South African gqom singer and dancer Bongekile Mildred Simelane (born July 26, 1994), best known as Babes Wodumo. In 2016, with the release of the single “Wololo,” she gained widespread attention and quickly became a household name. The track ultimately ended up on her 2016 debut studio album, Gqom Queen. In 2020, Babes Wodumo tied the knot with Mandla Maphumulo. Their first child was born in 2021, a secret from Babes’ family. “uthando logo” is their reality program, which debuted on the Showmax service (495). Then, in December of 2022, her husband had a stroke that ultimately proved fatal.

 

 

 

It has been well-documented that Mampintsha’s sister Pinky and his widow Babes Wodumo do not get along. Their animosity dates back to when Mampintsha was still alive, when Pinky allegedly tried to have Mampintsha marry someone other than Babes Wodumo. As a result, there has been a lot of tension between the two of them.

Pinky went to the press after Mampintsha’s dying to say that Babes Wodumo, whose true name is Bongekile Simelane, didn’t contact her late husband’s mother, Zama Gumede, before she passed away in the hospital.

Mandla Mampintsha’s mother passed away a little over a month after her son.

At Mandla’s burial, Babes and Zama made amends, but the Gqom queen allegedly didn’t go see Zama in the hospital before she passed away.

Pinky said to Daily Sun, “Even though she made peace with MaGumede at Mpintsho’s funeral, she never visited her in the hospital or phoned her.”

Babes Wodumo hoped to mend fences with Pinky yesterday at the burial. She got up to give a speech at the funeral, and she said, “Today I want to tell you that you will never go hungry when I’m still around.” You may count on me to be your rock; think of me as a sister. People could tell by the tone of Babes’ voice that she was hurting while she was saying that. Someone else noticed the anguish in her tone and observed it. Her heart, may God cure it. To me, the line “I am also not ok” captured the difficulty of the situation she’s in.

This is excruciatingly difficult; Babes is experiencing a great deal, but not everyone can see it because of the unique way in which she is mourning; she does not express her suffering openly. Hopefully, she can mend fences with Mampintsha’s sister. In order to protect Mampintsha’s infant child, Sponge.