Khanyi Mbau came out tops among the top female celebrities in the latest Google Trends, released. Khanyi Mbau came out tops among the top female celebrities in the latest Google Trends, released.
Love her or loathe her, but controversial socialite Khanyi Mbau leads the pack of influential women in South Africa, if the latest Google trending is anything to go by.
Mbau came out tops among the top female celebrities in the latest Google Trends, released on Thursday.
Google Trends is the free tool that provides insight into web search trends, showcasing women who have captured South Africa’s attention over the past year.
This year, South Africa came second only to India worldwide in searching for “women’s day”, the latter having eclipsed Mzansi in the searches for quotes to celebrate the occasion.
Mbau came tops among the 10 top SA celebs searched for locally. Fans can now see more of her on her new reality show, Reality Check on e.tv.
She is followed in second place by Bonang Matheba, recently named the first South African ambassador for the cosmetics brand Revlon.
Popular local singer and songwriter Lira and Generations actress Sophie Ndaba were in third and fourth place respectively.
Local Idol’s judge Unathi Msengana claimed the eighth spot, while magazine publisher and businesswoman Khanyi Dhlomo came ninth.
Multi-award-winning vocalist and songwriter Thandizwa Mazwai came 10th.
In politics, businesswoman and Agang SA founder Mamphela Ramphele came tops as the most searched-for female, while DA leader and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille came second, followed by the party’s parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko.
Disgraced former communications minister Dina Pule occupies the fourth slot. Cape Town mayor and political hard-hitter Patricia de Lille came seventh, followed by AU Commission chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
In sport, former 800m world champion Caster Semenya received the “gold medal” for this year’s top searched-for sportswoman.
Hot on her heels was champion javelin thrower Sunette Viljoen, followed by veteran breaststroke swimmer and gold medallist Penny Heyns.
Health was the most popular pertinent issue affecting South African women, according to search traffic, followed by education and employment, and poverty, violence and discrimination.
Equality and harassment take positions seven and eight, with motherhood coming in last at number nine. - Mercury