Big Brother Mzansi (BBMzansi) Season 5 Housemates Revealed!
If you are a citizen/legal resident of South Africa and 21 years of age or older (as of 1 January 2025), then you can audition for the BBMzansi show to become one of the selected housemates.
The show’s selection team is looking for housemates who are fun-loving, creative and articulate as well as housemates who are tolerant of views and lifestyle choices other than their own.
Outside of the requirements listed above, there are no restrictions on entry.
There is no payment involved to audition for the show.
Entry is free for individuals only, though you will naturally be responsible for any costs incurred in getting yourself to and from the audition venue.
Former housemates cannot audition.
This season of the show is calling for fresh entries in order to find new housemates.
Big Brother Mzansi Season 5 will run from January 2025 and will run until the finale in March 2025.
To get more information on the show, keep checking this website for updates.
Given the success of the previous editions of Big Brother Mzansi, Mzansi Magic channel is now creating Season 5 of the show.
The show has also provided opportunities to a group of young talent who have used the platform to fulfil some of their dreams either on tv, radio and online platforms.
The choice to take part and the choice to view Big Brother Mzansi is individual.
Big Brother Mzansi was created foremost as an entertainment offering.
However, as responsible corporate citizens both M-Net and the production company are aware of the power of the show’s platform and, as they have done in previous seasons, will use it to highlight social causes pertinent to its viewers where possible and relevant within the context of the show.
The Big Brother Mzansi house is at an access-controlled studio facility in Johannesburg.
The house has a large living space and two communal bedrooms and is attached to a garden.
It also has one large open-plan kitchen area, plus a bathroom, toilet, diary room and storeroom.
As there are only two communal bedrooms, housemates will have to share.
The house may have sections incorporated into it that Big Brother may choose to reveal at his discretion.
The entire house is covered by cameras.
There is also a camera in the toilet, but footage from this camera will only be screened if the housemates are using the toilet for a purpose other than that for which it was designed (example: to meet and discuss other housemates).
Twenty-four (24) housemates will be in the Big Brother Mzansi house.
South Africa has 11 official languages; however, housemates are required to communicate only in English.
Housemates are not paid to appear on the show.
Big Brother Mzansi is a winner takes all format and only the winner, as voted for by television audiences, gets to walk away with the grand prize.
The Big Brother show is built on the premise where housemates live in isolation within the house and have little to no contact with the outside world during their participation in the show.
No verbal or written communication is allowed with anyone outside the house, unless a housemate has an urgent family crisis and this is still subject to Big Brother’s discretion.
Producers may choose, at their discretion, to allow contact for task and / or rewards purposes.
In the event of a housemate becoming ill, they will be given first aid or may have a nurse or doctor called in to attend to them.
If their condition is serious, they will be admitted to a hospital accompanied by a member of the production staff and security personnel, as it is strictly within the conditions of Big Brother to maintain minimal contact with the outside world.
However, should their illness mean that they have to be away from the house for a long period, it is unlikely that Big Brother will allow them to return.
All tasks that will be assigned to the housemates are reasonable and involve team play.
They are for Big Brother to know and for housemates to find out, but housemates will never be asked to perform anything outside acceptable ethical and moral standards.
Housemates are given a healthy daily allowance of basic foods.
This diet includes vegetables, carbohydrates such as rice and maize meal, meat, poultry and fruit.
Anything outside these foods is regarded as a luxury item and may be ordered from a special shopping list provided by Big Brother.
Their luxury allowance budget is directly linked to their performances in their task.
All meals in the house will have to be negotiated and agreed with by the other housemates.
Housemates are free to leave at any stage during the process, on the understanding that they cannot return and may be replaced by someone else.
A minimum of 24 hours’ notice is requested by Big Brother to make departure arrangements.
Housemates will be obliged to provide a reason for their exit to Big Brother in the diary room.
Housemates requesting a voluntary exit would also need to explain to their fellow housemates and the viewers their decision to leave the Big Brother game.
Big Brother Mzansi has a PG 18 rating and is aired 24/7 to cover all housemates’ activities all the time.
Housemates will be filmed at all times, whether in the nude or fully clothed, and this footage may be screened and/or streamed online.
Housemates are free to be nude whilst in the house, as long as their actions do not infringe on the rights of the other housemates and cannot be deemed as sexual harassment.
What is aired is at the discretion of the producers, who ensure that all coverage is in line with the standards of the BCCSA and do not infringe on the rights of the housemates.
Big Brother sets the rules for the house and housemates will want to be on his good side at all times whilst staying in the house.
Meet the Big Brother Mzansi (BBMzansi) Season 5 Housemates
Housemate | Age on Entry | Occupation | Origin |
Abongile “Abobo” Salli | 30 | Teacher | Khayelitsha, Cape Town |
Abongile “Ezra” Mhambi | 27 | Farmer | Butterworth/East London, Eastern Cape |
Akhonamathemba “Sweet Guluva” Mbele | 23 | Student, Upcoming Actor, Model, and Barber | Cape Town, Western Cape |
Amanda “Mandy Hagan” Makhathini | 26 | ECD Practitioner | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
Ash-ley Ogle | 26 | Unemployed | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
Bokang “Beekay” Chephetsa | 23 | Electrician | Qwaqwa |
Bongiwe “Bonni Bee” Booi | 28 | Tele Sales agent | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
Florence “Kay B” Mphirime | 23 | Student | Bloemfontein, Free State |
Fortunate “Nate” Setwaba | 26 | Medical Orthotist | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
Hassaan “Savage” Rigney | 29 | Personal Trainer | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
Karabo “Jojo” Sejojo | 22 | Entrepreneur | Bloemfontein, Free State |
Luzuko Mashalaba | 26 | Sales Agent | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
Mathapelo “Mata” Mashila | 27 | Musical Artist | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
Mmelesi “Melino” Mothei | 33 | Artist Manager | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
Muziomhle “Muzi-The Mbuzi” Mdluli | 29 | Self-employed | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
Nokulunga “Gugu” Ndabezitha | 34 | Unemployed | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
Nsuku Mabunda | 29 | Student | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
Philile Nzama | 31 | Unemployed | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
Siphesihle “Mshini” Lekwadu | 23 | Tutor | Soweto, Gauteng |
Siphesihle Mabaso | 28 | Financial Advisor | Secunda, Mpumalanga |
Siyabonga “Swiss” Mlangeni | 28 | Student | Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal |
Sphamandla “Spha Lee” Mthembu | 29 | Unemployed | Johannesburg, Gauteng |
Tyrone Willard | 26 | Social Media Consultant | Qonce, Eastern Cape |
Uyanda Hlangabezo | 23 | High School Teacher | Gqeberha, Eastern Cape |