Rachel Wakesho Mwangemi is a Kenyan born content creator who is making waves in the South African TV industry as a panelist on Honey TV’s The Buzz.
The creative and passionate content creator, mother and wife spoke to The Sauce at length about various topics including her career path, hubby, motherhood, mental health and social media.
Growing up, young Rachel was loud and talkative, qualities that not many people were impressed by but she embraced it. Many years later, she is a TV star something that she never saw coming.
Rachel is proud herself and she describes the experience of working with fellow opinionated African women as something marvelous. “We aren’t just at work, we are girlfriends talking about different issues that affect us. We are friends, we hang out, we know each others’ families” she gushed about her fellow panelists.
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Rachel who pursued a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design in South Africa at Design School of Southern Africa, Pretoria admitted the journey has not been easy, she revealed her husband helped her start a clothing business prior to her becoming a YouTuber and now a Television personality.
She describes her landing her new job at DSTV’s Honey TV as God’s plan as things just fell into place after she was approached by an agency.
“I was asked to send another audition for something and I did and let it go; later I found out that I had been selected out of a possible 700 people because it was an open casting call; it was God at work”
The 29 year old is a happily married woman to one dashing South African man, Vane Zulu. She intimated that she was glad she got to enjoy some alone time with her hubby before her 2 year old daughter Zuri was born because it was a good time to learn about each other; which is imperative to a new marriage. She also shed light on raising her daughter during a pandemic.
“There was a time I had the baby blues, not Post Partum Depression, I was just sad” she told The Sauce. COVID-19 restrictions and being at home 24/7 brought out anxieties that she hadn’t ever experienced. She became very intentional about speaking about her feelings with her family and creating fun things to do while in isolation.
“I did it all, I asked my husband to do Tik-Tok dances with me, I did the challenges and I even baked bread.”
Rachel is social butterfly and is not shy of the camera. She is always capturing moments and vlogging for her YouTube channel. During the interview she mentioned that she loves to show people different aspects of her life; “there’s a lot of dream selling on social media”…”what you see on my page, you’ll see on the street.
“Africa, we’re different but we’re the same” Rachel said, as she conveyed commitment to changing the African narrative by encouraging honest and authentic conversations.
