𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗗𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗚 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝟴𝟵𝟳,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗡𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹
Media personality Minnie Dlamini says derogatory comments made about her on MacGyver “MacG” Mukwevho’s Podcast and Chill cost her a Nivea campaign worth R897,000 and left her professionally “blackballed”, according to Sunday Times.
Dlamini made the claims in a 79-page statement filed at the Equality Court sitting at the Johannesburg High Court, where she is seeking R2.5 million in damages from MacG.
The case stems from an April 2025 episode in which MacG discussed Dlamini’s relationship history and suggested there was “something wrong with her”, including speculating about the smell of her private parts.
Dlamini says she had worked with Nivea since 2023 and had agreed to a R897,000 campaign in April 2025. The deal included four Instagram reels, three half-day mall activations and a half-day e-commerce appearance.
𝗔 𝗡𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗮 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗗𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱.
She says Dentsu representatives later told her team that Nivea and parent company Beiersdorf were concerned about the controversy and that the campaign would not continue. Dlamini disputes the explanation that the decision was due to a budget change, saying the deal had already been agreed and she had performed work.
MacG, in his answering affidavit, said his comments were “speculative in nature” and were not intended to cause harm. He said he had apologised and was open to mediation and gender-sensitisation sessions.
Dlamini says the controversy also caused severe anxiety and kept her at home for about a month. Her mother, Gloria Queen Dlamini, described her daughter as being deeply distressed by the fallout.
𝗗𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝟭 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝟭.𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲.
