Once upon a time, there was a rich man named Phumlani. He lived in South Africa. He had a nice wife named Zamo. They loved each other… or so Zamo thought.One day was Zamo’s birthday.
She was happy! She went to a pretty beach place called Zimbali to celebrate with her friends. They ate cake and laughed a lot.But Phumlani? He was far away in a sunny city called Dubai.
He was on a big, fancy boat in the blue water. The boat had pretty lights and yummy drinks. With him was a lady named Melody. She was not his wife. She was his secret friend. They took happy pictures together, smiling big.
What was Phumlani doing? Something very bad. In their culture, when a man wants to marry a girl, he gives her family cows or money. It’s called “lobola.” It’s a special way to say, “I love her and want to be her husband forever.”Phumlani was giving lobola to Melody! On Zamo’s birthday!
While Zamo was alone at her party, Phumlani was planning to marry someone else.Someone saw the pictures and told everyone on a fun app called X (like Twitter). People got very mad. They said, “That’s not fair! That’s mean! Why hurt Zamo like that?”
While his wife Zamo Nxumalo is celebrating her birthday in Zimbali, businessman Phumlani Treasure Nkabinde is paying Lobola for one of the woman he’s been cheating on his wife with for most of their marriage Melody.
