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| Mmaba Molefe |
With four votes against her name and an unused Idol in her
pocket, Mmaba Molefe (28) from Plumstead in Cape Town, became the fourteenth
person to be voted off Survivor SA: Island of Secrets and the sixth member of
the jury who will pick the winner of the show at the end of the season.
Mmaba nabbed the Idol from the voting urn at Tribal Council,
after winning a clue to the advantage on the Island of Secrets. Unfortunately
for her, she trusted her alliance and not her instincts and decided not to play
her Idol. The target was placed on her back by Steffi, who revealed to the
Tribe that she has an advantage in the game that makes her dangerous to keep
around.
Fans will remember Mmaba for her iconic giggly smile and
soft-nature. She played a great social game alongside her bestie, Geoff but
never rose up to the occasion to make her own moves and establish her
individual game. She has been one of the lucky castaways to win the special
spa-treatment Reward with Geoff and Danté as well as the Samoan Cultural experience
that Danté selected her to join in on.
How the episode played out:
Bold moves:
Back at camp following the previous weeks Tribal Council,
the tension was thick in the air after Jacques offended the entire Tribe,
leaving him out in the cold once again. With all the attention cast on Jacques,
Mike used the opportunity to plot another blindside and approached Durāo to
take Rob down, entirely unaware that Durāo’s loyalty lied firmly with Rob. With
the knowledge that Mike wants to blindside Rob – but needing his vote – Rob
bluffs Mike by telling him he’ll use an advantage he doesn’t actually have,
forcing Mike to “cancel”. And in another power play by Rob, he offers Durāo his
Idol, as a show of trust, to which Durāo declined. For the second Tribal Council
in a row, Jacques makes a bold Immunity Idol move by playing it before any
votes were cast in a bid to shake things up within the Tribe. Being in the
minority, he is still fighting and appealed to the castaways who were told to
vote for him, to vote for Rob instead – which fell on deaf ears.
The Island of Secrets:
Treemail news that the Tribe could nominate two people to go
to the Island of Secrets seemed to be the redemption that Mmaba had been
waiting for. Putting herself forward, alongside Steffi, the pair were treated
to a delectable spread offering energy, focus and a chance at recovery with
Biostrath. But that wasn’t all – Steffi and Mmaba also duelled for an advantage
in the game – where Mmaba won a clue to a Hidden Immunity Idol at Tribal Council.
Immunity Challenge:
The race for Immunity was on this week as the castaways
raced out into the water to jump into a cage and release a key that would
unlock a box to reveal a set of ropes. The castaways then have to shake those
ropes to release another key that unlocks the second box leading to a series of
knots that need to be untied, to eventually release a bag of puzzle pieces.
Those puzzle pieces need to be completed at the final station to construct a 3D
puzzle. Nicole was elated to win the honours for the first time since Merge,
and the Amigo’s alliance were just as pleased.
How the Survivors voted:
The Manumalo Tribe stuck to the arrangement of voting off
Mmaba, except for alliance members Mike and Mmaba of course, who were under the
impression that Jacques remained the target. Rob, Nicole, Steffi, Durāo and
Laetitia put Mmaba’s name down while Mike and Mmaba voted for Jacques. Jacques
stuck to his guns and wrote Rob’s name down.
You were emotional at
the end of the episode when you spoke about trust and following you gut
feeling. Can you elaborate on that thinking of what happened at tribal council?
A lot went through my mind - from how do I get the Idol from the urn to should
I play it or not. So I wasn’t fully present at Tribal Council. In the end, I
decided to keep my Idol and stick to the plan, I guess i was confusing my gut
feeling with paranoia.
When you watched the
episode on TV, what did you make of all the lies and broken trusts and how the
tribe decided you fate? Coming into the game I knew that there would be
lies, manipulation and deceit as it’s part of the game. I also wasn’t a part of
the majority alliance. So it wasn’t really a surprise when I seen it.
Who do you think
could have gone home, and why? If Jacques didn’t have his Idol, he
definitely would have been good.
Why do you think the
Tribe voted you off? I think I have always been an obvious target for the
Tribe. The biggest contributor was coming back from the Island of Secrets with
an advantage which made me dangerous.
You seemed quite
confident when you returned from the Island Of Secrets, what do you think went
wrong? I was confident because I just received a lifeline in the game. I
don’t think anything went wrong, I became a threat and was blindsided.
What is the one thing
the game has taught you? The game has taught me to listen to my intuition
and trust my gut. It’s there to protect and serve you.
What would be your
message to the rest of the contestants? My message would be that’s it’s now
time to play the game, as they have gotten rid of the east target (me) and it’s
now time to start looking within the alliance.
What went through you
mind when you walked off tribal council? I was very disappointed, filled
with regret and quite emotional.
Last week, Jacques
went off on a rant back at camp and used some swear words, which caused a major
uproar. He was sort of "banished" from the tribe and Nicole branded
him a god like figure barking out instructions. What did you make of all of
this? I think 32 days into the game, we are all very tense, hungry, tired
and easily triggered. So the irrational reaction to his rant could have been
due to that or it could it have been a power play by the majority alliance.
What was the first
thing you did when you got home? The first thing I did was have a hot and
long shower in my own bathroom.
What is the one thing
that would surprise people about you? In the show I was very reserved, but
in real life I am actually very bubbly and quite outspoken.
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