In the previous, former Generations actress and TV presenter-turned-businesswoman Carol Bouwer made headlines for all the fitting causes. From empowering ladies to being an envoy of UNICEF South Africa’s Influential Women’s Forum. However, a darkish cloud is hanging over the businesswoman and producer’s head.
On Sunday 20 November, City Press printed a bombshell article claiming that an investigation by the Hawks concerning the awarding of a R40 million tender in 2013 to Carol Bouwer Productions was at “an advanced stage”.
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Why the Hawks are investigating Carol Bouwer
The tender — marred in controversy — was awarded to her production company to help organise the Nelson Mandela memorial service in Mpumalanga as the main contractor.
According to The Citizen, paperwork regarding the case additionally present that her firm was paid R39.8 million for the work inside seven days. It can also be alleged that then director-general within the workplace of the KwaZulu-Natal premier Nonhlanhla Mkhize appointed Bouwer’s firm with out following correct procedures.
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Glitz, glam and Gucci all the best way
While the storm is brewing with the Hawks apparently closing in, the previous media darling and position mannequin continues to be out and about city, attending the glitzy Gucci Gala as a patron for the humanities at Cape Town’s Zeits Mocca on Monday night.
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Carol Bouwer: Rise to fame, enterprise empire and net worth
In the sunshine of those allegations of tender fraud, let’s check out Carol Bouwer’s enterprise empire, homes, automobiles and net worth…
The Soweto-born former actress began out as presenter of the tutorial programme Teleschool on the age of 17 and rose to fame for her position as Kgomotso in Generations from 1994 to 1996.
In 2021, Bouwer was named in a report by Opera News as one of many richest ladies within the South African leisure business with an estimated net worth of R20 million on the time.
- The 48-year-old businesswoman has investments within the media, mining firms, horse racing, and property growth, in response to Briefly News.
- To add to her spectacular portfolio, she spearheaded the African Women Investments mission and used it to spend money on Sithaba Women’s Group.
- As we all know, Bouwer additionally owns the tv manufacturing firm Carol Bouwer Productions which have come underneath hearth within the Hawks investigation.
- Her manufacturing firm was launched in 1999 and boasts branches in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Sydney. It has efficiently produced tv sequence and documentaries, comparable to Nowhere Land and Hooked.
- In 2010, Bouwer produced and co-hosted the ladies actuality speak present No Reservations on SABC3.
- Her standard SABC2’s speak present Motswako got here to an finish this 12 months.
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Peace Island dream and diamonds for breakfast
In the identical 12 months, Bouwer had a dream together with her developer husband of 20 years, Edward Bouwer. To be extra particular…a Peace Island dream. This concerned plans to determine a R80 billion man-made island of luxurious houses and pristine seashores off the coast of Cape Town, with uninterrupted views of Robben Island and Table Mountain, in response to Drum.
News24 reported although that her imaginative and prescient of a 900ha island for the super-rich off the coast of Cape Town to match these of the oil-rich Gulf nations was met with extreme criticism by environmentalists.
In 2019, one of many star couple’s homes, a mansion in Lion’s Head, Cape Town, caught on hearth they usually needed to evacuate their abode. But the act of evacuating your blazing house, has a lot much less of a traumatic ring to it than for us bizarre of us.
Daily Sun reported on the time that Carol was whisked off to a luxurious lodge the place the poor lady woke as much as a five-star breakfast and a present of diamonds from Cape Town-based jewelry firm First Diamonds. How considerate.
But wait…there’s extra! Houses, designer threads and luxurious automobiles
Bouwer lives the excessive life with vacation homes all over the world, a surprising mansion on Billionaire’s Row at Cape Town’s Waterfront and one other unique pad in Hout Bay, Needless to say, full with a wardrobe filled with designer threads from the likes of Rich Mnisi, Marianne Fassler and Malcolm Kluk to call however a number of of her favourites.
And then there may be the fleet of luxurious autos at her disposal…
Since 2020, Bouwer has been gliding by the streets in numerous Jaguar fashions. The first set of glossy wheels that the luxurious automobile model supplied to her as certainly one of its high-profile ambassador, which incorporates the likes of Minnie Dlamini, was a Jaguar F-Type.
Ag, why not? Perfume and Carol Bouwer purses
In October 2021, the businesswoman launched CBNL Perfume in collaboration with perfume Ntsoaki Ledimo
Lest we neglect Bouwer’s vary of posh cutlery and bespoke handbags which comes with the tagline: “A woman’s relationship with her handbag is something sacred”.
Let’s go away that up for interpretation for now, lets?
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