Content creator Mandisa Makhasi has opened up about her financial stress over the past few months as her savings dwindled after being without a job for ten months.
Makhasi was emotional as she recounted the difficulties of covering all her expenses when income was sparse.
Makhasi, formerly Dandala, has two daughters with Kuhle Dandala, her ex husband. She announced the end of their marriage in a statement in 2025.
Since then, her financial situation has been strenuous, according to her latest video on TikTok on Tuesday.
“I haven’t been working for the past 10 months… I’ve just been living off of content creation. And then eventually I blew up my savings,” starts Makhasi.
“I have kids to take care of, school fees, my nanny, my car insurance, gym membership, groceries. There’s so much. And I was like the whole content creation thing, I probably would have flourished if I didn’t have such big responsibilities. The past two, three months, I’ve literally been living on edge… It’s been tough.”
But out of the blue, things turned around for Makhasi.
“It’s been tough, but I finally have a job. I’m back to doing nine to five. I actually got my offer yesterday, I feel so relieved, like, especially for my kids. It was eating me up,” continued Makhasi.
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“I wasn’t even applying for a job… This lady reached out to me on LinkedIn. She asked if I’m in the job market, if I’m interested, there’s a role that she thinks I’m fitted for. I said, you know what? … Yeah, sure.”
‘And yesterday, I got my offer. I’m so happy… There are so many people out there that have been probably applying for this role, that have been applying for jobs, and here I was, I was also low key, stubborn about my situation.”
Makhasi’s new lease on life
“I’m back to my old self, where I was working a nine to five and doing content creation.
But I’m so happy, guys, you don’t understand… it feels like there’s this heavy weight that’s just been taken off of my shoulders. You don’t know how many times I’ve been saying, ‘God, thank you for keeping your promises. Thank you for acknowledging me’… And you said, ‘My child, you are still worthy of good things.
Your prayers are heard. I am acknowledging your needs, and I shall deliver’. And he kept his promises. That’s exactly what he did. He delivered.”