Last night’s episode of Mnakwethu broke South African hearts after seeing how she was suffering financially and emotionally. What irritated people was that she was not informed in the first place that Mr Langa, her husband, was taking a second wife, and that he went to secretly pay the bride price for his second wife with his family without informing the first wife. Polygamous marriage is not for everyone, according to the host Musa Mseleku, and people must follow the regulations. The fact that Langa went on to pay Lobola for his second wife while telling his first wife that he didn’t have enough money to fulfill her bridal pride. People went on to support MaSithole after viewing the show since her story affected so many people. The second wife went on to add that Langa would not end the first wife’s pride because she and him had already planned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controversial Polygamy show Mnakwethu is one of the most talked about. Every week people comment about it’s discrimination and demeanour against most married women. Hosted by polygamist Musa Mseleku the show is without a doubt one of the most watched and to everyone’s surprise, yesterday’s episode took an unexpected turn. The first wife refused to welcome the new wife and her reasons got everyone emotional. She stated that she is being abused emotionally by her husband and he doesn’t support her financially. On top of all this the husband did not finish paying lobola for her yet he went behind her back and paid lobola for the new pregnant wife. Musa was shocked to learn all this and supported the first wife’s decision to leave the toxic marriage. As if this wasn’t enough, the new wife was extremely disrespectful towards Musa and Makhosi ( The 1st wife).

The state she left in was heartbreaking as she mentioned that she is unable to support herself financially and this lead to many women searching for her so they can assist where they can. Some offered her a job so she could start afresh while others are willing to donate to her. A community of supportive women called “ladies house” on Facebook were able to trace her and find her details so people who would like to help may assist. Big ups to these women for fighting for their own but most importantly big up to Makhosi “Mashelembe” for standing her ground and teaching other women that it is ok to leave a toxic marriage.