South African actress, Khanyi Mbau has decided to open up on how the pandemic really hit her hard.
Recall, the world has been on nationwide lockdown due to Covid-19 and many people have come out to say how it has really been difficult to make ends meet.
During the lockdown, some lost their loved ones while some lost their jobs and all.
Khanyi revealed that even with the level 2 of the lockdown, it has still been difficult to get money and she feels there might not be any chance to get a proper income this year.
Furthermore, the star who kicked off her alcohol brand two years ago revealed that it has been easy to make sales after the ban of alcohol sales.
She said she had paid for everything during the lockdown as it seems she might not be able to make sales like the way she wanted.
According to her, the ban of alcohol and the closure of the entertainment left her in a tight space.
The actress also revealed that some of her friends in the industry find it really hard to feed and cloth themselves and all they had to do is to move back to their parents’ or with their siblings.
It got really hard for some of them that they had to put celebrity life aside and plead with their families to help them keep food on their table.
She said: “It has affected me mentally, financially and spiritually. It has been such a challenging and difficult time for me. It has made things hard for me in terms of my career and with my gin. I couldn’t sell or advertise my alcohol. It meant no income for the rest of the year.”
Khanyi hit back at the argument that SA may have a “drinking problem”.
“Of course we are going to have alcohol problems. Of course we are going to become alcoholics. Guys, we are stuck at home, doing nothing, and the only form of escape we have is alcohol. We are stuck inside these four walls, we are not working. The only thing you can do while watching a house party on TV is have a dop.
“I doubt South Africans have a drinking problem because we would have seen the signs a long time ago. The country was running perfectly fine before the lockdown. Now people are going overboard. We need to make sure people adhere to the rules and understand their choices impact other people and jobs. That is the conversation we should be having instead of discouraging people from having a drink”.
