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Day 4: Fall in line or feel Biggie’s wrath – BBMzansi

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16 January 2025
Needle and button was the order of the night and housemates sewed away to save their lives.
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What was meant to be the last night for wager presentation rehersals quickly turned into a sewing frenzy. Who knew that these sassy, self-proclaimed badasses could transform into expert sewists overnight? As the thread flew and the buttons clicked, housemates found themselves sewing their fate one stitch at a time. 😂

Sweet Guluva, the man of the house, called a family meeting for a surprise announcement that had jaws hitting the floor. Just three days in, and Big Brother has already cracked down on housemates breaking rules. Talk about a bunch that is fear fokol even though they're visitors and literally just arrived. 

The tea is Big Brother caught the housemates slipping, talking in their home language and forgetting to translate. Ash-ley Ogle was not having it, while they were sewing she blurted out to Sweet Guluva that she was listening to people speak in vernacular, saying they wouldn’t be in this mess if everyone just stuck to speaking English.

The punishment was set, and each housemate had to sew 200 buttons onto fabric, with Biggie's rules clear that it must be 20 rows, each with 10 buttons per row. It was all hands on deck as the housemates raced to avoid getting sewn into a corner by this button-filled nightmare.

It looks like the housemates couldn’t keep it politically correct as their chats veered straight into political territory. Earlier in the day, Abobo, Ezra, Mata, Mandy Hagan, Melino, Siphesihle being led by Sweet Guluva were chanting political songs which is strictly prohibitted in the house and at this rate punishment was bound to greet them with a smile.

"If you fail to do so, there will be a very heavy price to pay." These words were from Bigg the boss of the house himself, making it clear that the entire house must finish this punishment before they can even think about their wager presentation rehearsals today.

As things stand, it is not looking good for their wager presentations and the big question is will they be ready come crunch time? Only time will tell.

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