng, North West, South Africa.
News24 reported that she attended Fourways High School and later enrolled at the University of Johannesburg before leaving university as her television career developed.
Her role on SABC 1's music programme LIVE, later known as Live Amp, beginning in 2007 was a major national breakthrough in her television career.
Matheba authored the 2017 book From A to B, catalogued as a memoir about her career and public life.
In a 2020 Forbes Africa interview, Matheba said she established the Bonang Matheba Bursary Fund in 2017 to support young women pursuing tertiary education in South Africa.