Penny Lebyane explains that being a well-known
personality does not exempt her from life's challenges, such as having debt.
This comes in the wake of reports
claiming that she had to part ways with some of her furniture recently, after
it was sold off at an auction in the Randburg Sheriff's office to repay a debt
of R65 830.
Sunday Sun reported, last week, that the TV and
radio personality defaulted on a rental agreement with Fiona Hudgson’s company,
Hudfam CC in 2013, before she was taken to the Randburg Magistrate’s Court the
following year.
According to the local publication,
Penny owed approximately R65 830, and despite making payments towards her debt,
the sheriff of the court sold some of her personal goods at an auction in order
to settle her debt.
However,
speaking to Move, Penny claimed
that reports of her debt weren't entirely accurate.
"What
was reported in the newspapers is different from what I know," she
revealed.
Some of Penny's goods that were
reportedly sold include a four-piece bedroom suite, double-door fridge, washing
machine, seven-piece dining room suite, gas heater, three TVs, microwave,
dishwasher and coffee table.
"We all
have debts. It's such a pity that when I'm in debt, it makes headlines. I
choose not to live in a bubble - I'm just like everyone else," she
retorted, before pointing out that she isn't shameful about having gone through
her latest financial woe publicly.
"I don't have any shame about
this, because I'm a realist. I would rather talk about what I am going through
openly, because one thing I know is that skeletons have their own way of coming
out. I like to deal with issues head-on."
Penny further
explained that being in debt doesn't make her "less of a person."
"I'm
human too."
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