Bishop Makuluve to tie the knot again
By Thokozani Mazibuko
Popular Bishop Vusumuzi Makuluve Gumedze is getting engaged to his new fiancé this coming Saturday, hardly three months after ending things with his second wife.
This comes after Gumedze (47) issued a public statement on May 17, stating that the marriage to his second wife Lindelwa Nombulelo Shongwe had come to an end.
According to Gumedze, he has found new love in Tekhaya Nolwazi Shongwe and he will be getting engaged to her this coming Saturday.
However, according to Gumedze, he was not at liberty to disclose the venue, where the engagement ceremony will be taking place, since it will be a private function with very few people invited to attend.
Gumedze further rubbished claims that he fell in love with Tekhaya whilst she was a member of his choir.
This comes after Gumedze was heavily criticised by social media users on social media platforms, particularly Facebook for falling in love and preparing to get married to one of his choir members.
When setting the record straight, Gumedze mentioned that he had not released an album for a period of about five years now, since he did not have a choir.
He mentioned that he recently formed a new choir about two months ago, with which he has recently released an album.
He mentioned that had been in a relationship with Tekhaya for seven months now.
“I fell in love with Tekhaya months before she joined the new choir,” he said.
Gumedze further mentioned that even if it was true that he was getting ready to get married to one of his choir members, he would not have done anything wrong by so doing, since there was no verse in the Bible, which prohibits Christians from doing such.
Meanwhile, according to Gumedze through the statement he released in May this year, his marriage conducted in Swati law and custom with Lindelwa (30) reached an irreparable end.
He alleged that this came after an unceremonious and unthought-of disappearance of his wedded wife from the matrimonial set up for a period of eight months, only leaving behind a note (which he still keeps), appreciating the love and care, which she allegedly said she did not deserve and probably sensed danger ahead.
He alleged that this was not the first time Shongwe disappeared as this instance followed another absence without official leave (AWOL) which lasted for three months to Johannesburg and Mpumalanga at that time, with people unknown to him as her husband in the year 2022.
Meanwhile, this was not the first time Makuluve ended things with his wife as in 2020; he divorced his first wife of 15 years, Nomvumelwano Lukhele.
The divorce decree was issued by the then Magistrate Innocent Mahlalela at the Manzini Magistrate’s Court, where Makuluve was accompanied by his supporters, including Lindelwa.
