The spouse of Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse, who has only been with her for three days, is traditionally married to someone else.

A woman who was about to marry Brutus Malada from Action SA says she was shocked when she saw pictures of him getting married to Mpho Phalatse, the mayor of Johannesburg, on social media.

 

 

 

Ntaka Tshifaro is quoted saying that Malada had paid lobola for her the previous year, but that he ended up getting married to Phalatse over the weekend. According to Ntaka, she left their house in Sandton, Johannesburg, in the month of September because she feared there was another lady in her husband’s life.

“Although I still adore Brutus, I believe he should have handled the situation better,” I said. There is nothing inherently wrong with outgrowing one’s love. “They both mistreated my family and myself when they chose to be married without doing things in the proper manner,” Ntaka added.

Even though we had our differences, I never once believed that he was willing to give up on our marriage. Even when he told me he was meeting with Mpho, I never once had the slightest suspicion that there was anything more going on between the two of them. What should I tell my parents about the pictures of Mpho and Brutus that have been found? Ntaka said, “I respected that lady, and I am saddened.”

Ntaka said that once they relocated to Sandton from Bronkhorstspruit in December, she began to notice changes in the dynamic between her and Malada. She said that they relocated to Sandton because Malada was offered a position in the City of Joburg.

“At first, I couldn’t find my engagement ring in the bedroom where we were staying. When I informed him about it, he ignored it and said it didn’t matter where it was kept; I left it on top of the chest of drawers. During that time period, a lot was going on, and while we were arguing with each other, we continued to be a couple.

“As a result of the things he was saying and doing to me, I finally asked him if we might call off our engagement.” The bombshell that he then delivered was that he was breaking off our engagement. Tshifaro said that she and Malada first met in the year 2020 during a wedding, and after that, they immediately moved in together as husband and wife, since the culture permitted them to do so.

According to Malada’s account, Tshifaro left the home in August after the couple came to the mutual conclusion that they should end their marriage since it was failing them both. Malada further stated that he had never paid the Lobola but that he had given R5,000 to Tshifaro’s family in exchange for Ivula Mlomo (an icebreaker between families of the bride-and-groom-to-be).