Woman shocked as ‘fiancé’ weds ex-Joburg mayor Mpho Phalatse

Mpho Phalatse

Cape Town – A woman has reportedly come out, claiming that Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse’s new husband, Brutus Malada, is her fiancé who paid lobola for her last year.

Ntaka Tshifaro was reportedly in shock after she saw alleged wedding pictures of Malada and Phalatse circulating on social media.

Reports indicated that Phaletse tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Venda, Limpopo, at the weekend.

In the circulating images, Phalatse is wearing an off-white dress and Malada, who spots a dark-coloured suit, stands in front of a priest, a bible in sight and with a few people looking on.

Tshifaro alleged that Malada’s wedding came just a few months after she left their Johannesburg Sandton home in September, reported SowetanLive.

The report said Malada denied he paid lobola for Tshifaro, saying that he only paid her family R5 000 for ivula mlomo (icebreaker between the families of potential bride and groom).

“Brutus paid lobola to my parents and uncles and he should have taken me back to my parents if the marriage was no longer working. When I received the photos on Saturday, I was shocked but it provided answers to a lot that was happening to our marriage since the beginning of the year,” the report quoted Tshifaro as saying.

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She said they had their “disagreements” but didn’t think their marriage was over.

Tshifaro said things changed for the worst for the couple when Malada landed a new job in the City of Joburg and moved from Bronkhorstspruit to Sandton in December.

“At first, my engagement ring disappeared in our bedroom. I left it on top of the chest of drawers and when I told him about it, he just brushed it off. During that time, a lot was happening and we were fighting but we were still a couple,” she was quoted as saying.

She alleged Malada told her he was cancelling their engagement and days later, came home to find her belongings packed into bags.

But according to Malada, Tshifaro moved out of the house in August after a mutual agreement that their relationship was not working, the report said. 

The report alleged that in an email to Tshifaro, Malada suggested Tshifaro focus on the future “than agonising about the past”.

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