Talented actor Siyabonga Shibe stated in an interview with King David that a Scandal! producer cost him an R300,000 gig. He says there’s a Scandal! producer who dismissed him and told him he wasn’t a good actor; he lost faith in himself.

“In this production, I was told by a producer. I was on Scandal! and a lot of things were happening, actors leaving. I had an international advert that I had to do. It was paying for two days, R300 000.”

“That was not common. So, I asked, the following week, please let me be off, and they agreed. We were supposed to fly to Dubai.”He says that the producer changed her mind the next week, telling him he wasn’t going anywhere and showing him his contract.He was upset when, a month later, he was sacked from Scandal! as Kila after losing R300,000 on his gig.
“This person says you’re not a good actor. She looked at me in my eyes and said you’re not a good actor. We believe we can get someone else.”

“At that moment, everything shut. A second felt like three years. Don’t be fooled by people on Facebook complimenting you. It doesn’t bring numbers here. I was heartbroken. Whenever I saw this woman on the corridors, it was hate.”

TVSA revealed that actor Siyabonga Shibe joined e.tv’s soap opera Scandal! in 2010 to play Kila, a taxi driver.The actor also said in his interview with King David that he portrayed his character for four years before being sacked.