Mfana Kah Gogo Opens Up About Growing Up In A 2-Bedroom House To Building His Mom A Big House. Sipho Mbonambi, also known as Mfana Kah Gogo, is a South African musician who was born in 2004. Under the care of his grandmother, the Durban star grew up in a remote region called eMangangeni in Kwazulu Natal. Since his debut, the hitmaker has been on a quest to carve out a place for himself on the airwaves. Since he began singing at the age of seven, when he was in grade two, the gifted prodigy has made a lot of appearances on the airwaves.
Mfana Kah Gogo opened up about how living with his mom in a two-bedroom house inspired him to go hard on his goals. He says he took the year 2022 as a lesson to be a responsible young man. He did just that. “Last year was a learning curve for me. I can say it was school because I have learnt a lot about how to be responsible and take care of myself because I was still in high school, on the other hand, it was my passion – music. So I learnt the balance between the two.”
After he was done writing his exams, Mfana Ka Gogo tells Drum that he was booked and busy as usual. “I had gigs in Joburg, North West etc. and I think on the 30th of December I budgeted some money and then went back home to start building my mother a house. I paused my gigs a bit to focus on that. I grew up living with my mother and three siblings so now that I am old enough, I realized that it was no longer accommodating us. I have little sisters and they are also growing, so privacy is becoming a factor.
“I always felt like going out to work so that I can change the situation at home even at school it hits me hard. I think of my background. I noticed that time no longer allows me to stay at home and sleep in the same room sharing a bed with my siblings anymore. The first thing I vowed to myself before I became Mfana Ka Gogo was to build umuzi wekhaya. We stayed in a two bedroom with my mom not working, so I am making it an eight-room house and we’re building it from scratch.
He says his mother was reluctant about his request at first when he sat down to talk about his plans with her. “She always said to me that I am still young, I should rather focus on myself and not put myself under a lot of pressure. I felt like we’re fighting because what I want is for us to be happy as a family but she was happy. She didn’t believe it when I told her. She saw when the materials to build arrived and she was happy, she’s always calling to thank me.”
