{"id":9977,"date":"2013-08-26T06:02:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T06:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/namibian-bags-300-000-big-brother-africa-cash\/"},"modified":"2013-08-26T06:01:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T06:01:59","slug":"namibian-bags-300-000-big-brother-africa-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/namibian-bags-300-000-big-brother-africa-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibian Bags $300,000 Big Brother Africa Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Namibia’s Dillish Mathews kept out of trouble and avoided controversy to bag $300,000 as the winner of this year’s Big Brother Africa reality television show.}}<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Namibian had been an underdog, seemingly content to be cool as her fellow housemates lit up the show, dubbed The Chase, with all manner of shenanigans.<\/p>\n

Her unremarkable strategy initially earned her epithets from her competitors including being accused of not pulling her weight.<\/p>\n

“That girl thinks she’s in a 5 star hotel. She just sleeps all day, does absolutely nothing and expects us to cook for her,” Kenya’s Huddah had said in May.<\/p>\n

Interestingly the Windhoek-born third-year Psychology student had in her biography said she dislikes those who are lazy.<\/p>\n

But the Namibian soon won over her housemates, maintaining cordial relations with most.<\/p>\n

A favourite was her ‘Princess Dillish’ act, which was presented as a quirky and accented alter ego.<\/p>\n

{{Prize money}}<\/p>\n

The first Namibian to win the show, Dillish broke down in tears as soon as she was announced the winner in the grand finale on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

She won five of the 15 country votes, while four other contestants split the other votes.<\/p>\n

She describes herself as “caring, fun, troublesome, loving and adventurous”.<\/p>\n

Her best quality is the fact that she\u2019s “very real and straightforward,” she said, according to her profile on dstv.com.<\/p>\n

She becomes the second woman to win since Zambia’s Cherise won it seven years ago.<\/p>\n

The popular show has often courted controversy over what critics say is the encouraging of questionable morals among African youth.<\/p>\n

That has not stopped politicians weighing in, with Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe giving his country’s representative to the 2010 show, Munyaradzi Chidzonga. $300,000 as “compensatory” prize money.<\/p>\n

Zimbabweans had felt Munyaradzi was robbed of victory. The eventual winner, Nigeria’s Uti, picked up $200,000 from the show organisers.<\/p>\n

Mr Mugabe also topped up the winnings of the 2011 co-winner, Wendall Parson, with $50,000.<\/p>\n

South Africa’s Keagan Petersen won last year’s show.<\/p>\n

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{Photo: Dillish Mathews}<\/p>\n

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