Jojo made history when she became the first female HoH of the season. She successfully dethroned Swiss who won HoH earlier today. The HoH challenger saw them participating in a crawling race dressed as snails, followed by a game of chance. In the second round, they each had to choose two out of four wooden boxes, only one of which contained the HoH badge. Jojo's victory followed close on the heels of her contemplation about leaving the house; but lady luck was by her side. After she won the title, Jojo chose Siphesihle to enjoy the spoils with her in the HoH bedroom.

Nominations

If there’s a day in a week that has our blood pressure up, it's a Monday. Yet again the housemates got a chance to get into the diary room and tell Biggie who they’d like to put on the firing line. The house has spoken: Ezra, Luzuko, Nate, Nsuku, Sipha Lee, Swiss, and Uyanda are this week’s nominees facing possible eviction. HoH Jojo used her power to save Mandy Hagan. However, she did not get to replace her with anyone. Reality hit hard for the nominated housemates as they realised that their chances of survival in the house are getting slimmer each week.

Shots fired

This week, guns were out and shots were fired in the diary room. The housemates didn’t hold back when Biggie asked them for the reasons for their nominations. Ash-ley Ogle said “I am nominating Swiss because he is two-faced and I can’t have that. Mshini, because she likes too much attention and she has main character energy." Nate said “I am nominating Mandy Hagan because she said it is not my mother’s house." 

Nsuku said “I am nominating Sipha Lee because I have discovered his strategy to get all the girls out." Sweet Guluva, just like his house bae Ash-ley Ogle, said “I am nominating Mshini because she is very flamboyant and very forward.” Watch below for more spice from the diary room.

Here is how the nominations went down:

Philile – Ezra and Nate
Tyrone – Mandy Hagan and Sipha Lee
Swiss – Uyanda and Mandy Hagan
Abobo – Nate and Sipha Lee
Ezra – Nsuku and Uyanda
Luzuko – Uyanda and Nsuku
Nsuku – Sipha Lee and Melino
Uyanda – Swiss and Ezra
Siphesihle – Nate and Sweet Guluva
Sipha Lee – Abobo and Uyanda
Mata – Ezra and Sipha Lee
Muzi-TheMbuzi – Luzuko and Mandy Hagan
Ash-ley Ogle – Mshini and Swiss
Beekay – Mata and Luzuko
Mandy Hagan – Swiss and Muzi-TheMbuzi
Nate – Luzuko and Mandy Hagan
Sweet Guluva – Nsuku and Mshini
Mshini – Ezra and Sipha Lee
Melino – Muzi-TheMbuzi and Beekay
Jojo – Swiss and Ezra

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