When Somizi Mhlongo got married in 2019, it was a fanfare. The star who has been in the entertainment industry for more than 40 years has always been private about his love life so when that changed, it quickly made headlines across Africa.
In 2017, Somizi Mhlongo introduced Mohale Motaung to South Africans and since then, the former lovers have taken us through their journey of love. During the years, we saw Somizi propose to Mohale and we even saw the pair get married in a lavish wedding that was aired on Showmax.
When Somizi was ready to let us into his love life, it was a welcome surprise and fans were loving it. There was a time when Somizi and Mohale were one of our favourite celebrity couples but unfortunately, their relationship did not last and since their dovorce announcenent, there has been drama surrounding the pair.
According to an article published by Sunday World, Somizi and Mohale have reportedly teamed up to take legal action against Legend Manqele, the producer of their wedding special. Although the couple is in the middle of a messy divorce, the publication alleges that they have put their differences aside for this common goal.
According to the article, the producer in question did not allegedly pay them the R1,5 million that they were supposed to get for the wedding special, the paper then went on to say that the producer was allegedly told by SARS not to pay Somizi.
A couple of months ago, a recording of Mohale speaking of the alleged abuse he endured in his marriage was published by Sunday World. In the recording, Mohale was heard talking about his relationship with Somzi and he detailed one of the fights they allegedly had. It is important to note that Somizi has vehemently denied all the allegations of abuse.
"Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would one day have to defend my honour as a result of someone I have loved so deeply and so genuinely deliberately harming a reputation I've worked so hard to build," Somizi wrote in part. Read the fill statement below:
According to Mohale, Somizi allegedly pulled out a knife and almost stabbed them both," I took my keys and walked out, he took a knife. I was about to exit, so he said to me, ‘if you exit… I’m going to kill us both.’ So I took my keys and ran. He grabbed the knife and said ‘if you walk out, I’m going to stab you.’ Now I see a different person. I was sh*t scared and walked back into the house. He said ‘let’s talk.’ He cried and we moved on,” he said in the recording.
In response to the audio being leaked, Mohale put out a statement, "In response to the news circulating pertaining to the material details about issues within my marriage as well as the recent statement by my estranged husband, I wish to confirm that we are indeed in the process of a divorce," he started the statement.
On how the audio got leaked, Mohale explained that he trusted the person he was speaking to, "I trusted the person with whom I was engaging and did not divulge such details for any material gain. In these conversations, I was laying case to reason why I would not want the details of our divorce to be used in the upcoming season of the reality show as this would not reflect the complete truth, and furthermore, did not want the details thereof to be used for financial gain."
